Credit Where Credit is Due: a shout out thread for Things Trump Did Right

[Politesse]

I will not miss pennies!

Though, I kerp forgetting to take the ones I've got down to the Coinstar machine. Better do it ahead of the rush!

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

The only thing Trump did right was not putting his hand on the bible.

 

[Tigers!]

Does winning the presidency count as getting something right?

 

[Politesse]

Does winning the presidency count as getting something right?

Not if you're a fascist piece of shit with no respect or understanding of the honor you've just been appointed to.

 

[Patooka]

Does winning the presidency count as getting something right?

I reckon we can all think of at least one other world leader where winning an election was a big fucking mistake.

 

[TV and credit cards]

I will not miss pennies!

Though, I kerp forgetting to take the ones I've got down to the Coinstar machine. Better do it ahead of the rush!

This just in from Yahoo!: Less pennies will mean making more nickels to cover small transactions. Nickels cost 13.8 cents a piece to manufacture. So along with surviving Covid and getting shot in the ear, it looks like Trump didn't get this one right either.

*This info from Americans for Common Cents, a pro-penny group.
**Who the fuck belongs to a pro-penny group?

 

[bilby]

Less pennies will mean making more nickels to cover small transactions

Will it? Why?

 

[Jarhyn]

Less pennies will mean making more nickels to cover small transactions

Will it? Why?

It won't, except that humans aren't going to do the art thing here: in Europe, the "penny", the tiny, fairly cheap coin, was used to replace the nickel (the heavy worthless one), so now it's just a "penny" shaped nickel.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Less pennies will mean making more nickels to cover small transactions

Will it? Why?

That is as per Americans for Common Cents hence my asterisk and my crediting Yahoo! They provide no support for their assertion. I can see where there would not be a proportional reduction in admin costs, just a reduction in workload for some individuals. Better call Elon. Now if they got rid of the dime... eek!

 

[thebeave]

So without pennies, how am I going to buy my gum from the gumball machine outside the dime store?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I will not miss pennies!

Though, I kerp forgetting to take the ones I've got down to the Coinstar machine. Better do it ahead of the rush!

Trump is just proving he has no cents.

Also, this will end up costing more money as nickels cost much more than pennies. So if they don't get rid of the nickel, nickel production will likely have to go up, leading to a net increase in spending.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So without pennies, how am I going to buy my gum from the gumball machine outside the dime store?

With the loss of the penny, we lose a valuable commodity to get flattened by trains.

 

[Elixir]

So without pennies, how am I going to buy my gum from the gumball machine outside the dime store?

With the loss of the penny, we lose a valuable commodity to get flattened by trains.

I never enjoyed getting flattened by trains myself. But “a nickel for your thoughts” seems so inflationary.

 

[Politesse]

So without pennies, how am I going to buy my gum from the gumball machine outside the dime store?

Just use the card reader, duh.

 

[Shadowy Man]

So without pennies, how am I going to buy my gum from the gumball machine outside the dime store?

Well, if you can afford the Time Machine that takes you back to when gum balls were a penny then surely you can afford 25 cent gum balls, right?

 

[Politesse]

So without pennies, how am I going to buy my gum from the gumball machine outside the dime store?

With the loss of the penny, we lose a valuable commodity to get flattened by trains.

Well, it's not as though they're recalling them. I think it will be a while before the average household runs out of pennies to flatten, turn into souvenir baubles at the zoo, soak in vinegar for a lesson in corrosion, toss into koi ponds, or press to infant's head for luck.

 

[Elixir]

I think it will be a while before the average household runs out of pennies to flatten

I have big cans full of them, if anyone wants to buy them for a low low nickel apiece!

 

[robnisch]

I think it will be a while before the average household runs out of pennies to flatten

I have big cans full of them, if anyone wants to buy them for a low low nickel apiece!

Copper is $4.59 per pound.
There are @ 146 pennies per pound.
1943-1982 pennies are 95% copper,5% zinc.
I'm too lazy to do the math.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Anything else besides pennies in this thread? What else did he get right? Anything?

 

[Elixir]

I think it will be a while before the average household runs out of pennies to flatten

I have big cans full of them, if anyone wants to buy them for a low low nickel apiece!

Copper is $4.59 per pound.
There are @ 146 pennies per pound.
1943-1982 pennies are 95% copper,5% zinc.
I'm too lazy to do the math.

Most of the pre ‘82 ones have been cashed in.