Here we see a specialist performing cutting-edge research, pushing back the limits on collecting lava with ever-daintier little buckets. Experts predict that by 2035 the bucket may be carried on the pinkie and have a flower painted on it.
I remember reading about a geologist who was standing on what he thought was solidified lava until he realized he had slowly moved and the bottoms of his boots were melting.
It’s the same building, just edited. You can tell the bottom half of the center is exactly the same and the the near sections of the wings are pretty similar. They just swapped out the top part and changed the windows on the far sections of the wings.
I’ll never forget the dude who said he put that exact face on his credit card, so he’d have to stare down ol’ Ben every time he wanted to waste money on shit.
That is a face that says, “Every dollar today is worth ten in the future, sir.”
You’re thinking of older US paper currency, which was shades of green for a lot of its history. Over the years they’ve modified it to include other colors and introduced numerous security features, all in an effort to make it very difficult to counterfeit.
Here are a couple of examples of how bills looked when I was young:
Mate, your money does still seem monochromatic to modern eyes. I use it when I visit, and the other notes don’t have that rainbow on them. I admit I am rarely exchanging more than fifty US at a time . I’m comparing those that I use to modern notes.
And security features? The shops there still accept cheques. I was surprised the economy still functioned when I found that out.
Oh I’ve seen colorful foreign currency from around the world and how dull US currency looks in comparison. It would be nice if different denominations used different colors but honestly I rarely use cash these days so it really isn’t important to me.
A lot of places still accept checks here but more and more don’t anymore. However it’s not a problem in most cases though because fewer and fewer people use checks. A lot of young people don’t know how to write a check because it’s basically an unnecessary task anymore.
Oh yeah it’s freakishly rare to see in retail and restaurants. Some older people still write checks to pay their bills these days. My mom does that, but she always uses plastic when she’s at stores, restaurants , etc.
Getting work done for the house checks are still the “best” option. Around here they charge a 3% fee for plastic which when you’re talking about thousands of dollars of work it’s no question I’m dusting off the checkbook lmao.
Both the uniform coloring and the size of US currency has long been a challenge for the vision-impaired here. Most other civilized countries have implemented different sizes for their bills and/or tactile features like “windows” that make it easier to identify a bill by touch.
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