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[scourge728]

because bills are made of a much cheaper material

[Rolan7]

Oh right, I actually looked that up but forgot to reply.  Looks like US bills cost about 6c each, so good luck making 1c bills.
Even though, to be fair, pennies cost 1.5c to make... Still.

Also, imagine the greatest amount of change you can need (3 quarters, 2 dimes and 4 pennies) in the palm of your hand... And then the same as 9 bills.  Bulkier, and have to be individually flipped through to even read.

(My random source said dollar coins cost 10c to make, probably since they're 88.5% copper unlike pennies.)

[Egan_BW]

There shouldn't even be pennies anymore. They're about as literally worthless as currency gets.
Disregarding hyperinflation I guess. But! Still very, very worthless. It's a coin that's not worth picking up off the ground.

[Kagus]

There shouldn't even be pennies anymore. They're about as literally worthless as currency gets.
Disregarding hyperinflation I guess. But! Still very, very worthless. It's a coin that's not worth picking up off the ground.

Except that they're lucky!

And yeah, in 2013 Norway completely phased out their lowest denomination coin, worth 0.50 Kroner. Equivalent value of about 5-6 US cents. They're now no longer accepted anywhere, in case you happened to find an old one in between the sofa cushions or something (which is entirely possible, because the damn things were TINY).

Sadly, this was the last physical representation of the fractional Krone, known as the Øre. This is sad because the Krone-Øre relation is kinda funny, or at least I think so. "Krone" is the Norwegian word for "Crown", as a lot of countries just kept referring to their currency as crowns well into the modern age... But where a penny is under a dollar, what's under a crown?

Why, the ears, of course. "Øre" is the Norwegian word for "Ear".

[Frumple]

because bills are made of a much cheaper material

... they also weigh much, much less. You could mint higher value coins, I guess, but nothing's going to change that paper (well, pseudo-paper made of thread or whatever it is we're using these days) is lighter and significantly easier to carry.

'Course, plastic (i.e. electronic funds) beats the ever loving hell out of either of them on those fronts (save at more or less pointlessly small amounts of dosh), so hey.

[scourge728]

because bills are made of a much cheaper material

... they also weigh much, much less. You could mint higher value coins, I guess, but nothing's going to change that paper (well, pseudo-paper made of thread or whatever it is we're using these days) is lighter and significantly easier to carry.

'Course, plastic (i.e. electronic funds) beats the ever loving hell out of either of them on those fronts (save at more or less pointlessly small amounts of dosh), so hey.

I heard they are made of cotton now....

Good luck paying for that childs lemonade stand with a credit card tho

[Rolan7]

Well, they could use a certain busking app that was on NPR last month, designed to quickly charge a dollar just by tapping your phone against it.

Yeah, I refuse to set up quick-pay on my phone either...  It was a neat interview about London busking though.

[scriver]

There shouldn't even be pennies anymore. They're about as literally worthless as currency gets.
Disregarding hyperinflation I guess. But! Still very, very worthless. It's a coin that's not worth picking up off the ground.

Except that they're lucky!

And yeah, in 2013 Norway completely phased out their lowest denomination coin, worth 0.50 Kroner. Equivalent value of about 5-6 US cents. They're now no longer accepted anywhere, in case you happened to find an old one in between the sofa cushions or something (which is entirely possible, because the damn things were TINY).

Sadly, this was the last physical representation of the fractional Krone, known as the Øre. This is sad because the Krone-Øre relation is kinda funny, or at least I think so. "Krone" is the Norwegian word for "Crown", as a lot of countries just kept referring to their currency as crowns well into the modern age... But where a penny is under a dollar, what's under a crown?

Why, the ears, of course. "Øre" is the Norwegian word for "Ear".

Hah, I never thought of that being the reason.

[redwallzyl]

So, thing I noticed and what to know if other people are like this. Whatever the feeling people seem to get associated with 'cute' things is. I don't feel it. Is this a thing other people are like? Like people are always looking at pictures of cats and stuff but I look at them and I feel the same as normal.

[Egan_BW]

Cats are cute. As are a lot of other things. Oddly, I don't think human babies are very cute. Which is odd, because that's presumably the whole point of having a "cute" emotion.

[Parsely]

Are there accounts describing exactly what mistakes green soldiers make that get them killed? Any time period is fine.

[Yoink]

This guide lists a few.

Seems like walking backwards whilst under fire is one of the worst ones.

[Parsely]

Damn you for giving me exactly what I asked for Yoink!

[EnigmaticHat]

Are there accounts describing exactly what mistakes green soldiers make that get them killed? Any time period is fine.

Letting Drake lead them into combat?

[scriver]

When you fight dragons it is best to have the Leads From the Rear trait.