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The US government sells uncut sheets of money, so cutting your own bills at home is legal (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I heard Steve Wozniak talk about doing this with $2 bills. He had them bound in a booklet and perforated so that he could tear them out one-by-one. Definitely one of the more entertaining ways to tip a waiter.

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    [–] 13 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    wallpaper idea.

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  • [+] [S] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I am genuinely thinking about this. It might be a little (or a lot) more expensive than regular wallpaper but, worth it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    First result on Home Depot's website for wallpaper was $2/ft².

    Wikipedia says $1 notes are 6.14×2.61in, almost exactly $9/ft².

    I think we can reasonably say that's not absurdly more expensive, if you're sufficiently committed to the bit.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Silently?

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Are cashiers required to accept any legal tender? Can they not just refuse to deal with it because it would be obnoxious?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Do cashiers typically deal in debt repayment?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    I recall waiting in line to pay the light bill, at a customer service center. I then found out about local party and grocery stores that cashed checks also accepting bill payment. Being a broke college kid, we paid as much as we could at a time, trying to avoid disconnection.

    I do not like being reminded of my age when reading posts/comments online 😂

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    That's basically all they deal in. You request food from a restaurant at an agreed upon price. You receive and eat the food. You now owe the restaurant money - you are in debt. You can pay the restaurant directly on the spot, or you can have your people pay their people by providing them your credit information.

    If you pay before eating, then the restaurant is in debt until they have fulfilled their contract to provide your food.

    The case could probably be made that to go orders paid on the spot do not have anyone incurring debt.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Imagine going into a shop and cutting one out to pay for something.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Steve Wozniak famously make perforated tear off booklets of $2 bills that he would use to confuse people.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Why would he make them? Most major banks in any large city in the US have the pads of dollars. You can just withdraw them in that form.

    I paid a landlord in those and Sacajawea gold dollars a couple times. At first he didn't like it, then he realized it made having tips at the bar easy for him and he said to keep doing it.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    At least one person is losing a friend for getting high and using it for roach

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