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  1. Back to the Future’s most egregious presumption was that Marty McFly would need entirely different money to buy things in 2015, as if money from 1985 would be no good thirty years later.

    Tuesday, 29-Dec-20 00:01:37 UTC from web
    1. @mrmattimation I've worked alongside cashiers who were suspicious of money old enough to be of a design they didn't remember. I, myself, have been taken aback by the changes when I come across an old bill.

      Tuesday, 29-Dec-20 01:25:28 UTC from web
      1. @scribus Maybe it’s just because I, being the guy who counts the money at the end of the night, see bills from back when we only had 48 states more often than one normally does.

        Tuesday, 29-Dec-20 01:56:54 UTC from web
        1. @mrmattimation My mom used to keep small bills on hand at work for when something neat or rare came through, so she could swap them out and bring it home.

          Tuesday, 29-Dec-20 21:31:13 UTC from web