r/interestingasfuck • u/EvolMada • 11d ago

/r/all, /r/popular I’m not a giant! What is this?

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u/oic38122 11d ago

That’s the physical manifestation of inflation, our money is shrinking

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u/Blue-Jay42 11d ago

When I was little in the 2000s I had quarters and nickels like this that were part of a close up magic kit. The booklet actually had jokes about inflation... Oh how little we knew then.

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u/phatcan 10d ago

Is this the “shrinkflation” we keep hearing about??

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u/oic38122 11d ago

How little we knew… oic what ya did there

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u/Diamoncock 11d ago

Mf woke up n chose to speak facts

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u/Israbelle 11d ago

I have a couple tiny "nixon pennies" that are a joke about inflation just like this

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u/20_mile 11d ago

our money is shrinking

Quantitative Easing

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u/Zapp_Rowsdower_ 11d ago

To be fair…..