alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoZimbabwe is grappling with its sixth currency change in 16 yearswww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down15
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkZimbabwe is grappling with its sixth currency change in 16 yearswww.semafor.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareMakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 months ago2.5 tons of gold doesnt seem like a lot to back the currency of an entire country… so I looked it up. 2.5 tons = 80,000 oz = $186,880,000 (at the moment, gold’s value varies quite a bit).
minus-squareFerris@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agothat’s 4.15 cubic feet
minus-squarerimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·7 months agoCubic feet sounds a birth defect
minus-squareFerris@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agothese aint a mistake; theyre 4.15 cubic feet of evolutionary superiority >:|
minus-squareMunicipal0379@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoOkay, but how many toasters?
2.5 tons of gold doesnt seem like a lot to back the currency of an entire country… so I looked it up. 2.5 tons = 80,000 oz = $186,880,000 (at the moment, gold’s value varies quite a bit).
that’s 4.15 cubic feet
Cubic feet sounds a birth defect
these aint a mistake; theyre 4.15 cubic feet of evolutionary superiority >:|
Okay, but how many toasters?