Comments on: My Five Dollar Bills Are Crazier Than Your Five Dollar Bills http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Fri, 25 May 2012 17:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Woody Tanaka http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121587 Woody Tanaka Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:21:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121587 What boggles my mind is the amount of work it must have taken to put the confederate nonsense on the $5. How bad must your life be to spend that time on losers and traitors who’ve been dead for almost 150 years? What boggles my mind is the amount of work it must have taken to put the confederate nonsense on the $5. How bad must your life be to spend that time on losers and traitors who’ve been dead for almost 150 years?

]]> By: Dreamer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121464 Dreamer Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:44:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121464 <blockquote><i>“Other side of the political spectrum”? The Civil war was about the Democrats in the South fighting the Republicans in the North.</i></blockquote> Labels change. Yesterday's southern Democrats are today's conservative Republicans. It's simply ridiculous to pretend to be clueless about that.

“Other side of the political spectrum”? The Civil war was about the Democrats in the South fighting the Republicans in the North.

Labels change. Yesterday’s southern Democrats are today’s conservative Republicans. It’s simply ridiculous to pretend to be clueless about that.

]]> By: Shecky Riemann http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121444 Shecky Riemann Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:32:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121444 I wonder if the comments on $20 bills exhibit improved spelling and syntax? I wonder if the comments on $20 bills exhibit improved spelling and syntax?

]]> By: Low Math, Meekly Interacting http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121433 Low Math, Meekly Interacting Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:31:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121433 I've pretty much stopped using paper money. The fringe benefits just keep piling up. I’ve pretty much stopped using paper money. The fringe benefits just keep piling up.

]]> By: Julianne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121429 Julianne Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:33:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121429 Carl, are you arguing that the same people who are most concerned about Hilary's failure to secure the democratic nomination are on the same side of the political spectrum as those hoping the Confederacy will rise again? Duuuude! Carl, are you arguing that the same people who are most concerned about Hilary’s failure to secure the democratic nomination are on the same side of the political spectrum as those hoping the Confederacy will rise again? Duuuude!

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121428 Carl Brannen Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:23:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121428 "Other side of the political spectrum"? The Civil war was about the Democrats in the South fighting the Republicans in the North. “Other side of the political spectrum”? The Civil war was about the Democrats in the South fighting the Republicans in the North.

]]> By: MalcolmPF http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121427 MalcolmPF Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:04:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121427 Nothing beats Canadian fives: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3779982216_6f58d1f19c.jpg Nothing beats Canadian fives:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3779982216_6f58d1f19c.jpg

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/06/09/my-five-dollar-bills-are-crazier-than-your-five-dollar-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-121425 Sean Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:13:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=4930#comment-121425 Now I'm wondering whether you tend to attract more than the average number of crazy 5-dollar bills, or I just don't look at mine closely enough. Now I’m wondering whether you tend to attract more than the average number of crazy 5-dollar bills, or I just don’t look at mine closely enough.

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