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UK to drop historic figures from banknotes and change them to images of wildlife (brusselssignal.eu)

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[-] anothermember@feddit.uk 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Critics, though, have described the decision as “bonkers” or “not their finest hour”, lamenting the removal of iconic figures like Churchill in favour of creatures such as otters or badgers.

That's a really silly take, but predictable, designs have always rotated every 10-15 years or so. The Churchill note has only been around since 2016 for instance so is coming up due to be replaced. Just that this time it'll be nature instead of another historic figure, if it turns out they're better to prevent counterfeiting then that's the obvious choice since that's the reason they're rotated. No doubt the usual not-too-bright suspects won't understand any of that and call it "woke" I'm sure.

[-] HaunchesTV@feddit.uk 24 points 2 months ago

No surprises...

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

I'm so tired of the fascist rhetoric. Fuck it, I'm fucking woke. I'm not a backwards regressive hateful spiteful jackass. Fine. I'm woke. Now fuck off?^[the assholes calling everyone woke, not the comment to which I've replied]

[-] margaret_erine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Lolz, I like that you're woke.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Might as well own it. I'm sure they've called things "woke" that I don't stand for, but most of what I hear boils down to tolerance and human rights. So fuck it. lol

[-] margaret_erine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Lolz, really? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Do you have anything to contribute to the conversation?

[-] anothermember@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

Haha, brilliant, on cue!

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

What's wrong with beavers, Nige? What are you into instead?

[-] Kepion 9 points 2 months ago

Joke reality

[-] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 32 points 2 months ago

Bruv owes me 20 squid

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

Icl this had me rolling. Gimme 10 monkeys (£50 note) to pay back that monkey you owe (monkey as cockney rhyme for £500).

[-] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Give me 10 clams

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Pony up.

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

That's sweet. Money without people on it is the best, it shows what your country values when you don't have to pick influential figures.

[-] northface@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah - it values money.

[-] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Money with pictures of money on it!

[-] northface@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Gold, Jerry — it's gold!

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Quidception.

[-] margaret_erine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I agree

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Hear me out.... Animals on everything except the 100 note. That goes to Attenborough as a surprise on his hundredth birthday later in the year.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

And then you can count down as they go extinct.

[-] ywain@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

Now do chuck!

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

As long as the animals and plants consent to having their images used in this way, it's probably fine. But please I hope they don't honor those asshole squirrels that are always raiding my bird feeders.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

Damn grey ones did away with most of the nice red ones.

[-] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

I have fed the birds for a few years, squirrels got 98 percent of it, there were dozens. I don't mind, I saved baby squirrels from a roomates cat and raised them, feeding them formula through a syringe then nuts and releasing them in spring, it was late in the year in the north I saved them.

Anyway, they all disappeared. I use no poison, neither do my neighbors, no one is shooting them, some predator just murdered like two dozen squirrels in my backyard. 100 yards away there are a few left. Pine Martin, perhaps an owl, idk.

[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

On Scottish notes there are animals, and the fish scales and otter fur light up so cool under UV. The Bank of England notes just have the 5/10/20 number hidden in UV.

I hope they make cool designs.

[-] 58008@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They should do this, and after putting various animals on various denominations, have one with Nigel Farage's face on it. Just leave it as-is, no caption or anything.

Amphibians need love, too.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Naturally…

[-] margaret_erine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

They should drop it off asap..

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