mega thread What are you thinking?

[Sparklefan1234 188,257]

37 minutes ago, Tao said:

Its xmas time and I got coffee!! 

*Thinking*  Merry Christmas, Bestie! 

[Sparklefan1234 188,257]

Thought: I'm having a very great day and I hope that everyone else is, too. 

[Tao 9,984]

2 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

*Thinking*  Merry Christmas, Bestie! 

Merry  Christmas @Sparklefan1234

 

I need more MEAD!!!

 

 

[ExplosionMare 28,341]

Despite the (expected) family stress, it's still been a good Christmas  

[Snoopy Fan 16,733]

Could The Tigger Movie be considered a Christmas movie since Tigger gives gifts to his friends in Winter?

[ExplosionMare 28,341]

Am I still hungry or is my stomach just trying to digest the 1 million snacks I ate today?

[Fluttershutter 3,593]

If metal pennies are too expensive to make why don't they just make them out of something super cheap like recycled plastic?

[ExplosionMare 28,341]

1 minute ago, Fluttershutter said:

If metal pennies are too expensive to make why don't they just make them out of something super cheap like recycled plastic?

If I had to guess, probably because they'd get mistaken for coins or be easier to fake.

[Fluttershutter 3,593]

4 minutes ago, ExplosionMare said:

If I had to guess, probably because they'd get mistaken for coins or be easier to fake.

Why would anybody bother counterfeiting pennies?

The toy coins in the picture are probably literally worth one cent anyway.

[ExplosionMare 28,341]

34 minutes ago, Fluttershutter said:

Why would anybody bother counterfeiting pennies?

The toy coins in the picture are probably literally worth one cent anyway.

Fair enough  Even if people did do that, it's not like they're really profiting! (Unless they somehow manage to get away with lots of fake pennies)

[Fluttershutter 3,593]

I'm thinking I may actually pay for a Disney Star Wars movie for the first time ever.  The Mandalorian is the only live action thing I've liked since Disney took over and they scrapped the real canon. I like Din and Grogu is cute and they could actually fit into the predisney canon.

[Dawnshine Wonder 4,850]

6 hours ago, Fluttershutter said:

If metal pennies are too expensive to make why don't they just make them out of something super cheap like recycled plastic?

The cost of copper isn't helping. I don't know what has gone wrong to make the price of copper raise sharply but it is clearly a burden on us all. You know it would help if it were possible to manufacture this artificially like they do with diamonds, but it's not that simple unfortunately. You'd need a fusion reactor, and a cost effective one at that.

[Snoopy Fan 16,733]

Does Equestria celebrate New Year’s Eve?

[Fluttershutter 3,593]

6 hours ago, Dawnshine Wonder said:

The cost of copper isn't helping. I don't know what has gone wrong to make the price of copper raise sharply but it is clearly a burden on us all. You know it would help if it were possible to manufacture this artificially like they do with diamonds, but it's not that simple unfortunately. You'd need a fusion reactor, and a cost effective one at that.

Much easier just to mine an asteroid. Pennies are mostly zinc now but inflation is hitting everything.

 

2 hours ago, Snoopy Fan said:

Does Equestria celebrate New Year’s Eve?

I would think so. They probably wouldn't have it on a random day like January 1 but on a solstice. I've always thought the Summer Sun Celebration was a solstice so maybe that's it.

[Felis Amafeles 2,794]

12 hours ago, Fluttershutter said:

If metal pennies are too expensive to make why don't they just make them out of something super cheap like recycled plastic?

Kublai Khan once pondered this very question during his reign over the Mongol Empire. He appointed a Semu official named Ahmad Fanakati,
who was notoriously skilled at squeezing wealth from the people — printing paper money wildly, raising taxes relentlessly, imposing state monopolies,
and forcing commoners into loan shark schemes. Later, he was killed by a Chinese monk with a copper war hammer.
Yet, the Mongol emperors remained obsessed with draining wealth through excessive paper currency, which became one of the reasons their rule collapsed so quickly...