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Year of the Four Emperors... beaten out only by the Year of the Five Emperors, and the Year of the Six Emperors... (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Must've been a hell of a year to be in the minting industry.

Gotta redo the coinage every quarter!

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You have won capitalism today.

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

That's like being told you won a prize in school, before the teacher could restock the drawer so all that's left is a Root Beer Barrel from when the desk was purchased 40 years before.

It's technically a reward, but you don't really want to touch it with a 10-foot pole.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

Making money hand over fist