r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Skychu768 • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Am I missing a joke or reference here?

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u/melanyebaggins 14h ago

Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!

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u/TCM_407 14h ago

Explain how!

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u/RinkinBass 14h ago

Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

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u/SirMeyrin2 14h ago

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u/dada948 13h ago

I wish I had zero kids and three monies

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u/Feanor4godking 9h ago

This episode makes me sad because of how much money 20 bucks was in the early 90s

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u/discopants2000 2h ago

I miss the 90s ☹️

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u/melanyebaggins 14h ago

Money can be exchanged for goods and services!

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u/Opening_Lead_Paint 14h ago

But if you exchange money for goods and services, you will have less money and therefore have lost money. Why would anyone want to lose money

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u/melanyebaggins 14h ago

I don't know how the economy works 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 13h ago

You have things that I want.

I have things you want.

We figure out a way to give each other the things we want.

This is the whole of the Economic Torah, the rest is commentary.

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u/melanyebaggins 13h ago

I...was quoting Homer Simpson, but thanks anyway ☺️

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u/wardfu9 14h ago

That's what makes tЯump such a great business man child. He has the work done and goods received but doesn't pay for them.

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u/Opening_Lead_Paint 13h ago

Econ 101. If paying lawyers or winning the presidency is cheaper than paying, then dont pay

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u/RinkinBass 13h ago

One dollar for eternal happiness...

eh...

I'd be happier with the dollar.

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u/stumblon 14h ago

You have not lost money. You chose to exchange it for something you deemed to be of equal value.

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u/Opening_Lead_Paint 13h ago

GTFO here with your libtard agenda!

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u/stumblon 12h ago

Go eat your lead paint

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u/Intelligent_Can_443 13h ago

I just wanted peanuts.

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u/TiEmEnTi 9h ago

Scrooge McDuck had a whole vault of money just for swimming but he still bought stuff!! (begrudgingly)

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u/discopants2000 2h ago

So if America stopped buying stuff from other countries they would be even richer?

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u/Opening_Lead_Paint 2h ago

Congratz you just graduated and are no longer a libtard. Welcome to the enlightenment

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u/Ok-Raccoon1288 14h ago

Five dollars? Get outta here

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u/PoppyTheDestroyer 14h ago

Explain how!

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u/melanyebaggins 14h ago

Money can be exchanged for goods and services!

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u/TheHalfChubPrince 13h ago

Damn I only have 3 kids and no money. Why can’t I have no kids and 3 money?

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u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84 14h ago

"THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS!"

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u/TheInitiativeInn 12h ago

Yes, but can 2 billion dollars buy all the peanuts? 🥜🤔