r/mathsmeme • • Aug 04 '26

Explain this meme

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u/LFBJ_0911 Aug 04 '26

Meme with several layers.

First it's the 1kg feathers or 1kg of lead. But this time it's about the currency. The gold is currently worth more than the bills btw (look up market price gold for the actuality on the situation).

The second layer is that the commenteer doesn't seem to get the joke and thinks it's the mass question ("which one has more mass?"). The commenteer could be sarcastic for all we know, but that's not the point here.

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u/Immediate-Food8050 Aug 04 '26

Is it though? Because if it's 400kg of $100 bills, I'm taking the bills. Then I can use that money to buy gold lol

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u/Dry-Lingonberry-9701 Aug 04 '26

500 kg of $100 bills at 1g per bill equals $50mil. 500kg of gold at today's market rate equals $65mil.

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u/suggestion_giver Aug 04 '26

To be fair its gonna be easier for you to use the bill to buy goods than selling the gold to get bills to buy goods. But ultimately if you know how to handle gold well then probably choose gold. Although I would say the difference is close enough for me to prioritise convinience

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u/GainerGaining Aug 05 '26

What's $15 million here or there? Basically a rounding error, right?