The best dystopian currency is:

@Pavlov

@Pavlov some of us will clearly be living higher on the hog than others.

@Pavlov that's not fair. You started out with one.

@Bkmack
Might only have it on suffrance.

@Pavlov I apologize, but it was just sitting there, I could not resist. To say nothing of all the others who fall in the same category. I apologize to everybody.

@Bkmack I kinda liked you, then you apologized.

@Pavlov @bkmack Maybe that was goat practice?

@Pavlov let's be clear. I apologized for giving the word pussy a negative connotation by suggesting you had one.

@Bkmack Meh. Too little, too late.

A bit of an explanation for those of you that may feel my comment here was solely misogynistic (it wasn't):

http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/07/the-burden-of-carrying-on-the-currency-of-women-in-dystopian-films.html

"It’s from the male perspective that women are seen as currency, as something holding the most value, and they will do anything to obtain them.

"Mad Max: Fury Road enforces this practice through the lens of women fully aware of their value. The plot of the film is centrally focused on gender politics, but it never once feels heavy handed. Surprisingly, the escaped “wives” in the center are also never sexualized, even from their former captor. The girls do discuss the villain Immortan Joe having a “favorite,” but the women are fully aware of their value. Amidst gunfire, these women use themselves as shields, understanding the War Boys’ fear of harming them. However, this fear isn’t rooted in a sexual desire, but in the desire to survive. Sexuality isn’t used as a weapon, but the women use themselves as a weapon to address the fact they are in control of any hope for the future. Immortan Joe’s desire to save the women comes not from a loss of beautiful sex slaves, but from a loss of the possibility of continuing his familial line. Men cannot continue on their own without women, and the world of Fury Road knows it. In this universe, we must work together to make a future.

"The unfortunate reality of the value of women in dystopian societies is that the relegation of women as currency brings out the absolute worst in humanity."

@2many2no Damn right! When the zombies take over, cash will be worthless and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin will probably cease to exist.

@ceagee And maybe headphones too

@heartny Actually, I'm hoping that maybe my meh shirt along w/ the secret octopus hand signal might get me some shelter and bowl of soup for a night.

@ceagee
Speaker docks and knives as a combo might be worth something survival-wise. If they wont value your speaker docks properly, you stab them.

@f00l And don't leave without your insulated containers.

@heartny good for putting soup in.

@ceagee
@heartny
knives like to be cozy and curl up when at rest.. Hence insulated containers.

@InnocuousFarmer Salt!

@mollama See you bring them in with the shiny metal, the knock them over the head with the giant heavy bar and steal the food. Simple.

@MrMark
Currency is about symbolism i suspect. For example, our currency.

@f00l right, and the people who try to sell you on gold say "no one knows if coins and bills will have value in and unstable future, but gold is constant." Right, but while "transferable world-wide," still not a lot more constant in value than a county's paper currancy (see stock market value fluxuations). And yea it is a rock of "value" by weight, but not any more than that rock over there. Oh wait, that other rock is hard and can be used to nail a shelter together, whereas your gold rock is too soft. Again, gonna go with no shiny rocks for food, but please play again.

@mollama and then you have those SHINY which make so much sense as they are sharper than GLASS! (that is a diamond)

@mollama My father used to say, "Don't take any wooden nickels," but if you prefer them to gold coins that's your prerogative.

@nadroj the only gold coin I have is the one my mother passed down to me. It is the $10 gold coin my grandmother carried with her on the boat coming to the USA to marry my grandfather.

I better talk to my only living uncle to get the full story... she was probably in her early teens... that damn coin was probably sewn into a piece of clothing.

I did look it up and it has a bit of high monetary value but just holding it has much more precious value to me... I have no one to pass it down to now and have some crazy ideas of how to embed it in something...

@narfcake All hail Lady Narfcake, High Protector of the Catshirt Conglomerate.

Edit: unless it's Lord Narfcake. Meh.

@cj0e I'm a guy, so Lord.

@narfcake ah. Many apologies, Lord Narfcake, High Protector of the Catshirt Conglomerate. May your reign be comfortable and rather stylish. Please accept my penance.

@cj0e
Cats may pretend to apologize (a tactical thing).

But...Cats Do Not Apologize.

@narfcake Cool. Me too.

@f00l Exactly.

https://www.threadless.com/product/6035/careless_whisker

@FredWallace18 Scissors. BOOYAH!!

@PocketBrain Somehow, I feel compelled to yell "Rock!" here. @Pavlov could probably tell you why.

Then I'm golden. I have them both!

@MrGlass Makes sense.

When we're all setting up barricades and desperately trying to learn how to farm before we all starve to death, my primary passion will probably be collecting novelty gold coins.

@apLundell 2038 is coming, are you ready?

@MrGlass No! So far I haven't found a single 32b epoch novelty coin.

@rvcastillo23 now I want bottlecaps candy. mmm rootbeer.

@whalewatcher
Original Trump hair or whatever he's got on his head now?