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Post by Bewelge »

like_any_other wrote: post #310
Bewelge wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate what you mean? Are you against the idea of European cooperation in general? Or against the implementation? If there is to be European cooperation that goes beyond heads of states talking to each other, you're going to need some kind of space where they can do that. Using that building as a symbol seems like an obvious choice albeit not a very creative one. Really struggle to see how that choice can…

> Are you against the idea of European cooperation in general? Or against the implementation? I'm against ugly soulless buildings. Those buildings can't be a symbol for anything, because they, like all modern [1] buildings, were deliberately designed to remove all identity. They are completely generic, no different from modern buildings in Beijing, New York, or Dubai. The only thing they represent is a capitulation,…

Fair enough, you're not a fan of how modern buildings look. But how is that extremely insulting to you?

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Post by sznio »

cm2187 wrote: post #203
lrasinen wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in the EU and you absolutely can put a French building on a banknote. I'd much rather look at the Eiffel tower or the Tower of Pisa or Neuschwanstein castle than the European Court of Auditors. Or if you like to have something modern, Paimio Sanatorium or Turning Torso.

But that defeats the purpose of having a boring glass building, or birds or modern bridges. The underpinning ideology is that europe should have no history, no culture and no identity, because suggesting anything else 1) will offend the hyper sensitivity of modern left ideologues who think that the said culture, history and identity is terrible and should only be condemned, apologised for, and buried, and 2) would be…

I as a random Pole with a lefty euroenthusiast stance would gladly accept the Pantheon or Notre Damme. I'd prefer Colosseum and Eiffel tower though.

The blandness comes from the fact that the EU has to tiptoe around the nationalists which will be upset that a country they don't like gets a banknote, and possibly even worse - they didn't get one.

Reading back both your and my post I guess it's the radicals of either stance who the EU desperately needs to cater to, resulting in generic designs. It's erasing itself like any institution with a 1-member veto.[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto

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Post by sznio »

crote wrote: post #213
tialaramex wrote: post #19

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I prefer the Birds & Rivers theme because nobody is expecting a specific bird to meet some arbitrary ideal whereas if you put identifiable humans on a banknote people start to mistake their inevitable flaws for a desirable property. I feel this more strongly for statues, but it seems desirable for the Euro or any potential international currency too.

> nobody is expecting a specific bird to meet some arbitrary ideal People will still find ways to get upset about none or too few of the birds being present in their country, or "their bird" being depicted on the "cheap" notes. There are very few birds which are commonly seen throughout all of the EU, from cold and wet Finland to hot and dry Spain. Virtually all birds have a limited geographical living area, which me…

Let's just settle it with pigeons, chickens and turkeys.

Maybe too early for the turkeys right now...

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Post by nottorp »

ahartmetz wrote: post #113
nottorp wrote: post #20

Are they going to switch to plastic while they're at it? That's the only thing I'll miss if Romania ever switches to Euro. Cash you can launder. Literally.

Paper cash is made from cotton fiber, it easily survives the washing machine.

Not in my experience... but then I haven't had "paper" cash since 200x (small x).

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

OK, is there any place where they name the people and the birds? I can recognise the following people:

5 Euro - La Callas

10 Euro - Beethoven

20 Euro - Marie Curie

50 Euro - Cervantes

100 Euro - Da Vinci

200 Euro - ???

I'm sure I know who the 200 Euro person is but I can't name her.

I'm sad I can't recognise any of the birds with any certainty at all. Fortunately their names are listed in Design B. In fact, so are some of their characteristics like size, weight, wingspan etc, so maybe you can use the banknotes to play some kind of bird card game of sorts.

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #325

OK, is there any place where they name the people and the birds? I can recognise the following people: 5 Euro - La Callas 10 Euro - Beethoven 20 Euro - Marie Curie 50 Euro - Cervantes 100 Euro - Da Vinci 200 Euro - ??? I'm sure I know who the 200 Euro person is but I can't name her. I'm sad I can't recognise any of the birds with any certainty at all. Fortunately their names are listed in Design B. In fact, so are so…

Btw, I'd probably go for Design J; because it's upright and because birds.

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

asdf88990 wrote: post #222
CrLf wrote: post #215

Faces on Euro banknotes are a terrible idea. Even internationally well-known personalities are associated with certain countries, and you do not put things that represent specific countries on banknotes used in different countries. The EU isn't a federation, and having a single currency doesn't make the eurozone any more so. The buildings aren't as bad, being european insitution headquarters. However, as they aren't…

You think people of some countries might protest Gutenberg, Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Maria Callas, Beethoven, or Marrie Currie? If such people exist, fuck em.

It's "Marie Curie". Marrie Currie invented the curry.

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

timpera wrote: post #45

I try to pay everything in cash as much as I can, so it's nice to see the banknotes get some love from the ECB (even though the absence of €1 and €2 banknotes still hurts…). I think it's a bit strange to feature people on these, plus it would be difficult to agree on who to feature between the 21 € states. The birds look cool! But it would have been nice to modernize the current architecture-based design rather than…

Wow, I had to dig this deep down the thread to find a comment that doesn't sound grumpy and offended. It's just banknotes. Honestly.

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Post by tchalla »

binaryturtle wrote: post #189
tchalla wrote: post #148

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Share a screenshot of the block?

It's the typical Cloudflare error where it tells you "Your browser sucks", not sure what a screenshot would help. :)

An error that shows Cloudflare's logo might not be a Cloudflare error but a website who has configured to block you. A screenshots shows what it might be.

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Post by firefax »

ElFitz wrote: post #121
firefax wrote: post #95

It's a shame due to Brexit there will be no Count Binface €10.

The Monnaie de Paris could still do a coin series with him, just to spite Farage.

How much red tape is there to do this in the age of the Euro?

A more realistic idea may be they could pledge the funds for moving the hand dryer in the men's toilet at the Crown and Treaty pub, which, as you probably have heard, is a in a terribly inconvenient location.

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