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Honestly, I wouldn't have done anything I would've told that man that I cannot accept this and can you please pick these up before we call the cops and fine him for littering.

Seriously, that's not paying for your ticket (something he most likely got through fucking incompetence, thus his fault) that's just being a dick because "muh gummerment r being mean again i better pay muh ticket with pennies XD" people who think this is hilarious must be children who have no concept of the real world, and think that something as serious as this can be brushed aside as a joke.

I hope a law is passed where you can't pay the whole amount in change, and it has to be in actual paper money.

[SamuraiGaiden]

For various reasons of political idealism, I agree/disagree with you both. I agree the guy's just being a douche and is really only hurting the clerk there by doing that. And he's basically punishing someone else for a mistake (more like an intentional asshatery) that he made.
On the other hand, currency is supposed to be all-encompassing, I feel. I don't think we should have laws restricting what kind of currency we can sue to pay fees to government. It's one thing if a store wants to say, "Hey, I don't wanna get robbed, so let's not accept anything bigger than a $50, eh?" It's another thing entirely for a gov't organization to say, "Screw your pennies, pay me in twenties or I'll have you arrested!" Especially since this could inherently affect the impoverished more than it affects douchebags like him. We have laws where homeless people are forced to pay fines for being homeless and those laws are being strengthened, not loosened, in some places - they can't just go into a bank and exchange their pennies for fivers like most others could.

That being said, he's still a douche.

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

Perhaps there could be a rule stating you can't pay more than a certain total amount using a certain denomination. Say, a 20$ limit for pennies.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36416506

"Cost 12.5 billion dollars, equivalent to Nicaragua's GDP."
The comparison is brilliant, I wish more people went around like "How much did that bridge cost to build?", "Why I do believe it was approximately twice the GDP of Tuvalu !", "Ah yes, what a common unit of measurement, I'm glad you didn't use something more complicated, such as a dollar amount."

[Kakariko Kid]

He was really being an asshat more than anything. The top link below refers to an issue that was resolved in court.

The Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts."
More specifically, all U.S coins and currency are acceptable in the U.S. Federal Reserve system. That means private businesses do not have to accept anything but gummy bears if that's their choice. This man was paying a ticket to the local government, not the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/Knowledgeb...310052C341
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center...ender.aspx
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0...in-pennies

[Psychospacecow]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/king-t...-1.3610539

King Tut's space dagger

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

The CCP is always "kek"-worthy.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Apparently, Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro called a "National rebelion" against the OAS and told them to get their "democratic letter and shove it in that special place".

[totalitarianism intensifies]

[Psychospacecow]

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2...iladelphia

If your home is on this list, you might want to get people outraged over this.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/03/us/muhammad-ali/

RIP Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

A guy whose boxing career was finished before many people were born. Yet still by those one of the most beloved of athletes and human beings. A guy who at a time when black and other minorities were supposed to be good boys that are polite and never ever shake the status quo, said and fought for what he believed in regardless of the consequences. Maybe the greatest heavyweight of all time, definitely the most impactful boxer of all time.

This really hit me hard. We are just mid year of 2016 and so much legends have passed.

EDIT: here's UFC's tribute to Ali:

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36459504

Here's a brilliant idea: How about you don't sexually assault someone in the first place ?

I don't get this whole "It's just a one-off thing;" it's going to affect that girl's life for a very long time.
Sure, give him the opportunity to repent, and I bloody hope he spends his life working with and for victims of sexual violence, but don't just let him off just on probation.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obi...story.html

John Kenneth Knaus, CIA officer who aided in Tibetan struggle, dies at 92.

ALSO:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160605_21/

Anti-security law protests enacted by the LDP are gathering more protests today in Japan.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

China plans massive sea lab 3.04800 kilometres underwater
3.04800 kilometres = 10,000 feet.

Speaking of China:

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Iran has (admittedly rather unsurprisingly) banned 1979 Revolution: Black Friday for being "anti-Iranian" and being "pro-American propaganda".

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36512308

"[Turd-nugget's] father[...]told NBC News that the incident[...]have been triggered by the sight of a gay couple kissing in Miami."

If you get triggered by something, you go bitch about it on Tumblr, you don't go shooting 50 people dead.
Absolute tragedy.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-36509800

And then this kind of thing happens. Good stuff.