Re:T-shirts are currency
by gtr32x on Thursday February 07, 2013 @06:04PM
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Make sure you read the comment below by Mukund as well at: http://bestengagingcommunities.com/2011/12/31/why-mentos-is-..., where he talked about how Mentos act as currency in India. It's a short blip and there's nothing about its geographical significance nor how widespread the effect is. But it's still some post that provides an interesting look at other cultures and quite a fun read.
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The same thing happenend in Argentina a few years ago. Not enough coins were coined, and since the bus used a machine that only took coins, thye were in high demand (there was even a point where you could sell coins for up to 120% of their nominal worth). It was obnoxiously common at teh time for drugstores to give you candy instead of change in coins, simply because they didn't have enough of them.
Re:T-shirts are currency
by hkmurakami on Thursday February 07, 2013 @06:46PM
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On a similar topic, I recommend this article about how Tide (yes, the detergent that comes in the memorable orange container) became a drug currency [1].
[1] http://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/