What kind of comments would you like to receive on your stories?

[AlexFourways]

To answer the OP's question, the best comments are dead presidents and founding fathers ...

As a 'Right Pondian' that has passed right over my Anglo-Saxon head.
Never needed a president, the closest we ever had was our 'Lord Protector' who was dug up, hung and had his head put on a pole. The closest things to founding fathers (that we can idenify) were Alfred The not very Great baker and William the Bastard (aka Conqueror).

 

[Actingup]

As a 'Right Pondian' that has passed right over my Anglo-Saxon head.
Never needed a president, the closest we ever had was our 'Lord Protector' who was dug up, hung and had his head put on a pole. The closest things to founding fathers (that we can idenify) were Alfred The not very Great baker and William the Bastard (aka Conqueror).

I'm hoping somebody explains the dead presidents/founding fathers thing at some stage....
I'll also hold back from comment on the English monarchy!

 

[Voboy]

I'm hoping somebody explains the dead presidents/founding fathers thing at some stage....

US money normally has statesmen on it. We've not changed those statesmen for many, many decades. All those statesmen have been deceased for many decades more. Most are presidents; of the seven denominations of bills most of us handle, five have ex-presidents on 'em. None is alive anymore; the latest died in 1885.

"Dead presidents" refers to US paper currency for this reason.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I'm hoping somebody explains the dead presidents/founding fathers thing at some stage....
I'll also hold back from comment on the English monarchy!

American money is printed with dead presidents such as Washington Jefferson and Lincoln and a constitutional founding father Ben Franklin.

 

[Voboy]

American money is printed with dead presidents such as Washington Jefferson and Lincoln and a constitutional founding father Ben Franklin.

Don't forget my homie Alexander Hamilton, too!

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Don't forget my homie Alexander Hamilton, too!

Not to get political but he was a hegemonist. Not a hero of the people.

 

[Voboy]

Not to get political but he was a hegemonist. Not a hero of the people.

Yeah, my tongue is encheeked.

He generally did more harm than good, I think, but not by much. And even that depends on one's perspective.

 

[Actingup]

Yeah, my tongue is encheeked.

He generally did more harm than good, I think, but not by much. And even that depends on one's perspective.

Thanks for the explanation! And I hope that nobody's saying bad things about Eliza Hamilton - she's the real Hamilton hero of the musical isn't she?

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Thanks for the explanation! And I hope that nobody's saying bad things about Eliza Hamilton - she's the real Hamilton hero of the musical isn't she?

That musical trivializes the struggle for American Independence (which could have been a good story) by making it a side plot to a shitty soap opera about some jealous sisters marrying into the intrigue of elite circles. :barf:

Hooray for thread hijacking. Now back to your regularly scheduled flaming and spamming. : P

 

[Actingup]

That musical trivializes the struggle for American Independence (which could have been a good story) by making it a side plot to a shitty soap opera about some jealous sisters marrying into the intrigue of elite circles. :barf:

Hooray for thread hijacking. Now back to your regularly scheduled flaming and spamming. : P

Next you'll be saying that Les Miserables (the Musical) missed some important things from Les Miserables (the book, which would have probably needed to have been published as a long series on Literotica at 655,478 words?).... For the record, I love them both. American Independence is kind of interesting, I suppose...

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Next you'll be saying that Les Miserables (the Musical) missed some important things from Les Miserables (the book, which would have probably needed to have been published as a long series on Literotica at 655,478 words?).... For the record, I love them both. American Independence is kind of interesting, I suppose...

No idea. I've never seen/read les Miz.

 

[TheLobster]

Most are presidents; of the seven denominations of bills most of us handle, five have ex-presidents on 'em. None is alive anymore; the latest died in 1885.

They are pretty rare at this point, but the older $1000 bills feature Grover Cleveland who died in 1908.

One would think y’all would update your money at some point to include some more recent historical figures, like FDR, JFK, or maybe even someone like Neil Armstrong for a change. Surely there must people worth commemorating that lived in the past hundred years?

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

I follow American politics a bit. The way things are at the moment I can hardly imagine anything more likely to light the blue touch-paper than to suggest something like that.
Mind you, it’s still a bit of a shock to see Charlie’s face on our currency - on those rare occasions when I handle actual physical money

 

[TheLobster]

I follow American politics a bit. The way things are at the moment I can hardly imagine anything more likely to light the blue touch-paper than to suggest something like that.

Right, that’s fair. If that issue came into vogue, then we’d hear that the notes will soon feature Marx, Mao, Stalin and Pedobear on one hand; or Donald, Adolf, Elon and Tucker on the other.

Mind you, it’s still a bit of a shock to see Charlie’s face on our currency - on those rare occasions when I handle actual physical money

But that’s just the evidence that Americans do it right, isn’t it? Dead presidents tend to stay dead, living monarchs usually don’t remain alive indefinitely. Much simpler to just stick to those already buried, and preferably a different person for each note, like the Swiss, Hungarians, Poles, Americans, and probably a few others do.

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

But that’s just the evidence that Americans do it right, isn’t it? Dead presidents tend to stay dead, living monarchs usually don’t remain alive indefinitely. Much simpler to just stick to those already buried, and preferably a different person for each note, like the Swiss, Hungarians, Poles, Americans, and probably a few others do.

I guess, but we'd had Liz for so long that most currency with anyone else's head on it was an object of curiosity ('Hey, lookit that! Someone else was king!') And now the monarchy is so far from everyday life that it's reduced to a footnote ("Charles says, 'Jolly good, everyone.'") Although to read some of our, uh, popular press you'd think it was the fulcrum round which we all pivot

 

[Bramblethorn]

American money is printed with dead presidents such as Washington Jefferson and Lincoln and a constitutional founding father Ben Franklin.

Hence also "Benjamins" as slang for the $100 note.

 

[HordHolm]

But that’s just the evidence that Americans do it right, isn’t it? Dead presidents tend to stay dead, living monarchs usually don’t remain alive indefinitely. Much simpler to just stick to those already buried, and preferably a different person for each note, like the Swiss, Hungarians, Poles, Americans, and probably a few others do.

That's one side of it, but the fact that the notes are all the same size and colour is pretty dumb.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

That's one side of it, but the fact that the notes are all the same size and colour is pretty dumb.

Yes, it does make it easier to forge higher denomination notes from smaller denomination notes, thus giving crime writers fodder for stories ...

 

[Candy_Kane54]

$1 - Washington (President)
$2 - Jefferson (President)
$5 - Lincoln (President)
$10 - Hamilton (Founding Father)
$20 - Jackson (President)
$50 - Grant (President)
$100 - Franklin (Founding Father)

 

[Voboy]

That's one side of it, but the fact that the notes are all the same size and colour is pretty dumb.

No, they're the same color.

 

[Actingup]

No, they're the same color.

New story challenge - ensure that the local banknotes are lovingly described...
(Australia below: note colour and size variations, security devices, washable and sanitisable polymer, and there's a woman on every note. Following the death of QEII, the next $5 note will have an indigenous theme, not King Charles)

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[WeShallUnclench]

But that’s just the evidence that Americans do it right, isn’t it? Dead presidents tend to stay dead, living monarchs usually don’t remain alive indefinitely. Much simpler to just stick to those already buried, and preferably a different person for each note, like the Swiss, Hungarians, Poles, Americans, and probably a few others do.

Architecture and wildlife are where it's at.
Please do not make the critters extinct and start nuclear wars that wipe out all tall buildings.