This is definitely a joke. Taking something to an absurd extreme is a valid source of humor and I feel like this does a solid job of parody. Nice little references thrown in, too.
At the same time, Poe's Law: "Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views."
Ok, but really don't need to censor that, 'specially if you make a sticker for a gas pump. You'll just make it more difficult for the target audience to figure out what the words mean.
I actually think it's a pretty big miss that we didn't have a $250 bill planned for the country's 250th anniversary. Inflation makes a $250 bill reasonable.
Of course Trump on the bill is an abomination, but a $250 Harriet Tubman or Frederick Douglass or Paul Revere or Sam Adams would be pretty dope.
Edit: upon further thought, Revere should be on a silver coin.
True. I'd propose WEB DuBois, but he'd probably be insulted. Nat Turner would be the most based option, you could include a line like "the struggle for freedom is the birthright of all mankind" next to his face. Though that would work with Tubman as well. Tubman is the obvious choice of course and I do hope she wins, but it's good to also think of others who deserve to be considered.
Actually the perfect never going to happen would be Lucy Parsons
They were yuge! Yoomungus! These guys would come up to me with tears in their eyes (these were strong, burly MEN) and they would say "these bills are too big Mr. President! Look at the size of them! We need bigger pockets mr. President! Please help us!!"
There's this bridge I'm not using much lately. I'm throwing leeting someone take it off od my hands for a very low price. DM me in truth social if interested.
Connective real estate. Think about it. It's just there waiting for an innovator like you to swoop in and own it. Jump on this opportunity right now! Someone more innovative might pounce before you do!
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Maroon@lemmy.world · 447 pts · 79d
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 92 pts · 79d
it's all a joke
snooggums@piefed.world · 50 pts · 79d
Trump is the harmful kind of joke, like those that perpetuate racist stereotypes.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 34 pts · 79d
US being the punchline.
Klear@piefed.world · 10 pts · 79d
Emphasis on "punch".
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 79d
That post is a fake. But it is based on a bit of truth.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-250-bill-c48e35fd945fe7983c7481b2fbd6416c
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/28/trump-250-bill-pushed-by-treasury-appointees/
dan1101@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 79d
After he posted himself as Jesus I won't be surprised by much.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 79d
I came to the comments to find out. The “2” will probably draw more fools like me in.
josephc@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 79d
This is definitely a joke. Taking something to an absurd extreme is a valid source of humor and I feel like this does a solid job of parody. Nice little references thrown in, too.
At the same time, Poe's Law: "Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views."
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 79d
The problem is these days, reality is so absurd that this is actually pretty believable.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 79d
It's not really possible to out extreme the everyday reality of a president trump.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 79d
Overton window of humor keeps getting pushed further and further away from its "natural" center
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 79d
Does he ever write out the J of his name?
Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 79d
He would never fully write out his middle name
miraclerandy@lemmy.world · 227 pts · 79d
Who’s this little guy hiding in there? 🧐
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 67 pts · 79d
Got a bit of an epstain on there
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 79d
oh i hope its Anthony Bourdain...
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 28 pts · 79d
angband@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Ok, but really don't need to censor that, 'specially if you make a sticker for a gas pump. You'll just make it more difficult for the target audience to figure out what the words mean.
sem@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 79d
Bill Klinton?
FishFace@piefed.social · 5 pts · 79d
Looks like Nicholas cage
caboose2006@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
You got lights, you got cameras—bitchin' technology."
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 78d
It's Mike Judge, turning to dust
toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 77d
I am wayyy too lazy today but I desperately want to edit that to Yaranaika
kboos1@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 79d
Surprised to see Epstein's ghost in the corner. Bold move
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 61 pts · 79d
If Trump put himself on the $250 bill he'd absolutely use an AI picture of himself as a homoerotic musclebro
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 78d
I'm only 90% sure this is fake.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 77d
Honestly it's 50/50 for me
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 77d
The only thing that makes me lean fake is the "John"
Cellari@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 79d
You almost had me until I saw the comments and the ghost in the bill
pelya@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 78d
melfie@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 78d
I ain't givin' you no tree-fitty, you goddamn Loch Ness Monster! Get your own goddamn money!
nroth@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 78d
Is this a shitpost or real?
Hupf@feddit.org · 6 pts · 77d
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 23 pts · 79d
This is a joke, right? I want to believe but this is too much
faerbit@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 78d
I'm quite certain, that this is a parody account. But it's a testament to the platform (Xitter) that I cannot check that.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 78d
You know it's fake because he would have used his mugshot
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 79d
Only reason I questioned this bill was because Trump doesn't look cool enough here for Donald to have ever approved it stroke or not.
Deff could see this being real soon.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
Deff?
You spelled Jeff wrong...
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 78d
I actually think it's a pretty big miss that we didn't have a $250 bill planned for the country's 250th anniversary. Inflation makes a $250 bill reasonable.
Of course Trump on the bill is an abomination, but a $250 Harriet Tubman or Frederick Douglass or Paul Revere or Sam Adams would be pretty dope.
Edit: upon further thought, Revere should be on a silver coin.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 78d
John Brown is probably too controversial but, damn, that'd be something to see.
btsax@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 77d
We do have this quarter:
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 77d
Love it.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
FDR would be a great choice for it, Teddy Roosevelt would be a generally agreeable one though.
Also let's get a $3 bill with Harvey Milk or Brenda Howard on it, just for the fun of it.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 77d
FDR threw 100,000 Americans into concentration camps. Get his fascist ass off the dime.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 77d
By that logic we shouldn't have anyone in politics on any money ever. Every politician has done fucked up shit.
So I vote we replace all humans with dogs on all money.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 77d
Absolutely agree with every part of this
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 78d
We need a POC on a bill, but Teddy is pretty cool too. My third favorite Republican.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
True. I'd propose WEB DuBois, but he'd probably be insulted. Nat Turner would be the most based option, you could include a line like "the struggle for freedom is the birthright of all mankind" next to his face. Though that would work with Tubman as well. Tubman is the obvious choice of course and I do hope she wins, but it's good to also think of others who deserve to be considered.
Actually the perfect never going to happen would be Lucy Parsons
syreus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Or maybe we just stop putting faces on bills. We have all kinds of natural wonders we could put on the bills instead.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 78d
We used to have much much larger bills
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
They were yuge! Yoomungus! These guys would come up to me with tears in their eyes (these were strong, burly MEN) and they would say "these bills are too big Mr. President! Look at the size of them! We need bigger pockets mr. President! Please help us!!"
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 79d
I’m surprised it’s not a $500 bill so he could say he’s just like Mr. Monopoly.
meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 79d
wheter this is real or not, i still find it hilarious that the word "president" is all caps, and not the word "your"
Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 77d
Have we really reached the level of absurdity that reality is indistinguishable from satire?
Dasus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 77d
Years ago
caboose2006@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 79d
This is obviously fake. Everyone knows trump's middle name is Jerkinit.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 78d
Inventing new bills because you can't control inflation
hansolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 78d
Y'all ever see that Trevor Noah/Daily Show bit about how T is America's first African Dictator president? From back in 2016?
Yeah, me neither.
AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 79d
That's a fuckign ugly picture jesus christ
I mean, the guy isn't a parangon of beauty for sure, but you can't tell me there isn't a better picture of him out there.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 79d
IDK, walleyed, badly lit, and grotesquely ugly is how I'll remember him.
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d
His skin fluoresces under uv light.
GarboDog@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 78d
We know he’s trying to do the whole stick but that’s not the design yeah? 99% sure it’s not the real design and 67% sure the post is real lol
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 79d
The Pedo Dollar
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 78d
*petro dollar.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
I said what i meant
mrspaz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 78d
CannedYeet@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 79d
New idiom just dropped: "More crooked than a $250 bill"
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 78d
The pedo bill.
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 78d
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 78d
ALADEEN the ALADEEN
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 79d
I am still looking for Saddam Hussein
borQue@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 78d
as if the dollar isn't falling fast enough
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 78d
tRuSt ThE pLaN /s
jjlinux@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 78d
There's this bridge I'm not using much lately. I'm throwing leeting someone take it off od my hands for a very low price. DM me in truth social if interested.
EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 78d
Connective real estate. Think about it. It's just there waiting for an innovator like you to swoop in and own it. Jump on this opportunity right now! Someone more innovative might pounce before you do!
m3t00@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 77d
he'd never thank anyone. looks like casino money so almost likely. probably better than w/e really happens
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 78d
Bubba needs to be on the back! Right Mr.President?
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 79d
This is fake.
He's gonna be on the $3 bill.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 79d
Octagon is Greek.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 78d
https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/v2/DDV5O7Y4IFCQLDHPIKCVK6DSJ4.jpg?auth=53f3bb8a1f2822e084c5101e51fb5cf0d342185292809863ac3b25ddead67bd4&width=800&smart=true&quality=90
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 78d
Why 250? 200 is more convenient (one significant figure), much like 0.20.
Also, font galore. And there is no true EURion.
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 78d
250th anniversary, counting from the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Sektor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
It should have said two hundred fiddy