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>water-based currency
In a world where purified water is a rare thing, there is nothing wrong with this.
Gold isn't even very useful outside the hands of BoS or Enclave.
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>>320317561
>there is nothing wrong with this.
>>320318021
wow great counter argument, you sure proved me wrong
is it that serious?
>>320317561
>In a world where purified water is a rare thing
Sorry but this is a fucking laugh. The only reason why water was an issue in the past is because a bunch of merchant took control of the water tower and extort money, in which the cap is back by water. NCR took over and replace the backing with Gold. The only reason why "purified" water is a thing is because FO 3 is a piece of shit game with a shit story where even DIRT can filter radiation out of water.
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>>320318138
>money that will evaporate
>there is nothing wrong with this
>>320318324
>>320318395
Water is a necessity of life in the wastes. Gold is not.
How hard is this for you retards to understand?
You do realize not even the United States of America has their currency backed by gold, right?
>The most precious and vital thing ever is traded as money
Ya water would be worth a lot in a post apocalyptic desert
>caps
>CAPS
LOL WHAT THE FUCK BETHESDA???
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>>320318597
>money
>that
>will
>evaporate
>>320318395
>I don't understand the concept of bottles or water storage.
Vulpes pls
>>320318861
I was actually really hoping for a good vidya thread discussing the wastelands, but I guess I stepped into a thread full of retards.
>>320318597
You do realize that the United States of America has their currency backed byhopes and wishes, right?
>>320319021
Yes, hopes, wishes andSaudis.
>>320318941
>money that will evaporate
>money people will drink
>money that will be poured into the ground
>>320318597
>Water is a necessity of life in the wastes. Gold is not.
>implying Gold and Silver are a necessity for IRL USA
>>320319305
as opposed to
>money that has zero value to anyone
goldfags are THIS stupid
>>320319341
Gold is used in many electronics as its fucking amazing, silver I'm sure has its uses too, but the only one I know is thermal compound.
Also, the USA doesn't back its currency with gold or silver.
>Gee, this world sure is fucked up after the bombs
>Dude, lets roleplay as romans while we kill, destroy, and rape everything. That will fix it.
Still makes more than time being currency.Seriously who the fuck thought that movie was a good idea?
>>320319010
The legion is objectively the worst morally speaking but house wouldn't be much better, he has no interest in the people of new Vagas, it would still be pretty much anarchy, and if anyone started to gain control one way or another he would just stop them even if they were just trying to help
>>320319551
Justin Timberlake, probably.
>>320318597
Anon, I was not talking about water=life, I was talking about how cap was backed by water before it was replace by gold. After like a few decade later, more people started using water pumps, vault systems, and wells again and water becomes common as hell. There even a giant lake that House is willing to sell to NCR, for a fee. Cap back by gold was NCR decision due to how rare it beomces and it was a good idea at the time, right until the BoS bomb the gold mine.
>>320319475
>money that has zero value to anyone
>everyone values the USD
>>320319305
>Things that every person can use cannot be used as currency.
>I've never heard of the barter system.
I bet you think the Metro 2033 bullet currency system is bullshit as well.
>>320319758
People don't play Metro 2033 here. What do you expect?
>>320319475
M8, what happens if there's a drought? Or if there's floods? Water based currency literally changes value with the weather. Can you not see how this would be detrimental to a developing economy?
>>320319551
Face it, the whole time as money concept was solely used to make all the time puns.
There were a number of things that irked me about that movie.
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>>320319758
>lemme just store the country's economy in some bottles
>sure hope no one spills any heh
Currency, as a medium of exchange, needs to be durable and portable. Water is neither, and is more of a commodity.
>>320319957
OUR CURRENCY TODAY, NOT BACKED BY ANYTHING, CHANGES VALUE DAILY
ARE YOU LITERALLY THIS RETARDED?
Are we just going to ignore the fact that US currency hasn't been backed by gold for several decades already?
Currency is backed literally by nothing but promises (and the law)
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"QUICK GET THE HOSE AND PUT THIS FIRE OUT!"
"can't man we're in a recession"
I wanna fuck Tandi.
>>320320347
lel
>>320320428
She already been fucked and have a wimpy shit son.
>>320320006
>What are underground aquifers, sealed wells. and water treatment plants? Fug if I know!!
>Thinking that water is the only good that is traded.
>>320320113
Yes, but the U.S. actually has a developed economy. The NCR's economy is literally brahman.
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"welcome to NCR First National Bank, how may i help you?"
"hello i'd like to make a deposit here you -- whoooops"
>>320319010
>>320319592
I tried I guess
>bottlecap based currency
bethesda is fucking retarded for reverting back to this shit, no one is going to carry around 1,000 bottlecaps.
that's like carrying 1,000 pennies to buy shit. and that's besides the point that bottlecaps would be worthless junk in the post apoc.
>>320320731
how heavy do you think 1,000 bottlecaps are?
>poison major water source
>ENTIRE ECONOMY IS RUINED FOREVER
Welp.
>>320320347
My fucking sides
>>320320953
Actually, it would just raise the value of the currency even more since the water would be in shorter supply.
>>320320721
They would have still used gold backed currency like in Fallout 2 if the Brotherhood of Steel didn't vaporized their gold reserve.
>>320320886
how bulky and loud is it?
now how about 2,000 caps? 1,000 can't buy shit.
>You can piss all your money away
Whats the legion currency made out of?
>>320319506
Silver is a good antibacterial and can be used in water purification.
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>2281
>selling cheap knock-offs in my scam shop in NCR
>customer walks in, buys something, pays, leaves
>1 hour later
>customer walks back in, mad as hell, demands refund
>mfw
>>320321243
Silver and gold.
>>320321374
Wait, do you actually think people pay with water in the NCR?
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>>320321609
>2281
>California
>running a bank
>install water fountain for customers so they can quench their thirst
>mfw i realize what a horrible mistake ive made
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>2281
>capture Hoover Dam
>NCR now gets millions of tons of pure water whenever they want
>mfw ive made NCR money worthless
>give some homeless shitstain a bottle of water
>he uses it to buy a bottle of beer
>>320320006
Oh shit that's Seth. I never realized that til now, how fucking cool.
>>320322427
>Implying that we could never transition to another currency as the population's water need is sated.
>>320321540
http://youtu.be/tFxzohbXLSo
>>320317207
Why not? Japan's feaudal system was based entirely around a rice backed economy.
Fact is, you can back an economy with anything, so long as it has percieved general value. Pure water is not an easy to come by sumstance in post-apocalyptia.
>>320322518
Well I mean he did kind of found the Rangers
>Suddenly water is no longer an issue in the wasteland due to some event like rainwater becoming pure again
>water is acquirable by anyone
>water problem is solved and society would have been well on its way to flourishing again
>water becomes completely worthless as a currency overnight
>instead now they face the worst economic crash in history
>>320325021
Yet he's still a beta c*ck>"Seth's the captain of the guards. My father tried to set us up once, but he is not my type." - Tandi
How much does 1 Gallon of water equate to in real life USD, if there is any estimate based on what the game tells you?
Because in real life 1 Gallon of water you can get for about $1
Which means if I want to buy a TV I have to lug around 100+ gallons of water
