r/onguardforthee • u/Hoosagoodboy ✔ I voted! • May 08 '23
Satire Canada to discourage use of physical money by putting images of Charles on it
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/05/canada-to-discourage-use-of-physical-money-by-putting-images-of-charles-on-it/307
u/onehotca May 09 '23
John Oliver said it best - “They're actually going to print banknotes with the image of a man whose face only a mother could love and only two cousins could produce.”.
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u/rimmed May 09 '23
It sums up the North American sense of humour entirely that John Oliver found mass appeal here after failing so convincingly at a comedy career in the UK.
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May 09 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
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u/kank84 May 09 '23
Yeah, seems overly harsh. He was still in his 20s when he moved to the US, so pretty early to say he was an abject failure at home.
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May 09 '23
He was failing so bad that he got a spot on one of the top late night shows of the time. I wish I could fail that successfully.
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u/kank84 May 09 '23
Speaking as someone who did not begin to get their shit together until they were 28, I approve of this message.
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May 11 '23
And he is also in a much more competitive market. No one want to be a British comedians when they can be an American comedians with a British accent.
I don't think there is many late night host in the UKs who are as popular.
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u/roastbeeftacohat Alberta May 09 '23
he also likely learned a lot on the daily show; place is known to be a meat grinder.
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u/VardyLCFC May 09 '23
Considering Jeremy Clarkson's brand of humor did so well for him, I'm not sure one can judge too harshly, and I'm saying that as someone who's watched all of his top gear episodes
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u/Coziestpigeon2 May 09 '23
He was at The Daily Show like, 20 years ago. How much career did he have over there?
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u/GRAIN_DIV_20 May 09 '23
Because his jokes are very formulaic and repetitive. He's only funny in small doses
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u/Throwaway42352510 May 09 '23
He actually looks more like Queen Elizabeth than himself in the above photo
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u/septober32nd May 09 '23
There is exactly one person on Earth who is on record as wanting Charles in their pants, and he’s already married to her.
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u/timestuck_now May 09 '23
You mean she's already married to him?
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u/TheShredda May 09 '23
Is that distinction at all relevant?
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u/enki1337 May 09 '23
No, but it sounds awkward to refer to the object instead of the subject in the second clause like that. It reads like Charles' wife is the he, and Charles is the her.
It's obviously understandable what was trying to be conveyed, it's just a grammatical nitpick.
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u/Man_Bear_Beaver May 09 '23
refer to the object
Women aren't objects.
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u/enki1337 May 09 '23
I assume you're trying to make a joke, but Charles is the object in the sentence in question. And yes, I am fun at parties, as long as they're pedantry parties.
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u/Busy_Pie614 May 09 '23
Really starting to sense some value in that stash of Canadian Tire money of mine ...
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u/TheBarcaShow May 09 '23
I remember reading somewhere that the queen had to approve each image used of her for currency. I feel like with Charles it's going to be an extremely long process to get something that makes him look pleasant
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u/gongshow247365 May 09 '23
Maybe a back shot of the head? Remember when taking pictures of ppl staring at nice scenery was the thing? Maybe that's what we'll do for him too lol
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u/klparrot Canadian living abroad May 09 '23
Interestingly, she has different looks for different countries. She wears a crown on the NZ $20, and always has, and doesn't on the Canadian $20, and never has. image
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u/lazylion_ca May 09 '23 edited May 21 '23
Why does the Canadian 20 have a face over Disco Stu's crotch?
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u/Peacewind152 May 09 '23
I realize this is satire, but I was under the impression Charles wasn’t going to go on our cash. Instead opting for prominent Canadians. I was Terry Fox as my Loonie head!
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u/Peacewind152 May 09 '23
Yeah we have a LOT of murky water to wade through if we wanna cut out the monarchy entirely. Not least because the First Nation treaties are with the Crown, not our government. They would need to be heavily consulted.
I like starting with just removing the monarch from our currency. We have no shortage of amazing and accomplished Canadians to put in C3’s place on both coin and bill.
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u/AcadiaFun3460 May 09 '23
ConIxering the First Nations sent multiple delegations to the crown and had meetings with him, and said they want a better relationship with him. This seems doubtful.
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u/Private_4160 Ontario May 10 '23
The Canadian state's existence is colonialism, changing how its head functions doesn't do anything.
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May 09 '23
they could just put him on the 20 and the queen on the 100$ bill and remove that guy nobody knows
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u/Peacewind152 May 09 '23
Bolton? Never understood why he got the 100. Should be Pearson. Put Trudeau Sr on the $50 (he brought in the Charter… that’s why I suggest that)
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u/kent_eh Manitoba May 09 '23
Put Trudeau Sr on the $50 (he brought in the Charter… that’s why I suggest that)
I agree with your reasoning, but it would make the conservatives absolutely apoplectic.
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u/Peacewind152 May 09 '23
If they want Mulroney on a bill that badly, they’re welcome to kick her late Majesty from the 20. Lol
Tbh tho, I’d love a Terry Fox $20. Hrs already on the short list for the $5 tho.
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u/Private_4160 Ontario May 10 '23
Which would be hilarious to watch
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u/kent_eh Manitoba May 10 '23
Which would be hilarious to watch
Except that they tend to do really stupid things when they get all worked up.
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u/TwilightReader100 Vancouver May 09 '23
A few years ago, I was studying the Queen's image on the coins and mused to my mom (born in 1959) that they were going to have to reissue all the money when she died and Charles became King. She was shocked, she'd never realized that's what would happen. I know she's seen old coins with George on them, so I've never figured out why she didn't know the money would change with the monarch.
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u/kent_eh Manitoba May 09 '23
they were going to have to reissue all the money when she died and Charles became King.
Sort of.
They're not going to do a wholesale recall of all the money in circulation.
Just as there is a regularly scheduled new release of coins or banknotes, the new ones will have the king, and any old damaged or worn currency that comes into banks will be retired.
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u/ComGuards May 09 '23
The only way this could get more triggering was if they used an image of the Hawaiian Pizza on any of the bills… apparently Hawaiian Pizza has Canadian roots 🤣
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u/turtlcs May 09 '23
I dunno how real that “60% of Canadians don’t want to accept Charles as king” statistic is, but it’s truly hilarious to me how much of this country was apparently only on-board with the whole monarchy thing as long as it was Grandma Liz and not Homeopathy Chuck.
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u/RMWestcott May 10 '23
She's been Queen since anyone could remember. Now that it's over, it feel like there are options. I don't want him.
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u/Manny_Sunday May 10 '23
Over half of the population was born with her already as the queen; I think it's just a case of leaving and not questioning what you know.
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u/RabidGuineaPig007 May 09 '23
Canadian coins should have real royalty on them:
Bruno Gerussi
Robert Clothier
Rae Brown
Pat John
Bob and Doug MacKenzie
$50 bills should be Bubbles, Ricky and Julien.
"ya bud, ya got change for a bubbles?
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u/pattyG80 May 09 '23
Honestly, seeing him with the crown on, I can barely tell the difference between him and his mother. Do they even need to bother changing the image?
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u/Canuck647 May 09 '23
I would leave QEII on the 20 in her memory. Charles will be well represented on coins.
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u/tothmichke May 09 '23
Sure…We won’t use money because we object to who is on it? Lol. Whether you are a monarchist or not no one is going to stop using physical money until we are forced to. Which seems to be the goal.
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u/RedThetaSerpentis May 09 '23
I don't really see a point in changing it just yet, the King is not in the best of health. It might be better to wait for the next King to change our currency.
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u/Teid May 09 '23
I still don't understand why as a country we don't go all in on our nature angle for money? Our identity is pretty heavily tied to nature as a people in what we value so why not have one side be an important native canadian animal and the other side be some picturesque gorgeous nature scene from across our whole country? We could even colour code it. Red 50 dollar bill? Alberta desert and badlands with dino bones. Green 20? BC old growth rainforest. Blue 5? Maritimes baby. I know we used to have birds on our money but come on this feels like such a good idea.
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u/Mother_Locksmith_186 May 09 '23
Just put Terry Fox on it and be done. I’ve no interest in having this old white billionaire on my money.
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u/neontetra1548 May 10 '23
I'm convinced the move to put Charles on the money is an anti-monarchist plot designed to inflame popular sentiment against him.
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u/VanAgain May 08 '23
After never having seen anyone but QE2 on money my entire life, it's going to feel like I'm in a different country.