4.3 Billion Dollars (Futurama, Season 1, Episode 6).

Fry's reaction to becoming a billionaire...

[@boboloon]

I love how his expectations are so low that he gets pumped at just the 93 cents.

[@tomatoinactivechannel4084]

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[@tsRR09]

It's because he only needed 50 cents to bail bender out of jail

[@boboloon]

@@tsRR09 Really? I guess that justifies that reaction.

[@tsRR09]

@@boboloon yeah :) bender was trying to steal robot oil from the mall but everything slipped out of his yellow sweater and the fine was 80 dollars and they had 79.50 or something like that

[@piratesmurf4251]

Like most Americans 🤣

[@Jacquibim]

They kept an account with a balance of 93 cents and no withdrawals or deposits open for 1000 years. Now that's service.

[@vladtepes2667]

They even kept the old technogly in case he would come back or others like him.

[@promisnwekenta9703]

I would trust money to this bank!

[@tumadrev598]

10/10 would bank there agen

[@angelgjr1999]

Surprised the bank didn’t charge him a billion dollars for “security and maintenance”.

[@noahjohnson935]

Better than my bank Bastards took 10 years worth of intrest after declairing it "inactive" and taking it as payment

[@GanerRL]

Which adjusted for inflation, comes to about 74c

[@LaplacianFourier]

Wrong. It's the other way.

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Which also comes out to the temperature of the oceans

[@Bollibompa]

@@LaplacianFourier Is it now? Drink your coffee bud.

[@A1M8E7]

@@LaplacianFourier found the Biden voter

[@JamesMerlaut]

@@LaplacianFourier Dude if I have a dollar today in my pocket and it buys a loaf of bread, that same dollar won't buy a loaf of bread in 10 years.

[@bobdole4916]

The most impressive thing about this is the complete and total lack of inflation.

[@TheKilgoth]

The 2.25% in a completely normal (he had less than a dollar in it) savings account made me chuckle a little bit as well.

[@Hellblaue210]

What if the 4.3 is accounting for inflation though and over time the government keep removing currency to deflate it.

[@konradtondryk5453]

if inflation stays at the government target of 2% then he will be making 0.25% interest annually

[@militarian9759]

Inflation increased drastically in just the last 10 years. I feel when this episode came out, keeping cash in an account with interest meant something then 😂

[@robertcampbell8070]

@@militarian9759 It...hasn't though. Most countries aren't even able to hit their target inflation rates, no matter how much money has been pumped out.

[@henrynelson9301]

That is the most accurate reaction to learning you have 4.3 billion dollars

[@VorpalSlade]

Know from experience do ya? :')

[@henrynelson9301]

Vorpal_Slade I wish

[@marcusbrasilite]

That was my reaction when I learned I have 4000. ( ._.)

[@pastathehoagie]

Idk man inflation is around 2.25% so that 4.3 billion worth about 93 cents in today's money

[@exorias625]

😂6000 years ago 4.3 billion dollars is worth nothing

[@kalebbruwer]

So his bank is so stable they managed to stay in business for a thousand years? That's pretty impressive

[@BenjaminMankowski]

The government doesn't let them go under anymore. They were probably bailed out at least a few hundred times.

[@kalebbruwer]

@@BenjaminMankowski So the government is so stable they managed to stay standing for a thousand years? That's pretty impressive

[@fearedjames]

@@kalebbruwer Its also canonically not something that happened in Futurama 'lore', so really its confusing. Interest also doesn't work like how the show makes it look. Unless basically, the society was rebuilt, they kept a surviving banks accounts valid then rigidly fixed the money to a certain value, Fry would be even more poor after 1000 years.

[@boogaloobomber9889]

There are some private banks in europe that've been in business for almost 500 years now.

[@itsmealex8959]

@@boogaloobomber9889 500 more to go before a random serf discovers his 3 grams of wheat have become 4.8 billion euros.

[@TheBoyInTheBush]

This was a great scene the fact that she even pulled out the old school card reader impressed the hell out of me

[@bfg3890]

Why

[@santiagosanchez4836]

@@bfg3890 Fry has been frozen for 1000 years it’s likely assumed that there’s a different and more ingenious way of accessing one’s bank account via say an implanted chip, or in this case a retinal scan, as opposed to a piece of plastic that a debit card is made out of.

[@bfg3890]

@@santiagosanchez4836 Duh, exactly, so why would they keep a machine laying around the bank that's only good for a piece of technology that would have been obsolete centuries ago. At best you might find one in a museum. Only a fool would find a massive logic inconsistency like that impressive.

[@Jazz-dh2ds]

Some people are treating old Simpsons and Futurama like they're so intelligent and cunning, like how people treated Rick and Morty. I don't know how the heck that impressed you. And on a seperate note, I'm not sure how people consider decent jokes to be so all-time great.

[@pkyy9269]

@@bfg3890 it’s Funny ! You guys care way too much lmao

[@shadows_star]

The most unbelievable thing here is that she has the card swiper after a thousand years of it being outdated and also knows how it works.

[@chaddionne2605]

Or the fact that his account has been inactive for over a thousand years without being shut down

[@tissuepaper9962]

Fry can't possibly be the first or the last person from the past to have come into this bank. Cryogenics was huge right around Fry's time, so it's likely that he's not even the first person from his decade to come into the bank with an ATM card after all that time.

[@chaddionne2605]

That indeed makes a lot of sense

[@wallybazoum]

You guys do know it's animation right !.

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@wallybazoum and why does that preclude theorizing and thinking critically about the facts and way of that world? Go away.

[@rtlstien]

and to think, he'd have an extra 300 million dollars if he had a whole dollar instead

[@FreshInkling]

Billion you mean

[@yatokami1783]

@@FreshInkling no he's right. With a growth of 2.25% over 1000 years $0.93 would leave him with $4,283,508,449.71 while $1 would leave him with $4,605,923,064.21

[@FreshInkling]

@@yatokami1783 I thought it would be more

[@smalltrashman4227]

@@FreshInkling Well the difference between a dollar and 93 cents is only 7 cents so it wouldn't double or anything.

[@victorcervantes5372]

Small TrashMan maybe he thought 0.93+1 instead of it going from 0.93 to 1

[@cartooncottage2024]

The fact that she read out his billions like it was nothing is what gets me.

[@mqfii8992]

Inflation Is a bitch, I wouldn't be surprised if In 1000 years billions are worth what would be some thousand dollars of nowadays.

[@dinamosflams]

If they use the same currency in a thousand years, 4.3 billion would probably not worth much

[@LiquidusSnakeX]

@@mqfii8992 Well the world they live in was invaded by aliens, rebuilt from medieval times, invaded by aliens AGAIN, and then rebuilt to what you see now. So inflation prob reset a few times?

[@yannsylvester3680]

US target inflation 2%, he earned 2.4% a year if I heard correctly, so he is barely beating inflation but over the course of 1000 years I wouldn’t be surprised he still made a sizeable amount of money adjusted for inflation.

[@timjones2329]

@@yannsylvester3680 I checked and unless I've made an enormous error, he would end up with around 50$ (of the original value). Not as much as you'd think

[@ditherdather]

I feel his response was proportionate to the situation, for once.

[@joachimschoder]

A friend of mine opened a bank account for her godchild 18 years ago and added 10 bugs each month. The interest rate was really long term and got higher every year with the different rates being part of the contract. The last interest rate was higher than a bank credit would have been. So I can imagine Fry opening his account in the 90s he might have gotten a similar fixed rate the bank couldn't just change.

[@kmdewhurst]

How many bugs has she got now?

[@aussieskates]

@@kmdewhurst Enough for a Stephen King horror franchise.

[@kyleboutilier6005]

I’m depositing all the bugs I find they’ll take them! Ya just gotta roll em up first

[@thecourier6601]

10 bugs over 18 years?! you have Bug Nation by now. That kid is probably King Emperor of Bugland!

[@imitt12]

Yeah, 2.25% APY is incredibly good for a checking account. Nowadays I can't seem to find any higher than maybe 1.5%.

[@tuongpham7609]

My teachers were correct. Even a couple pennies in a savings account can make a lot of money. In 1000 years.

[@kirishima638]

Except banks don't really work this way.

[@himi6536]

@@kirishima638 Banks accrue interest on the money you have stored. In a world where you can freeze yourself and wake up 1000 years later, banks would have no choice but to operate this way.

[@MrV902]

@@himi6536 Well, they could legally close or freeze your account due to inactivity, it would likely get purged if it was assumed you had died, and you'd have no recourse if at any point your account information became compromised. Not to mention your bank card has to be renewed every few years and would become inactive within a decade, much less a millennium.

[@himi6536]

@@MrV902 A savings account cannot be closed due to inactivity alone. You have the right to let the interest accrue for as long as you want without touching it. If you were cryogenically frozen, they will know you didn't die. The plot of them not knowing with Fry was a plot device and would not happen in the real world. The account would be locked if you were cryogenically frozen so no one could spend the money even if they got access to the account. This is a pretty obvious solution to theft. That's why they would take something other than the card for identification purposes. This was, again, a plot device. I've never once needed ID to access my bank account. You also must've failed to see where I indicated I was talking hypothetically in the first place. EDIT: I indicate a savings account because a checking account can be legally locked if inactive and most banks don't offer interest on them anyway.

[@gc6096]

SSP AMV yup now O know what to do with my spare change now.

[@Foxygrandpa2131]

Not sure what’s more unrealistic. The bank keeping that account open, or a 2.5 percent interest rate.

[@frederickthegreat1352]

Or the fact that there was apparantly no inflation over the 1000 years...

[@omegadrive9999]

@@frederickthegreat1352 Yeah imagine how much a PS200 or Xbox Xtreme X-Factor (or Triple X for short) costs in the year 3000?

[@quantumblitz]

@@omegadrive9999imagine the graphics GTA V would have on that bad boi 🤤

[@CyberAesthetic]

@@quantumblitz what would be the point in playing gta 5 at that point in time? The game is pretty boring when you realize almost everything new is just something that was already in the game before in some way. It would just have updated graphics rather than updated gameplay, assuming Rockstar still decided to never release another gta game cause of gta 5s success. Assuming the level of what a game could reach that far in the future, GTA 6 which will probably take 1000 years to release at this rate anyways, it'd probably be a fully generated world, where the cities were actually to scale of what they are irl, and every building was a place you could go into, and all the different shops were interactable and had hundreds of thousands of different things to do.

[@purpleapple4052]

@@CyberAesthetic the joke is that gta 5 has been in 3 playstation generations by now lol

[@zelliff6259]

I actually used a financial calculator to see how accurate this was and it was correct. Kudos to the writers for being as accurate as they could.

[@TunaBear64]

Why you need a financial calculator, just calculate .93 x 1.0225^1000

[@roses.9181]

Same lol! I typed in my TVM details and burst out laughing ahaha.

[@CrystalAce2]

I went a step further (but not sure if it's 100% accurate) -- took the inflation data from 1923 - 2023, and extrapolated it out 1000 years. Fry's 4.3 billion dollars is the equivalent of $25,000 in today's money. Not bad for 1000 years of interest, but... imagine a slice of pizza O_O

[@elftax]

The Simpsons/Futurama writing team is notoriously smart, with several Math & Physics majors. There is a book about "The Simpson and their mathematical secrets" that covers some of the actual high level math dropped into the shows.

[@girlishgamer1]

The writers just love flexing their math degrees.

[@dylanbaldwin1912]

Dude Fry’s reaction is so realistic. I’d freak out if I found out I had that much money in my bank account

[@MerickFox]

Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t react like fry did

[@shian2724]

I would have probably punched myself in the face with force to see if I wasn't dreaming. From having almost a single dollar to being a full-blown billionaire the majority of people will probably pass out

[@bilib1891]

Me, as the question is still open about how much inflation happened and what that amount of money is actually worth as in: what are the prices of stuff I would want to buy from it?

[@CDPW]

I'd probably grin a little.

[@bendy2666]

@@CDPW and then start frothing

[@shadowtheimpure]

I'd react that way to just 10 million. With even 1% interest, I'd never have to work again.

[@prowers2623]

Imagine if he was in debt before getting in the chamber. Just imagine.

[@DuvLeveret]

Same scene. Just with a negative before the balance

[@Retard634]

College debt really does fuck you over

[@ethangerstein2534]

Yikes

[@LINKKART8]

I just imagined it..now what?

[@matheusandim]

Same scene? Like it's equal??? I guess not...

[@yourex-wife4259]

Everytime Fry has money, he blows it. Remember when Planet Express was rich for owning shares and Fry single handedly tanked the share price

[@punkm0nk3y2]

Why have money if you dont spend it?

[@crazy13alex]

@@punkm0nk3y2 A question only the people with self control know how to answer. Fry is not one of them. As for the shares, that wasn't spending, that was bringing the worth down to nothing.

[@benjyharris1244]

Just also to note that the bigger Fry`s balance became over the years, the more money he would accumulate... :D good service tho!

[@SevenCompleted]

Yes That is how compound interest works

[@bobagorof]

True. Why does she need to calculate it though? Isn't the balance actually recorded somewhere? Inflation would severely diminish his buying power though.

[@The_Blyatman]

Only if it was compound interest instead of simple interest

[@codefreak8]

The real joke is the interest rate being that high.

[@steezytrtl2701]

What episode is this

[@dave360boxx]

Bruh look at the title hope you ain’t joking

[@steezytrtl2701]

Scott I’m not joking I must be just blind

[@mho...]

he was a loyal long time customer tho!

[@starliner2498]

Wait really?

[@cbolty]

The reason why he was so happy with having 93 cents is because he needed 50 cents to get Bender out of jail.

[@AxxLAfriku]

Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two HEAVENLY HANDSOME girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest KZbinr ever, having two handsome girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear col

[@cbolty]

@@AxxLAfriku dude I commented this 9 months ago. And I don’t even know you don’t say my name you fncking weirdo

[@Elipson52008]

@@cbolty nobody saying your name as they typed col not colt. Also, by replying you also "said" their name and you dont even know them you fnking wierdo.

[@romancorey6796]

@@Elipson52008 dude you commented this earlier today and I’m just blown away you still responded to hkm

[@Debate_Bot]

@@AxxLAfriku you use "handsome" for men idiot

[@nobunaga0088]

Whoever decided to create Frys reaction is absolutely brilliant.

[@mjohnson2807]

I always loved the appreciation for math in their show. Something as subtle as this will spark interest in finance and investing for many.

[@executiveo5868]

Rich people be like: “it’s easy to get rich!” Then they’re like, “just freeze yourself for a 1000 years overtime.

[@yellowcrewmate9809]

Evi1M4chine oh good Idea I already have the slaves

[@josh_the_alien]

@Evi1M4chine ah yes,monopoly

[@purplelotus531]

Create a problem, sell a solution

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Pull an Edison, patent other people's ideas before them and (threaten to) ruin their lives if they try to sue you

[@yourwifesboyfriend8688]

Imagine Bill Gates freezing himself for 1000 years and then waking up with that much money

[@conradkai9705]

He was thinking about all the cups of coffee he could buy.

[@codygreen9055]

1,400,000,000 cups

[@VGMaster1]

Cody Green be like: Oh yeah. It’s big brain time.

[@whyh6876]

Cody Green is that right? You did the math lol

[@Caruniom]

Cody Green what kind of being would he become then?

[@keytarkrazy12]

Anchovies*

[@scmtuk3662]

I remember I actually did the math(s) on this, and it's actually correct - the _exact_ balance starting with $0.93 with an interest of 2.25% over 1000 years is: $0.93 x (1.0225^1000) = $4,283,508,449.71 (which rounds up to 4.3 billion dollars)

[@87ecosse]

The math will be different depending on when they pay interest (monthly being the most common) and how they handle rounding errors. They can only pay interest in whole cents and that can massively effect the end result.

[@calebpettifer]

@@87ecosse but surely a 2.25 percent interest rate if far too high for monthly rate

[@jimmy2k4o]

Can you recalculate to adjust for inflation?

[@daviniarobbins9298]

But wouldn't 4.3 billion be worth the same as 93p today due to inflation over such a long time?

[@calebpettifer]

@@daviniarobbins9298 possibly, but most likely no, because his interest rate is higher than the average inflation rate

[@TheGamerUnknown]

"And adjusted for inflation, that's worth the equivalent of...92 cents!"

[@themissinfowar6629]

We’ll just transfer all that into bitcoin annnnd its gone. Fry: “what do you mean it’s all gone?”

[@MikMoen]

The Bank would find ANY reason to deny cashing that account out though.

[@debreczeniarpad9956]

Future banos are for people

[@ThePsych123]

@@debreczeniarpad9956 this is my favorite typo

[@muratkahraman8743]

Actually according to most theorist (because it wasn't explicitly said in the show but implied) the world of futurama is a world of over saturation. All the resources are abundant. Cure to literally almost every disease is found and life expectancy is so high that most people had to use suicide booths to die as they couldn't wait for their own lives to end naturally. So in a society like that the divide between rich and poor would be nonexistent. That's why money would use its value and so would the banks. Basically when everyone is rich no one is.

[@jedipenguin2641]

Except 4.3 billion dollars probably wont be enough to buy you a cup of coffee 1000 years in the future.

[@yeetwchybaban]

@@jedipenguin2641 wrong

[@HunterShows]

I like how she constantly keeps a working magnetic strip reader at her workstation for cards that expired a thousand years ago...just in case.

[@stephanietorresreyes2925]

Well, people have been freezing themselves for the future since 2000, so maybe that has something to do with it...

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

HunterShows better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it

[@coprographia]

HunterShows i like how the magnetic strip on his thousand year old debit card still works

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

coprographia well he was flash frozen, a thousand years in suspended animation was but a second from his perspective

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

Jagar Tharn we use them all the time at my job

[@TCWRebelsResistanceWords]

No matter how many times I watch this episode, my jaw drops completely to the ground every single time she says $4.3 billion!! I mean, come on, that’s un-freaking believable!!!

[@bridgecross]

Just did the math, and they are right. $4.283 Billion to be precise. I love how this glosses over the fact that there were nuclear wars, revolutions and other upheavals. So the currency would most likely not be the same, nor would that particular bank survive. But that's baked into the humor.

[@Knolch]

Yeah, while he was frozen there´s two alien invasions and society goes throug medieval times again, but I guess they kept the banking system and currency :D

[@mad_man310]

i can already hear all the economists getting their calculators out

[@OniksWalks]

AHAHAHAHA this is what I actually did!

[@Urammar]

Yeah I did haha. $4,283,508,449.72

[@Akareyon]

=0.93*1.0225^1000

[@dartmada9733]

That figure is actually accurate

[@Grumbledookvid]

I got 40 dollars pls help my maths

[@JivanPal]

You really appreciate the power of compound interest (and how quickly exponential functions grow) when you realise that over 1,000 years, Fry amassed $4.3B, but over only 100 years, it would've been just $8.60.

[@flexican5399]

Inflation tho

[@bordergore7623]

Yeah under the rules of inflation after a thousand years that 4.3 billion is probably worth a couple bucks in today money. And since they don’t say that they themselves adjust for inflation it’s safe to say frys account is worthless.

[@JivanPal]

@@bordergore7623, yeah, all you need do is assume a rate of inflation and work out what follows. Recall that Fry's interest rate is 2.25%/yr, then: If, for example, we assume inflation is 2%/yr over that 1000 year period, then the "real" interest rate (interest on purchasing power), since 1.0225/1.02 ≈ 1.00245, is approx. 0.245%/yr. Thus, over 1000 years, that $0.93 of purchasing power becomes ~$10.76 of purchasing power in today's terms. If we instead assume inflation averages 3%/yr, then since 1.0225/1.03 ≈ 0.99272, the real interest is approx. -0.728%/yr. Thus, over 1000 years, $0.93 purchasing power becomes ~0.06¢ in today's terms, indeed worthless.

[@romanbukins6527]

@@flexican5399 Well, apparently inflation kinda stopped there. Which is pretty neat.

[@Asw_2004]

Nice

[@purplebatdragon]

There is an art to funny reactions that Futurama always pulled off. I will always remember the sound Fry made when first seeing the Gigantic Brains.

[@thelastarcadegamer6655]

I love how it completely forgets that civilization was destroyed twice while he was in cryostasis, so his savings would be completely gone since the bank is gone. Also, was the cryostasis building just worshiped as a temple to the gods when they rebuilt in the middle age style?

[@obi-wankenobi8446]

It's just a fun cartoon, enjoy it how it is

[@LC-qp7pr]

The most unbelievable part of this is the 2.25% interest.

[@bluehornet197]

Not really lol I have a bank account from 12yrs ago before the 08 financial crisis with 2% interest lol so not totally unrealistic

[@richardmillhousenixon]

It's 2.25 but yeah. IIRC the credit union I bank with has a program where kids can have a bank account (with parental consent and control obv) where the interest you get was (at least from when my account was made to when I turned 18) 7%, although I think the fine print states that you can only get that 7% on up to $1,000 in your savings account, although your college savings account (locked from withdrawals unless it's the parent making said withdrawal until you turn 18, at which point the balance is put in your main savings account) gets that 7% regardless of the amount until you turn 18, then it reverts to the shitty interest rate adults get, which is I think somewhere between 1% & 2%, though it may be lower

[@richardmillhousenixon]

Also even if your parent wants to make a withdrawal from your college savings account they get charged like a 10% fee on the amount they withdraw as an incentive to not withdraw anything and instead save up for college tuition which is expensive af

[@NymbusCumulo928]

@@bluehornet197 I have 2.25% on mine . . but my bank is local and family owned, which has its own downsides

[@zayarlin2668]

Just come Myanmar and get 5% interest rate. Every deposit 10$> is subjected to get 5%.

[@ekathe85]

"Shut up and give my money"

[@fathfez7991]

"give *me* my money"

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

@@fathfez7991 It's YOUR money use it when you want to!

[@dachamp9041]

*OUR* money comrade.

[@joeray6229]

shut up and take my money

[@PeeZBee]

Now that's mother fricking epic and very fricking funny xD

[@sidekickerbrohoof9584]

The way Leela and Amy just glare at him cracks me up every time.

[@McArRuIzO]

I hope everyone takes away the biggest lesson from this: Compound interest is the secret of the super rich.

[@fv9422]

This, and time

[@Leander_]

The most unrealistic part of this video is the 2.5% average interest over a thousand years.

[@Sorrigan]

He lucked out that the bank still existed at all... especially since the attack of the grave robbing space mushrooms -- Uh, well you know the rest.

[@cristianperez9626]

Babooshka00 I mean, any higher and the bank would out of business.

[@gonzoblue1206]

2.25%

[@Hey-hh1hr]

@@michalm2279 That moment when you take a small mistake as an actual basis for someones intelligence

[@Hey-hh1hr]

@@michalm2279 Yeah dude, not gonna lie... You sound like a typical 12 year old, I just point out you're sorta being ya know... obnoxious and you go straight to insults. People only insult when their argument is baseless

[@claytonclarkson7152]

$4,283,508,449.70 This is the exact amount, if you start with .93¢ with no additional deposits at an annual compounded interest of 2.25% for 1,000 years.

[@KlLLERROBOT99]

If I froze myself right now for 1,000 years I would have roughly...let’s see here. $272,003,339,808,591.75 Now I bring this to a person who can freeze me and say “Let me do it and I’ll give you an I.O.U and when I wake up I’ll play you the $10 million I owe you.

[@joshuahawkins5731]

Nerd 😎

[@enricmm85]

Wrong. It actually is 4,283,508,449.71 You forgot one cent.

[@tommypicco4216]

It dipends if the capitalizzation is simple or compoused

[@paradox1554]

KILLERROBOT99 if I froze myself right now my balance would be about $1,206,234,583,917,263.50 give or take

[@andyshistorylessons8278]

I love how Fry has a stroke after learning about how rich he is! 😂😂😂

[@SavageGreywolf]

the thing I like about this is that the math totally checks out.

[@jerelcheek5112]

In the words of Benjamin Franklin: “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

[@GamingPenguin3838]

That was lincoln

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

@@GamingPenguin3838 It wasn't either of them, actually. It was George Herbert who first said something along those lines; Ben Franklin just popularized it.

[@lennybrewster4673]

Yeah, but it's still just a penny.

[@Hypoz]

@@lennybrewster4673 *thats the joke, buddy*

[@theswig2339]

That’s a lot of pennies😂😂😂

[@cameroncurtis7932]

I always wondered why the tellers reaction was so chill. If I just witnessed a thousand year old account get claimed with billions of dollars I'd be in shock too.

[@mqfii8992]

Considering we have Nixon's head In a jar, I guess that millenial accounts aren't that uncommon.

[@pavladavlas]

Also given the fact they still have a scanner for his card, even though it seems hardly ever used, I’d say it happens, just not very often.

[@etischofer]

Thats because you haven't considered a 1000 years of inflation.

[@pavladavlas]

@@etischofer there is no inflation in Futurama.

[@KarimAkors]

not, if a cup of coffee cost 1mil

[@keith8225]

This is my favorite Futurama clip ever

[@Hollows1997]

You’re all wrong. The most impressive part of this is that 1000 years in the future there are still humans working in banks rather than on the internet.

[@johnharbor3583]

well this show was made in 1999

[@Knolch]

Also she might not even be human

[@samalvey8168]

"Now offering bank-by-brain." I'd be too scared to use that in case hackers drained my mind.

[@nuhuh4564]

Good news everyone! They wouldn't get away with much

[@DkKombo]

@@nuhuh4564 Why u gotta throw shade like that random strangers online?

[@1343543]

Don’t forget the colonic map. Yikes.

[@myquirkisfred9614]

God damn, Ben

[@lilstubbs9553]

Wear a tinfoil hat.

[@EHH246]

When I first saw this, I was honestly surprised that after Fry fainted, Amy or Lella didn’t make a joke about how a thousand years of inflation made 4.3 billion dollars the equivalent of 93 cents in 1999.

[@leontarmann3449]

Well.. then the episode wouldn't really work. It would be a regular work day with nothing happening.

[@EHH246]

@@leontarmann3449 I know that in hindsight but not the first time.

[@n0ame1u1]

Actually, if inflation averages around 2%, and his interest rate averaged 2.25%, then the amount of money he had would be 1.0225^1000 times what he put in, and each dollar would be worth 1.02^1000 times less, which means what he had would be worth $0.93 * (1.0225/1.02)^1000 ≈ $10.75.

[@CountDVB]

Given how society collapsed twice, I’m assuming deflation occurred

[@rafaelcerdeira5883]

@@n0ame1u1 Wow! It's been a while since I've seen a member the "actually..." species still out in the wild web. Keep it up pal

[@starlightfox8982]

Studying macroeconomics rn and just got to the unit where they talk about compounding. Couldn't help but be reminded of this lol

[@scottmeager5919]

Fry handled that with more composure than I would have.

[@vianeyvasquez1713]

Teller: "Okay, you had a balance of 93 cents. Fry: Alright. 😎" How I feel after all of my check is gone.

[@HoryShiitMan]

At least I'm not overdraft and being charged $5000

[@tparadox88]

"you have a balance of 93 cents" "But that's after the rent went though?" "Yes." 😎

[@Divergence]

day after all my bills lol

[@realkingofantarctica]

I really appreciate how Fry's reaction feels actually subtle and genuine, like how somebody would really act in this situation, and not just him shouting something like, "Holy Cow!" or "No Freaking Way!"

[@KatOwO2235]

agreed, I would have the same reaction to that, I also get that reaction with some other stuff

[@SlideIX]

I admit if I found out I had a couple billion in the bank I don’t think I would be able to function for the rest of the day…. Maybe the rest of the week

[@thaumaTurtles]

totally! I remember first watching this episode and expecting them to go with the obvious gag of him saying "alright!" again in the same tone of voice

[@Bigassboya]

I don't think you know what the word subtle means lol

[@liamroarke7991]

Actually, I would probably have a massive fucking heart attack. Both at that and the ungodly amount of income tax you'd owe after A THOUSAND FUCKING YEARS.

[@iGoofyPro]

This scene lives in my memory rent free for some reason.

[@user-tr3wf4bw2l]

The most impressive thing is that the bank left such an inactive account open for so long. Most banks would’ve closed an account after I think just a few years of inactivity.

[@joaquinleon4114]

I feel like not enough people appreciate the hilarity of the “colonic map” joke

[@mcfrisko834]

what’s that?

[@vaioretto-chanjade5810]

@@mcfrisko834 a map of your colon, most likely

[@NymbusCumulo928]

@@mcfrisko834 the great map of the shitter

[@mcfrisko834]

Thanks guys

[@kevinkoger5749]

Hahahaha right?

[@TheGazingHeart]

underrated lines: "OR your colonic map on file." and fry telling the lady his pin number LOL

[@KimiOmega]

Chances are his old working place is no more after 1000 years. That or inflation completely changing the price of a cheese pizza and large soda

[@AGMofficial]

Speaking of which, due to inflation, 4.3 billion by then would be like 4.3 million now, (im assuming) which would still be a lot, but not like a billion nowadays.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Confirmed that we know his old job is gone. And so is his dog. 😭

[@mlpfanboy1701]

@@KimiOmega its been shown multiple times inflation is no longer a thing in the year 3000, everything litterally costs the same as it did in 2000

[@brixan...]

He didn't tell her the PIN tho... She'd have to know the price of his order

[@Theonetruefinalboss]

I absolutely love the continuity of this scene. We actually see the camera behind them when later Mom shows the footage from it.

[@derpyderp1991]

Love fry's reaction at the end

[@advent8262]

Smeesh, it’s just 4.3 billion bucks. What is that, like 1.4 billion cups of coffee?

[@dakotayupyupyup8377]

You sly dog

[@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489]

Interest rate is slightly below inflation (that's one way banks make money). 4.3B would be less than 93 cents in terms of buying power in 1000 years, you couldn't even buy one cup of coffee.

[@dakotayupyupyup8377]

Destruction of civilization twice can reset the inflation and monetary value

[@Morning_Starr]

Chevy SparkEV you must be great at parties

[@robertlarrypoor1465]

nice reference

[@rhalliewhitetail2268]

The fact that his account wasn't closed a long time ago makes me believe that the company that had him in cryo sleep would have to have to make a record of their "patients" at some point, and would have to assert that he is legally not dead. It's too silly not to think about.

[@RCXDerp]

also a fun thing to think about maybe because of his family's future clout they kept him on

[@justafurrywithinternet317]

Hello fellow furman.

[@margesimpson6823]

@@justafurrywithinternet317 Hello other furman.

[@justafurrywithinternet317]

@@margesimpson6823 Indeed.

[@RabbitReject]

He was such a loser nobody bothered to give him a death certificate

[@belgiumcomics2537]

0:26 I just love the look Leela and Amy give Fry here.

[@ocelotryuu6352]

It's hilarious how everyone acts like 4.3 billion dollars wouldn't be the equivalent of a quarter and a bottle cap due to 1000 years of inflation

[@jorenvanderark3567]

Yeah that's becuse they've seen the show and know that your statement is full of shit. Or more accurately the show pretends that inflation wasn't 2,25 percent a year for the last thousand years.

[@thatoneflygon8291]

@@jorenvanderark3567 I think that the society-collapsing events that happened while fry was frozen likely reset the economy, so by the time fry thaws out the value of the dollar roughly corresponds to its value in 1999.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

@@jorenvanderark3567 inflation is 2-3% annually so yes it would be about 2.25% over 1000 years if not closer to 2.5%

[@jorenvanderark3567]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8se Or more accurately the show pretend that inflation wasn't a thing for the last 1.000 years. Dude, you're talking about a show and instead of using show lore for your arguments you use real life phenomena. That only works when you talk about a scenario in real life. The inflation average between 1900 and 2020 was 2,93% so that 93 cents would be worth less than it is today.

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

@@jorenvanderark3567 In the show, the American economy has likely reset several times, given that multiple major city centers have been nuked in the past thousand years. There's a reason we're not all dealing with shillings and pieces-of-eight in real life - currency changes over time. Inflation isn't a constant, it depends on the economy of the place it's in, its rate of growth, etc. If New York got nuked (which it did in the show) that would be a serious blow to the US economy, which would raise the value of the dollar considerably over time. Given the events that happened between 1999 and the year 3000 in the show, the dollar would probably have roughly the same value as it did in 1999.

[@daxmarshall4969]

That reaction would be everyone's reaction if they found out they were rich.

[@arthurmaciel9893]

escuse me

[@AleTitan]

I'd probably have a heart attack lmao . . . . . . I'm serious. Obesity and heart disease runs on both sides of my family.

[@wilmerflores7830]

But is he rich tho? Ik kinda confused? I tough because if inflammation that's normal to have billions in your bank account like having dollars RN.

[@bladeprincess]

Honestly? I'd probably just be like..."hm. Alright 🤷‍♀️ Nice." And that would be about it. I have everything I need already so it wouldn't make much of a difference other than ensured stability and the ability to be ultracharitable. I guess I just take things in stride these days.

[@bladeprincess]

@@wilmerflores7830 bruh did you just type inflammation meaning inflation 💀

[@JamieCraigy]

Some people's reaction when they received the $1,200 stimulus check

[@rene512u4]

Cause some people have nothing

[@JamieCraigy]

@@rene512u4, relatable

[@iamrazor9831]

@@JamieCraigy man what I could do with 1.2k as a South African lol

[@therealdontclickme]

I Am Razor buy South Africa.

[@daftcow706]

@@rene512u4 some people are to lazy to work and are getting free money

[@akku845]

Idk why but Futurama was the best I've ever seen as a child :)

[@Warghoul]

Love that show

[@sunnex474]

Freezing yourself for 1000 years seems genius now

[@itsohaya4096]

Unless you're in debt

[@dogeteam2235]

not now eith the goodam neggative intrest raye and im not joking in my country we have a negative intrest loool

[@d.j.sterling6694]

It does. HE GOT TO SKIP 2020

[@twakilon]

It's still pretty bad. If this worked, inflation would make everyone infinitely rich. Those billions of dlllars arr probably only worth a few cents MAX.

[@Lolo_Antonio-FryEmUpFan]

@@twakilon I'm sure there's not interest at Futurama it is just a show

[@Sanguimaru]

Imagine someone like Fry having bank interest of over 2%. That’s the real fiction here.

[@larskarlpetersen9541]

Believe it or not it’s about 3% here in Greenland

[@jasonhodgin1792]

Greenland, huh? So what's it like having to go to Canada for electricity? 😂

[@Sanguimaru]

@@larskarlpetersen9541 Someone with Fry's funding, in the US, probably wouldn't get a bank account with even an entire percent interest. It depends on the bank, but a lot of people have savings accounts where keeping upwards of $1000 yields mere cents in interest.

[@larskarlpetersen9541]

@@Sanguimaru damn didn’t knew how low it is in US well luckily the bank in GL and DK are pretty damn good i guess

[@larskarlpetersen9541]

@@jasonhodgin1792 wow nice one It’s imported by ship just like most of the other countries And prices are like 50-56 cents per liter (about 34 ounces)

[@ceruelion815]

What's even more impressive is that there was apparantly no inflation over 1000 years.

[@Kriszz91]

Realistic plot twist: -And how much does a chesseburger cost nowadays? -Well the inflation was pretty bad over a thousand years. Today's cheeseburger costs 4.5 billion dollars.

[@bradenpierce6423]

The best part is that the math is actually spot on.

[@jacob4016]

Some of the writers on the show were incredibly smart. The math and formula calculations on the body swap episode were spot on too.

[@melodiclogic9904]

The writing team has Harvard graduates and loads of PHD’s under their belt, I’m glad this show is so smart

[@nessanderson6460]

@@matthewmyers5255 because banks would never actually let that happen.

[@lebikSNB]

its like elementary school math lol

[@ajemajh]

what you expect from phd

[@Shouperman]

I don't know why this was in my recommended, but now I want to binge Futurama.

[@AlejoConejo-vb8ln]

For the first time or have you seen it before??

[@RoronoraZoro666]

As someone who watched it over 4 times, let me just say...DO IT!

[@igorbrasilense2396]

Same

[@b1njjj95]

Do it! I'm so ready to re-watch this gem for like the 10th time. 😍

[@Biohazord360]

Way ahead of you kid

[@michaela.pempleton1128]

I nearly die of laughter at this scene every time 😂😂😂

[@davidmurphy8364]

I love his genuinely impressed “Alright” 😂😂😂

[@stain3676]

Imagine if he had $10 in his account.

[@cookiecakeeater6340]

Yeah, technically if he had just eaten at a cheaper place or something the night before he could be one of the richest people in the world

[@SIMPDUDE]

Bet I’d be a quintillionaire come Y3K

[@rogelioVela1985]

could be possible, from $10 to 4.3 billion. imagine that amount in cryptocurrency that has tokenomics feature during that duration period 👍😊 (not financial advice)

[@cosmeticscameo8277]

or just imagine if fry was a regular person with 1000 in a account.... O_O

[@fitybux4664]

$10 for 1000 years and 2.25% interest is $46 billion dollars. Check my math.

[@gamegirladvance2397]

Okay, honestly, would anybody NOT have this reaction, or, similar? 4.3 BILLION dollars...that's a LOT of anchovies!

[@GUYANESEGT]

yet he could only get a little bit of anchovies.

[@flightmaster1213]

But they've been extinct since the 2800's

[@laneallman6938]

Damn right

[@laneallman6938]

ZOIDBERG!!!!!!

[@vianeyvasquez1713]

Yeah. Plus I would feel a heart attack coming along too.

[@RobertoDeMundo]

Good day to be recommended this

[@PhjEhgDdhnRO]

The best thing is that using the compound interest formula, the amount they reach is actually correct

[@jamesmcinnis208]

"actually"

[@AI_ART_LIBRARY]

I was expecting leela to say after he passed out, “well i think he doesn’t know that a coke costs 1 billion dollars now thanks to inflation” 😂

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Miraculously, it probably only costs $3. That's the amount of money that a cup of coffee costs in this world.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Inflation WILL eventually hit a ceiling if no major global conflicts completely shatter the current economy system. Nobody wants to live in Zimbabwe or Venezuela.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

@@NotAGoodUsername360 except all throughout the series it has been shown inflation is not a thing anymore. That or inflation was so insignificant that they are equal to our own.

[@bobincognito6239]

@@NotAGoodUsername360 that's not how it works. Conflicts have nothing to do with inflation. Inflation is natural and necessary. You need ~2% inflation to have a good economy

[@MrWizardjr9]

i guess they got super efficient at producing stuff so inflation reversed at some point

[@tobiaskoran6787]

The most stunning part about this for me is that the math actually does work out to result in 4.3 billion dollars! 0.93×(1.0225^1000) = 4.28 B

[@getowtofheyah3161]

I’m getting $49.243B

[@jose9th]

@@getowtofheyah3161 Did you make sure to divide by 1?

[@ZoapOfDoom]

The writers of Futurama did have three PhDs, seven master's degrees, and over 50 collective years at Harvard University, I'd be more surprised if they got it wrong.

[@adamknight5944]

@@ZoapOfDoom this is the comment I came here to make. This is me finding out it was already made in the pasty.

[@omg3616]

Buuut they should have accounted for inflation

[@chr0min0id]

I like how the last frame of this video is literally just a congratulatory banner for Fry…

[@kennethngtw]

Wow. They were pretty spot on with the calculations

[@Rexxie01]

Surprised they still support ATM cards, that’s a good bank.

[@keddakedda7939]

Agree bank that keep their atm that long I’ll support

[@AmphiStuG]

Not to mention keeping an account with 93 cents in it open for a 1000 years.

[@taylorschott4659]

Guess fry has great taste in banks.

[@VicariouslyVanna]

2.25% apy, the account wasn't closed for inactivity, and they allowed verification with a dated system. Where can I sign up?

[@carultch]

And they gave you this service with an initial balance of 93 cents. That's the most unrealistic part of this. At that balance, it's a liability for them to keep an account for you, and you won't meet minimum balance requirements to get that apy.

[@omegadrive9999]

Not to mention not getting charged a fee for being mailed bank statements

[@PauI123]

What kind of bank allows you to keep only 93 cents in your balance?

[@rockettaco]

@Etcetera Thankfully as I’m a university student my bank doesn’t charge fees, but it still sucks as university is ten times more expensive. xD

[@LifeTheExperience]

He probably opened the account before it was even in the "modern computer system". I have a life insurance policy that my parents bought for me when I was a baby and when I tried to move it online as an adult, its so old, they can't migrate it into the new system. So I send my yearly check and they give me an update on it.

[@truffle6082]

I was looking for this episode 😭 I remembered it vividly fry was the man did he blew all his cash.

[@G204U2NV]

This.is.great!

[@AshenHawk96]

I can hear Jeff Bezos laughing from under his Amazon hoard.

[@ijuhi]

Oh fuck off envy goblin.

[@nickd7935]

@Abigail Slaughter I swear Jeff Bezos is a chromatic dragon in polymorphed form

[@heresyV6]

Actually, Jeff Bezos got nowhere near 4 billion dollars on his bank account.

[@Seth_Hezekiah]

I mean, his Amazon hoard comes down to like... 25 million at most.

[@kjohn5224]

even after he had to give that good for nothing bitch half of it

[@MellowSquash]

Tfw Jeff Bezos made more than that money in less than 10 years

[@DarksaberForce]

But Fry didn't have a worldwide company and thousands of employees. He earned every single penny on his own.

[@clownemoji2153]

@@JmeJim 4x, but yeah

[@johnfakester5527]

DarksaberForce Thousands of underpayed employees***

[@firstnamelastnamethirdname]

Thats shady. All Fry did was save.

[@favray]

M P no, no he didn’t

[@UltraGamerAustin]

I love how he has a f**king stroke after he heard that💀

[@Dazed-84_]

Great episode

[@jernito]

Too bad after a few years of inactivity his account would be closed and the money goes to the government because it becomes "abandoned property".

[@vashsonic]

r/iamverysmart

[@florencec1707]

That’s actually a pretty reasonable system tbh

[@b1njjj95]

Good thing this is a cartoon and not real life.

[@UniquelyAwful]

I mean if you don’t do anything with your money for ~3 years, and they give you warning...it’s your own fault. Buy a mcChicken or something.

[@return3116]

Bruh lolxd.

[@robertgosney7942]

This is even more impressive considering we have seen in flashbacks shortly after he gets frozen alien ships destroy everything get rebuilt destroyed again and rebuilt again

[@dorkmax7073]

I imagine bank records were stored in cloud to be retrieved later. Aliens didn't destroy underground servers.

[@Trusteft]

@@dorkmax7073 or clouds

[@noahhughes2501]

@@dorkmax7073 in 1999?

[@renegadeoflife87]

@@noahhughes2501 Yes, the server farms existed then and were already powering automated debit and credit card processing at that point. So it is plausible the account information continued to exist, at least if it wasn't for certain pesky inheritance and unclaimed asset laws getting in the way.

[@dorkmax7073]

@@noahhughes2501 localized entirely within your kitchen?

[@kalvin187douglas]

How she just went with the fact he’s from 1,000 ago in the past and just went along with it is amazing

[@kyledavid9415]

Fry reacted better than I would

[@fathernoon9930]

And how he loses ALL OF IT, OVER ANCHOVIES. Oh my god I've never been so angry with a cartoon before.

[@Rakmarok]

Wait, what happens? Never watched Futurama.

[@mikef2811]

@@Rakmarok He spent all his money on a pack of anchovies.

[@Rakmarok]

@@mikef2811 😶

[@vincentthought6130]

Anchovies where extinct by the time fry was unfrozen, the where his favourite pizza topping. He outbid Mom to get them, the RICHEST person on earth to get them.

[@ThePotaToh]

No, the anchovies cost only a fraction of his 4.3b. Mom stole the rest of his money by tricking him into revealing the price of the cheese pizza and large soda.

[@dawoudalbader9337]

I should really consider freezing my self🤣

[@lightdudee5345]

Go to Antarctica

[@dawoudalbader9337]

lightdudee 🤣

[@ccggenius]

Good luck with that, unless you've got Disney money.

[@CptKishibe]

@@ccggenius he will in a 1000 years

[@OffGridInvestor]

You should really learn that inflation kills everything. Haven't you worked around older guys who reminisce how a packet of cigarettes used to cost 75 cents?

[@benjaminstokes1018]

His reaction to that kind of money is my reaction to my favorite candy being back on the market

[@Turboy65]

4.3 billion dollars a thousand years from now will probably be enough for a small cup of coffee. Without sugar or cream.

[@Nogard-Nys]

1. It's a fucking cartoon about a fictional future. 2. Civilization was erased twice in those thousands of years. 3. You're accounting for USD, not whatever global currency they use in the show.

[@randomboys1000]

Inflation isn't that fucking dramatic

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

Exactly.

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

Money in a savings account does not outpace inflation. At best he would maintain the purchasing power of his $.93 cents of the past.

[@tonnie8641]

Inflation must be way faster, indeed