Zimbabwe’s Currency Crisis: the worthless $100 trillion bill

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[@AmYisraelChai10]

“I used to be a trillionaire” “Until I bought some water”

[@memeatoad670]

used*

[@asheep7797]

Sell it to become a quadrillionaire.

[@F0UR3V3R]

@@asheep7797 Or hold it off to be a quintillionaire Then buy 2 water

[@Lemonade_Aci]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zakariaejamiai4167]

@@F0UR3V3R and the grind of staying thirsty lives on

[@svenneskaviar607]

"I used to be richer than jeff bezos, then i bought bread"

[@casablancavic]

that's hilarious

[@mtghd1432]

One Saucy Boi your not funny, my family suffered back there, I was the lucky one and moved out a few years before it happened. It’s not a think to joke with

[@mtghd1432]

zaz your not funny, my family suffered back there, I was the lucky one and moved out a few years before it happened. It’s not a think to joke with

[@svenneskaviar607]

MTG HD Can't take a joke huh

[@ILoveYani]

@@mtghd1432 good for your family. Infact they are lucky since many people in different countries have it way worse then you

[@imdadood5705]

The bank governor of Sri Lanka is confident that printing money doesn’t have an impact on the economy. We have people like this leading us. Sad.

[@Sylvershade]

6 months later, how's that working out for him?

[@imdadood5705]

@@Sylvershade Uhmm... Few months back we had a massive protest. He resigned. And a few days back, thousands and thousands of Sri Lankans broke into the president's office. He has resigned as well.

[@lilbank2521]

@@imdadood5705 People never learn :( , STOP PRINTING MONEY ALL THE TIME! Hoping Sri lanka gets back up.

[@christophvonpezold4699]

0:09 I'd like to contest this. As a Zimbabwean, what makes our story so, _so_ sad is that we were once the breadbasket of Africa, with some of the best educated people on the continent and a relatively good economy. That is what makes the disaster that followed so sad

[@walnutking92]

Blame Mugabe for that.

[@christophvonpezold4699]

@@walnutking92 oh believe me I do

[@gregmapping3249]

Eh you are in the group of the most iconic countries ever 🇲🇿🇿🇼🇸🇿🇳🇦🇧🇼🇱🇸🇿🇦

[@Ricky_Evans1611]

No. Zimbabwe was not. Rhodesia was.

[@gregmapping3249]

@@Ricky_Evans1611 Mozambique

[@liltidbot-1963]

U.S.A: We have the most billionaires Zimbabwe: We have the most trillionaires

[@austinlagoba1633]

China has the most Billionaires

[@laujoshuabrandon8129]

Austin Lagoba r/woooosh

[@chrisplays191]

@@laujoshuabrandon8129 r/therewasanattempt

[@ikaiwang1034]

@Raggy123 no u

[@lucasdeabrielle7375]

Oof

[@deeas6518]

On the plus side, Zimbabwean children who are too young to read or write, can do math in their heads out to 8 decimal points

[@GetTooasted]

Wack

[@PersimmonHurmo]

But still starve to death...

[@wiileyshaw7483]

2 + 2 is 4, minus 1 that’s 3 quick Maffs!

[@x23esports22]

Noope

[@truesenpai9845]

The elderly can not read or write xD

[@cardbored5961]

I was just in Zambia a few weeks ago. We walked the bridge over to Zimbabwe (by the Victoria Falls), and stores sold everything for prices so low in USD, that it was literzlly shocking. They were selling half a liter of apple fanta for the equivalent of $0.02 USD. I bought 5 bottles for my family, just struggling to find words.

[@xoslasher-_--5786]

cheapest vacation

[@ringwormboy1575]

Buy the whole store and sell it for profit 💯

[@francisjohnoca5710]

@@ringwormboy1575 How much did his trip cost, also storage. Ik youre just kidding lol

[@knowledgekeche9390]

Wow .. 2cents you're such a liar

[@vandudzomadembo7198]

no ways... they go for $0.50, some for a dollar

[@mthokozisisibanda1198]

As a Zimbabwean. Seeing this is crazy. Living in it and seeing it, is just so different.

[@thegermanfool8953]

How do you manage? I hope the question isn't breaching any privacy or makes you ashamed in anyway, I'm just genuinely curious. since I've never experienced what it is like to live there

[@rejoyjohn9]

Jeff bezos : I'll be the the first trillionaire People of Zimbabwe : Hold my wallet

[@atomic5134]

*hold my wheelbarrow

[@Ara-gp4yj]

Banjo Burger yeah

[@GarlicGrinder9]

@Banjo Burger yea but if you boughth anything you'd get mugged because most people can't afford it due to the inflation.

[@GarlicGrinder9]

@@whannabi and if the bill gets stolen it'd start a riot or capture thr flag-like war over ir

[@thedefault4121]

Oh wait give that back my trillion is in there

[@JivrajSandhu]

*Prints more money* "Well boys, we did it. Poverty is no more"

[@MachineGunKali]

Jivraj Sandhu 😂😂😂😂😂 sir.

[@psy8917]

This man right here won the internet for today.

[@GoatMan-dl5ds]

Germany: first time?

[@t-.-t.]

Sounds like india will impliment it next

[@cocokitty212]

*increases poverty*

[@BaDazai]

3:28, this was such a stupid move that doomed them all. Zimbabwe has enough land to indoctrinate new local farmers, they should have done this and increased their farming population rather than trying to replace it. I have some Zimbabwean relatives who got a repossessed farm and they did nothing with it. Each year you could see it wither away until all the structures had crumbled and the farming area had turned to bush....mugabe shot his own country in the foot with this!

[@Oliver_Klozoff69]

Mugabe is the reason why Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 is a wealthy country. True and patriotic Zimbabweans love Mugabe

[@Oliver_Klozoff69]

Mugabe made Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 a superpower country

[@BaDazai]

@@Oliver_Klozoff69 congrats on all your wealth, i'm sure alll Zimbabweans are celebrating with full stomachs and banks accounts. 🥰🙏🏾

[@PwnCrackers]

Had they only focused their attention on developing their agriculture's infrastructure, maybe they wouldn't have suffered such setback.

[@PwnCrackers]

@@Oliver_Klozoff69 *corrupt and uncaring people always love a dictator

[@giusepperesponte8077]

A friend of mine actually has one of these. His parents collect everything under the sun, they’re basically hoarders, but this bill is really cool. When I first saw it I assumed it was a joke but then my friend told me about the hyper inflation in Zimbabwe that devalued the currency.

[@Tisuoi]

Astronomers: There are trillions of stars in the sky Zimbabwe: So like... three?

[@Jayshiver]

You mean 0.03?

[@GeronKizan]

*wave* didn't expect to see you here :D

[@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN]

Lmfaoooooo 😩😂

[@Chuked]

0.000003

[@aidaneloff5357]

My father gave me a 750 000 Zim dollar bill when I was 12 years old. You can only imagine my disappointment when he told me how much it’s worth

[@jeanmicheldu13george29]

Yeah me too, my dad brought me the $100 trillion bill and then told me it was actually worth an ice cream

[@kurousagi8155]

jeanmicheldu13 George at the end of its useful life, the 100 Trillion Zimbabwean dollar was worth 30-40 US cents. It officially has no value now. However, the 100 Trillion Zimbabwean dollar bill can be sold for 20-30 USD today as a collector’s item.

[@jeanmicheldu13george29]

@@kurousagi8155 yeah I've heard that but it's cool to have a 100 trillion bill so imma keep it for now

@@jeanmicheldu13george29 you are a trillionaire, harry

[@jeanmicheldu13george29]

@Chad Kimberley hahaha nice one

[@kyffu6twer]

My grandma was heavily into politics, she saw what was happening and she took us out of Zimbabwe in 2004.

[@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4777]

That sounds like an awesome grandma.

[@doragary3717]

When you invest, you're buying a day you don't have to work

[@kelvinharry6095]

Assets that can make you rich Bitcoin Stocks Real estate

[@johnchris7085]

It's not ignorance but due to some unprofessional broker in the market

[@popsarah7805]

I'm from Spain i have been an investor in the crypto market for over 2 years now

[@popsarah7805]

Now is the best time to purchase and invest in Bitcoin, stop procrastinating!!

[@djeechizzy9818]

I recently got into forex trading and im already marveling over the profits I'm making, I'm like " how the hell have i been sleeping on this

[@toddroberts8020]

Bill Gates: “I’m a billionaire” Zimbabwean: “I have 3 U.S dollars too”

[@11Popson11]

Gates money has the same "value" as yours or mine.... WORTHLESS

[@sikerslalatm3147]

Mad Popson LoL y’all idiots 😂

[@ryanjones9498]

So how long should allow a primitive population sit on resources that could benefit the world? Imagine if in the name of being PC whites never est America and native Americans still lived here in the Stone Age. Think of all the good America has done for the world.

[@11Popson11]

@@sikerslalatm3147 insulting without saying anything to back it up just proves the opposite. Continue doing that .... 👏👏👏👏

[@BlazingBlackBolshevik]

@@ryanjones9498 what about all the bad things? And no. Every other country could do whatever Americs did.

[@cameronbrown9770]

we like the rapper 50 cent, or as we call him in zimbabwe, 40 billion dollars

[@blueeyedblondhairedo5879]

Is it still bad in Zimbabwe if you live there btw EDIT: IK ITS A JOKE i have lost faith in humanity

[@DK-ul3lo]

Copied sala

[@insufficiently567]

@@blueeyedblondhairedo5879 r/woooosh

[@munyachiimba6969]

communist lizard it’s much worse

[@dane2613]

@@insufficiently567 r/im14andthisiswoooosh

[@maxiecharles2842]

When you invest you're buying a day you don't have to work, Never stop dreaming! 😊

[@christopherhobb7702]

Assets that can make you rich Bitcoin Stocks Real estate

[@kelvinpeter8640]

@@christopherhobb7702 You're right, it's obvious a lot of people remain poor due to ignorance

[@mbalimaka6393]

I'm looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I have about $6k sitting in my savings

[@gregsmith9258]

I advice everyone to start investing and never rely on just salary. No billionaire made it through salary

[@mbalimaka6393]

I'm new to this Bitcoin trading, how do I get started with the help of a professional?

[@leobestbote4244]

Can we just take a minute to applaud the detail and research in this small documentary, the eloquence really impressed me too

[@thecrippledpancake9455]

When it’s cheaper to use the money as firewood than it is to buy actually firewood.

[@Ethiopianexposer]

🤣

[@lebanemcarl68]

Nathan Jarboe Wow I actually think your right about that

[@bonk2910]

Exactly what Germany went through after the first world war.

[@maxwellharris507]

Rhodesia is long overdue for her return

[@TyRizs]

@J. St I think they use sausage as currency

[@thechewydinosaur]

“I have 40 quadrillion dollars” “Oh nice so you can pay this month’s rent!”

[@BigCheddarr]

TheChewyDinosaur *ultility bill

[@solgaleoptcg1067]

Felix Martinez Are you autistic or what

[@rxspvctmyelo7144]

SolgaleoPTCG i think that you might be autistic ma’am

[@svengonsalves8538]

Felix Martinez r/youngpeopleyoutube

[@caringheart34]

@@felixmartinez5957excuse me whaaat?

[@ILL_STEAL_YOUR_TEA]

That end transaction from talking about zimbabwe to talking about the sponsor, one of smoothest things I've seen.

[@limwajaker9028]

Thanks for the info, very informative keep doing what you do. Oh and please do one about ug

[@nunyabeeswax275]

“Zimbabweans didn’t believe their currency had value, and therefore it didn’t” Most profound sentence in the video

[@Yeye13455]

Yo, that was trippy as soon at the same time I read this the guys said it

[@evg2653]

Same energy as "i think therefore i am"

[@maya-cc2sx]

Yuval Noah Harari comes to mind

[@92kosta]

That's exactly how the stock market works.

[@tepesobrejac4360]

And that's why the gold standard is a good idea.

[@xmodmodifier]

Wtf, those phone calls I've been getting where I get a billion dollars from an african prince isn't a scam?!

[@aturtlenearyou]

Well yes, but actually no

[@shom924]

Yh its big brain time

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

No its 5 dollars

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

@Momochii no, it damn well doesn't *badass guitar riffs*

[@soutasiantraveller6493]

Everyone's a prince there holding billions of dollar, the Zimbabwean ones

[@gabrieljordan8015]

My uncle and his family have lived there for 30 years and managed to glide right through this crisis because of the massive support he got from his friends and family back here in the US.

[@hkchan1339]

Did they send him $10 USD per month and make him the richest man in town?

[@AJ-et3vf]

Great video! Thank you!

[@alaskagyal]

I'm a quintillionaire! In Zimbabwe's money.

[@freestylejr082]

Alamkan Countryball yo real- oh

[@-UnchartedSky-]

@@garybea8562 fuck those leftards

[@liamnoname6662]

UnchartedSky did a leftish shit in your cereal? Sounds like someone has a knot in their panties

[@dillonleavelle6871]

@@-UnchartedSky- ok boomer

[@prestonprince3406]

Epic Gamer little worse than my Cheerios man. They shit on this whole country

[@BlackBlood297]

Its rough when your own currency is cheaper than toilet paper.

[@thethinking1]

Make it softer so it doesn't cut your arse. Problem solved.

[@iron60bitch62]

It makes sense when your government is a huge toilet

[@declantecho1717]

IRON60 BITCH Woah there, friend! You may need to slow down!

[@xenar974]

OOF

[@Demon-sh2wc]

The people living there probably used it as toilet paper at some point because it was so worthless

[@fredericbrown8871]

Ironically, if you purchased a 100 T ZWR bill for 0.40 USD and HODLed it you'd make 56,150.00% profit (57.21% annualized) selling it on ebay for 225.40 USD today, not too shabby...

[@lachlanfahy277]

Awesome video thanks

[@JamieCYW]

I guess everyone in Zimbabwe is a trillionaire now

[@zily7866]

Have to be employed for that. neglected to mention the unemployment rate since any money earnt was worthless by the end of the hour, let alone the end of the day. Oh yeah wages were paid daily just so people might be able to get a drink out of their wages before the prices went up again.

[@nathant.6441]

Get nae naed Gates!

[@trollwayy5981]

Bro ill go to zimbabwe and give everyone 1 penny

[@trollwayy5981]

The. They trillionaire

[@ntactime_w3488]

@@trollwayy5981 Jesus is that you?

[@valkyrie273]

"Zimbabweans didn't believe their currency had value, so it didnt" Powerful...

[@Hater20X]

So all they had to do was believe really really really hard.. problem solved.

[@Ghorda9]

@@Hater20X the value of anything is entirely dependent on how much people wan't it and how many of those people that can afford it.

[@GoatDust]

that's how all currency works bro

[@painpain4490]

r/im14andthatsdeep

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

That's how money works

[@dragondude9637]

And this is also what would happen if everyone on earth were given a billion or even a million dollars each to "end poverty". It just won't work, despite the noble intentions.

[@Budgetgadgets2]

I'm from Kenya.. I go for months without seeing a physical note or coin. We use mpesa for everything. I go to the states and see how everyone relies on plastic and cash and it makes me see how ahead we are..

[@aimohsin1380]

Imagine going to zimbabwe and just seeing a dude pushing a trolley full of money to buy a coke lol

[@xyxxanx9810]

My great grand-parents actually kept some bundles of money around from the inflation in the Weimar Republic and my grandma gave me a bundle of 100.000 Mark notes after I kept begging her when i was a child, the notes were already outdated when my great grand-parents got them and the combined sum wouldn´t have been enough to buy them a loaf of bread, funnily enough, it was about twice what the Weimar Republic had been ordered to pay in Reparations for the first World War.

[@COLDoCLINCHER37]

They use USD now tho.

[@user-rc9qi6yp6k]

That never happened so stop stirring

[@aimohsin1380]

@@user-rc9qi6yp6k do you know what a joke is?

[@dantejohnson5892]

Thats actually what happened

[@DrGru]

Imagine being a bank robber in Zimbabwe...Better bring 5 trucks to carry all the cash.

[@myvigais-ek1637]

And bought 6 drinking water.

[@knandhan6947]

Only for paying dinner

[@had0j]

9000 comments, and i ruined it by adding one comment

[@jimbabwe6529]

@@had0j you did something far greater.... Now it's over 9000!!!!!!

[@had0j]

@@jimbabwe6529 most videos dont have the comments digits end with 0 and also a lot of videos get over 9000

[@kudacuda4350]

I saw all of this first hand , I am not there any more and the reality of how crazy that was starts to stick in my mind.

[@elanb6746]

Your content is so touching

[@zoickn]

Americans : I got gold teeth. Zimbabweans : I wipe my ass with money.

[@twocups8994]

😄😄😄😄😄

[@amols101]

😂

[@mfhouston3002]

Money that is worth less than a dollar but money is money

[@tapiwakamanga2313]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂yeah we do ......

[@mrmixxy5911]

Bruh,underrated

[@kokaii7368]

the goverment literally went " if you're poor, just print more money" on us who tf is their financial advisor a kid?

[@patchybeardopinions9340]

An MMT professor

[@themurderofcoke]

U.S SEC lol

[@Mscldrew]

Yannis Varafoukis, Jermey Corbin or Bernie sanders perhaps

[@mich722]

@stxi No, hyper inflation only started in 2000 when they took white farms and collapsed the economy.

[@mactastic144]

The US does the same thing except to a lesser extent.

[@tacitus6384]

Cecil Rhodes didn't "invade" Zimbabwe. He initially had an agreement called the Rudd Concession with the King of Matabeleland for exclusive mining rights and rights to defend their mines in exchange for a % of the profits and weapons. This eventually resulted in Matabeleland raiding area's of Company settlements and activity, which led to the first Matabeleland War. I'm not saying Rhodes was some nice guy and it was a honki dori situation, but the British didn't just enter the country and start blasting, they tried "buying" the land first.

[@mjrchiwex5075]

Yoo they is no way you call it an agreement with an illiterate man who didn't know how to read or write and all they did was to take his hand and sign the agreement which Lobengula never and understood..

[@tacitus6384]

@@mjrchiwex5075 What, you think Rhodes just approached the fn King and spoke gibberish to him and the king was like 'Yeah sure, agreed!'. He understood. He knew what was going to happen. He wanted the $$.

[@mjrchiwex5075]

@@tacitus6384 He didn't know sh*t fam.. go back and study history before talking empty facts.

[@tacitus6384]

@@mjrchiwex5075 Right, you think the King knew shit and was just a dumbass that agreed to a bunch of foreigners speaking gibberish to him. Can your standards be any lower?

[@josephstalin7353]

@@mjrchiwex5075 how could a king be illiterate?

[@tickthatboxx]

It's crazy how one guy can take down a whole country.

[@PumpyGT]

It's what happens when you give a person with so much power

[@b3at1]

"you can't just print more money!" Zimbabwe's government: "haha money printer go brrrr"

[@Louey_]

Dá thing goes Bla Bla Bla

[@fballarmy35f]

American government does the same thing

[@jonahruiz4101]

Allan Selman We do it strategically. We know how much to print and when.

[@Rin-sj8ii]

@@fballarmy35f every governments on earth do the same Sherlock.

[@epiclava_real]

@@fballarmy35f The American government does it specifically to keep inflation at 2% so that the economy keeps going because if a dollar bill becomes less expensive as time goes, there is incentive for people to spend their money. The government in Zimbabwe, however, thinks that printing more money creates more money when in reality money is just a concept, so it decreases the value of each individual piece of money.

[@stonksagent9040]

“You gotta 5?” *”Sorry I only carry trillions”*

[@i_haveth_no_lifeth2250]

*S T O N K S*

[@ArchverseWiki]

quadrillion

[@claraprince3549]

@@ArchverseWiki Real Estate is great but crypto currency is doing great at the moment

[@hansgesmee802]

@@claraprince3549 Yes bitcoin is doing really great and lucrative but I have passion for real estate though I also invest in bitcoin market

[@williamlucas5575]

@@hansgesmee802 My first experience with Sydney gave me the assurance that has made me to invest without fear of loosing

[@harisankar1932]

I remember my teacher explained this to me years ago when I asked her why can't we print more money to eradicate poverty.

[@Dr.RiccoMastermind]

Great video! 😎🙏🇩🇪

[@mannyx2796]

The moment when monopoly money is worth more than your currency.

[@siuoop]

Like Lebanon 😪

[@kutoramo8875]

Like argentina

[@jupiter-qu3zl]

Venezuela: am i a joke to you

[@gamerdrache6076]

like germany after ww1

[@aerofur]

@@gamerdrache6076 east germany: we need food west germany: here comes da moneyyyy

[@humzahhassan4521]

My friend asked me why the government just can’t print more money. Showed him this video

[@fadjan9998]

Humzah Hassan Is your friend like 7 years old?

[@MarloSoBalJr]

@@fadjan9998 There's 20, even 45 year olds who think like 7 year olds

[@crashb133]

@@MarloSoBalJr just because they dont know the consequences of just printing money doesnt mean that they're 7 or they're dumb. They just dont know. So you explain to them why it wont work. It wouldnt be fair to ask you a question to a subject you know nothing about and call you dumb

[@dead_or_alive2649]

Humzah Hassan. Thank you my friend for stating this fact, so many people nowadays just don’t understand it. Wishing you the best

[@RespawnRestricted]

@@fadjan9998 he is probably a liberal

[@TheFruitMugger]

2:32 Nice editing-narration consistency lol

[@magichannel3495]

Its scary how poor leadership (especially from a dictator in the past) can lead to a huge dominoe affect of issues.

[@plet.s]

10000 IQ TikTok Girl : if our government wants to end all poverty, why don't they just print more money 🤷🏼‍♀️ Zimbabwe: 👁-👁

[@trakan7971]

Lmfao im guessing you saw the same tiktok i have and I have seen a duet from an economist actually agreeing arguing that we made up the value of money. It's a concept of warping the made up value we put on currency, some economists are starting to tinker with it.

[@BabySonicGT]

of course its tiktok people that said that

[@lucascoval828]

"High IQ."

[@el_gabron]

@@lucascoval828 he's being sarcastic obviously bruh

[@super_cuber8929]

That tiktok girl should focus more on studying, she has a serious lack of knowledge, I mean i ask that to my father when i was just a 9years old

[@superdude5737]

"Mommy i found 200 trillion dollars on the floor at school today" "Nice honny go put it in your piggy bank"

[@tendaimbalekwa4293]

This happened to me

[@somedude6683]

At the time of this message, Your Z$200 Trillion is worth over *$552,638,850,511.20 USD* .

[@sweden7675]

Depressing thing is, they probably can't afford school.

[@dusterlover888]

@@sweden7675 price is an issue but the lack of schools is a bigger one

[@Mhdtoenailz]

@@somedude6683 that’s kinda small for 100 trillion better then 40 cents tho

[@josehawking5293]

You got hyperinflation half right, the fleeing of farmers evaporated the country’s resources and productive capacity . Money creation, so long as there is sufficient resources and productive capacity, will adjust in time but without any, the value of the currency will hyper-deflate irregardless of how much currency is created.

[@jeff6900]

My family’s farm was taken away from us that way 3:37 you got this story spot on

[@imisaac398]

zimbabwe defines the “haha money printer go brrrrr” meme

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

Venezuela: hold my beer

[@screensaves]

1945 Hungary: hold my hoops

[@fsu-chorgz-2490]

Stolen

[@Icey_Sxnny]

1920’s Germany: hold mein beer and loaf of bread

[@jiminlosthisjams8800]

@@fsu-chorgz-2490 Stfu

[@samhaokip9126]

Musk: I got 200 Billion Dollars Zimbabwean Kid: Take my 100 Trillion bill and keep the change.

[@godvinfernandes3643]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@neilgoodman6130]

Lol

[@manpatel6984]

lmao

[@bubbawalker1932]

No elon has 150 billion

[@sultanofthings]

@@bubbawalker1932 close enough

[@thenotrealslimshady7402]

Working in a convenient store few years ago and gave me this exact bill saying he was a trillionare,in response I say" it's not even worth the money it's printed on" and the guy just liked to say he had a trillion dollars

[@redtortoise]

A few years ago!? Your ancient!

[@thenotrealslimshady7402]

@@redtortoise thank you???

[@khrisyeet8022]

Hell.. I watched most of this video thinking it was shot in Kenosha Wisconsin. Looks very similar to me.

[@legiterally2902]

“I have 25 quintillion dollars...” “Oh good! You can finally pay for that bubblegum machine”

[@micosstar]

:D

[@ineedanewname6086]

:D

[@xexpaguette]

:Đ oop my boogers-

[@cadeh072]

If you have an extra 14 Heptillion, you might be able to afford the bubble gum.

[@fbiagentmiyakohoshino8223]

beck hruby if you have 4369 googolplex you might be able to buy a hamburger

[@Akhimed]

Mom: Where are you going Me: The trillion dollar store

[@Laittth]

So the 0.4 cents store?

[@bryanc1975]

In the US we have a popular chain of those stores, Trillion Dollar Tree.

[@Ducks892]

Your 400th person to like the comment!

[@PunkyPlays]

Lol

[@user-cf6dn5tg4f]

250 trillion***

[@otrrsuns3t]

Grew up in Zimbabwe then moved to South Africa. Sad seeing South Africa is slowly going down the same path

[@travelvey]

Those 100T notes sell for a lot in the UK on eBay, some people believe the value of them may rise a lot in the future.

[@randomperson1714]

Zimbabwe really said “and if everyone’s rich, no one will be.”

[@kindadumb916]

Incredibles?

[@hyperdonalpha]

Lmao that was an unexpected reference

[@dkeith45]

@Nobody Reminds me of an old Soviet era joke/anecdote I gleaned from 'Ushanka Show' on KZbin. Comrade Lenin dies and goes to heaven. There he meets comrade Marx. Marx asks how it is going in Russia? Lenin exclaims 'Comrade Marx, I'm pleased to report that there are no more rich people in Russia!'. Comrade Marx then says sadly, that's not the news I was hoping for. I had hoped there would be no more poor people.

[@thelegom7116]

no one should be rich

[@rorschach4391]

Yes the beautiful Socialistic dream. 😌😌😌

[@carlosparra9327]

6:06 That’s the Flag of Hong Kong, not Macau. This is the Macau flag 🇲🇴

[@zohar9971]

Crap I was just going to point it out

[@dragonstormer115]

free hong kong ?

[@flashmagic1790]

@Ahmad Sheikh-Ali nah this is the Saudi flag - 🇸🇦

[@jichusTea]

@Ahmad This is Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 And this is Macau 🇲🇴

[@HD-gl5bv]

EXACTLY

[@realkingofantarctica]

You ever notice how Zimbabwe is just shaped like a mini Antarctica?

[@nafilameen7292]

Elon Musk: I'm A Billionaire. Zimbabwean: My Goals Are Beyond Your Understanding

[@Hamsteak]

It's pretty bad when your inflation has to be represented by an exponent

[@zhonglu989]

😂 😂 😂

[@butteredtoast7925]

lmao

[@paprikaa117]

Venezuela be like *are you challenging me?*

[@dawnhope]

Ooohhh

[@bork661]

I'm from Hungary and I've got a 1 trillion bank note at home. My grandfather gave it to me. It was fascinating that he showed from ww2 1-2 pengős which had some value, Than Just a year later 1 billion pengős wasn't enough for a slice of bread

[@fin361]

That's really cool

[@mexomenti]

this comment needs more attention smh

[@Daniel-sk4nf]

Wow

[@jimhalpert9803]

You're a trillionaire , nice

[@rileynicholsiii5409]

i actually have one of the 100 trillion dollar bills from Zimbabwe :D my dad got it for me a while ago

[@mslightsite]

In Sweden, we do have ONE app that is THE app used by everyone in the whole country.

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Yup found a ten thousand dollar bill was excited also saw a expiration day..so looked for place to exchange googled finally found power I used on cell was more than what it was worth

[@sexman3867]

Zimbabwe feels like one of those clicker games where the numbers just fly out of proportion

[@tarheelpro87]

Yeah whenever you max out a Roblox tycoon, or you played a game like cells for 1000+ hours

[@sexman3867]

@@tarheelpro87 I play roblox?

[@Idk-do1ui]

@@sexman3867 “you” was being used as a general term, to refer to anybody.

[@sexman3867]

I mistyped the comment was supposed to be “you play roblox?”

[@ripcityszn5577]

@@sexman3867 bro

[@vmarzein]

When you convert 1000 USD to ZBD “Im a quantilliondrilliontrillionaire”

[@rahulbhoye9381]

When you buy a house in the US " I am God"

[@vmarzein]

Therealdeal3000 im exagurating but ok

[@prateekpanwar646]

@Therealdeal3000 Its Now in 2020, Not before, he is right that it would be that much if 40cents worth trillions of dollars

[@animepeople8744]

why is it not the "Im some kind of a trillionaire myself" meme dammit

[@marjuan9426]

bill gates left the earth.

[@timlewis5096]

You asked the question, how did Zimbabwe get so broke? the answer is corruption, incompetence, theft and tribal rivalries. It is still going on. The answer. Close the borders so no one or anything electronic enter or leave and let the shit settle. Look into it again in 5 years

[@pumpum000]

I just went to Zimbabwe 10 days ago, such a beautiful and friendly country, got some of the big note back as a souvenir, now they have smaller bill and the economy it's getting better, one of the best country i ever visited

[@leeroychengo3541]

You just visited. You have no idea how horrible zimbabwe is.........

[@gay.mer9328]

I remember I had an IT teacher and he had this stuck to his wall, and all the kids thought he was filthy rich.

[@ReeceMarshallPersonal]

Imma do this 💀💀💀💀

[@aturtlenearyou]

Not stonks

[@PartnershipsForYou]

BIG THONK

[@Chuked]

*S T O N K*

[@thejohn2617]

Imagine robbing a bank, stealing a million dollars and still being *poor*

[@darthashpie3370]

Even stealing trillions , still poor

[@Brandonhayhew]

Billions and trillions, still poor.

[@Actiontime70]

Poor as fuck. A million zimbabwean dollars is probably be like a thousandth of 1 cent, likely more

[@Actiontime70]

Uh actually as of now the situation’s calmed down a lot and the currency is stable-ish

[@springycubing1086]

Imagine getting a quintillion dollars and buying like barely a cup of coffee

[@undeadinside3571]

I just remembered a game where you haul off a massive crate of cash and get like $100. Maybe that was based on this kinda cash

[@mydoghasschizophrenia]

Imagine being a president who wears a jacket with a photo of himself on it...

[@goose8447]

I can't even comprehend what they call the show "who wants to be a millionaire" in there

[@robertmartin2867]

It's called "Who wants a loaf of bread?"

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

who wants to be a *googolplexianaire*

[@xexpaguette]

@@red2theelectricboogaloo961 nah too extreme, WHO WANTS A PANCAKE Edit: yay another hermitcraft fan.

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

@@xexpaguette no its not its accurate

[@HunterPlays-Games]

Who wants to be a quintillionaire

[@Rockstar-lr6lg]

When you realize using money as toilet paper is cheaper than buying toilet paper Stonks

[@shwetyballs]

This was a legitimate issue, some of the sewers were clogged with bank notes because they were cheaper than the toilet paper

[@dakheelalmutairi2715]

Jan-Dirk Visagie legitimate*

[@ericdavis6301]

Using a Zimbabwean dollar as toilet paper probably increases its value tbh

[@steeledcelestial2958]

•S A D• lmaoooo

[@ltra42]

but it's cheaper to wipe their ass with money, so they won't even buy toilet paper.

[@kyleterry5190]

although their mobile payment system is not as advanced and versatile as ,say the US and the southeast-east asia region, their advantage is that they can conduct transactions even without internet. meanwhile here if the telecom provider is down due to maintenance or something, if we don't have cash on hand we're essentially crippled

[@liamgavin7367]

Woah, this guy really likes to portray different amounts of things as parts of circles.

[@SonOfATL]

Me: " A 100 trillion dollar bill is stupid." Also me : Searching eBay for a 100 trillion dollar bill

[@commonconservative7551]

coin shop for a buck or whatever

[@InsulaPecuniae]

commonconservative The collectible value makes them sell for closer to $60.00

[@commonconservative7551]

that's funny I bought one for a buck but it was a 500 billion dollar or something like that

[@SheafferSelect]

I have some available Sheaffer Select Coins 717-271-1134

[@kirin1230]

I have a stack of Zimbabwe money from eBay. Idk what I'll do with it, but I have it. 🤷

[@ineptspecimen2280]

In the McDonald's drive-thru: "Let me get a McChicken" "Ok, that'll be 400 trillion dollars please"

[@notthatyouasked6656]

There's a KZbinr who makes travel videos around the world. He just made one about going to McDonald's in Venezuela and paying something like 17 million in local currency for a meal. It's so bad there that they're pretty much given up on printed local currency and everyone pays by debit card for everything. Small transactions are done in cash in US$!

[@JaRa911]

“I only got 375 trill is that ok?”

[@get_a_job_bro]

Nice car. How much? Umm, something like 9.420*10^69

[@RGC_animation]

So you're implying that a McChicken is 160 American Dollar?

[@tharaneemuralitharan5502]

@@notthatyouasked6656 Drew Binsky said the food there was shit

[@a1marine105]

The way he said 1 tril solar was worth a whole 40 cents made me laugh

[@malachaiuys711]

I remember putting my pocket money into a jar saving it for almost six months only to one be told at the cashier till I don't even have enough to even buy a lollipop. And just before that I told my parents that I was rich and they wouldn't have to work again 💀

[@MartinLeong25]

Bruh moment

[@qxtyoko8167]

Zimbabwe's government: "we like big numbers" Their economy: *starts to collapse* Their government: "ADD MORE ZEROES" Please rate my music and ty for the likes.

[@makor9510]

Sadly a lot of people believes adding more zeroes means more money. They forget that a zero is a zero.

[@ace_triko2820]

@Nathiman Gaming if you were born there you would not be able to speak english

[@tharnstonewall2005]

@Nathiman Gaming Zimbabwe? you mean Rhodesia?

[@somuchtocook9159]

Gray would be proud

[@XeonIsWeird]

@Nathiman lmfao rip

[@milan9125]

Jeff Bezos : I have 200 billions Zimbabwe boy : hold my piggy bank

[@donkeyslayer4661]

0*0=0

[@jj-fk9ez]

u basically just reworded a comment from a year ago, fuck off

[@anuradhachibber7364]

@JJ R Lets see poor kid 🤣 we are very happy here my son

[@shaneukken1180]

@JJ R atleast we know how to function xD

[@TheFi3nd]

No theres the amount like 100 peso is 2 dollars

[@MMM-mw1yy]

Nice video

[@lagunax5645]

Just an interesting note about one aspect of this video: The historical portion of this video creates the impression of a timeline where Zimbabwe went from being a colony to being an independent nation under Mugabe. However, for reasons of political correctness, this obscures the fact that Zimbabwe declared independence fully 15 years before Mugabe, at which time it was known as Rhodesia. The reason why political correctness factors into this timeline-fudging is because before Mugabe, Rhodesia was carrying out the basic functions of an actual state (Unlike the Mugabe government), and in the minds of some people, this is a demonstration of the idea that restoration of African sovereignty to native Africans was a negative. I do not make the above assertion. My intention is to point out how political correctness distorts reality. In fact-checking my knowledge before typing this post, I noticed that even Wikipedia relegates the entire historical period of the independent Rhodesian government to a tiny paragraph at the end of the heading of "Colonial Era (1890-1980)", as if white people who were born in Africa were somehow "Not African/The Colonizers". Zimbabwe/Rhodesia gained its independence in 1965. "Oh, but if we told the truth, someone might say X" is not an acceptable reason to obscure the truth. That's the kind of thinking that makes people hate lawyers. Make whatever arguments you want, but if you diminish knowledge, you also diminish wisdom.

[@old-worldghost3451]

Someone once said that Prime Minister Ian Smith would've been known as the greatest Central African statesman, had he been black.

[@davidcobb2682]

I guess the people there are doing their best but the government leaders are the primary problem.

[@mysteriousanalyst441]

It happens to be like that in essentially every country. Historically, governing bodies almost always end up being the major issue rather than the people they govern.

[@A.D.540]

@@swalico how is America the problem lol its Russia & China influenc that destroyed the economy & human abuse.

[@lilsniper117]

@@swalico get real. Every world power is the enemy of every other state. You think China Russia Britian Japan France south Africa ect ect- wouldn't want to dominate the world? Power craves power. Anything more powerful then you only seeks to oppress you.

[@thinkingemoji5924]

Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others

[@himanshnegi832]

@mike a thanks for the joke.

[@DapperD942]

Damn you’d be able to buy the whole country with 20 bucks

[@david91lvb]

😂😂😂

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

Your money would end up in mugabe's pocket

[@seanadams314]

if I spent $20 bucks on that country I'd expect change back.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Britain has re-entered the chat 😁 🇬🇧

[@mohdfadzli7905]

Thats not how economy work

[@DomR1997]

Weird, it's like driving out the only people with experience was a bad idea.

[@lucasmforestier]

6:06 “Macau’s 324” *shows a picture of Hong Kong*

[@Orthane]

"Loaf of Bread costing trillions of dollars" I feel like I've seen this before *Weimar Republic sweating nervously*

[@cannedtuna6114]

Maduro: " they need socialism" laughs in Venezuelan.

[@user_name_redacted]

I am surprised to find out Hungary had it worse than Germany post ww1

[@georgeptolemy7260]

@@user_name_redacted I think the operative words were "worst *since*"

[@tria7271]

Attempts to buy one lays chip Bring three trucks full of money

[@joevincent1987]

Blaze Rod Needs 10,000 Subs Lmao

[@theregularterrarian3933]

Cashier: Sorry sir, that's STILL not enough

[@ramieg4693]

there was inflation in my country like 40 years ago and they used to weigh money instead of counting. Im not even kidding

[@diasdflac21]

@@ramieg4693 what is your country?

[@Shevphenomenal]

😂😂😂😂

[@nikaelkeanretiza1074]

The house bricks are probably more expensive then the 1000 trillion bill

[@RosemaryCemetery]

crazy to think the cost of the paper used for the notes probably cost more than the note is worth...