Think of our pension plan,
Good time to make a stand.
Show a little spunk for our part.
If we collaborate,
Answers precipitate.
Show a little spunk for our part.
‘Cause their world might be a better place,
‘Cause their world might be a better place,
In its perks, and pay,
We will see today.
Part of the raging mob,
Government remnant job.
Show a little spunk for our part.
Bureaucrat spirit traps,
Paid out in bottle caps.
Show a little spunk for our part.
‘Cause they show (‘cause they show) potential better ways,
Yes, they show (yes they show) potential better ways.
For us (for us) to do (to do),
If we see (we see) it through.
They need a guide to get
To our chief Soviet.
Show a little spunk for our part.
DC’s a nasty place,
Government’s great disgrace.
Show a little spunk for our part.
We might make (we might make) the world a better place,
We might make (we might make) the world a better place,
For boys (for boys) and girls (and girls),
And the mu- (the mu-) tant squirrels,
Now, now, now, show a little spunk for our part,
Show a little pride.
Show a little spunk for our part,
Overqualified,
Show a little spunk for our part…
—from “Put a Little Love In Your Heart,” Jackie DeShannon.
Bottle caps as currency actually sound workable. As there’s no longer hundreds of factories cranking the things out, they’d be just common enough. Not too hard to “mint” if you need more… and any “forgers” can be co-opted Mad Max style. And Bottlecoin miners in the dead cities! Considering that large parts of Africa ran just fine for centuries using seashells for money, Bud Light caps will do nicely.
But you know what else is workable as currency? Actual currency. And unlike bottlecaps, it comes in different denominations so if someone wants a thousand units of currency for something you don’t literally need a thousand of them. Money becoming worthless in the apocalypse and folks using straight barter? Maybe. Money becoming worthless but we’ll use something else for money? That’s just heavy-handed anti-capitalist symbolism.
So-o-o! This world’s St. Charlie might actually represent a bastion of common sense and sanity! ^_^
Bottle cap currency is a reference to the Fallout games.
In the other world, the PAY is in goat carcasses, and the pension is half a camel carcass! And you get to wear whatever the camel was wearing.
Paid in bottlecaps – some of the survivors are Fallout fans, I take it.
I’m not sure if I’m embarrassed or proud that what I thought of was the Duck Tales episode…
Capital Wasteland, here we come!
Whose idea was the bottle caps? Is the president Nick? He’s nerdy enough to do that
Think of our pension plan,
Good time to make a stand.
Show a little spunk for our part.
If we collaborate,
Answers precipitate.
Show a little spunk for our part.
‘Cause their world might be a better place,
‘Cause their world might be a better place,
In its perks, and pay,
We will see today.
Part of the raging mob,
Government remnant job.
Show a little spunk for our part.
Bureaucrat spirit traps,
Paid out in bottle caps.
Show a little spunk for our part.
‘Cause they show (‘cause they show) potential better ways,
Yes, they show (yes they show) potential better ways.
For us (for us) to do (to do),
If we see (we see) it through.
They need a guide to get
To our chief Soviet.
Show a little spunk for our part.
DC’s a nasty place,
Government’s great disgrace.
Show a little spunk for our part.
We might make (we might make) the world a better place,
We might make (we might make) the world a better place,
For boys (for boys) and girls (and girls),
And the mu- (the mu-) tant squirrels,
Now, now, now, show a little spunk for our part,
Show a little pride.
Show a little spunk for our part,
Overqualified,
Show a little spunk for our part…
—from “Put a Little Love In Your Heart,” Jackie DeShannon.
This is good, but it could use more cowbell 🙂
Clearly half a goat carcass is better than none!
What if you’re alergic to goats?
I guess it depends on which half of the goat she gets?
They could split it down the middle…
If a couple of pensioners got together, they could start a buzkashi league.
Bottle caps as currency actually sound workable. As there’s no longer hundreds of factories cranking the things out, they’d be just common enough. Not too hard to “mint” if you need more… and any “forgers” can be co-opted Mad Max style. And Bottlecoin miners in the dead cities! Considering that large parts of Africa ran just fine for centuries using seashells for money, Bud Light caps will do nicely.
There is an odd logic to this yes. Landfill mining has LITERAL money.
It may sound reasonable, but where would you find someone willing to exchange something actually valuable in a post-acopalyptic world for bottle caps?
D.C. Obviously.
But you know what else is workable as currency? Actual currency. And unlike bottlecaps, it comes in different denominations so if someone wants a thousand units of currency for something you don’t literally need a thousand of them. Money becoming worthless in the apocalypse and folks using straight barter? Maybe. Money becoming worthless but we’ll use something else for money? That’s just heavy-handed anti-capitalist symbolism.
I bet here are legends about this mythical place that treasure hunters around the world tell each other about, too.
http://tinyurl.com/q3n2e9s
Lovely 🙂
I still think it’s fascinating that they refer to each other as “guy tip” and “girl tip” instead of “Dennis” and “Rebecca”
I guess White Castle spoiled her for goat carcass.
“Yes, but if you gain seniority and go up a few ranks, your pension will be a full three-quarters of a goat! You just need to stick it out!”