>post apocalyptic setting >somehow bullets aren't used as currency
You chucklefricks are talking about popular goods for barter. Not currency.
Currency is a standardization of money. You certainly could use cartridges for that purpose, but since ammo is a consumable it would be terrible for that purpose. Trade ammo? Sure. Use it as a system of money? Silly.
It'd be inherently subject to deflation as people used it, assuming the factories are all shut down. Who'd spend a currency that only gets more valuable as time goes on?
We all do, technically
Psychologically, people find that time is more valuable the older they get; yet here we are performing work (ie trading our time and effort) for resources
>noooo we need inflation even in a nuclear holocaust because...we just do, ok??
Well, low rate inflation as a phenomenon would be good to have (sign of things getting better)
the the apocalypse just happened i can see that being a thing
but if a few years passed you know basements were raided for hand loader items and probably a few chemists survived to make gunpowder
schizos like you who want to do every man for himself LARPerator bullshit instead of forming cohesive social bonds like an acclimated human are going to be the ones that resource search parties will find hanging from a noose with no belongings
Its a perishable item and not inherently valuable. If you misshape a gold bar, its not changed in value. If you perforate or significantly bend a brass case, its fricked and worthless.
>stalker >post apocalyptic
it's literally one 50 square mile zone that's all fricked up. the world at large is entirely untouched by the zone so it stands to reason that money is still money
Depends if said currency is still in demand. If for example for some reason US cents are still popularly accepted, yes it might increase the expense of that ammo. Venezuelan bolivars however - especially the 1-cent coins - might not add much to the cost, because these coins are often not worth the metal even today, let alone in a SHTF scenario.
IINM at one point the price of toilet paper in Venezuela was more than the equivalent sheets of bolivar notes.
Yes we trade time for resources because we won't be subsidized just for existing
Yup. So in effect, we *theoretically* do trade in a long-term deflationary commodity - time >In Time hit much closer to reality than most people thing >shit movie though
Not fungible enough due to the many different calibres and uncertainty of performance
Historically, food, fuel and luxuries such as tobacco, alcohol and entertainment (porn and poon) have been the most dependable currencies
Calibers could pass as different value coins. Like a penny is a .22, a quarter is a 9mm, a dollar is a 45ACP and so on.
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I cannot
this vidya mentality is just
someone else school this kid, I'm done
Chillax gramps, I was just making a suggestion
You chucklefricks are talking about popular goods for barter. Not currency.
Currency is a standardization of money. You certainly could use cartridges for that purpose, but since ammo is a consumable it would be terrible for that purpose. Trade ammo? Sure. Use it as a system of money? Silly.
It'd be inherently subject to deflation as people used it, assuming the factories are all shut down. Who'd spend a currency that only gets more valuable as time goes on?
>noooo we need inflation even in a nuclear holocaust because...we just do, ok??
We all do, technically
Psychologically, people find that time is more valuable the older they get; yet here we are performing work (ie trading our time and effort) for resources
Well, low rate inflation as a phenomenon would be good to have (sign of things getting better)
Yes we trade time for resources because we won't be subsidized just for existing
>since ammo is a consumable it would be terrible for that purpose
Commodity money, smartass
the the apocalypse just happened i can see that being a thing
but if a few years passed you know basements were raided for hand loader items and probably a few chemists survived to make gunpowder
> a few chemists survived to make gunpowder
Black person just burn some wood lmao
schizos like you who want to do every man for himself LARPerator bullshit instead of forming cohesive social bonds like an acclimated human are going to be the ones that resource search parties will find hanging from a noose with no belongings
>boomer jerk offs over his sandy hook era 22lr stockpile collecting milf and moisture in his basement
Eat your applesauce grandpa
Its a perishable item and not inherently valuable. If you misshape a gold bar, its not changed in value. If you perforate or significantly bend a brass case, its fricked and worthless.
>not using easily reproduced bottlecaps as currency
NGMI
>stalker
>post apocalyptic
it's literally one 50 square mile zone that's all fricked up. the world at large is entirely untouched by the zone so it stands to reason that money is still money
Obviously OP used some random pic. As far as i know in stalker you buy things in rubles
If the the apocalypse started tomorrow most valuable thing would be food and drinkable water. Everything else would be secondary
does coin shot make the ammo more expensive or less expensive?
Depends if said currency is still in demand. If for example for some reason US cents are still popularly accepted, yes it might increase the expense of that ammo. Venezuelan bolivars however - especially the 1-cent coins - might not add much to the cost, because these coins are often not worth the metal even today, let alone in a SHTF scenario.
IINM at one point the price of toilet paper in Venezuela was more than the equivalent sheets of bolivar notes.
Yup. So in effect, we *theoretically* do trade in a long-term deflationary commodity - time
>In Time hit much closer to reality than most people thing
>shit movie though