Gen Z “more than capable of being offended by small, furry animals”
- eppursimuove
- 7 days ago
- 1 min read
The row over the redesign of Britain’s banknotes entered a new phase today when it emerged it may all have been for nothing.
“We know from experience that some people manage to be offended by just about any historical figure,” said a spokesman for the Royal Mint today. “Even if their opinions were completely normal for the era they lived in. But I guess TikTok doesn’t go into that much detail.
”So we thought we’d circumvent all that by having sweet little animals on the banknotes instead. Who could possibly be offended by them?”
Quite a lot of people, as it turns out. First to “speak her truth” was GenZJenny, who tweeted that the mating habits of the common stoat, which features on the new £10 note, fall far short of the requirements for verbal consent to be obtained at every stage of intimacy, as distributed to all university freshers since 2015.
Others accused the Royal Mint of “privileging Anglocentrism” by featuring only animals native to Britain, saying it was “practically the Amritsar massacre all over again. Educate yourself. I’m literally shaking.”
The spokesman said they’d learned their lesson, and would in future not bother pandering to professional offence takers since it clearly makes no difference.
”And after all, if they’re in their teens or early 20s now, it’s not like they’ll ever have any money anyway.”
Image: matuska - Pixabay
