[shimonabi]

I don't like the designs.

I didn't even know who the person on the 200€ bill is until today and I have a suspicion she was chosen by some woke EU bureaucrat. I'm sure Europe had better persons in its history.

If Maria Callas is suitable for currency, why not put Daft Punk on it?

[latexr]

> I didn't even know who the person on the 200€ bill is until today

Considering she was a pretty big deal, it’s telling that your reaction to learning about someone important you had no knowledge of is to use bland unsubstantiated accusations to insult the person who made the pick instead of “interesting, I should’ve known, I wonder why I haven’t learned about her in school (or have since forgotten), let me deepen my understanding of who this person was and her relevance”.

[latexr]

The fact that this response was first upvoted, then downvoted after the person said they’d rather have Henry Kissinger¹ on the note², I think is quite telling of the kind of people HN is attracting these days.

Well, I guess every website must fall some day.

¹ Which is not only rage bait but also very dumb for a plethora of reasons, the least of which that he wasn’t European.

² And as a reminder, their complaint was calling someone a “woke bureaucrat” because the comment’s author was ignorant of a historical figure. I do wonder if they would have said the same if it had been a man.

[vrganj]

As an Austrian, Bertha von Suttner is a big deal. First woman to win a Nobel Peace prize (and probably the reason that prize exists in the first place!), second woman to win a Nobel ever (after Curie). Your ignorance of her is not an indictment of "woke bureaucrats".

Daft Punk honestly sounds cool, but we probably shouldn't be putting any living personalities on there. Feels kinda weird.

[latexr]

> we probably shouldn't be putting any living personalities on there. Feels kinda weird.

Weird and ill-advised. Living people who appear on bank notes tend to be monarchs and dictators. Imagine having someone on the euro notes that suddenly becomes overtly anti-EU. Not a good call to promote someone who’s against you.

Remember when Star Trek mentioned Musk? That did not age well.

https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-discovery-elon-musk-joke-star-...

[suddenlybananas]

Compared to all other figures from European history, she is kind of a random figure.

[shimonabi]

I'd rather have Henry Kissinger on the note.

[vrganj]

Yikes.