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56 Responses to “How people count cash around the world”

on 13 Mar 2008 at 8:24 am 1.Anna said …

that’s really interesting, I didn’t realize people count money in different ways
on 06 Apr 2008 at 8:53 am 2.Badi said …

We count our money like we count cards! (Cnd)
on 06 Apr 2008 at 8:55 am 3.lanfear said …

i dont the person making this video really knows the actual situation in other countries. most ppl counts cash like the ‘american’ way as shown here.
on 06 Apr 2008 at 8:55 am 4.Régis said …

I don’t count money, I don’t have any… T_T
however, that was really interesting. But tell me, wasnt the Turkey part a bit ironical?
on 06 Apr 2008 at 9:00 am 5.A person said …

Looks like bollocks to me.
on 06 Apr 2008 at 1:16 pm 6.Koori said …

I live in Poland, but I’ve never seen anyone counting money as shown in this video. It was fun to watch all the “ways” thouth.
on 07 Apr 2008 at 11:13 am 7.watcher said …

You should at least have proof-read your video. Not that this would make anything less “let’s make a bullshit viral video”.
on 07 Apr 2008 at 2:24 pm 8.the racist said …

they dont count cash in africa… they dont have any to count!
on 07 Apr 2008 at 4:21 pm 9.Fake said …

Bullshit…This guy doesn’t know shit
on 07 Apr 2008 at 5:30 pm 10.a said …

I’m from Turkey. No one counts money that way.
on 07 Apr 2008 at 6:29 pm 11.Dan said …

That was fing stupid.
on 09 Apr 2008 at 11:45 am 12.Ben said …

Apparently every country also uses the exact same currency.

We must be in the end times.

You must be the anti-christ.
on 09 Apr 2008 at 6:15 pm 13.anonymoose said …

fail
on 09 Apr 2008 at 9:29 pm 14.peter said …

oh, you didn’t realise this was how people counted money around the world? Thats because they don’t, this is just a useless hoax
on 09 Apr 2008 at 9:30 pm 15.peter said …

lol
on 09 Apr 2008 at 9:40 pm 16.Natalie said …

Geez, dont be so critical and mean, its unnecessary.

I think its really interesting whether its true or not.
on 10 Apr 2008 at 6:04 am 17.Owen said …

I can’t attest to all of the ways of counting, but the Japanese one is accurate. Every convenience store clerk counts out the bills the same way before handing them to me.
on 10 Apr 2008 at 12:09 pm 18.Cal said …

I have been to Turkey many times, and people DO count money like that (although maybe not exclusively.) Anyone saying they don’t is just lying so they can bash the video.
on 12 Apr 2008 at 2:01 am 19.BoboTheBinobo said …

Uh… “In Africa…” ignorant fcku, it isn’t one country, and having lived on the continent most my life I have never seen anyone count money like that. Though as I have only been in 3 of the many countries on the continent, I concede it is possible that in some countries money is counted that way.

As everyone knows despite being the highest producer of platinum in the world, my country has no money and no one can count.
on 12 Apr 2008 at 11:33 am 20.Efe said …

I have never seen that retarded way of counting in Turkey. We count money similar to the China, Japan, Korea way.
on 13 Apr 2008 at 9:24 am 21.nathiz said …

i found the african way pathetic!
does that make me a bad person?
i count mine the english way (H)
the money which i dont have
monopoly, does anyone get a kick out of doing that?
no?
*sits back down*
on 14 Apr 2008 at 1:49 am 22.Naveed said …

I am from Pakistan. No one counts money this way here.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:54 am 23.jean said …

Counting the money asthe Turks do, or the Africans, might look folish to Western people.
However there are a few tricks to fold money in a pack so you might count it twice. The “English” way does take care of that. For some of the above remarks but do not judge so easily…
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:11 am 24.eren oz said …

you are an idiot.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:21 am 25.Ike said …

Africa is a continent and not a country, so I wonder how many African countries this fool visited before jumping to his ignorant assumption.
on 15 Apr 2008 at 12:13 pm 26.Jeremy said …

1) for those who are saying africa isn’t a country… you are right. the title of his post is “how people count money from across the world”, and in the part about africa, it says “In africa”. It probably would have looked weird to put “in the continent of africa”, so what he did, from my perception of the english language, was fine.

2) for those chastising for the use of the same currency- did you want him to fly around the world and get the currency from every damn country? Its not practical, even if he did get some money when he “witnessed” these styles because he couldn’t use all of it in his own country

3) for those people that say “most people don’t” or “nobody does”: I doubt you have met most people or everyone in your country. He only states this is that people do it in that set of countries, really only necessitating that ONE person from that set of countries do it. I’m sure someone in that country does it like that, which may or may not preclude another country doing it in the exact same manner.
on 27 Apr 2008 at 12:03 pm 27.Alex said …

well hes right about the Uk
on 28 Apr 2008 at 10:28 am 28.YO! said …

dude “kazakistan” is spelled “kazakhstan” =O
on 28 Apr 2008 at 6:07 pm 29.Al said …

BullShit, I have been in some Middle East countries and some part of Europe, and lived in Russia we do not count money like that,
so I tell you, you full of bull.
on 28 Apr 2008 at 8:33 pm 30.Alex said …

Travelled to at least 10 African countries and never saw money being counted like that. All ways the American or English Method.
on 28 Apr 2008 at 9:37 pm 31.bull said …

this is bull
on 28 Apr 2008 at 10:31 pm 32.Bill Vincent said …

Wow. The Internet Dickwad Principal in effect. Take a normal person, place a keyboard in front of them….Instant Dickwad.

What a bunch of jerks. The internet should have an IQ threshold. If you’re dumber than a banana, you get K-lined.

Interesting video, regardless of it’s accuracy. Never thought about it, really.

Betcha wish the cash was genuine, eh?
on 29 Apr 2008 at 10:32 am 33.required name said …

Would have been funnier if the video say “some country (I won’t specify but you know which one)” and just showed his hands empty…
on 30 Apr 2008 at 11:06 pm 34.basic sense said …

that’s not how they count cash in Iran.
on 30 Apr 2008 at 11:06 pm 35.John said …

All the people saying “noone does it X way in Y”: most cultural behaviours, like dialects and folk music, not only change/disappear over time but tend towards however the dominant culture does things. If you don’t see these methods in your everyday life, maybe they’re done by older rural people. Or if you were just visiting, maybe you never actually watched someone count cash… not something I tend to do on holiday. Until now perhaps.
on 02 May 2008 at 1:00 pm 36.Aray said …

Actually I’m from Kazakhstan and I’ve never seen people counting money like that!!!!!!!!!
By the way it’s spelled like Kazakhstan!!!!!!!!!
on 02 May 2008 at 2:37 pm 37.Natovr said …

I think the Indian way is the most effective, but Im still a child, and never had so much money to count (all the big money’s in the bank/with dad). The only way I ever count money is like a pack of cards in a hand, and just counting the corners.

Oh yeah, some people are saying this guy doesn’t know about the thing he’s making videos of. It’s just to amaze people, and it’s intresting. It’s how he saw the people where he was (or where his sources were). He’s not getting payed to do this.
on 02 May 2008 at 11:21 pm 38.Balderdash said …

Africa and North America seem unorganized -_-
on 03 May 2008 at 7:42 am 39.Henry said …

The comments are nearly as interesting as the different ways of counting. For those of you who criticize and call the above bullshit, try to leave Alabama (or whatever hicksville you live in). I’ve been all over the world (yes, all over) and people do count money in different ways - maybe not as regionally accurate as shown.
Thanks for the post, and to the rest of you retards, get a passport, get traveling and get a life.
on 04 May 2008 at 4:02 pm 40.Basil said …

As a Russian I can confirm that I did see on a very rare occasion people counting money the way shown here. I believe it relates to some sort of subculture, possibly some sort of criminal etiquette.
on 04 May 2008 at 9:46 pm 41.MaXiMuS said …

BuLLSHiT!!!
everything is wRonG!!!
iT may be inTeresting…but soon it gets misleading…propogating unTRue conceptions!
on 05 May 2008 at 2:46 am 42.Ivan Drinchev said …

I’m from Bulgaria (Eastern Europe) and we count money like Japanese most of the time and like Americans.

It’s nice to see a lot of money counting methods
on 05 May 2008 at 3:52 am 43.Shnobby said …

BS! No way.
on 05 May 2008 at 9:08 am 44.asdfasdf said …

I don’t believe *any* of you can speak for the entire country/region you are from. It is fine if you are from Pakistan and you haven’t SEEN money being counted a particular way, but don’t pretend that you have seen ALL of the ways in Pakistan.

Another thing to consider: have any of you critics thought that perhaps these are the ways money is counted in front of foreigners or travelers? And that maybe that way itself different?
on 07 May 2008 at 2:00 pm 45.Simon Howes said …

Never really see anyone count that way in the UK. We usually hold the cash in one hand, and place the cash onto a surface in piles of x amounts.
on 10 May 2008 at 3:09 am 46.carrie said …

is unorganized a word? i think disorganized is what you mean balderdash.
on 10 May 2008 at 9:16 am 47.Epic Fail said …

Epic fail.
on 10 May 2008 at 12:29 pm 48.Dr Dude said …

I am from India. I have seen people counting cash in more than one way. I guess the title of this video should be “Different ways to count cash”
on 11 May 2008 at 11:58 am 49.Tom said …

According to this post - Czech republic and Greece are Korean or Japan colonies:) I am really happy that I’m not from Turkey - otherwise this video would make me feel pretty angry!

I like “most middle east” style though.
on 17 May 2008 at 7:28 pm 50.Zohaib said …

In America, they use a machine because half the population are too lazy to count. Could this post be any more inaccurate?
on 19 May 2008 at 1:15 pm 51.Schop said …

Who gives a fuck in what style you count money? Most people in the US probably think it’s amazing anyway that people in other countries can actually count!
on 03 Jun 2008 at 4:47 pm 52.omar said …

No, it’s wrong. I’m from Turkey, nobody counts the money like that. But it is very very funny:) lol.
on 18 Jun 2008 at 4:04 pm 53.bog said …

im from romania..and we dont count money like that… but its funny
on 28 Jun 2008 at 2:47 am 54.Personal Trainer said …

Never noticed while abroad, never thought about it, but guess what? Now when ever I travel outside of the US, I will definitely notice this.

Very interesting.
on 09 Jul 2008 at 11:17 pm 55.Selig said …

I just open my wallet and flip through my cash…
on 10 Jul 2008 at 3:31 am 56.anon said …

i’m glad you got joy out of this.
but my first thoughts were, “who the fuck cares?”

why would this ever matter on the smallest scale?