#you try to write a scene where rimmer borrows some money and you have a breakdown. it happens. it happens.

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now i'm thinking like do i want to add inflation for the pre-accident fic set in 2100s' or do i want to just put a desclamer on that like 20£ is 20£ in 2024 money or do i just try to get over this thought because literally no-one is going to notice, if anything it's going to make it more confusing if i have one character borrowing a 120£ for a snack like how much unnecessary reasearch do i want to make for this or do i try to calculate how much sending a batallion of manned rockets into space to advertice a cocacola ad compared to today and try to figure out the value of money in-universe that way?? it was some billions in the books they said. there must be other mentions of money somewhere and oh my god what about currency change rates between moons i would at least assume Red Dwarf uses the same currency as it's maker company's headquarters or what if they have issued a star system wide currency comparative to euros in europe or something and is it too as flaved a system. have the creators of this plothole of a show at least made some money chart in some smegazine or something. lol what if i just don't stress about it and get to writing lol like that's gonna happen. no wait what if i just look at wchich county is more likely to populate each moon and go from there or or what if i rewatch the whole series again or what if i look at Fiji's offical records and see how the country has progressed to current day and try to predict where it would go in the grimy corporate universe of red dwarf. in general, after a certan point when inflation has gotten ridicilous, would the highest up's of some councel or bank just order a reset, like they withdraw all money for a day and give it back one cent at a time, i wouldn't put it past the universe. then i could msybe have them using 2024 20£ and have them getting something with it. oh my god i don't care how stupid that theory is i'm using it for my own sanity, no-one will ever know the mental gymnastics i did to literally not change anything about the story.