Trade Ya! · 7:45pm Apr 20th, 2014
Following the events of the swap meet, ponies (especially Rainbow Dash) should realize there has to be a better way to make exchanges.
Thus, I have a brilliant idea!
The ponies of Equestria should create a system of tokens with agreed-upon values. That way, you don't have to make a long series of exchanges to get what you want from somepony who doesn't want what you have.
These tokens should be durable so that they can be reused, so let's make them out of metal.
And we need a name for these tokens. How does bits sound?
Brilliant!
Nah, would never catch on.
What's next? A communal pile of books ponies may barrow from, actually having costumers? You might as well put it in a tree and call it a day!
Madness, I say!
Money is more convenient than a swap-meet, but it isn't necessarily better, as it doesn't account for sentimentality.
What, and ruin the plot?
It's tradition. Logic has no place there.
You must make these tokens gold coloured! With maybe a printing of Celestia's and Luna's head on them!
2028623 It doesn't make sense as anything but a traditional holiday, but what bugged me is that the episode did not have one word about this being the case.
2028956 But what value should we put on them? How's 2 bits for a barrel of apples and 20 for a single tomato?
–Tomato salespony