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Show the Check-Out Girl How Punk You Are with This Sex Pistols-Themed Credit Card

Nothing says "we're the poison in your human machine" like paying 18.9 percent APR for a credit card with the word "bollocks" on it.
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Perpetually grinning billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Money bank has decided it is time for people to "put a little rebellion in their pocket" by releasing Sex Pistols-themed credit cards. According to the Guardian, Virgin Money's director said that "the Sex Pistols challenged convention and the established ways of thinking—just as we are doing today in our quest to shake up UK banking."

This isn't the Sex Pistols first corporate rodeo. In 2008, John Lydon padded his bank account by shilling Country Life butter and starring in reality shows, so teaming up with Branson on a credit card isn't exactly a surprising move. Nothing says "we're the poison in your human machine" like paying 18.9 percent APR for a credit card with the word "bollocks" on it.

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