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The lack of privacy is kind of the point. I can never go back to cash. Yes, there's a ton of problems with credit cards and definitely censorship issues, but the pros still heavily outweigh the cons. Money is dirty, messy to deal with, change is a nightmare, can get lost, can get stolen, can't really carry around large amounts, and is generally really bulky to carry around.
While the last pandemic investigation showed that those machines where you put in your pin in supermarkets had more bacteria/viruses than cash. Much more people using those terminals more frequently than any same coin or same bill.
Digital money is stolen more often and in higher amounts. People who are glorifying credit cards do it until they got scammed or hacked and loose all their savings or even their identity. They go from "credit card fuck yeah" to "why have I been so stupid?" within a minute.
And why would you even carry a large amount of money with you? People who use cash, use common sense in general.
Credit cards have charge backs and fraud protection, buddy. You are significantly safer using them. That's the benefit to them being privacy invasive.
Using chip is also a bit cleaner then swiping. You also don't use just a single dollar bill or coin, you are touching multiple quantities, giving and receiving.
Also your other replies are super toxic and you talk like a child so I'm just going to block you here.
Always those pathetic people overwhelmed by their own lives...
Uhh yucky money!
I must live in a glass bell to protect me and never ever let my immune system do its job!
Sounds like one of those people in infomercials who can’t handle pouring juice in a cup. Cash is a nightmare, bulky? Really?
Have you ever put cash in your wallet? It gets fat really quick. Not to mention, who wants to carry dirty coins around. Cash in general is disgusting.
I’m imagining black and white b-roll of someone trying to stuff a crumpled up wad of bills into a wallet and fishing quarters out of a toilet.
“There’s got to be a better way!”
Why do you carry coins around...?
Because not everything we buy adds up to an exact dollar amount?
If only there were some way to exchange coins for notes...imagine if someone even invented an automated machine that could do it in seconds! But I guess that will never happen. Nope, just gotta keep hauling my sack of coins around like I'm in some old Disney cartoon...
You do that after every single cash transaction?
Surely there's a long period between that and a transaction, I don't know why I have to explain such an incredibly basic thing. This is what like every single person does.
What a strange person.
And so we return to my original question: why do you carry coins around?
No, you obviously don't do it after every transaction. You save the change until you have plenty saved up and then exchange it for bills. This is what like every single person does.
What a strange person
Yeah no shit. Hence why credit cards are more convenient. You asked why are you carrying coins around, you answered your own question. Why is this so difficult to comprehend.
You might wanna check the usernames. I never asked why you carry coins around. I don't even carry them. I just take them home and put them in a jar to save until there's enough to exchange
Okay, after reading those posts we know that this person must be cognitive limited or something. WTF, man! And you're not even ashamed to post something like this on the internet. Why are people so passionate about it to prove their stupidity on the internet?
But okay, you need simple math to be able to use cash properly and there is no evidence that you have the skills for this.
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Maybe watch a video about simple math. It can help you so that your brain will not completely disintegrate.