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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

You touch money all the time. Money is filthy, There's a 100% chance you've held a $1 bill that was in a strippers ass-crack at some point. Same goes for being used for blow.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not sure where you are (lots of places use $), but it's been many many years since I used cash for anything, and it's probably the same for anyone below retirement age in UK/Europe?

Paying for something in a shop typically means touching your bank card against the payment terminal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I live in Ireland and was fairly slow to adapt to this cashless mularkey but my mind was blown when visiting Germany how many places were cash only.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cash only is common in New York City as well but not so much anywhere else I've been in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In Canada, many people pay with their phones and smart watches.

Wallets are essentially buy-x-items-get-one-free punch card holders these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Cash in the U.S. is the only way to pay for a certain plant which is legal in some states but still illegal federally for some stupid reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’d say that’s probably true for most younger people in the US as well.

There are obviously exceptions though. I like to golf and it’s (unsurprisingly in the US) normal to tip the bag guy at the end of a round that wipes down your clubs and cleans out your cart, so I keep cash on me that I handle somewhat regularly for that. But really that’s the only thing I can think of that I use cash for these days.

I’d assume some people also prefer to use cash when traveling to other countries since (in the US at least), using your debit/credit card in a foreign country can accrue significant fees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Only place I use cash for is the Fish and Chip shop. They did have contactless during covid, but the transaction fees from the bank are a big % if most of your custom is small orders, so they bite those for online orders and it's cash only in the shop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don’t know how true it is but here in the UK they say the majority of banknotes in circulation have traces of cocaine on them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think the last time I used actual cash for something was about 4 months ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am glad I only use a credit card. Damn that is nasty!