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>Has anyone found a use for cash outside financing criminal operations? I’ve gone camping and hiking in plenty of places that have no cellular service so cash

>Has anyone found a use for cash outside financing criminal operations? I’ve gone camping and hiking in plenty of places that have no cellular service so cash is the only way to pay the fees. >The fact that a hundred dollar bill is worth a hundred real dollars is insanity and proof that its value is a speculative bubble that’s being driven by anarchist fanatics and criminals. Or, you know, because the government says that it’s worth 100$ and lets you pay 100$ in taxes with it.

camjohnson26 6y ago
How do you explain hyperinflation?
- cowboysauce 6y ago
  I'd explain it as being irrelevant to this particular conversation since credit/debit cards would also be affected by hyperinflation. Though you'd have the advantage of not having to push a wheelbarrow full of cash around.
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Mediterraneo10 6y ago
> I’ve gone camping and hiking in plenty of places that have no cellular service so cash is the only way to pay the fees. This seems like more of a reason to push for rolling out wireless connectivity in places of natural beauty than to argue for keeping cash around. Last time I traveled Chilean Patagonia, I was impressed that even the most isolated communities now have 4G and the village general store has a card terminal. In Finnish Lapland, too, where there are almost no people, you almost never lose a mobile phone connection in the national parks, and the shops take cards like anywhere else in the country.
- doktorhladnjak 6y ago
  I know there are many downsides to it, but I enjoy these places where you can get away from the 24/7 always online world. There are so few left anymore
- danShumway 6y ago
  > This seems like more of a reason to push for rolling out wireless connectivity in places of natural beauty than to argue for keeping cash around. Is there a timeline for when America will get perfect, reliable connectivity in rural/isolated areas? Is it OK if we keep cash around in the meantime until that problem is solved? Just let us know when that 4G rollout is completely done, and then we can revisit this conversation.
- cowboysauce 6y ago
  >This seems like more of a reason to push for rolling out wireless connectivity in places of natural beauty I cannot state how strongly I. disagree. Part of the appeal of these places is that you are completely cut off. Destroying that for something as banal as credit card payments is abhorrent to me. I’d also much rather that the organizations that run these areas spend their money on things other than paying for and maintaining PoS systems. I’ve yet to see one that’s as reliable as a steel post that you jam cash into.

camjohnson26 6y ago

How do you explain hyperinflation?

cowboysauce 6y ago
I'd explain it as being irrelevant to this particular conversation since credit/debit cards would also be affected by hyperinflation. Though you'd have the advantage of not having to push a wheelbarrow full of cash around.
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Mediterraneo10 6y ago

> I’ve gone camping and hiking in plenty of places that have no cellular service so cash is the only way to pay the fees. This seems like more of a reason to push for rolling out wireless connectivity in places of natural beauty than to argue for keeping cash around. Last time I traveled Chilean Patagonia, I was impressed that even the most isolated communities now have 4G and the village general store has a card terminal. In Finnish Lapland, too, where there are almost no people, you almost never lose a mobile phone connection in the national parks, and the shops take cards like anywhere else in the country.

doktorhladnjak 6y ago
I know there are many downsides to it, but I enjoy these places where you can get away from the 24/7 always online world. There are so few left anymore
danShumway 6y ago
> This seems like more of a reason to push for rolling out wireless connectivity in places of natural beauty than to argue for keeping cash around. Is there a timeline for when America will get perfect, reliable connectivity in rural/isolated areas? Is it OK if we keep cash around in the meantime until that problem is solved? Just let us know when that 4G rollout is completely done, and then we can revisit this conversation.
cowboysauce 6y ago
>This seems like more of a reason to push for rolling out wireless connectivity in places of natural beauty I cannot state how strongly I. disagree. Part of the appeal of these places is that you are completely cut off. Destroying that for something as banal as credit card payments is abhorrent to me. I’d also much rather that the organizations that run these areas spend their money on things other than paying for and maintaining PoS systems. I’ve yet to see one that’s as reliable as a steel post that you jam cash into.