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Checks are awesome - I use them all the time and I'm at least a third of the age of the elderly. Accessibility is huge to think about especially with "requirea
by kradeelav 5y ago
Checks are awesome - I use them all the time and I'm at least a third of the age of the elderly. Accessibility is huge to think about especially with "requireables" like the banks, and so it's just good practice and the right thing to do to think about the elderly and edge cases for folks who don't do email/smartphones.
It pays to have empathy to all cross sections of society, not just the ones that are the most visible. :)
- Femtio 5y agoChecks are ridiculously stupid. They are not save, expensive and you need to go to the bank to cash them in. All of this just because our society is to stupid? Old people are not stupid, they are just old. They should be able to either teach themselves or being teached. Our society should focus on helping them to navigate the current world and not try to keep things like checks alive. And I'm pissed about this though because I believe it's a mindset thing which needs to change to be able to act on real problems like climate change. When I talk to old people about solar energy holy shit do they care more about how those Solarpanel look at buildings then the benefit of them. If we don't help those people they are being limited by society one way or the other anyway!
- jjav 5y ago> you need to go to the bank to cash them in No you don't. You can scan them in many cases these days, or mail them in. Can also deposit in ATMs. I cash checks all the time and haven't physically been to my bank in over 20 years, as the nearest branch is ~3000 miles away.
- bllguo 5y agobut excessive empathy is crippling for future progress. this is literally the root issue in the US system - way too much consideration for special interests. look at housing as an example.