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Or perhaps if your phone goes down.
by shwaj 2y ago
Or perhaps if your phone goes down.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoIt wouldn't make sense to keep emergency cash in case my phone goes down because my money wouldn't go down with the phone.
- kennysoona 2y agoHuh? If your phone goes down you can't pay for stuff, if you have cash you still can.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoOh you mean like if the battery runs out? I just make sure it never does. I thought they meant like if I lose my phone, but in that case I could just go home and grab my card and pay with my card.
- kennysoona 2y agoSo you're hobbling yourself to a phone for why exactly? Carrying a spare $40 makes your wallet too heavy?
- koakuma-chan 2y agoI don't even have a wallet. Also, a big reason to avoid cash is that you never know who was its previous owner, and whether they washed their hands. Unless you can somehow get factory new cash.
- kennysoona 2y agoWow you're like the archetypal preferred corporate consumer. 100% voluntary opt in to being completely dependent on specific corporate products. > Also, a big reason to avoid cash is that you never know who was its previous owner, and whether they washed their hands. This is silly. By this same reasoning you should never touch a door handle in public.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoThat's correct. You should never touch a public door handle with your bare hands. And often you don't have to. Many doors would be opened for you if you just pushed them, and some would even open themselves on their own if they saw that you wanted to get through. But, hold on, let me blow your mind even further: you should also never eat food that fell on the ground, even if it was less than 3 seconds.
- kennysoona 2y ago> That's correct. You should never touch a public door handle with your bare hands. Honestly that's a miserable way to live life IMO, being afraid to that extent. How old are you if you don't mind sharing? I'm wondering to what extent COVID may have impacted the development of your views here. > let me blow your mind even further: you should also never eat food that fell on the ground, Yeah, not really comparable to opening a door lol
- koakuma-chan 2y ago> Honestly that's a miserable way to live life IMO, being afraid to that extent. I know right. Ignorance is bliss. > How old are you if you don't mind sharing? I'm wondering to what extent COVID may have impacted the development of your views here. I'm 19, but no worries, when COVID happened I was not affected because I rarely went outside.
- kennysoona 2y ago> I know right. Ignorance is bliss. No ignorance here, quite the opposite. When you realize how low the odds are of the worst case scenarios you use to justify your behavior and do a cost/benefit analysis you'll find it isn't in favor of that level of mild paranoia. > I'm 19, but no worries, when COVID happened I was not affected Being afraid to touch door handles in public and being as attached to a smartphone as you are would indicate the pandemic did indeed affect your development. The question is to what extent is your development typical.
- nilamo 2y agoDo you never travel? Go camping? Spend more than 12 hours away from a charging location? Seems so stressful for a minor benefit :/
- koakuma-chan 2y agoUnfortunately I don't.