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Who gave them the money for the cards?

• trinix912 1y ago
  Grandma for Christmas? Really, have you never been a child? They obviously didn’t get it for that specific purpose, that’s for sure.
  • lanfeust6 1y ago
    Yes, and I never ran around with cash. Supposing I did get a cash gift before my teens, it would just sit in the "bank" i.e. a box in the dresser. Of course there were no gift cards or any of that crap back then, which is what you'd expect to receive today. I mean, as an adult now, what are you likely to receive: a gift card from a relative, or cash? There's zero reason for a child to carry cash for no purpose. At any rate their lives are so structured usually that this notion that they're going to run to some store to convert it to prepaid cards is far-fetched to begin with. I see a failure of parenting that some don't want to give credence. I'm not sure why.
    • trinix912 1y ago
      So we should be locking kids out of the entire cash economy instead of just banning gambling microtransactions in games? Btw. here they might need cash to take the bus home. And yes, people here let kids do that alone. Maybe because we live in a civilized society, who knows.
      • lanfeust6 1y ago
        > So we should be locking kids out of the entire cash economy instead of just banning gambling microtransactions in games? Yes, but not "instead". Regulate microtransactions, as we do any form of actual gambling. > Btw. here they might need cash to take the bus home. Bus pass.