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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Ill start, I never used a check. The only way I can get a house is waiting for my parents to die.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I've received checks three or four times in my life. I've never written one. As a kid I had a physical paper booklet for the savings account I put my birthday money into. The only way I can get to own a house is by winning the lottery. I remember when small shops had manual credit card machines that would transfer your account details to a slip of paper. I also remember when local stores would give credit to people from the community. I get low-key annoyed when I have to use cash instead of digital payments. My retirement plan is not to retire.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I've received checks three or four times in my life.

This is highly location dependent. If you're Dutch, you're probably in your mid-to-late 30s. If you're french, you could be 20, because people still use them pretty frequently...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Exactly. My friends all teased me for still owning a cheque book in the 1990s.

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