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byPowercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
Is there really any reason we can't just make pennies out of plastic instead? Personally, I haven't used cash in ages anyway so I'm really neither here nor there on running out of pennies, but it seems like if the problem is just that they cost too much to manufacture, make them out of something cheaper.
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Or just scrap them as a denomination. I'm in the UK where pennies are worth fractionally more. It is now worth considerably less in real terms than the 1/2 p coin when that was scrapped. I, personally in favour of scrapping copper coinage completely. Round the tally to the closest 5 and be done with it.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
I don't even regularly carry cash anymore. Phone generates a random credit card number for anonymity when shopping, that's good enough.
byViol8 ( 599362 ) writes:
"Phone generates a random credit card number for anonymity when shopping"
Huh? How can you pay with some random card number? And no payment method is anonymous , you simply move who knows from the shop to apple/google and your bank still knows you spent money either way.
Also I don't understand people who pay with a phone when contactless bank cards are simpler to use and faster. Just smacks of showing off.
bypsmears ( 629712 ) writes:
Also I don't understand people who pay with a phone when contactless bank cards are simpler to use and faster. Just smacks of showing off.
For most people I know that do this, it's just one less thing to carry - they'll have the phone with them anyway, so why carry cards/cash as well?
bydfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
"For most people I know that do this, it's just one less thing to carry..."
Except it's not. "Most people you know that do this" need to discover wallets.
"...they'll have the phone with them anyway, so why carry cards/cash as well?"
In case they lose their phone or stops functioning? They need. to have an ID with them anyway, carrying cards/cash takes not extra effort because, you know, wallets.
It's almost as if you think that every app needs it's own phone, at least when it suits your narrative.
byreanjr ( 588767 ) writes:
I rarely take my ID when I go out. There's no necessity to carry an ID.
byiAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
I don't know what country you're in but what happens if you get stopped by a cop and they demand to see your ID? Can they hold you or take you in until you're identified?
Separately, I assume you don't drive at all.
byThurstonMoore ( 605470 ) writes:
In the US you're not required to carry ID.
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byIngenium13 ( 162116 ) writes:
Yes, this was a weird thing to me in Spain. People were shocked that I didn't carry an ID, because it's required there and I didn't know. I never considered it unless I was going to a place that checked ID (no bar or club checks ID in my experience), or was driving. Otherwise I didn't see a reason to carry it.
byiAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
Sure and then if you're driving you're fucked because you are required to do so when driving.
And if you're not driving the local laws in most places allow them to haul you in on $charges until you're identified.
No, you're not required to carry ID (if not driving) but there are consequences to doing so which are always worse than just carrying an ID. They will figure out who you are anyway and fuck you in the process. This is not the thing you should jump on your sword for.
bywhoever57 ( 658626 ) writes:
In the US you're not required to carry ID.
Unless you are not a citizen.
https://www.uscis.gov/green-ca... [uscis.gov]
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