Would it make sense to have #CashAwarenessMonth

Maybe December? So we all take money out of banks, at least current month salary, and spend cash only. I think that is something that shouldn’t be hard to do and it would show if we, the people, have any power left to make positive changes for the future or we can just surrender and eat bugs.

Edit:

If I’m trading my only true value, my time, then I want to have 100% control over it, not to depend if some bank would freeze my account and I lost 1/3 of my life irreversible.

MrFunnyMoustache,

Why though? What’s the benefit?

ryathal,

One benefit would be people becoming more conscious of their spending, probably not OPs goal though.

naut,

To show that you care for your life time you gave away.

MrFunnyMoustache,

I don’t quite understand what you mean by that…

naut,

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    Pepsi,
    Pepsi avatar

    so your entire argument is hinged on “this guy says we should do it”. 🐑

    davel,
    @davel@lemmy.ml avatar

    I suspect you have some unhinged notions about banks and/or the government and/or cashless transactions, but because you didn’t say why we should do this thing you suggest, I don’t know what specific unhinged notions you have.

    Deceptichum,
    Deceptichum avatar

    "eat bugs" is alt-right fear mongering, so yeah I'd back your unhinged notions theory.

    naut,

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    davel, (edited )
    @davel@lemmy.ml avatar

    The “digital dollar” is a bullshit marketing term. Everyone knows that the vast majority of Canadian & US dollars are already digital ones. Conspiracy theorists have morphed a bullshit marketing gimmick into… whatever they’ve morphed it into; I don’t listen to them so I couldn’t say.

    RFK has all sorts of batshit ideas, like his antisemitic and antivax ones.

    lolcatnip,

    Unhinged notions confirmed.

    SandbagTiara2816,

    Two questions:

    1. Eating bugs is not an abnormal human behavior, and it is not uncommon in cuisine across the world. So I don’t see how that’s a negative thing, inherently?
    2. How would using cash translate into a message of “people power”? You’re still paying the same amount of the same currency for the same product, just in a different form.
    naut,

    I don’t know, but I would like to try, we don’t know what we can loose or gain, we only cry when we have issues and we don’t have solution or power to make difference, and it is just awareness month, no biggie

    SandbagTiara2816,

    I mean, you’re more than welcome to try! I’m just curious why this issue in particular strikes you as a high priority

    naut,

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    Devi,

    There's a vegan month cause people want to raise awareness of veganism/animal welfare. They want to promote people to make that change.

    What awareness is there having your pockets heavy with change?

    naut,

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    Devi,

    I disagree strongly with your view on that.

    Still not sure why you think cash needs a month?

    naut,

    Because it is disappearing and money is only what is left when you trade your life time. If I’m trading my only true value, my time, then I want to have 100% control over it, not to depend if some bank would freeze my account and I lost 1/3 of my life irreversible.

    Devi,

    If you're doing things that mean the bank might freeze your account then you can keep it in cash. Most criminals do this for that reason.

    naut,

    I don’t think you need to be criminal for gov not like you

    Devi,

    I didn't say that. Two sentences there.

    Imgonnatrythis,

    That’s fine. I can get that. For many of us though we are so worried about surviving and providing for others that it would be very hard / determinental to take this stand at the loss of compound interest which can hopefully become like a future source of sustainable income in and of itself. So go and do it, but few people in a tough economy can afford to join you so maybe just make it kind of your own thing.

    Deceptichum,
    Deceptichum avatar

    Sounds like you need to go back to school.

    We have cultures that have been living on vegan diets for thousands of years and they still exist. Obviously not dying from lack of nutritional needs or being weaker than neighbouring groups.

    If you want to truly be in line with nature we evolved, you'd hop off line and go live in plains of North-East Africa. You don't, you just want to repeat right-wing talking points and other insanities detached from reality.

    bigMouthCommie,

    >We have cultures that have been living on vegan diets for thousands of years and they still exist.

    no. we don't. why would you lie about this?

    Deceptichum,
    Deceptichum avatar

    The Indus Valley people and their descendants disagree strongly with you there.

    bigMouthCommie,

    they're not vegan

    naut,

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    Deceptichum,
    Deceptichum avatar

    Epoch Times is Falun Gong (basically Chinese Scientology) ran bullshit.

    Also that 'UN's gonna take over the world and make us eat bugs' article is further evidence of your alt-right 'globalist' bullshit showing.

    naut,

    sure, whatever makes you calm, here is another screenshot with original message by original author, you might like it, I don’t, and it is OK to disagree lemmy.ml/comment/5802975

    naut,

    one more reason

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr Says the Truckers Protest in Canada Highlights the Dangers of CBDC

    “When I watched that happen I recognized that freedom of currency is as important as freedom of speech”

    twitter.com/i/status/1662657433167175681

    Deceptichum,
    Deceptichum avatar

    Mate.

    You are neck fucking deep in this alt-right shit, why do you think sharing more insane conspiracies would improve anyone’s perception of you right now?

    naut,

    what conspiracies, account was frozen, that is the fact

    Pepsi,
    Pepsi avatar

    no, but how about a youtube video!

    Hildegarde,

    Credit card companies increased their fees in October. Did they do anything for merchants or cardholders to increase the quality of service a commensurate amount? No. They decided to increase their transaction fees due to greed alone.

    You should spend cash, at least at merchants you like. If you pay $20 in cash, the recipient gets $20. If you pay by card the recipient gets significantly less.

    miracleorange,

    Or you could just put your money in a credit union…

    magnetosphere, (edited )
    magnetosphere avatar

    Many cashiers would hate this idea. It would slow things down considerably. We’d run out of change all the time. Already I run into problems with people paying for an $8 purchase with a fucking hundred.

    That’s a big NO to from me.

    13esq,

    Cashiers get paid the same no matter how many people they serve. The boss isn’t going to shake your hand and tell you well done leave alone pay a bonus for getting x amount of people through the till per hour.

    Your employer failing to put adequate change in the till isn’t your problem. The next time someone pays for an $8 purchase with a hundred, chill out and enjoy the unscheduled break.

    magnetosphere,
    magnetosphere avatar

    It becomes my problem when people have to stand in line too long, and I have to help someone who would have been relaxed but is now in a lousy mood. As you can probably guess, dealing with an agitated customer is more difficult (and more draining) than dealing with a neutral one.

    I’m not just pulling this out of my ass. I’ve been on when the Internet failed, we couldn’t take credit cards, and “CashAwarenessMonth” actually happened. Trust me, we were all very aware of what a clusterfuck it was.

    The amount of cash put in the till is determined by corporate, and monitored as if lives depended on it. My manager (who is actually a decent guy) does not have the authority to change that number, and will likely get fired if he does.

    Plus, carefully counting out change instead of just watching someone swipe a card isn’t much of a “break”.

    This is a terrible idea. If you can’t make the point without shitting on the little guy, maybe the point shouldn’t be made. This “ideology at any cost” bullshit is what conservatives do. Progressives actually give a damn about people, remember?

    theshatterstone54,

    Now you see, if you just said something like “I’m tired of banks creating money out of thin air and getting bailouts when they gamble and lose, so how about we show them they should value us more instead of ruining our economy like with the 2008 crash, because if we all pull our money out they have no money left, like if all people in the world stopped paying taxes for a year, or stopped believing in money, the governments would be incapable of detaining you or that people should not be afraid of governments, corporations and their employers, instead the above should be scared of the people” I would’ve been all in, but with the direction you took it, I think I’ll pass. Oh wait.

    naut,

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    static_dragon,

    “I’m not good at politics “, no shit Sherlock, or monetary theory

    scrubbles,
    @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

    Michael Jackson eating popcorn meme, labeled with “Watching this thread like”

    TigrisMorte,

    I found the mugger that thinks cashless is damaging their business! ^

    TH1NKTHRICE,

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    Davel23,

    I think you'd be better off pushing for a mental health awareness month...

    naut,

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    Pepsi,
    Pepsi avatar

    so nobody in a rural town was ever ‘slow’, ‘different’, or ‘blessed’, right?

    naut,

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    Pepsi,
    Pepsi avatar

    Lol tell me you’ve never read The Grapes of Wrath without telling me you’ve never read The Grapes of Wrath

    miracleorange,

    Good to know that my panic disorder that causes random panic attacks is just a product of our new-fangled world.

    xmunk,

    Yup, depression never existed in pastoral settings.

    Anything else you think needed a casual erasure while we’re at it?

    Pepsi,
    Pepsi avatar

    i’m not talking about those mental health issues, just the ones i don’t believe in

    Devi,

    Do you know how common suicide is among farmers??

    jmcs,

    Dude, I grew up in a rural area, people living there are the ones that need more awareness of mental health issues. Just because someone isn’t diagnosed and under proper treatment doesn’t mean they aren’t ill.

    davel,
    @davel@lemmy.ml avatar

    We’ve been found out. Deploy the black helicopters.

    https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/2d08fe42-5cf0-48b9-8aa7-a532ff7aebed.jpeg

    Kit,

    Maybe I’m old-school, but every paycheck I take out a few hundred to act as my spending money. I mostly frequent small businesses and I know they prefer cash to avoid fees (and possibly taxes but that’s none of my business). It also helps with budgeting.

    Appoxo,
    @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Just notice how much you got and not spend anything besides the absolute necessary like cooking groceries (no sweets, etc.) and non-essential services like Netflix, going out, eating out.
    No need to take money from the bank and risk a 3000€ pay check running around.

    naut,

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    Appoxo,
    @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Dude. Just set the limit yourself.
    And for anyone with spending problems: Make it as uncomfortable to spend money as possible in digital form like a physical TAN generator for bank transfer or 2FA entry on PayPal.
    Makes you think more about your spending.

    naut,

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    Appoxo,
    @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    If you manage to get your account freezed, you have way other problems.

    Bit paranoid?

    eezeebee,
    @eezeebee@lemmy.ca avatar

    Why?

    The majority of my expenses come out with direct deposit and can’t be paid with cash even if I wanted to.

    naut,

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    KevonLooney,

    You’ll just find out how little banks care about retail customers. What do you think happens to the cash you give to the coffee shop? They put it in the bank. They use it to pay suppliers who put that money in a different bank.

    People are the same. The barista takes their cash tips and spends them. Those businesses put their money in their bank account and buy supplies or pay workers. Their suppliers do the same.

    Banks do not care about your $5 for coffee, they care about the coffee shop.

    wreckedcarzz,
    @wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

    Breaking news: people spend money. Back to you, Jill.

    naut,

    Braking news: people trade life time for money, is money real, is life real. Back to you, Jack.

    Pepsi,
    Pepsi avatar

    how can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?

    naut,

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    KevonLooney,

    I’m just letting you know that a free checking account with $1000 in it actually loses money for banks. They would be happy to close the account for you. Removing the money will not faze them at all.

    Savings accounts with more than $10K, small business accounts, CDs, and commercial accounts are more valuable in that order. Banks are doing you a favor by offering you a cheap bank account.

    Using only cash opens you up to theft and loss. This is a problem for immigrants who can’t get bank accounts or are afraid of banks.

    eezeebee,
    @eezeebee@lemmy.ca avatar

    It’s just adding inconvenience to something trivial.

    If you want a month dedicated to something, that something should be a good reason. People are already aware that cash exists.

    I have no idea why you want me to use cash - do you think enough of us withdrawing cash will scare banks?

    naut,

    But we were not aware that banks can hold your money and take it away from you. That was new to me.

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