• Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com
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    15 days ago

    Who owns a checkbook? I also didn’t need to learn cursive, or how to take care of a horse. If you want to learn something you will.

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      “Balance a checkbook” doesn’t have to mean a physical transaction log. It just means keeping track of expenditures and deposits so that you know the money in your account is sufficient to cover your purchases. You’d be surprised how many people my age can’t manage that. Also, at first, I read that as “Who owns a Chromebook?” lol.

      Outside of using cursive for my signature, yeah, I’ve never used it in real life.

      If you want to learn something you will.

      True, but we learned computing because we had to.

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        15 days ago

        You don’t learn to drive in a round about, or use the automatic checkout, or a thousand other things that have changed…

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          14 days ago

          I mean depending on the country you almost certainly learnt to drive in a roundabout (quadrupley so if you were learning in Milton Keynes)

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      15 days ago

      By the time I was born, checks weren’t in regular use here anymore. I’ve never seen one in real life. I’m 27

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          15 days ago

          I’m also in my 30s and I’ve used a bit over a hundred checks. Mostly for paying rent.

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            15 days ago

            As yet another 30-something year old I’ve never even seen a cheque. Is that a USA thing?

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              15 days ago

              45 year old here, I remember my father using cheques a long time ago. (non-USAian)

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        15 days ago

        You probably do not know b/c reddthat has downvotes disabled, but people are downvoting your comment.

        I find it the height of irony that your comment, which is relevant and contributes to the conversation, is receiving the “*I* personally do not like this idea” treatment.

        A comment that aims to provide a more balanced perspective, to round out the discussion beyond “things should be the way that I am most comfortable with”, and offering not only logical facts but very relevant personal experience.

        Reddit Lemmy can be so toxic sometimes. :-|

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          I like the lack of downvotes, it’s nice. I get to focus on arguments being made. If someone wants to tell me they disagree, they’re going to have to actually tell me