LilB0kChoy

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[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social -2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Receiving a service for free means it is subsidized.

It’s not free. It costs an interchange fee, just like a debit card. That’s not paid by users of the card. At most it’s “subsidized” by the business, or maybe everyone if those interchange fees are built into the product price, in which case the card user is indirectly paying for it.

I'm sorry, you have mistaken me for an American

Almost like banking regulation isn’t universal, making your claims ambiguous rather than outright wrong. Especially without any supporting evidence to your claims.

You have yet to convince me that.

Ok, whether you’re convinced doesn’t change the fact your statements are wrong.

It is obvious that banks have the ability to make more off their users bad choices when using credit cards than they do debit cards.

Prove it. Many banks (in the US) charge exorbitant overdraft fees that make them billions and f dollars a year.

Just because you and I are capable of managing our funds well, isn't the case accross all.

Explain how one persons inability to manage their finances is the responsibility of someone who manages theirs responsibly? Banks engage in plenty of dubious, and sometimes outright illegal, activities. Blaming them because an individual doesn’t have the common sense to spend more on a credit card than they have is patently ridiculous.

I worked for a UK bank for 4 years (2004-2008), however the opinion I am portraying here doesn't need any inside knowledge, its just common sense.

Opinion. Your opinion isn’t in question. The statements you make to support it, without any evidence, are. You seem to think that when you have an opinion any claim you make around that can just be supported by how you feel.

You know what’s just common sense? Understanding that if you have X amount of money, spending X+1 on a credit card is a poor choice because you can’t pay it. That’s personal responsibility and trying to pass that responsibility on to people who are “being played” by not doing that is blame-shifting.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social -3 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Those that use their credit card and pay it off in full are subsidized by the number of people that spend beyond their means.

That’s both factually wrong, other users already explained it to you, and patently ridiculous. How exactly is someone who uses a card and then pays the bill in full every month subsidized? I don’t think you understand the word subsidized.

So why don't debit cards have the same set of features? Because banks want you to use the type of card that has the most return potential.

This is also wrong.

The Durbin Amendment capped interchange rates on debit cards and debit card rewards programs began disappearing because of it.

You make multiple factually incorrect statements. Whether it’s better to use a credit or debit card is a matter of opinion, your other statements are just wrong.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Deodorant is blue, deodorant + antiperspirant is white in the store. It’s also all aluminum free now which sucks. I miss the aluminum deodorant gel.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 16 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I'll take "moronic takes" for $500, Alex

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Those that use their credit card and pay it off in full are using them responsibly, the way they should be used.

FTFY, the rest of your comment is just wrong.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t do that. I only thaw and grind enough for about a month’s consumption at a time. I got ~6 pounds of coffee for Christmas and only have a cup a day usually.

I was just providing my process because it seems, unintentionally, well designed to avoid condensation.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 0 points 9 months ago

Good to know! Thanks! I vacuum seal what I can’t get in jars and let it all thaw freezer > fridge > ground.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I use old mason jars to store my whole bean coffee in the freezer until I’m ready to grind and use it.

A coffee aficionado can probably chime in on why this is bad, but uts the best use I’ve found for the jars.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social -2 points 9 months ago

Same with coffee. I believe it’s actually caffeine that can work as a diuretic.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago

It wouldn’t be a fight at all. They can just “sanction” them. It wouldn’t take long for their infrastructure to shut down, their economy to collapse etc.

There is no path to secession for a single state without support from the rest of the country. 250 years ago America likely wouldn’t have been able to split from Britain without help from France.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago

Note that in Minnesota the State Supreme Court specifically stated their ruling applies only to the primary.

Depending on SCOTUS it is entirely possible Trump could be removed from the general election ballot via another lawsuit filed after SCOTUS rules.

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