ASeriesOfPoorChoices

dude, I’m literally begging you to understand nothing I’ve said is “my idea”, but how things actually are outside of your house.

that makes it worse.

A European who acts like they’ve never left the usa.

lol. no.

and you’ve never left the usa.

lol. no.

There are more cashless options than using banks.

In some countries you can use phones (and phone credit, more or less) as your payment option. Doesn’t even have to be a smart phone, though that makes it easier.

Beggers on the street with QR codes printed out. Or their phone number on cardboard.

And in other countries, you can use the local equivalent of the Uber app instead of a bank account.

Cashless is good. Safer for the homeless (harder to rob) and still easy to give money to them.

build number (version) of Firefox, which is the software in question.

“Galaxy S21” is the model name for a physical Samsung phone, which isn’t relevant to the topic.

you’re absolutely right, and reminds me of the George Carlin bit, hopefully I’ve remembered it right:

“flags are symbols for the symbol-minded”

it’s post-ww2, cold war-era creepy shit. Need to make soldiers and weed out the conspirators.