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Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash

posted by martyb on Monday March 23 2020, @09:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the tracking-the-everythings dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Businesses are switching to cashless payment only during the pandemic as people enact social distancing to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This comes after stopping the use of non-disposable cups in cafes and the general reduction of the use of cash across society. This could well be the tipping point to make cashless payments the norm across the world. Some believe it could well be the start of killing off the use of cash for good.

It's not paranoia if you know they are out to get you.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by petecox on Monday March 23 2020, @10:21PM (8 children)

    by petecox (3228) on Monday March 23 2020, @10:21PM (#974627)

    stopping the use of non-disposable cups in cafes

    Nope. Covid-19 is increasing single use take away packaging.

    My local have been mandated to takeaway only. I thought I'd do the environment thing but they refused to take my reusable espresso cup since they don't trust customers not to bring in pathogens from home.

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  • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 23 2020, @10:23PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 23 2020, @10:23PM (#974628)

    Customers are pathogens. Smart business owners will shut down and use their Trump Flu stimulus package check to retire.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday March 23 2020, @10:28PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 23 2020, @10:28PM (#974633) Journal

      and use their Trump Flu stimulus package check to retire.

      Good luck with that. The central banks (not only the US-es) just put their presses at warp speed 9.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by insanumingenium on Monday March 23 2020, @10:25PM (5 children)

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Monday March 23 2020, @10:25PM (#974630) Journal

    I read it wrong the first time too. Stopping the use of NON-disposable cups.

    • (Score: 2) by sonamchauhan on Tuesday March 24 2020, @01:55AM (4 children)

      by sonamchauhan (6546) on Tuesday March 24 2020, @01:55AM (#974731)

      Yes, a double negative always does gets me. Wonder what damage a triple negative could do...

      "Today, Cabinet discussed rolling back the ban on using non-disposable cups."

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 24 2020, @02:13AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 24 2020, @02:13AM (#974740)

        my brain just exploded

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 24 2020, @02:55AM (2 children)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 24 2020, @02:55AM (#974760) Journal

        Wonder what damage a triple negative could do...

        "Today, Cabinet discussed rolling back the ban on using non-disposable cups."

        Try this then: today, Cabinet discussed rolling back the ban on non-using non-disposable cups.

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        • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday March 24 2020, @07:58AM

          by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday March 24 2020, @07:58AM (#974838) Journal

          Cabinet did not decide to not roll back the non-ban on not using non-disposable non-cups.

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        • (Score: 2) by sonamchauhan on Sunday March 29 2020, @12:56AM

          by sonamchauhan (6546) on Sunday March 29 2020, @12:56AM (#976790)

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