Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 17 submissions in the queue.

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.

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 58 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (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.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +2  
       Informative=2, Total=2
    Extra 'Informative' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   4  

  • (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.

      --
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

      • (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.

        --
        The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

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

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

        [STACK OVERFLOW ERROR]
        [NO CARRIER]