Do people just save these screenshots for 6 years and then decide to randomly post them?
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Someone saw the meme about the screenshot folder that you never look in, decided to clean theirs up, and now we get an extensive anthropology lecture on pop culture, the internet, and the human psyche.
Of course!
Why don't you have your cards stored in a password manager
Last line of defense. If I have to get up and get the card, I have one more chance to rationalize if its an impulse buy.
Also, a password manager, like Notepad?
No. You use MS Paint and make a wallpaper with all your passwords on it.
As I've noted in previous comments, I keep my logins and credit card info in the narrative section of my recipe blog. 15 years and not a single hack.
I didn't read that can you just provide a link to the end?
Sorry, badly executed joke there. Based unfortunately on reality. Plain text files and Post-It notes to manage security.
Know you're getting fired? Show up early to work and remove all the post-its from the cubical hell. Bring a lighter and burn them in the bathroom.
Or just memorize your card number like I do
0 118 999 88199 9119 725
3
Still know the song i guess
Man me and the boys used to sing that song all the time and wait an uncomfortably long time to add the 3 for dramatic effect.
And that's fine if you use only 1 or 2 cards. Past that and it gets a little much for most people.
Memorizing card number, CCV/CVC and expiration date for potentially multiple cards every few years is a bit too much imo. And if I memorized one digit wrong I'm fucked.
Lots of credit card entry systems are designed to resist autofill, maybe for liability reasons. I find it's worse on mobile.
Jesus, it's only 16 digits long.
Ah 2019. I remember it like it was six years ago.
The pre-modern era did not force a 40 hour work week on top of a commute, household chores and childcare to each person.
We might have far more creature comforts, but we are overall working more hours because we no longer come home with the place cleaned up, a hot meal ready, and kids taken care of thanks to unpaid spousal labor.
Everyone is working full time and the work of a stay at home parent on top of that, and with little to no community support.
The act of 'just buying something' involves a 15 minute drive somewhere and back because nothing is walkable anymore thanks to suburban sprawling and you can't do anything without spending time driving, parking, and walking endlessly in massive stores that are designed to make you get as little done in as much time as possible.
Ha! I memorized those numbers years ago... I may have a problem...
It’s just the re-invention of the mail order catalog.
Could just like, ya know, stop consuming so much bs. If it's something you cba to go get yourself, you don't need it that bad.
Disabled people ordering their meds online:
"I'll should stop consuming"
omg how did anyone get meds before the internet was invented.
How dare anyone use modern inventions to make their lives simpler!
I don't get what your issue is, man. It's a self-aware meme about not wanting to mildly inconvenience yourself, when the previous alternative was to greatly inconvenience yourself. I don't think anyone came here for advice on where and how they should spend their money.
People get real defensive when you suggest they slow down their consumption. Addicts lash out when they need their fix.
If you genuinely think a single person here has lashed out at you, I suggest you step into the outdoors and get some 1-on-1 interaction with some other people. I'm sorry if you felt attacked. You can consume some bs to make it feel better if you want.
Did you look at the meme? The person is upset(lashing out) because their consumption is minorly inconvenienced. Keep chasing that high though, easy to believe your consumption is harmless when you aren't the one leaping off factory roofs or swimming under a mountain of garbage.
I'm laughing my ass off at the fact that you think someone being upset and saying "this is bullshit" in their own home is lashing out. I hope nobody honks their horn at you today, bud.
I'm rolling on the floor laughing my ass off at your at your gluttony. Hope nobody suggests you wash your hands after going to the bathroom either, you might need to be hospitalized for the laughing fits.
Not me. Last night I was stopped from making a triple digit purchase of a product I didn't need because the Pay-by-card feature was broken (in Firefox and Ungoogled Chromium) and I wasn't about to set up a Google-Pay or a Sezzle account just to complete that transaction. That's a WIN in my book.