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When I’m out I keep my phone on airplane mode and in a little faraday bag. I am not dragging out my phone and waiting for it to reacquire signal every time I want to buy cigarettes. Nevermind that defeats the point of the faraday bag…
Your phone does not need an internet connection to tap to pay, in the same way your credit cards do not need an internet connection to tap to pay
How do you do tap-to-pay from inside a faraday bag?
I was addressing the “waiting to acquire signal” part, not the “removing from a bag” part which I imagine to be fast
The phone is already trying to connect to cell networks when it’s in the bag, the moment it comes out it’s already broadcasting which means the cell networks can triangulate your location even before ‘signal is acquired’.
I just wrap the Faraday bag around the card reader and let NFC do its thing. The cashiers hate me, but sometimes the cute ones get confused and let me draw them in their underwear.
Faraday bag is a way better way to call a tin foil bag, lol.
It goes well with my Faraday hat.
I’m in my mid 30s and I haven’t carried a wallet in about 6 years. I switched to a phone case with a slot for IDs. Then 3 years ago I dropped that and only carry my phones. My ID stays in my tool bag since it goes with me everywhere I need it. However I don’t even bother carrying it when I’m out and not driving. I just with my dam province would implement a proper digital ID.
Idk What this people could be on about, I’m 22 and like, I have a wallet and a miniwallet that detaches from the main wallet.
Paper cash I usually don’t have, but like cards and stuff.
Yeah, I’m 25, have a wallet, and don’t know anyone my age who doesn’t have a wallet
Where else am I supposed to keep my moths?
If I’m not going far, not driving or not planning on spending much then yes, wallet stays at home.
Otherwise, if I’m driving then I’m taking my driving license with me (you never know), if I’m making a purchase over the contactless limit then I need to take my actual card with me anyway, or if I’m away for a longer period then I might need cards that I don’t have linked to my phone (like my corporate card - like fuck am I putting that in my phone).
And for all that, I’d rather have a wallet instead of just a loose amalgamation of plastic in my pockets.
Enjoy Google knowing all your transactions! angrily waves cane
I love how millennial has become the new code for old. Gen X has been skipped again. As always.
Gen X has been skipped again.
I’m not mad at that.
The less we are noticed, the more autonomy we have.
I agree, Gen X deserves some of the inter-generational posting spat.
I’ll start: the “Mtv generation” is largely freaking out over people breaking gender norms. Guess its only ok when Prince does it.
Who?
I get it you can pay with your phone these days. But I also have an ID and a public transportation card which can’t be on my phone. Also I have cash on me. Where to keep that? Every time I pull out my phone or keys money falls out of I keep it loosely in there. I know Gen Z doesn’t have any money, but where do you keep your drivers licence and public transportation card? And insurance card? Where do you keep your drugs then? I have some coke and keta in there as well. Putting it in my pockets and it ends up in the washing machine. And I keep a set of earplugs in there for when I go to a party or concert. Because I would always forget to grab them, I now have them with me all the time.
As a Zoomer with a wallet, no clue where the people without keep anything. I think there’s phone cases. Ive seen peers fold money and put it inside their case against the back of their phone.
I keep an emergency 20 in my phone case
What van you do with just 20? Over here that’s not enough for most train tickets. You could get 2 beers and some fries. But going home with public transportation only works with 20 euros if your bike gets stolen in your own city.
I keep roughly 200 on me at all times. Several times I needed large parts of it for sudden expenses for which I couldn’t use a card, of when the card system was offline or something like that. Of a friend needs cash suddenly.
I keep roughly 200 on me at all times.
sigh Don’t make me do this! 🔫 Your money or your life!
I have my ear plugs in a little tube thingy on my key chain for the same reason.
I had the same, but now I have custom ones and they do not fit in the tubes. I love the filter, but I still don’t know if I like these expensive custom ones better than 20 euro standard ones. They slide out easily, especially when I’m dancing in a hot place. The 20 euro cheap ones always stay in due to the rubber rings on them. It was definitely not worth the 220 euros to have custom ones made.
Mine are Eargasm plugs, not custom fit, but they have a small size for my extra small ear holes and come with a little keychain tube which helps because I always misplace my plugs.
Card holder on your phone case, i guess
Or one of those tiny things that are basically a wallet buy hold like 2-3 cards.
So when you lose your phone, you lose everything? So your phone becomes this thick brick in your pocket? No thanks.
Actually, the ear plug case is the same size as a card, so I have 3 cards, plugs and cash in it. It’s on my key ring. So I also don’t really have a wallet, but still a wallet. I usually have around 200 euros cash with me, that doesn’t fit into a phone case as it usually consists of 5s and 20s.
Yeah, humans still occasionally acquire important small pieces of paper or plastic that are convenient to stow in some type of small container that can be keep on the person, what a shock.
I was born in 2000, so I count as gen Z, and I genuinely prefer using physical debit card to paying with a phone (except when I need to touch the keyboard on a terminal).
But I’m weird like that and I like physical things, like my wallet with a sewing kit and bottle opener. In other pocket I keep a knife and a small flashlight
And I’m not installing my government app, and especially I’m not installing some shitty gym membership app, when I can have a card in my wallet.
If you can, I’d suggest switching to a credit card and just pay it off every month. The general lack of consumer protection on debit cards is frightening. So many companies put minimum effort in protecting your data.
This is how me, the murican, thinks also. but my euro wife thinks it’s bonker to even keep a personal credit card and that having any amount of debt is like the worst position you can be in. ¯(ツ)/¯
Pretty much the same, renting a car while on vacation would be the only scenario I could think of that a credit card would be useful. And yes I live in EU
Having a credit card is even considered a liability when applying for mortgage here
Perhaps its different there, Europe has far better general consumer protection policies. But in the US, generally, if someone gets your debit card info, they can drain your account and the bank won’t do anything. The money is gone.
That’s because the brain rot starts around 2005+
Admittedly, I only have a couple of gen Z friends, but they both have the biggest wallets of anyone I know.
Yep. Teacher here. They (almost) all have wallets.
My fellow millennials are usually the ones who have their entire lives on their phones or just those little metal card cases.
Millennial with a hairband for a wallet here.
Almost like no generation is a monolith.
Get out of here with your nuance.
Are they named George Costanza?
Or they’re German.
My wallet isn’t owned by a tech conglomerate that has access and admin privileges to everything inside of it. Also, I just don’t want my phone to be everything, especially my I.D.
License, registration, and proof of insurance
Mind if I see your phone? It’s just hard to read.
OH INTERESTING CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH “WALGREENS GUY” ABOUT “SANDWICHES” HOW ABOUT YOU STEP OUTTA THE CAR
Ha, joke’s on you. I don’t have a car.
Is sandwiches drugs
Officer, I will not answer questions without my attorney present.
My phone’s dead. Guess I’m broke until I find a charger.
Let me break out my checkbook in the grocery store line and watch their souls leave their bodies.
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It’s a good idea to keep some cash on hand at home. If there’s a blackout you’ll want paper money.
If there’s a blackout, most stores won’t be operating.
We had a blackout last year. Most stores were still operating. Apparently enough people still carried cash.
