incomplete and arguable, but there is certainly a load to take away from all this
Suǒyǐ.. Nǐ de zhōngwén zěnme yàng?
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Whilst these stories differ..there is a commonality that got me thinking. Take it for what thats worth.
I would like to share a little anecdotal encounter I had yesterday whilst I was out shopping. I have to admit that I was getting some strange looks now and again as I was wearing a class 2 respirator and goggles..but we will leave that on the shelf for now.
Anyway..as I completed my order and rushed out the door there was a young lady standing by the entrance frantically speaking into a cell phone. As I approached her and was swinging wide to keep an appropriate social distance I could not but help over hear her shrill cries of dismay as she tried futilely to explain that the store was not longer accepting cash..and that she had no other means of paying for her cart. This was at one of the largest grocery retailers in the state..not some mom and pop corner store.
Now..while I am ever one to help a damsel in distress..the sight of copious amounts of fluid dripping from her nose and a dry hacking cough between her interjections on the phone caused me to pause and decide that discretion is the better part of valor. I carefully sidestepped and beat a hasty retreat back to the safety of the war room.
Most of the above story is true..I will leave it up to you to decide which is which.
My question..because that is what this really is..have any of you had a similar experience? It has been fairly well documented about how dirty cash is..
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175527Conclusions
We conducted the first metagenomic characterization of the surface of paper money in the United States, establishing a baseline for microbes found on $1 bills circulating in New York City. Our results suggest that money amalgamates DNA from sources inhabiting the human microbiome, food, and other environmental inputs, some of which can be recovered as viable organisms. These monetary communities may be maintained through contact with human skin, and DNA obtained from money may provide a record of human behavior and health. Understanding these microbial profiles is especially relevant to public health as money could potentially mediate interpersonal transfer of microbes.
Do you think this pandemic will herald the end of cash as we know it? TPTB have long dreamed of a cashless society where your every purchase can be tracked and catalogued..and frozen without recourse. Until bitcoin came along there was almost zero ability to sidestep these gateways in a significant way. I mean seriously..how many kilo's of PM's do you really want to lug around on a given day?
We have beat this horse quite thoroughly in the past but do you think corona has brought new urgency to this debate? Could this be a(nother) positive for bitcoin and how best to exploit it?
Please discuss.
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