Post Ar95R2M6DFX9YPm4ci by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #Ar8hzgVl1Uf92bHRYG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T10:14:43Z
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Today I had to explain to a kid what a check was which they understood after some context, but then explaining how you had to go to the bank and use and envelope to deposit checks shocked them.It occurs to me that the whole tradition of giving people a "giant check" for a sweepstakes may not be as significant as it once was. Also giant checks are perfectly valid if they have all the details, so I wonder if photo deposit works on them.
(DIR) Post #Ar8ixL2ZymChpH4s7c by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T10:25:30Z
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I haven't touched a paper check since this child was born... so I shouldn't be surprised.
(DIR) Post #Ar8j86TaTB7xqBqMK0 by joannaholman@aus.social
2025-02-15T10:27:26Z
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@futurebird cheques seem to be a tool mostly in particular niches. When I was working in banking deceased estates a couple of years back they were still fairly commonly requested when disbursing estates
(DIR) Post #Ar8jB5Nd09HhJHTiDY by tim@union.place
2025-02-15T10:27:54Z
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@futurebird I bet the bank would be really mad if you folded one up and tried to put it in the ATM...
(DIR) Post #Ar8jLq6K9IlL6lVoLg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T10:29:55Z
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@joannaholman They make sense for one time payments between parties that won't do future payments.
(DIR) Post #Ar8jaiymuQAHMg5KFM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T10:32:37Z
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But also ever since my students have found they can annoy me by calling the 90s "the olden days" I'm a little suspicious when they start asking about something like it ancient history.
(DIR) Post #Ar8k3jscdjAQYW2Its by adriano@lile.cl
2025-02-15T10:37:49Z
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@futurebird “do that again and you have to submit your report in Latin. Once more and it will be Ancient Greek. And then ancient Egyptian. I can go on.”
(DIR) Post #Ar8lCg7a5GLbSUrLoO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T10:49:35Z
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@adriano A student wrote a story where one of the plot points was that "it was long ago so they didn't have a phone on them" but explained in the most laborious way. It was both delightful and distressing to read.
(DIR) Post #Ar8llsfNQvt4VBS9QW by jfrench@cupoftea.social
2025-02-15T10:56:58Z
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@futurebird their is a Reddit community "ask old people" the cut off is you have to be born before 1980. There are plenty of questions about how you survived without cellphones and internet.
(DIR) Post #Ar8mhOedAw94DWWuLg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T11:07:22Z
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@MonniauxD @jfrench Yup.
(DIR) Post #Ar8n50s3FmlPP64IWO by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2025-02-15T11:11:37Z
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@futurebird @MonniauxD @jfrench Certainly bloody feels like it.
(DIR) Post #Ar8o0Ak7DqCMWlc0BM by mavu@mastodon.social
2025-02-15T11:21:59Z
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@futurebird @MonniauxD @jfrench <shakes first at clouds>In my day we didn't call people old, who were just over...Never mind.
(DIR) Post #Ar8q59FSPELtFTlw9o by annehargreaves@ioc.exchange
2025-02-15T11:45:19Z
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@futurebird Urban legend in uk said a cheque was once written on a cowhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Inland_Revenue_v_Haddock
(DIR) Post #Ar94yyI1jeOmpuUFhg by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2025-02-15T14:32:16Z
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@futurebird There used to be an "oldies" music station here in the Twin Cities that played '60s and '70s pop.When I moved back; I discovered that they are still the oldies station but they are now playing "80s, 90s, and 2k".
(DIR) Post #Ar95R2M6DFX9YPm4ci by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-15T14:37:16Z
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@michael_w_busch Ouch.
(DIR) Post #Ar98a3yRrdTD2hhvY8 by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
2025-02-15T15:12:36Z
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@futurebird I was amused to see (here on Mastodon) a movie referred to as being "from the 1900's". I believe when I googled it, it turned out to be from the mid 90's.And it amuses me to consider how many of the older folks I met as a child were "from the 1800's" and how dumbfounded I would have been if presented with this fact at the time ;-).I love that a decade from now we'll likely start referring to things being from "the 20's", "the 30's", etc.
(DIR) Post #Ar9A0yptAvLqsd6R6W by SRLevine@neuromatch.social
2025-02-15T15:28:39Z
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@futurebird Every now and then I wonder if I'm the only person who still uses them (pretty much just for my rent, but still occasionally handy in the weirdest circumstances).