The money we use is not legal tender

[Misery]

I don't like how we are nearly being forced to do things online. With supermarket loyalty card deals and travel tickets being cheaper online. Especially with the cost of living crisis

Yeah, it is definitely irritating.

Though, it can also depend on where you are, maybe. Like the type of area.

Where I'm at, it's all farms and grass, it's a long drive to get to any stores, and those are just supermarkets. If you want anything else around here, it's definitely quite a trek. Getting stuff online just saves a ton of time and gas.

On top of that though... maybe it's just me, but it kinda seems like a lot of non-supermarket stores seem to be just like, devolving over time. Like there's just less and less to buy at them, just a bad selection. Like Best Buy used to be THE place to go for tech stuff, but now there's just so little there. It seems like half of the store is just phones or TVs. There's not much to go there for anymore.

 

[Lou Laurinen]

Yeah, it is definitely irritating.

Though, it can also depend on where you are, maybe. Like the type of area.

Where I'm at, it's all farms and grass, it's a long drive to get to any stores, and those are just supermarkets. If you want anything else around here, it's definitely quite a trek. Getting stuff online just saves a ton of time and gas.

On top of that though... maybe it's just me, but it kinda seems like a lot of non-supermarket stores seem to be just like, devolving over time. Like there's just less and less to buy at them, just a bad selection. Like Best Buy used to be THE place to go for tech stuff, but now there's just so little there. It seems like half of the store is just phones or TVs. There's not much to go there for anymore.

100% agree, as someone who also lives in the land of farms, grass, and just supermarkets, lol.

I was really surprised recently that Kohl's doesn't really sell electronics anymore. I went there with the intention of buying a pair of headphones, only to be told that they don't sell headphones anymore. I vividly remember buying headphones there maybe 10-ish years ago and they definitely had a wider selection of electronics.

Clothing stores have completely devolved too. Now they're only selling things that are essentially micro trends that are "in fashion" for a few months before people stop wearing them. It's really gross.
I buy almost all of my clothes secondhand now and mostly fairly old clothes, because they last longer, and I don't give a rat's behind if my clothes are "trendy."
Can't remember if I mentioned this on here before, but this will definitely annoy some people the same way it annoyed me... I stumbled upon a random YouTube video recently where some girl was saying "I'm throwing out my Stanley water bottle thing because the trend is over."
That made me pretty irate tbh. Those things are meant to last forever. I have an off-brand one because I think the handle is useful, and I don't think I'll be throwing it out until I've reached old age myself.
Of course, I'm saying this as someone who heard "Stanley cup" when those things first came out, and thought everyone was talking about the hockey trophy, and was very confused.

Anyways, yeah. Totally agree that non-supermarket stores are essentially just selling junk now because of whatever is trending at the moment, which will inevitably end up in a landfill, or at a Goodwill if someone has some decency.

 

[Misery]

I stumbled upon a random YouTube video recently where some girl was saying "I'm throwing out my Stanley water bottle thing because the trend is over."

....wha?

Is having a particular water bottle some sort of fashion thing somehow? What? How is it a "trend" and why in the world would someone throw one out when the "trend" ends?

None of that makes anything resembling sense to me. There are many questions and the only possible answers are all stupid.

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

Also Jersey has its own independent legal system, courts (the Royal Court), and parliament (the States Assembly) that makes laws on domestic matters, including taxation. As a self-governing British Crown Dependency, it is not part of the UK, though the UK is responsible for its defense.

 

[Azeth]

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium(the earth metal used in making catalytic converters on vehicles) are all extremely valuable. Gold and Silver have been used as currency forever.

 

[JayLapointe]

The money we use where I live is not legal tender, here is why. I wonder if everyone knows this

@Dagan brought up the point already but phrased another way, Money is an agreed upon illusion. It isn't real nor has it ever been. Just random widgets we've assigned value to.

The worst part is the system we do collectively agree upon are broken from the get go in that our systems are all debt based. There is more collective debt than available "money" and as such by design many folks have no choice but to either go the bankruptcy route, or accept a life of being in debt. Ultimately the rich folks the people aspire to be are the real villians because their wealth are just reserves of money taken out of play guaranteeing that if you are a billionaire, that's a billion worth of debt others can't repay.

Honestly I've said it before and I'll say it again, we as a species have the means and the ability to house, cloth, feed, educate, medicate, and find meaningful work for all that want to but we choose not to because why? Because "who's going to pay for it?" And then we go to the Money is an illusion conversation where most at this point just have a glazed looked as they can't wrap their heads around the idea that money is not now, nor has it ever been, anything more than an agreed upon illusion.