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Doug's avatar

In between paychecks, I used to experience a lack of money. I would cringe if someone referred to me as "cashless" - it just ripped my heart out every time.

I felt much better when that expression was changed to "person experiencing cashlessness" - it was a needed reminder that on the next payday, I would arise from my lowly, un-person existence and become part of the thriving economy again - until I paid my bills.

One has to wonder if a certain percentage of those people experiencing homelessness are also experiencing cashlessness and joblessness and aimlessness as well. It certainly seems that way in my town.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

But are they experiencing alcohol overuseness or drug overuseness too? We need to cut them ‘the thing that stops your car wheels from spinning’.

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Doug's avatar

Certainly they seem to be experiencing those overusenesses as well, although I don't see how they can afford it with all the cashlessness they are experiencing...

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Dave Scrimshaw's avatar

The Brits complained about the Yanks in WW1 - "overpaid, oversexed, and over here."

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Karen Bandy's avatar

It’s all the standing on the racist street corners. Very profitable I hear.

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Doug's avatar

The cops here allow them to beg on the insensitive concrete medians in the middle of the street.

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