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Oxydosic ([info]oxydosic) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-08-09 16:59:00


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Entry tags:stupid free, your rules don't apply to me

Who knew some bank stupid would come to this?
So, over on [info]stupid_free, [info]dwa20 posts about someone who doesn't seem to fathom how a bank account works. But that's not the wank. The wank begins when [info]albino_dinosaur says, "i will never ever ever ever understand using a debit card to make a $1 purchase." Well actually, it's not his/her's fault...it's the response by [info]hey_its_michael that gets things rolling:

"I dislike cash for a multitude of reasons (it's literally filthy, requires me to carry paper declaring a belief in the supernatural, and is inconvenient). I debit whenever I can, but carry cash for those times I cannot".

[info]anomie666 immediately goes on the attack:

"When meta-stupids attack!!

Your radical atheism is one of the reasons you don't carry cash!"

Thus begins a brawl between [info]hey_its_michael and [info]anomie666. The constitution is rammed up the ass sideways repeatedly discussed, the meaning of separation of church and state is argued, and Google is called upon to settle things. Small but tasty, I thought.



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[info]oneiropolos
2007-09-15 09:12 pm UTC (link)
Huh.. Funny. I've had to answer that Richard III killed his nephews on a history test before when I'm a Ricardian and don't believe that he did but it was multiple choice. I, strangely, didn't start refusing to touch tests or attend history classes.

I've also answered questions on science tests concering evolution when I'm not sure I quite buy all of the science involved (not saying it didn't happen, mind, but some of the assertions on those tests were sketchy at best and downright strawmen at worst)... I didn't decide to flunk the test in protest either.

Does this mean I don't stand up for what I believe, or that I'm practical enough to go, "You believe it. It's better for me to humor you, and in my personal life believe what I personally believe." Don't agree with what money says? Fine. You don't have to use it, really, but taking it as some personal offense on your own system of belief? Yeah. No. You can feel free to scratch out the reference to 'divine providence' in the Declaration of Independence in your personal copy too- but it won't change the fact that it was decided on two hundred years ago. I promise. Humoring other people and letting them have their beliefs, not to mention realizing there's a historical basis for it, will NOT disrupt your life unless you choose to let it when the belief doesn't actually cause harm to you. Choosing never to have a dollar on hand because of it? That does disrupt your life and makes you look kinda silly. Tolerance can, in fact, go both ways. Crazy, I know.

I don't carry cash, but that's just because I never go to an ATM. I think it's quite lovely when I have it.

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