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[-] propaganja@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Also they've been paying for stuff with their phones for years and years—on exactly what basis are they a cash society (though there's nothing wrong with that)?

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah actually i think a steady flow of physical currency moving hands is a great thing. And with the large amount of cheap shops and vending machines they move cash around plenty.

But also i once bought groceries while waiting for a train in japan that involved selecting everything through an app paying ahead digitally and picking it up at a special location right outside the station.

Yeah like its literally the future we dream of complete with respect and re-use of goods that still work with a massive second hand market.

[-] propaganja@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Japan is such an anomaly. They are certain ways that don't exist anywhere else, that would be impossible anywhere else. If Japan didn't exist, I wouldn't have believed it could.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah well you live on a small island that doesnt have much physical resources and has weird wildlife like murder lizards and glow in the dark jellyfish washing up on your beaches and see how your civilization turns out. LoL

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