What bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I did too! Turns out there's a lot of weirdness and jargon that gets built into the system after 44 years of continuous operation, and of course the CC companies wanted to be able to bill separately for issuing new cards and printing replacements. XD

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