HorseChandelier

But its not ‘real’ cash, its what the owner of it could/can raise against the collateral in today’s market.

So you can’t just go and grab it.

In fact, if you started grabbing the mythical wealth it would be worth less… It may even become worth nothing (or at least less than it cost to seize)… “Oh noes, the feds are taking Elon’s stock… Quick sell it all 11!!1” price crashes, Fed end up owning paper not cash.

Probably cos you haven’t been translating fuel pump instructions using a phone…

Which is, to be fair, the only place it has happened to me (hence i prefer counter service)

Cashless automatic pumps that require a deposit are rare

But getting more common. The ED in Oberzissen now have one pump with a payment device and Oberzissen is in the back end of nowhere.

As an almost completely illiterate (in German) English person I prefer the pay at a counter thing because the usually pleasant person behind the counter can just accept the payment. This is good because getting a phone out to translate the instructions often results in an irate German shouting at you.

they’d likely be unrelated to any changes in vaccine disinformation

Not necessarily true. If they were vulnerable adults for whom the vaccination had little/no effect or who were immunosuppressed, for whatever reason, herd immunity amongst the younger population would have protected them. Now it doesn’t, thanks to the anti-vaxxer in chief.

3 syncs? Sun Microsystems trainers told me 2!