• TCBloo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s not difficult to use credit cards responsibly and come out ahead. Moat people just lack basic financial literacy and/or the willpower to not use them irresponsibly.

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      It’s easy until your bank accounts won’t cover important purchases and credit cards are the fastest and easiest way.

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        That’s called not being financially responsible. You are spending more money than you make. Credit cards didn’t create this problem.

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          Having an emergency is being financially irresponsible?

          Seems to me you’re being a tad reductive.

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          Never said credit cards created that problem. Spending more than you make will never work for very long. But in a month where for example your vehicle and your water heater break and you’re not rich, you gotta do something.

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      It’s not difficult to use credit cards responsibly if you are already financially secure.

      ftfy

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        You could only spend $5 a month using a credit card and still build up a good credit score/history by paying it off each month. Whether credit cards exist or not, your financial situation is still going to be the same, so you might as well use them to your advantage.

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          If you don’t want to be called a shill for banks, try and avoid sounding exactly like a shill for a bank.

          With even a second of reflection it should have been clear that not everybody has the same luxury as you do. Forget to look both ways before crossing the street and you might find that a 200 IQ isn’t the protection you thought it was.

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            1 year ago

            If I tell you that cordless drills are useful, are you gonna call me a Ryobi shill?

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              Nah, that doesn’t sound like you. You’d find an article about people being maimed by faulty Ryobi drills and comment “Honestly it’s not that hard to use a drill if you’re as smart and well hung as I am. I’ve used my Fesstool cordless drill three times now and was fine every time” like a smug fuck.

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          I’d tell you to go blow yourself but it’s clear your mouth is already filled with corpocock.