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 Am I one of the few people who misses physical cash? With buying online it makes sense not to have physical cash but in person? I dunno. 

I miss feeling physical coins, bank notes and thinking that I’m not overspending.

“But Sinclair, you can overspend with physical money too!”

I know you can, but it’s called not giving into your impulses. I like physical money as much as I like physical books, but I need to get more physical books… 
 @af151d0b Well I have an intense hatred for coins so that might answer your question :)

I got my first plastic card when I was 15. Could only be used in ATMs. 
 @af151d0b Here in Japan it’s still a cash-first society and I understand why it’s important to resist a cashless society, but dealing cash is just really annoying. Going to ATMs, carrying/dropping coins, “oh no change for that large bill” etc etc