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[plonq]

Last night I gave my mom $100.  I didn't write her a cheque, or send her a money order, or talk to a bank teller.  All I did was perform a few mouse clicks, type in a few numbers and within seconds she had the money (a fact that she confirmed in IM).  It occurred to me then that our currency had truly made the leap from tangible to conceptual.  When she spends this money on the wedding gift (this was our contribution toward my sister's wedding) she will probably pay with credit or bank card.  From the time my employer paid me until it becomes palpable merchandise, the money will never have been anything but a string of digits in various institutional computers.

I can't think of anything else to say about that, so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.

Comments

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Awwww, da kyoote wittle bunnycake! ^.^

-TG

Here's a dead bunny with a pancake on its head.

[ex-space-wo.livejournal.com]

A lot of people were upset when this rabbit died of old age, but that's not my point.

My pay is direct deposited, I pay all my bills with online banking, and I do all my Ebay business with Paypal with rare exceptions.

BIG problem with all of this is that it's easy to lose grasp on how much money is actually moving around. Sure, you see the figures on the Quicken 2004 screen, but there's no tactile feel to it.

Re: Here's a dead bunny with a pancake on its head.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I admit that I was a little sad when I heard that the rabbit died.

I've thought about balancing things on my cat's head and taking pictures of it, but I don't suppose she'd sit still long enough for that. Besides, the shtick's been done.

[fuzzytoedcollie.livejournal.com]

How in the world did you get a pancake to stand on its (the pancake's) head?
For that matter of the fact, how can you tell which side of the pancake is the head?

[plonq.livejournal.com]

It's not my rabbit. Its owners balanced all manner of things on its head and posted the pictures, turning it into something of an online lagomorph celebrity.

[vichan.livejournal.com]

That bunny just made my day.

[atara.livejournal.com]

You mean, you of all people had never heard of Oolong?

I was soooo sad when Oolong died. :( But it's ok, because he has a new rabbit.

[feren.livejournal.com]

This is true of most money, though. As I see it, U.S. currency became virtual a long time ago when it went off the gold standard.

In retrospect it really has become a sort of bartering: "If you do work for me, I will give you this many pieces of paper per hour." "I accept your offer, for I will later trade these pieces of paper for goods and other services."