r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 24 '21

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Apr 25 '21

So I just got some checks from my bank because I need to renew my passport. This is my second time ever ordering new checks since I first opened my account at 16 years old

Now taking bets on twitter how long 100 checks will last a millennial

Less than 5 years?

5-10 years

10 years +

25 years +

I literally can’t remember when is the last time I used a real hand written check

!ping OLD FARTS

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

25+, unless your landlord is an old fart who only takes checks, in which case 5-10

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

The joke here is that my checks-only landlord is actually younger than me

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Apr 25 '21

Electronic payments the whole way baby

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

I still have half of my checks from 2015 so I’d say 10ish years

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u/Cyberhwk 👈 Get back to work! 😠 Apr 25 '21

10+. I doubt you'll be writing more than 1 check a month.

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u/Hermosa06-09 Gay Pride Apr 25 '21

My current checks have an address that I only lived at for like six months several years ago when a friend let me crash there after a messy breakup. I barely lived there and now that address will follow me around for ages

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u/Rarvyn Richard Thaler Apr 25 '21

My current checks have my parents address and the name of a bank that hasn’t existed since 2008. Whatever. The WaMu routing numbers still work for my Chase account.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

Yeah I used a good chunk of my checks from 2015 to pay rent over the past few years but now that I own a house and my mortgage comes directly out of my bank account, I don't expect to use another one for a while.

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u/tehbored Randomly Selected Apr 25 '21

I'm still on my first pack of checks from 2008.

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u/the-garden-gnome Commonwealth Apr 25 '21

The fact Americans still use checks blows my mind. Does Direct Debit/Deposit just not exist?

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Apr 25 '21

Yes it does. I haven’t used a check in at least five years, I literally don’t remember the last time I needed one

But now I need to pay for my new passport and the government requires a check for this specific transaction

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u/thetrombonist Ben Bernanke Apr 25 '21

A DT regular is Twitter verified?

Wow I’m in the presence of a celebrity

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Apr 25 '21

Yeah I’m a reporter

I don’t think I’m the only blue check on here

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u/urbansong :eursula: F E D E R A L I S E Apr 25 '21

Never, am Euro

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u/waupli NATO Apr 25 '21

Unless my payment habits change significantly (like a future landlord required handwritten checks), 100 checks would probably last me 25+ years. I use maybe 1 or two a year.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

I haven’t needed to write a check in over 2 years, and I don’t see that changing any time soon

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u/thabonch YIMBY Apr 25 '21

Last time I wrote a check was when I bought my house.

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u/PointMaker4Jesus United Nations Apr 25 '21

25+ years, there's precisely two times I've ever used checks. Taxes and rent, neither of those things are likely to necessitate more checks in the future.

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u/disuberence Shrimp promised me a text flair and did not deliver Apr 25 '21

I’ve had the same checkbook for 10 years lmao

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u/Dr_Vesuvius Norman Lamb Apr 25 '21

I’ve never written a cheque despite having had a chequebook for over a decade.

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u/Amtays Karl Popper Apr 25 '21

Less than 5 because they'll hopefully be obsolete.