Is "the decimation of rural Ireland" overhyped

I went to a wedding last month and transferred money to the couple's bank account for their present.

My name was on the narrative so they know exactly who gave it to them.

Much better than cash or a bank draft that becomes separated from the card (an inevitable occurrence) - which means you don't know who gave it to you and that has implications when you need to send out thank you cards.

Foooked. The world would have stopped turning? They'd have just left.

I placed an order in a chipper recently, burger was sizzling on the grill when I saw a sign that said cash only. Asked your man was he having a laugh, it's 2022. Walked out, presume burger went in the bin. He was foooked.

I am all for one-off house, in villages.

I am against one-off houses, in the open rural countryside.

When I oppose one-off rural houses, the counterfactual is not Manhattan skyscrapers.

What I suggest is to build up rural villages.

Build as many one-off houses as you like, I say, but within 1km of the centre of a village or small town.

When I go on a night out, I put my wallet with my card in one pocket and 'hide' cash in another pocket.

Just in case the night goes good and then horribly wrong.

The pavees won't want to see a cashless society because then they would have to have bank accounts and Revenue would know exactly how wealthy they really are.

Why didn't you ask him if there was an ATM near by rather than asking him if he was having a laugh?

Organised begging rings will have to find another grift too.

Had never been into it before, fancied a burger, he couldn't take my payment so he lost the business.

It's 2022, post pandemic, the majority use card payments now and if he doesn't want to accept that (purely a tax dodge, chippers well known for it) then that's his perogative.

I haven't had cash since the beginning of the covid pandemic and haven't gone hungry so I don't think cashless is stupid to be frank, I've no requirement for it.

Are people who don't use cash proud of it as they are so modern and "with it"? Seems that way. There is a definite attitude out there that people who want the OPTION to use cash are dodgy, old farts, idiots, luddites.

There were similar attitudes to those who were slow to adopt smartphones. As the years have passed it has become more and more difficult to manage without one. Who benefits, Apple and other mega corporations. I object strongly to having to use a smartphone for two factor authentication if I want to buy anything online

A few years ago when I still had a button phone I loaned it to woman to use as her 1000 euro iPhone had some problem. This person is older than me, works in tech and would have used button phones for 15 years yet now she had completely forgotten how to use one and was trying to swipe on the screen like a moron.

I've noticed in shops that staff seem put out/momentarily confused if presented with cash. Staring at notes like they are some alien object and slow to process the transaction. Often no manners either (e.g. flinging change on the counter instead of dropping it into my hand)

Here's a serious point. Do you guys realise how much power you are giving to the banks if cash is gotten rid of totally?

Have a think about this.

If cash is gotten rid of completely, then you will have no choice in how you pay for goods or services. You are going to be 100% reliant on electronic payments.

Who controls the electronic payments?

Your banks.

And if the banks e-payments don't have to compete with cash any more, what's to stop the banks charging €1, €2 and so on for each transaction.

You'll have no choice but to put up with that charges because you'll have no other alternative.

Big mistake to get rid of cash.

And I'm not even including the 'Big Brother Is Watching' scenario in the above either.

Rural Ireland is far from dead.

It should be though, unfortunately our corrupt politicians keep subsiding it with money from Dublin and Cork. 😡