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spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Yeah, credit cards were originally similar to checks in how they were handled by stores and restaurants. I loved those old clunky sliding machines that you put the cards into and KACHUNKed it onto a carbon copy receipt!

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