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@ChipmunkErnie and yet what you could buy locally for instance was all that was easily obtainable. No internet: global commerce disappears.

You might have had libraries yes but what if you had wanted an obscure tome?

I'm looking at a book on a programming language that even the local Barnes and nobles carries not a single book about...

I HAD To use amazon.

My dad likes Kona Coffee- They keep making the blends locally available disappear..

We've pretty much had to buy online.

@PDXNative1986 We had actual bookstores back then, usually a number of them within driving distance. Plus two libraries in town. And, even at 12 years old, I was an accomplished book-orderer via mail from specialty bookstores in NYC, etc.

@ChipmunkErnie and what's your point? Like I said if you couldn't find it at your bookstores you were shit out of luck.

@ChipmunkErnie I'll go on further in that if you couldn't find it at your local bookstore you probably didn't even know it existed.

@PDXNative1986 Yes, it was a tough life -- how did we ever survive without instant gratification?

@ChipmunkErnie I will give you that the encouraging of instant gratification is a terrible aspect of modernism. But you know not everyone exhibits or is a slave to it.

@PDXNative1986 Sadly, most people seem to be -- and use credit cards they can't pay off to fulfill their need for it. :(

@ChipmunkErnie I'm in debt but I'm slowly paying it back...

I couldn't really even qualify for a debt I couldn't pay off yet...

And I wouldn't want to. I WANT good credit. It's just too important for too many fucking things.

That's why I paid 100 this month towards my card...

I only owe like 500 =/ now 400 something. It won't be long.

@ChipmunkErnie If I ever want to qualify for Auto loan or something I really have to take it seriously.

@ChipmunkErnie I hate credit cards to be honest with you because the rates of interest are just obscene, so I'm paying it off and trying not to use it again. I just needed to build a credit history, y'know? I need to raise my credit score. That's ALL I care about. Taking out a debt and making regular payments.

@PDXNative1986 No idea what my credit card rates are -- I always pay off the full balance when it's due. And if I'm shopping in person, as opposed to online, I pay cash in full.