Anything I buy must be physical (midwest.social)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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I don't like subscribing to nonphysical things. I can read a physical paper a month after it arrived. Digital is faster, but I tend to lose it before I have read it.

I need a recipient in my pocket. Too often my virtual thing is lost, my device fails, or things reboot and I don't have my secure 24 digit password with me.

I won't subscribe to a digital only anything. Physical and digital is nice.

Edit: They don't even have to be identical. A digital daily with a monthly print would be nice.

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[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Oil changes, tax preparation, deep tissue message. Paying someone else to do something you don't want to or can't do yourself.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Great, thank you. Those are not what I mean.

Oil changes result in a receipt and new oil. Tax prep resilts in a receipt and a task completed. Deep tissue message gets a nice feeling and a receipt. None are digital only.

Paying someone to play music for me does likely fit. It may be a weakness in my thinking.

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024

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