How many dollars do you have in your wallet right now?

[Smartman5]

Or you can also say in other currency of your country. I currently have $7 in my wallet. It may be less in US conditions, but it is enough money for a day in my country. Because in my country the dollar has risen a lot compared to our national currency I have $251 in my bank account. This money is enough for me until I get paid again.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

Kind of a lot. 50,000 yen just checking right now (~$381.59 USD). But I'm not rich. I'm just lazy. I don't like to find myself out of money when I go out so I keep a lot in there, and I've only been pickpocketed or lost my wallet a number of times. Also Japan is maybe more expensive place overall. If I get super drunk and can't get home, I'm not gonna make it with $7. It's more like $30 usually.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

I also put at least 5,000 yen beneath my shoes when I go out in case I get beat up or pickpocketed since I don't want to walk like 20+km back home (actually did that three times and not just a straight line even though 20km sounds relatively short -- I was getting lost and drunk the whole time and it took me over 8 hours to get back home -- and once while it was snowing and later raining, and that was the most awful experience). So I like to carry a lot of cash with me including in my shoes.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

One thing though if I may suggest -- I wish I had responsible parents who taught me this way before I learned it the hard way -- no matter how little you're making, you can put a percentage aside in that account. Don't spend it if you can help it unless it's real emergency, and real emergency is not like your friends have a party next weekend but like more like you are diagnosed with cancer. Even a measly $20/month means $240/year you grow your savings. That's all you have to do it put a little bit each month into this and forget about it and you will be so much better prepared for everything that is to come.

[Smartman5]

I'm already investing

[BungusHighFivePizza]

Awesome!

[Smartman5]

I'm investing in gold

[zagor]

People in Japan seem to carry a lot of cash around. I had to because the first time I went there it was near impossible to find a place that took US credit cards or an ATM that took US bank cards. Don't know if that is better now.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

@zagor Still sucks that way!

[exitseven]

I just counted and I have 117 dollars.

[FeelingGroovy]

I'll answer in the form of a riddle.

What type of meat does a Catholic priest eat on Friday?

[Smartman5]

I don't know. What is this?

[FeelingGroovy]

On Fridays, the ONLY meat that priests eat, is nun.

[Smartman5]

Hahaha really funny. I wonder if priests and nuns have sex with each other? We all know that they are forbidden to marry

[FeelingGroovy]

Just like it's forbidden to sneak into America illegally. lol

[Smartman5]

I understand but why Friday?

[whereismyjohnny]

85 euros.

[WindAtMyBack]

$322

2 * $100 bills
6 * $20 bills
2 * $1 bills

The $100 bills are because I did some work under the table a while back and got paid in cash. So I carry a few around to pay for stuff like groceries that I normally use a card for.

[Effably]

0$.

There isn't a single place I could use physica money for where I can't pay with my phone or card. And all of them prefer I pay electronically. I sometimes keep a 100 or so as backup but its typically pointless. We're very much cash-free by now.

[Smartman5]

I think cash is essential. I don't think digital currency is a good thing.

[Effably]

That's fine. Growing up in Sweden which has gone from Cash only to many places not even accepting cash in my lifetime my lived reality is that physical cash really was and is pointless.

But on a less practical and more theoretical notion I fully agree with you.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

That's awesome! Japan is kind of opposite. As much as we are reputable for being a tech place, actually very few stores accept credit, debit, or any kind of other digital currency (exception being stuff like Pasmo, but we are still behind). Cash is the only thing that I've found to get me out of the toughest situations. My cards become worthless real fast in those.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

One thing I tend to debate about with my wife a lot is that I like the idea of getting some sort of implant in our wrist, for example, that lets us buy things. She hates it because of the invasion of privacy. But I'm an absent-minded person and I can think of all sorts of bad scenarios I could have avoided if I had an implant of some sort... that's assuming people wouldn't have just chopped my arms off in those same scenarios to get my implant out of me.

[Levin]

@BungusHighFivePizza "that's assuming people wouldn't have just chopped my arms off in those same scenarios to get my implant out of me. "

That grizzly scenario will invariably happen one day in a microchipped society.

But there's bigger concerns about privacy and how technology can be used against us. Here we have issues with smart or 15 minutes cities, where your freedom is slowly but surely being restricted. ie if you drive your car too many times in a year you will be fined. A sad state of affairs.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

@Levin I always figured the might ratio of the state is so huge with their helicopters and jet fighters and drones and whatnot that we're just fucked anyway. But I also like how much damage an individual bent on doing damage can do and really fuck things up. I figure we'll always have that ability to fuck things up like way more than we ever should.

[Levin]

@BungusHighFivePizza in my opinion it's not so much the state that is an issue but the compliance and complicity of the general population, all so willing to be unthinking and unwittingly do any bidding, so long as they have in that moment, an easy life.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

@Levin I think we should become more macho! I like macho stuff. I think as long as we are willing to prank the grim reaper, we should be okay. Every person is like a ticking atom bomb. The state can't control that.

[Levin]

I normally carry about £30 at least. Cash is handy and gets me out of some practical situations.

[Smartman5]

Definitely

[OfMiceandMen]

I usually keep about fifty in my wallet. That way if there is ever an issue with bank cards, power outages, etc., I have the cash to put some gas in the truck to get me home and/or something at the grocery store.

[Cynicaldreamer]

Not a wallet, but I have exactly 12 dollars in my pocket.
I always try to carry a little change at work for emergencies or just to have on hold in case I need something.

[NathanDavis]

I've got 20 dollars in my pocket... and about to pop some tags

then I'll be walking into a club, later tonight...

[Sour-rose]

$3. Rest in my account. Better this was because If I had all...$190, i would definitely have used it all by now.

[AviatorTom]

I have US$35 in my wallet, but I rarely use cash. I almost always use a credit card, and pay it off at the end of the month.

[jamesgoldman]

In cash nothing

In the bank accounts (cards) about £200 not counting credit

As a cheque almost £6k

[SaoirseS]

Not enough to make me a worthwhile target for a mugging.

[BrookeAZ90]

$23 US. Not even sure where it came from. It's super rare I even use cash anymore.

[call_me_scar]

Don't know but I'm good

[najekim]

Got a $20 in my for gas. Most stations here charge 10 cents a gallon more if paying with plastic.

[Likes2drive]

About $100 but normally only $40 but I’m on a trip right now

[andreasderjuengere]

Zero. I don't need or want ''Dollars''.

Local currency - about a week's income in cash.

[juliammm]

None, Only Euros :)

[Nikki1989]

I don't carry cash with me.

[OddBeMe]

None. Haven’t used cash in a while.

[Europa789076]

100 dollars for cash

[Anonymous]

About three fitty.