A short conversation with a bank
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A short conversation with a bank
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#2Banks are not in the business of giving you services. Banks are in the business of selling you money. And they like charging as much as possible for the money they sell you.
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#4I’ve been very happy with my credit union. Just saying.
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#5It's so eldritch. I've found dealing with the healthcare system is similar. Any business that you need more than they need you, this happens. There really should be consumer protections about this but I have no idea how that would even be implemented.
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#6This is very, very much the vibe of my entire experience living on this planet as an adult, dealing with financial services and tech:
"No we won't do the one thing you need us to do, even though it is extremely simple and easy"
"Hey would you like to try this thing we spent a billion dollars on, you definitely don't need it but it's very trendy"
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#7I know this is the kind of flattering in-group humor aimed at people like me, but I still found it hilarious.
Also, considering that I'm listening to a talk about the computational complexity of economic planning on the side, the "we should recreate the entire financial system from first principles" part felt like a rude yet completely deserved callout.
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#8"It’s just that all of us have so little agency in this world now." ...made my day.
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#9Hilarious. Some things haven’t really changed in 40+ years I’ve been dealing with banks. Looking forward to a “short conversation with YouTube about my account” version.
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#10that was beautiful.
> bank: sir this conversation is recorded but I blinked my eyes very slowly twice
I laughed out loud at that.
Edit: Also, I never realized why Amazon stopped putting the name of the thing I purchased on the email receipt. Now it makes sense.