I guess I’m kicked out of gen z, I got a thicc leather wallet
Does it bulge out of your gray pants that have eleastic on the bottom? If so, you are still squarely in gen Z territory.
What’s the point of a thick leather wallet though? I got one of those ultrathin and ultralight wallets like 7 years ago. Still in perfect condition vs when I had a leather wallet that looked like crap after 2 years and it’s so much nicer to carry around.
I have a kinda thick wallet, but it was a gift (and a relatively pricey one too), so I try to use it to its fullest.
I will probably replace it with a much thinner one when it falls apart.
Sometimes you find one you just happen to like.
I have a trifold, happens to match my particular weird aesthetic.
I’ve actually been thinking about switching to a money clip but I’ve been rocking this Pulp Fiction Bad Mother Fucker wallet since I was like sixteen and it’s still in pretty good shape so it feels like a waste of money to replace it.
this seems totally made up, lol. im at the tail end of gen z and all my friends use wallets. mine may usually be empty, but how else you gon carry your ID and shit? “sorry officer I don’t have ID, wallets are for oldheads”
I mean as long as you aren’t doing something that requires an ID, it’s totally reasonable not to have one.
well sure, i’m in one of those american states where you have to drive to do anything though. forgot it’s not like that everywhere
One of them? That’s pretty much all of them. There’s a handful of cities where you can avoid driving, but not many.
I worked at walmart and you would be amazed how many people just whip out a balled up wad of naked cash and change.
Younger gen x here, I just fold my cash over the 3 cards I carry, simple as
Ah yes, loose cards. Nothing bad has ever happened to anyone juggling loose credit cards and/or ID.
I guess I could put a rubber band over the whole thing, no problems the last decade though
Apparently gen z follow YouTubers and know drama/creators by name
One of them was really shocked that I don’t care to follow any and just search for the topic I want and pick whatever (separately I avoid videos with high viewcount or sponsors because then they are doing it for money not as a hobby)
There’s other things like they don’t love the song Smooth and play Minecraft even though they aren’t 9 anymore
Minecraft is fire. Actually GOAT game and amazing with friends
Born in 1980, modded Minecraft is still a great game.
I know a few YTers by name (a few of the ones I subscribe to), but I tend to avoid “drama” and haven’t been interested in the most popular YT content since Gangdam Style.
Smooth? That song with Santana and Rob Thomas? Yeah that song’s awful and always has been.
Gen Z here.
Do people really not have wallets now? There’s so much I can’t carry without a wallet, most importantly my ID. Am I expected to just put that loose in my pockets or bag?
And like, sometimes I’m forced to carry cash for one reason or another. I need a space place to put that.
I’m guessing it’s just because the majority of my generation isn’t old enough to be regularly encountering these issues. I’m 100% certain it’ll change as they age the way I was forced to.They have those card holder sleeves for their phones, which is essentially a wallet on a phone
Always found those funny because now if one thing gets lost/stolen you’re substantially more screwed. Although if you only carry one card and have tiny pockets, I get it.
That’d interfere with my wireless charger…
Don’t worry just buy this
walletremovable card holder that attaches to your phone but comes off so that you can keep it separate when charging or putting it down, or trying to hold it in your hand without a big bulky thing that keeps popping off.And don’t worry, the magnets no longer affect your credit cards just, hotel keys, cheap gift cards, bus passes, etc…
Yeah sometimes classic ways are still best or you find you really don’t need something you give up for efficiency, just do you and it’s fine.
Born 1980. I don’t have a traditional wallet, but I do carry a combination card holder (which has my ID) and money clip. I think some people are simplifying that to ID in pocket and all payment methods on phone (tap or app).
Generations are mostly BS anyway. Carry a wallet or not according to your needs and preferences.
Reddit gets the weirdest comment upvoted sometimes? Might be bots? Or maybe the tweet is made up because I had a hard time finding that thread.
Assuming no maliciousness, upvotes are not the equivalent of truth votes, but what people want to believe is true or think probably is true.
And make no mistake about it, Lemmy is no different. Might even be worse when it comes to voting along ideological lines.
Elder statesman millennial here (38 at this point). There’s a pocket on my phone case. I have to carry a phone. Why not make my phone my wallet?
Phone wallets seem like such an older person thing to me vs regular wallets. It’s like admitting you won’t have your phone in your hand constantly so why not combine the two.
People rarely go out without their phones, so having their wallet in their phone case means they never forget their wallet.
The downside is if you lose your phone, you lose your wallet.
I’d rather have a separate wallet, but I get why it’s useful.
Also a handy way to lose your phone, ID, debit, and credit cards all at once! Why not combine all the worst things to lose that I carry into one losable, stealable package? Might as well clip the keys to them too!
Maybe add a thin string to the phone and attach the other end to person’s glasses? So when you lose your phonewalletkeyandglassesholder it wouldn’t make us four-eyed folks feel left out.
Hold on, let me go @ popsocket… We’ll make that a thing yet!
*Me looking at all my zoomer friends who have wallets
i’m not gen z but i don’t have a wallet?
Where do you put your ice cream loyalty card that has 3 stamps and if you get 10 stamps you get a free ice cream?
I plan ahead and put it in my pocket if I’m going to get ice cream.
Everyone laugh at this guy, he doesn’t live in the moment
I just accept that living in the moment sometimes requires the sacrifice of ice cream stamps.
always in my back pocket
Yeah, as an older millennial, I was just carrying a phone in like 2013. No keys or wallet for most trips - just an ID and credit card in a phone case and a pin lock on the front door. That was before Apple pay was even a thing.
Gen Z is pretty cringe taking credit for the pocket minimalism movement I clearly started.
I have a lot of ID cards for various credentials, memberships, and store discounts, but I’m only 25, am I just behind the times???
You can just take pictures of the barcode for most of that stuff.
Or import into wallet app on phone. I use it for Winn Dixie for example.
I guess I’m a millennial at 21
To be fair the school I went to was trapped in the mid 90s so I still regularly saw VHS tapes and Windows XP for most of my K through 8th grade years
Err Windows xp launched in October 2001, not the 90’s. The ‘successor’ version, Vista, launched in 2007, really only for home use. Windows 7, the successor for schools, offices etc, released 2009.
Vista was supposed to be for everyone, just too many companies didn’t take security seriously enough back then.
Win7 was just Vista with a PR upgrade.
You’re just responsible. There’s a lot of physical cards you still need to function as an adult and, quite frankly, half of them come up when you’re in a car accident and if your plan for that is “it’s on my phone” your plan is bad.
There’s no guarantee either your phone or your skull won’t be cracked when that happens, if nothing else.
This. Electronics like to just not work when you really really need them.
Eh, most Millenials don’t have “wallets” like older generations had either.
The giant 3-5 inch thick monstrosities.
Even 20 years ago a lot of Gen X had made the switch to just a flat card hold with a couple 20s slid in.
A Millenial with one of those would say they have a wallet. A Gen Z with the same thing would say they had a card holder.
So I think a big part of this is just language evolving.
GenX here, I had to get a rodeo wallet to hold all my shit.
I also heard by the socks. Millennials do no-show, but apparently high socks are the style now? Those will never not look super dorky to me, so I guess I’m old now.
Millenial here, I never got on board with the no show or low cut or ankle cut or whatever socks, crew socks always. Probably not en vogue with any age group, but I also don’t care. They go great with my cargo shorts.
Crew socks… crunched down ti the height of ankle socks.
I roll them down to make a decorative ankle donut that looks great over my crocs
There’s a lot to unpack here.
Thigh highs are where it’s at nowadays :3
Fashion is cyclical
Cynical, too
the only constant is that it’s pretentious
Where else do I keep the cash I need for food truck stops? Like, the good ones that look like a moving hole in the wall. None of this newfangled hipster food truck with pos devices.
This and saving small businesses the obsurd credit card fees. I use my card for the smallest amounts at chain and big stores. At local business, cash is king.
I hadn’t even thought about the fees, I was just using what was convenient for the business and I want that business to succeed because those tacos are so damn good.
What’s wild is how much easier cash is to not report and commit tax evasion.
I’m cool tipping in cash knowing the server isn’t reporting it all. I’m also cool with street taco vendors not reporting it too. I think the majority of people are, at least where I’m from.
But one of the things I learned about doing business is always make it easy for people to pay. It doesn’t matter the means, but if you want more sales make it easy for the customer to pay you. Whether it’s cash, card, or venmo. If you make it tough or restrict the method, you’ll lose sales
that’s exactly why I always try to tip with cash. when I pay in cash for food, I have no issue if the business wants to pocket it and keep a little extra something for themselves that uncle sam can’t touch. taxes are important, but workers can have a little personal gain, as a treat. plus, credit companies don’t need to get their beaks wet everytime I buy something.
But one of the things I learned about doing business is always make it easy for people to pay.
the weirdest thing I see regularly is “no cash” signs for vendors. I understand some places don’t want to deal with giving change, or holding large amounts of cash at outdoor events, or making lines go quicker, etc. it’s just strange that the most concrete form of regulated currency we have is turned down so often now.
Plus you can avoid tax which is always nice.
Get a phone wallet
this is what I see many z and alpha doing, if they’re not just shoving cards and cash into a loose cheap case
I don’t even use a case, I hate the trend of phones back towards bulky and will resist any attempt to add to their mass.
Spigen has some good drop tested cases that are pretty thin.
I’ll have to take a look, thanks!
I prefer it when my phone doesn’t slide out of my pocket.
Your phone slides out of your pocket? Do your pockets have really wide mouths that expose half of the side?
I skate and am semi active sometimes so even if it didn’t fly out, it’s a good idea to protect it in case I land on it.
Ooh that’s fair, mine is usually tucked away in a soft space when I’m being active.
Last time I was in TX, one of my favorite food trucks had a sign that said “no longer excepting cash payments”. I laughed at the grammatical error, but was still a little sad about losing the option to pay with real money. It wasn’t hipster at all, but I guess the clientele was.
Anyway, yes. I see your point but a lot of places realize they have to get modern or fail. It makes me sad to think about.
How can they not accept legal tender? I’m pretty sure that’s against the law.
I don’t really know what the legality of this is. The best explanation I can come up with is: Texas.
I looked it up and there’s no federal law but states can and some do.
I understand why, I just don’t like it.
So yeah, I think I’m getting old 🤣🤣🤣
Good 'ol roach coach.
Wait my Zoomer buddy definitely has a wallet thicker that George Costanza’s. I’m starting to think the internet is just full of lies for making us hate each other.
for making us hate each other.
While it is true that certain old generation is hoarding most of stuff, it is rich class from that generation who hoard it. We as multiple generations need to come up with plan that prevents such iner- and intragenerational separation. And untangle neofeudalism mess current rich class created.
Agreed, it’s varying levels of culture war bullshit intended to keep the working class from unifying. The only thing that prevents it is awareness.
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I’m a millennial and I got a bootleg ridge wallet from temu and I love it. I’ll probably get a real one if/when this breaks.
What does that say about me?
I have the real ridge wallet and love it too…just don’t waste your time with the tray
Like a huge tray to carry your stuff in? That might be fun, and smaller than my last wallet.
No it’s a tray that fits in the fridge for keys and such…it sucks.
?? Wat?
On their website…like one spare key or folded money
I was confused at the “fits in the fridge” part. Pretty sure it was a typo.
