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Re:In praise of cash by pavel_lishin on Friday March 03, 2017 @02:31PM (#13785536)
I thought detergent was used as a standard barter chip because it's easier to steal detergent than it is to steal cash.
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Re:In praise of cash by dredmorbius on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:02PM (#13785841)
It's not, of itself, incriminating.

And if you can't sell it, you've still got clean clothes.

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Re:In praise of cash by M_Grey on Friday March 03, 2017 @07:06PM (#13788146)
Plus, everyone with even the smallest amount of money, wants to be clean; it's an incredibly basic need. Alcohol will probably always been a good form of barter too.
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Re:In praise of cash by petre on Saturday March 04, 2017 @01:30AM (#13789634)
As would anything that comes with a tax such as cigarettes.
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