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Re:“The street finds its own uses for things” (2012) by 0x4f3759df on Monday April 02, 2018 @10:29AM (#16734740)
Some un-banked people use sneakers (eg. Air Jordans) as 'stores of value'

Source: I've watched all the sneaker documentaries on Amazon prime.

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Re:“The street finds its own uses for things” (2012) by discussedbefore on Monday April 02, 2018 @11:14AM (#16735175)
How Tide Detergent Became a Drug Currency

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5023204 (2013)

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Re:“The street finds its own uses for things” (2012) by orf on Monday April 02, 2018 @10:53AM (#16734930)
Are sneakers bit larger, bulkier and harder to store than cash? If your wearing a pair I guess not, but then your stored value is diminishing with each step.
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Re:“The street finds its own uses for things” (2012) by stcredzero on Monday April 02, 2018 @12:42PM (#16736225)
your stored value is diminishing with each step

This is a plight of poor people, if not the plight of poor people, since time immemorial.

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