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my friend's bank branch just went cashless <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i literally only go to the bank to deal with cash <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

coming soon:
\u2022 breadless bakeries
\u2022 coffeeless caf\u00e9s
\u2022 hardwareless hardware stores
\u2022 careless care providers <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

late-stage capitalism is really something to behold<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

my friend’s bank branch just went cashless i literally only go to the bank to deal with cash coming soon: \u2022 breadless bakeries \u2022 coffeeless caf\u00e9s \u2022 hardwareless hardware stores \u2022 careless care providers late-stage capitalism is really something to behold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[605,14,604,15,606,39],"tags":[172,177,188,11,628,630,100,203,12],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-blurb","category-neurodiversity","category-note","category-politics","category-rant","category-work","tag-belonging","tag-capitalism","tag-community","tag-current-events","tag-downsizing","tag-efficiency","tag-equity","tag-industrial-capitalism","tag-politics","post_format-post-format-aside","hs-card","hs-card-1","hs-card-long"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saor1p-1122","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":510,"url":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/29\/i-advocate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1122,"position":0},"title":"i, advocate","author":"Ryk Groetchen","date":"July 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019ve been following my neurodiversity journey\u2013as I articulate the experience of a person with autism, ADHD, aphantasia, and proprioception hyposensitivity from the inside, along with the other ways i share myself\u2013and you\u2019ve found that the insights I\u2019ve shared connect with your experience, or contextualize something you suspected, realize that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "chronicle"","block_context":{"text":"chronicle","link":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/category\/chronicle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0367.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0367.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0367.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0367.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0367.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0367.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":462,"url":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/22\/%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%a9%b9\/","url_meta":{"origin":1122,"position":1},"title":"\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79","author":"Ryk Groetchen","date":"July 22, 2025","format":"aside","excerpt":"We could simply care for one another, but capitalism demands that its needs are met first, and its cut exhausts our resources, completely. 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