Numberone

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I've seen this in banking too. I have my health savings account with a provider that charges a percentage of your holdings as the admin fee. That can add up. My old one is a flat rate per month. I have been transferring the money every year to the flat rate provider and the process is completely arcane.

  1. Find the document on their site. The correct document isn't named clearly like the document you use to pull other providers into your account.

  2. You have to print it and write by hand (not an editable PDF)

  3. Assuming you've done this correctly you must mail them the document, like he said, with a stamp like a fucking caveman.

  4. Behind the scenes the process is even more arcane, because again they claim they PHYSICALLY MAIL A CHECK to the new provider like fucking cavemen.

It's really clear that this is in bad faith. Banking "innovation" is a joke in the US. I know that everyone hates crypto up in this bitch (I get it), but a little self custody would go a long way in situations like this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't believe Minke whales are endangered either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

It isn't really profitable. The meat isn't really in demand and they harvest far fewer than the limit that's set by the government. This interview with a wailer from freakenomics was interesting and touched on a lot of these issues.

Here is the freakanomics episode

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