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minus-squareGeobloke@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoMight just be because I’m not rich enough, but who has a 5cm thick credit card?
minus-squareOverspark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoConfused me as well, but they don’t mean the thickness but probably the shorter end of the rectangle. As usual American metaphors for simple distances are confusing as fuck.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI genuinely think it’s a running joke with the industry.
Might just be because I’m not rich enough, but who has a 5cm thick credit card?
Confused me as well, but they don’t mean the thickness but probably the shorter end of the rectangle. As usual American metaphors for simple distances are confusing as fuck.
I genuinely think it’s a running joke with the industry.