How old are you based on economic experience or position?

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Ill start, I never used a check. The only way I can get a house is waiting for my parents to die.

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I've received checks three or four times in my life. I've never written one. As a kid I had a physical paper booklet for the savings account I put my birthday money into. The only way I can get to own a house is by winning the lottery. I remember when small shops had manual credit card machines that would transfer your account details to a slip of paper. I also remember when local stores would give credit to people from the community. I get low-key annoyed when I have to use cash instead of digital payments. My retirement plan is not to retire.

I've received checks three or four times in my life.

This is highly location dependent. If you're Dutch, you're probably in your mid-to-late 30s. If you're french, you could be 20, because people still use them pretty frequently...

Exactly. My friends all teased me for still owning a cheque book in the 1990s.