[ SECRET POST #4031 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4031 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm really confused by this picture. I mean modern credit cards first came into being in the 1950s, yes, but their predecessors "charge plates" and "charge coins" etc existed since the later 19th century and continued to be used till the 1960s. Credit as a concept has existed for thousands of years. There's no reason that credit cards would be something Steve would find mind-blowing.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it is a joke.

[(Anonymous)]

well obviously, but it is a joke that makes no sense.

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of the "Steve doesn't understand technology" jokes in fandom don't make sense. Some of it makes it sound like Steve came from the stone age, others act like Steve is actually their grandpa who refuses to learn about cellphones when he's shown to have a quick grasp on things even when he doesn't fully understand everything.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it comes down to not knowing and not bothering to find out (at least not beyond the question of "when did credit cards first start being used?") especially when it might ruin an idea they think is cute. It's the flip side of representing past technology as too advanced or culture as too progressive, e.g. a fic that takes place in 1995 and everyone has a cell phone - yes, they existed, and yes, some non-rich people had them, but they weren't ubiquitous like they are now, you couldn't use them to access the internet, and texting was barely a thing.