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rayiner 14 hours ago

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SkyLemon 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One thing about accessibility and usability, is that when you design something for the minority it tends to make things better for the majority. Take ramps for example, they not only server those in wheel chairs, but also families with strollers and elderly with walkers.

cestith 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Crutches and canes can be easier on a ramp, too. Even people with fine balance but limits on movement of the hip, knee, or ankle can benefit.

sailingparrot 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The unbearable pain of having to handle bills of different sizes, there is not enough empathy in this world to truly pay hommage to your suffering.

dghlsakjg 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does the Canadian solution of adding brail to the notes inconvenience you, or is that an acceptable way to make sure that people with disabilities can participate in cash transactions safely?

Does having different sized coins strike you as an inconvenience?

Why does a feature that can be used by anyone, regardless of disability, strike you as "inconvenient for almost everybody"?

What, exactly, is inconvenient about having notes be different sizes?

rayiner 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Different sized bills are harder to stack in a wallet. Braille is a much better way to handle the problem. No cost to the majority, while solving the problem for the minority.

krior 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Different sized bills are harder to stack in a wallet.

This has never been my experience. What is the challenge?

cestith 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As long as the largest bills fit and the smallest bills don’t get lost I don’t understand how it’s so much harder.

extraduder_ire 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm used to Euro notes, and having each denomination be a different colour and height in my wallet is very useful for pulling a specific one out.

I keep them in order, with €5s in the front.

dghlsakjg 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It seems like having equivalent sized notes is just your personal preference, and that you are projecting that as an inconvenience onto "the majority". Based on the comments it seems like even people without disabilities mostly don't care, or actually think that it is a good feature.

For my side, even if I did agree with your preference, I am perfectly willing to deal with the incredible hardship of slightly different sized notes in my wallet in exchange for a society where disabled people need not fear being ripped off.

RandomBacon 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

God-forbid you ever end up in a minority group.

rayiner 14 hours ago | parent [-]

I’m in a minority group.

bckr 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s a terribly myopic take

zahlman 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Unfortunate metaphor in context....

kgermino 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's primarily done for security and secondarily a benefit making it easier (for everyone!) to identify denomination by feel

knorker 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Quite the opposite. As a fully abled person I find it incredibly annoying to have to flip through US notes instead of just immediately picking out the right one by size and/or color.

edgineer 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Use a wallet with a divider, and sort your bills. Won't have to flip through until you carry several each of five or more denominations. If you regularly do, then use two dividers.

ryandrake 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or put another way: "Deliberately griefing the experience of a small number of people just to make it marginally more convenient for everyone else."