The commenters can't agree whether the punchline is horrifically outdated or not

[conuly]

So I thought I'd make a poll!

Poll #29595 Luann comic

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 70

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Does your bank still (if it ever did) use pneumatic tubes and capsules?

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Yes
31 (44.3%)

No
39 (55.7%)

Comments

[kareina]

I had forgotten about those. I never used one myself, but I remember going through the bank drive through with my mother when I was little, in the 1970's and seeing her use them. I was quite disappointed when I got old enough to find out that they weren't beaming the container, like in Star Trek, but there was actually a tube it was traveling through.

However, for me, the whole cartoon is seriously outdated. I haven't lived somewhere that uses checks since I left the states in 2003, and I haven't carried cash in at least 10 years (if you don't count vacations to another country, and these days I prefer the debit card for that, too, as they no longer charge the extra fees for every international transaction). In fact, I don't even have a clear idea of what Swedish cash looks like.