# What should we do/how should we feel about the stupid?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-how-should-we-feel-about-the-stupid/702398>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 24, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-how-should-we-feel-about-the-stupid/702398 "2014-10-24T22:16:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-how-should-we-feel-about-the-stupid/702398/61 "2014-10-26T20:20:25Z")

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> [@CarnalK](#):
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> Buy your groceries at Walmart on your credit card. Use your cash to buy the lottery tickets. Ez pz.

I don’t think I can get cash back on my credit card at Walmart. I can do it on my debit card though.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-how-should-we-feel-about-the-stupid/702398/62 "2014-10-26T20:39:32Z")

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> [@Odesio](#):
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> I don’t think I can get cash back on my credit card at Walmart. I can do it on my debit card though.

You certainly can at an ATM, though. Pretty easy to max out your credit card on cash advances.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-how-should-we-feel-about-the-stupid/702398/63 "2014-10-26T21:50:08Z")

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> [@Odesio](#):
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> I don’t think I can get cash back on my credit card at Walmart. I can do it on my debit card though.

I think the idea was that if you have any cash in the first place, and a credit card, then if you can’t buy lottery tickets on credit you buy the food on credit and the lottery tickets with your cash, since you cannot do it the other way around. (Editorial “you”, obviously.)

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