• acetanilide
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    11 months ago

    My credit card was cancelled due to nonpayment, so of course my credit score went up (a lot) because my DTI went down

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      11 months ago

      I assume this is that famous american thing where you’re punished for paying cash, avoiding leasing and subscriptions?

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        11 months ago

        Yes. And somehow having $20k credit card debt is worse than $100k student loan debt 🫠