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Wallets compress personal identity into back pockets

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We take all our crucial identification, paper currency, and plastic cards, squash them between two pieces of leather, and sit on them. The wallet is an absurd mini-briefcase that quietly transports our entire financial existence right next to our buttocks.

Wallets compress personal identity into back pockets
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