#Oh wow a paycheck! Zero dollars! Awesome!

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I'm just curious - what can you do with a zero-dollars check? Do you just frame it as an avatar of spite and stare at it when you want to remind yourself of the soulless nature of the industry you've clawed your way into? What else can you do? Do you just try and deposit that zero-sum, which causes the ATM to momentarily gain sentience and object permanence?

The ATM then spits out a deposit readout that says "You serious, bro?"

No, seriously, if you're older and not a fan of online banking (for zero bucks, lol), can you quite seriously drop at the bank and tell the nearest teller "I am of sound mind and wish to deposit this slip that has, in fact, no monetary value whatsoever?"

If so, would the teller ask you if this is for a meme?

It's just - the pettiness and administrative small-mindedness of sending a zero-sum check is so fucking deep you want to grab the closest accountant by the shoulders and scream at them to snap out of it.

With the actors and writers strike in the U.S., I'm reminded of this tweet from John Cho who got zero payment from a residual check.

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