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The Sopranos - Patsy and Burt failed extortion attempt at "Starbucks"
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A scene from The Sopranos in which two old-school mobsters try to extort a Starbucks and learn that electronic payments leave an indisputable record of sales.
HN posts it jokingly in threads about payments, taxes and cash, as a funny illustration of how digital transactions make low-level shenanigans harder.
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