Comment on please be nice to retail workers
pipows@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Not related, but I find it wild how $11/ hour can be low for someone in a first world country, while that would be life changing for someone in a developing country (I for once make a less than $5/hour, converting from local currency, and that is already relatively high around here, a lot of people make $2/hour)
I’m not saying that you should be satisfied earning $11/hour, I’m just saying how strange it is that, even earning roughly 5x more, tou guys struggle to pay the bills all the same
stelelor@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
That’s because the cost of living is a bitch. We may make 5x more but our bills might be 7x more than yours, so overall we’re worse off.
pipows@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Yeah, I’m aware. Monthly (very basic tho) food is $40~$60 (converting from local currency) per person. Rent is $200~300 for a 2 bedroom apartment.
At the same time, “luxury” things are way more expensive here. Smartphones, computers and cars, for instance, are almost 2x the price. Shoes and clothes that are beyond expensive here are normal in the US.
So our cost of living is way cheaper, but our purchase power is lower still. If you can work remotely, you are paid in dollars, and can travel to the US to buy things, you can live a very comfortable life here with an income that you would struggle in there.
PS: I’m using $1 = R$5, which is not true, because our currency is dying. Using more updated prices only make the discrepancy even greater
nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 1 month ago
Am I the only one, with this wild formatting?
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pipows@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Oh, that’s not at all what is supposed to look like, guess boost doesn’t have subscript syntax but other clients do