The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[[MERIT]]

► Venezuelan Inflation: Pictures Reveal The Piles Of Cash Needed To Buy Everyday Items

Inflation, drug wars, paramilitary insurrection and capitalist invasions aside, Venezuela has a low cost of living, as far as exchange rates go. In the U.S., I can't get tomatoes for $0.35/pound, chicken for $0.42/pound, carrots for $0.21/pound or rice for $0.17/pound like they can. Those diapers and toilet paper seem hella cheap too, but I'm sure that it varies by brand.

If Americans were privy to production costs, versus what they are expected to pay for sh!t, there would be riots in the streets.

Spoiler for PICS:

[ ^ A kilogram of tomatoes [2.2 pounds] costs about 5 million bolívars, or $0.76 USD. ]




[ ^ A 2.4 kilogram [5.29 pounds] chicken is pictured next to 14.6 million bolívars, or $2.22 USD. ]




[ ^ A kilogram [2.2 pounds] of carrots is pictured next to 3,000,000 bolivars, or $0.46 USD. ]




[ ^ A roll of toilet paper is worth 2,600,000 bolivars, or $0.40 USD. ]




[ ^ A 1 kilogram [2.2 pounds] package of rice is pictured next to 2,500,000 bolivars, or $0.38 USD. ]




[ ^ A package of diapers is pictured next to 8,000,000 bolivars, or $1.22 USD. ]

[Cuthbert]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...declare-jesus?

Just leaving this here.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Fluff

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...declare-jesus?

Just leaving this here.

Like millions of others I’m glad they killed him.

[rostasi]

Originally Posted by [MERIT]

Inflation, drug wars, paramilitary insurrection and capitalist invasions aside, Venezuela has a low cost of living

Are you sure those pics aren't from inside Chula's Winnebago?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Are you sure those pics aren't from inside Chula's Winnebago?

[rostasi]

Happy Thanksgiving (if you're American).

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Are you sure those pics aren't from inside Chula's Winnebago?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Happy Thanksgiving (if you're American).

In all seriousness, I believe that if those godamn Indian casinos didn’t have such ****ed up greedy ass blackjack rules they would generate so much support no one could **** with them. There’s a huge contingent of people who just want fair blackjack.

[FETCHER.]

Originally Posted by Fluff

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...declare-jesus?

Just leaving this here.

I don’t understand why anyone would ever want to get in touch with a tribe like this. A quick google search shows they are definitlty hostile. I have no sympathy for the idiot.

[OccultHawk]

He wanted to die for the great Zombiatic Zoinist