Is 6 dollars a lot of money?

[Dark Magician]

Today on Steam I went looking for a game that I watched some YouTubers play and then I saw that it was practically R$30 reais here in Brazil.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506160/Fears_to_Fathom__Ironbark_Lookout/

The point is, here in Brazil 30 reais is money that can easily survive for a whole day and that makes me wonder how inflation breaks the gaming industry so badly for us. Is 6 dollars a lot of money? Can you do anything in the USA and derivatives?

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Цитата допису wesnef:

Цитата допису Dr. Johnny Fever:

It's an old law in the USA. I doubt they enforce it anymore.

Yeah, that sounds like one of those laws from 60+ years ago, that're still on the books because everyone forgot about it - except for the one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who uses it to persecute people he doesn't like.


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$6 US. . . so that's a mid-range fast food hamburger. Or 1.5gal of gas. Two bottles of ordinary beer.
A 24case of 12oz cans of Pepsi is $9 on sale ($14 retail). A bag of name-brand potato chips is $4-5. Loaf of bread is $5. Fast food combo meal (sandwich+drink+fries) is $8-12.

I can get a loaf of name brand bread for around 2 dollars.

[Gumby]

Nah that's nothing.

[TWPanda77]

Depends where you are in the world really.

[Hobbit XIII]

for about 5 pounds, I can get a sandwiche usually bacon lettuce and tomato, a drink anything from a very small smoothie 'innocent ' brand and a cornish pasty or sausage roll that is with a supermarket 'meal deal'.

Most my games here and all on GoG are from sales. I put what I like look of on wishlist and it tells me automatically when they are cheap. I got Thief gold for .70p that probably be .80 cents?
and a couple quid for Hitman blood Money both on GoG but the deals are very similar here on Steam too.

[Pieshaman]

4 dollar short for luv long time.

[Hobbit XIII]

Цитата допису Amhung:

Цитата допису HAG - KNEEL DOWN:

Today on Steam I went looking for a game that I watched some YouTubers play and then I saw that it was practically R$30 reais here in Brazil.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506160/Fears_to_Fathom__Ironbark_Lookout/

The point is, here in Brazil 30 reais is money that can easily survive for a whole day and that makes me wonder how inflation breaks the gaming industry so badly for us. Is 6 dollars a lot of money? Can you do anything in the USA and derivatives?

6 Dollar is not considered a lot of money in any first world country.

Over here, I currently could not even buy a kebap for 6 dollars in most shops.
Perhaps it will be enough for one or two small normal Burgers in McDonalds ?

Цитата допису Ganger:

$6.00 = £4.75+ (give or take). In britain, that would buy you a coffee and slice of toast in a cafe.
Or you can feed a family of 4 one meal if you shop carefully.

And no $6.00 is no longer a lot of money in the western world.

For 6 dollars you COULD cook a meal but it would have to be super cheap. Like beans, rice, something along that line.

Actually in England it can mean a lot of money to people for some time.
Can mean whether someone has electricity or food .

And yeah meals like that pasta / rice and kidney beans and peas can sustain people well.

[Hobbit XIII]

Цитата допису Amhung:

Цитата допису Hobbit XIII:

Actually in England it can mean a lot of money to people for some time.
Can mean whether someone has electricity or food .

And yeah meals like that pasta / rice and kidney beans and peas can sustain people well.

I lived in the Uk for 7 yrs and was also poor af for quite a while. I could certainly feed myself for a day with 6 dollars IF I would be super safy...but it still is not considered a lot of money.

For a poor guy in the UK (poor but not homeless), I say that 50 bucks is a lot of money as this can be a weeks shopping.

I was thinking more on the family front but yeah.
I am annoyed at supermarkets putting junk food (the smaller supermarkets same one i get meal deal from) freezer stuff as a priority over the freezer frozen vegetables.

Also the food distributors for restaurants and hotels are not take advantage of enough by people you can save a lot of money buying in bulk and see how much the supermarkets are ripping people off. - I'll stop before I go into a big rant lol

[Ganger]

Цитата допису Amhung:

For 6 dollars you COULD cook a meal but it would have to be super cheap. Like beans, rice, something along that line.

Not really, in britain I can buy some chicken beast, some vegetables and make a good meal for under £5.00.

Infact, my misses went shopping today and we having a curry for evening meal. Curry sauce under £1, chicken beast £3, rice under a £1, naan bread cost like 0.60p and this feeds a family of 4. Granted, each person will only get like 4 pieces of diced chicken.

Or I could cook a pasta meal... £3 for mince, 0.70p for pasta, 0.90p tin of tomato x2, 12p for one onion, as long as you have olive oil and herbs at home... its a cheap meal.

Again, it depends on were you shop and how you shop. In Aldi and Lidl, prices are pretty cheap for non branded items.

[Devsman]

Цитата допису Ganger:

Цитата допису Amhung:

For 6 dollars you COULD cook a meal but it would have to be super cheap. Like beans, rice, something along that line.

Not really, in britain I can buy some chicken beast, some vegetables and make a good meal for under £5.00.

Here in the 'States, we have this war on single people and small families going on. You could buy chicken breast and vegetables for under $5 per serving but you have to buy like eight or more servings at a time.

[Ganger]

Цитата допису Devsman:

Цитата допису Ganger:

Not really, in britain I can buy some chicken beast, some vegetables and make a good meal for under £5.00.

Here in the 'States, we have this war on single people and small families going on. You could buy chicken breast and vegetables for under $5 per serving but you have to buy like eight or more servings at a time.

Something I noticed when I was over there... plus fresh products is way over priced compared to here in the UK. Granted, I did visit when inflation was high which clearly affects costs.

But I found it funny how american people were complaining about the cost of Gas (petrol over here). Im like you hardly pay anything for gas, our gas prices in uk are like 3 times as high.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

I can buy 8kg of carrots for that price at supermarket prices.

[Hobbit XIII]

Цитата допису Amhung:

Цитата допису Hobbit XIII:

I was thinking more on the family front but yeah.
I am annoyed at supermarkets putting junk food (the smaller supermarkets same one i get meal deal from) freezer stuff as a priority over the freezer frozen vegetables.

Also the food distributors for restaurants and hotels are not take advantage of enough by people you can save a lot of money buying in bulk and see how much the supermarkets are ripping people off. - I'll stop before I go into a big rant lol

When I lived in the UK. I ALWAYS cooked myself. I bought cabbage, carrots, meats and all kinds of stuff, I cooked everyday.
Everyone else I saw there stuffed their trolly with fast food ready meals of all sorts or ordered food right to their home and then ended up moaning about the prices.

Brits don't know how to cook for sh.. at least the numerous ones I had the " privilege " to dine at their home. Sure, some good old aunties did cook themselves, but the stuff was usually very basic and not particulary a sign of " cooking skill ".

People in the UK live off fastfood ready meals. If they would cook themselves they would save a lot of money. But I have never even seen Brits boiling some potatoes at home.

plenty of people do but it is a lost thing. TV shows are always on about this is the best dish and it take a lot of prep work.
They need good old Deliah or soemthing a proper basic on the tv cooking show starting with the basics and how to shop.

Part of the problem is its cultural because people would work a lot of hours be knackerd at the end of the day and have little energy to actually cook for themselves and it is so easy to get in the habit of chucking some junk food in the oven.
This continues to the descendants.

The rich house ' poor house / rich kids go skint shows really do show some families do not know they can make that money go a bit further.
The thought of growing something that will save them a few quid down the line is beyond people's minds even when they have a council / social housing with gardens.

Jamie Oliver years back tried to teach Britain to cook but his ego got ahead of him and he failed to realise that people don't necessarily want to cook 'fancy' dishes they need good basic food cooking skills including how to cut etc.
this was back when people were getting a lot of money from the social benefits system during the Labour years.
He did some good stuff with the school dinners.

[Ganger]

Цитата допису Amhung:

When I lived in the UK. I ALWAYS cooked myself. I bought cabbage, carrots, meats and all kinds of stuff, I cooked everyday.
Everyone else I saw there stuffed their trolly with fast food ready meals of all sorts or ordered food right to their home and then ended up moaning about the prices.

Brits don't know how to cook for sh.. at least the numerous ones I had the " privilege " to dine at their home. Sure, some good old aunties did cook themselves, but the stuff was usually very basic and not particulary a sign of " cooking skill ".

People in the UK live off fastfood ready meals. If they would cook themselves they would save a lot of money. But I have never even seen Brits boiling some potatoes at home.

I agree with your statement. Many young folk were never taught cook by their parents because their parents didn't know how to cook proper.

But in all fairness, life today isn't as simple as it was once. Both parents now need to be working and have little time to cook full meals like our gran parents did. Even single people who work 9 - 5 don't have the time to cook full meals because they are knacked after work. So throwing in a microwave meal is the easier option.

[ktulu84]

I got 90 dollars from csgo which equals to 1/4 of a monthly salary

I did the most logical thing and bought lots of cod, doom, quake, cat games

[Devsman]

I'm sorry, does knacked mean tired?

I'm too old for slang, or too American for idioms, whichever is relevant here.