#or kindle editions

[catsintheafterlife]

Okay, I'm going to try to explain a concept called purchasing power parity by something called the Big Mac Index.

A Big Mac costs $5.69 in the US.

A Big Mac costs ₹230 in India.

Now, if you can buy a burger in the US with your money, you should be able to buy a burger in India with the same money.

If 1 US Big Mac = 1 Indian Big Mac

$5.69 = ₹230

$1 = ₹230/5.69

$1 = ₹40.43

This means that 1 US dollar (USD) is equal to 40.42 Indian Rupees (INR), right? So if you have $5.69 with you right now, and you go to India,

You convert that $5.69 to INR and you get ₹230.(5.69 x 40.43 = 230)

Enough to buy one Big Mac in India too.

This is the same if you have ₹230 in India and you got to the US, you get enough to buy one burger.

But wait. This is Burger exchange rate. What is the actual exchange rate?

Wait.

If you have $1 with you right now, you get ₹86.29 in India? ($1 × 86.29 = ₹86.29)

So if you have $5.69 with you right now, you get ₹490 in India? ($5.69 × 86.29 = ₹490)

That's enough to buy two burgers!

But

If you are someone in India going to the US. And you have ₹230, enough to buy one burger in your country. And you convert that to USD

What???

So you get only $2.67?

Not even enough to buy one burger in the US?

This is why having one price (of a single currency, say USD) in multiple countries is not great. It gets a little wacky too if there's taxes or import duties involved. In my personal experience:-

Manga that is available locally, courtesy of viz media:

Manga that is not available in India and has to be imported directly/very few local sellers importing directly:

Just look at the delivery costs!! ₹39 locally versus ₹2,126 globally. And the reason its ₹2,126 is cause the price is probably 23.58 EURO which is being put through the converter to display in INR. (The ₹650 delivery cost one is a local company that imports so the shipping is definitely lesser than if you bought from a directly from a foreign store, but still substantial!)

Official manga has become so much more affordable since viz media decided to tap into our market. But I remember a time when the only buying option was to order on a foreign store site. If you want you can factor in having to setup PayPal (which is not used here) or some equivalent to make the purchase too.

So in conclusion,

Imagine a burger

if you moralize to people in the global south about piracy youre going to hell btw. no atonement no take backsies. guaranteed hell forever permanently.

[ellierenae]

ay kid, you like readin? then keep your eye on the birdie cause all you need for this card trick is a US address, a phone number, the date your folks popped you out, and a first and last name

you put those figures in this form right here

then theyre gonna give you a little somethin under the table, pro bono

take that card number and pin and bring it over to this site right over here

badabing badaBOOM you now got access to every ebook, audiobook, and magazine under the sun PLUS those ebooks can go straight to kindle. yeah. a real soft on your eyes type

now scram

and dont say i never did nothin for ya

[limeshade]

HIGH BY THE BEACH (2015) Dir. Jake Nava

[stayininmylane]

Family means no-one gets left behind.

The idea of Din dying but still being kept alive via Grogu's Fierce Attachment and Force Shenanigans has been rattling around in my brain for weeks :) It's right next to the other idea about Grogu dying, coming back as a force ghost, and encouraging Din to adopt extremely unhealthy coping mechanisms up to and including kidnapping and resurrection.

No, that's not how the force works; no, I do not care.

[leafywillow]

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[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

was thinking it might be time to reread william j. reese's america's public schools: from the common era to "no child left behind" & flipping through the highlights i'd left in it i found this, which did make me laugh:

Critics in the late nineteenth century frequently complained that schools were not as rigorous as when they had attended school. Employers often said that prospective workers were lazy, could not spell, and wrote illegible, garbled prose.

[web-kindle]

See the thing about being in the UK in a (seemingly) predominantly American fandom is that stuff just ✨️happens✨️ when I'm going to bed and I wake up to the aftermath like

[all-for-the-hyperfixation]

Do I give in and read tsc before the next book? or do I hold myself back so I can binge it all in one go...

decisions decisions choices choices ponder ponder

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

listen i’d never say i’m like a super fantastic writer or anything, but i’m reading a legit published book and the author actually included the following sentence:

“Grrr!” he grunted.

and like… at least i’ve never done that

(author also spent the first three books calling one of her main characters ms. moran, then suddenly in book four it was ms. maron. what.)

[aotgylbs]

my latest poetry book is live!!!!

hey y'all, if you didn't know, my name is jess and i write poetry!!!

i self-published my very first book, never get mad at a fish, almost five years ago, and today for the upcoming anniversary, i'm releasing a revised expanded edition!!

buy it here and here (kindle edition)!

[mo-racca]

the biscuit rule being changed to the cookie rule for the US edition is made significantly more annoying by the fact that “biscuit” is used in 70% of cases in the series. But not in like literally one of the most iconic lines.

[lovenonymously]

buys a paperback trophy for my shelf only to read the book on kindle

[monstersandmaw]

Hey Ghosti, how much moneys would it take to get laces for a lady to be the next chapter that gets posted? 🤔 I’m desperate 😭

Awww Anon I'm so sorry!! I'm working on it, I promise. Chapter 10 is 7k words long at the moment, so that might have to be split up, but it finishes with Nel about to head off to the Christmas Ball in Plymouth with Winnie...

I've got my final exam for my full motorcycle licence tomorrow, and once that's over, I'm working full time on Oats, Demon, and Laces, I promise :) x

[hussiehints]

Will New Kindle Fire Edition updates come soon? Yes yes! It is True! Unlock upcoming characters Now in "Rolepa Simulato!"

[midnightwind]

... god damn it, need to pull up 8LT again just to double check the description of Viago's silly little cane

[portfolioutboy]

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