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pinko__stinko t1_j6isdrj wrote

Reply to Drip by lezwinHD

Flowing back to reveal his disgusting bloated gammon hand, would love to pop those things with a pin

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doctorsilvana t1_j6irpo5 wrote

Reply to comment by No_Cabinet_3791 in one hour of workers wage in iran by tireddoomguard

For more awareness because this seems an amazing platform to share these facts, I will copy paste a comment of mine hoping it gives more context and info:

Well to be honest that wasn't a good representation. For instance, a 60 dollar boardgame if imported from amazon or some other website costs 20 million tomans or 200 rials which is almost 4 times an average salary.

Other examples, a video game if bought digitally costs almost a month's salary. Laptops and phones are expensive, Iphone 14 is sold at a price over 1700 dollars and it can't even support Iranian sim cards due the ban on luxury items. A mediocre second hand laptop with core i3 and some basic functions is sold as almost an average month's salary.

I could say meat in Iran is expensive and it could be the same in america, but a months salary in Iran is kinda lower or equal to a months rent in average parts of the big cities. Imagine that family of 3, would need to pay house bills, pay for food, school, laptop for the student (in the covid phones and laptop where a must and they were super expensive due to the Rial to Dollar exchange in imports), etc and they are left with nothing but loans and loans from banks.

The loans are an awful thing as well, imagine you have to pay almost 20% or even higher rate, more money to the bank for the loans they give. So basically the economy is in shambles and import goods are as high a months salary.

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doctorsilvana t1_j6irkhn wrote

Reply to comment by KistRain in one hour of workers wage in iran by tireddoomguard

Well let's consider the imported goods in Iran, like phones, laptops, most basic ingredients for home furniture, and other goods.

An average family of 3, needs savings, laptop or at least a phone (due to covid and the aftermath of the revolution, many classes are still held online) for studying, paying bills, paying loan bills (because no one can support their family with the wages alone), and many more necessary expenses leaves many families in debt.

The poverty line in Iran is almost 4,5 times the average salary. And I do mean average not minimum wage.

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doctorsilvana t1_j6iqkcp wrote

Reply to comment by Rahnzan in one hour of workers wage in iran by tireddoomguard

Well to be honest that wasn't a good representation. For instance, a 60 dollar boardgame if imported from amazon or some other website costs 20 million tomans or 200 rials which is almost 4 times an average salary.

Other examples, a video game if bought digitally costs almost a month's salary. Laptops and phones are expensive, Iphone 14 is sold at a price over 1700 dollars and it can't even support Iranian sim cards due the ban on luxury items. A mediocre second hand laptop with core i3 and some basic functions is sold as almost an average month's salary.

I could say meat in Iran is expensive and it could be the same in america, but a months salary in Iran is kinda lower or equal to a months rent in average parts of the big cities. Imagine that family of 3, would need to pay house bills, pay for food, school, laptop for the student (in the covid phones and laptop where a must and they were super expensive due to the Rial to Dollar exchange in imports), etc and they are left with nothing but loans and loans from banks.

The loans are an awful thing as well, imagine you have to pay almost 20% or even higher rate, more money to the bank for the loans they give. So basically the economy is in shambles and import goods are as high a months salary.

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