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How much is 20 US dollars ? [GSL]

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Chanted
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway1001 Posts
September 19 2010 12:07 GMT
#1
20 (USD) = 121.68(NOK)
20 (USD) = 15.27(EUR)
20 (USD) = 23143.51(KRW)

Now the thing is that im seeing, is that how much 20 dollars is, seems to vary by ALOT. I am currently studying, have a parttime job that pays me 23,83 US dollars an hour, so for me, basically I go to work for one hour, and get countless hours of GSL content for my 1 hour of work. For atleast most norwegians and scandinavians, 1-2 hours of work should translate into 20 bucks and some popcorn to enjoy GSL.

Now as I have started to understand, things arent like that in the rest of the world. It sounds like if you pay 20 bucks, your gonna be starving the rest of the month.
When I was paying for the GSL, I thought a bit about comparative value for the hours of entertainment I got.

1 cinema ticket + 1 coke equals 20 bucks here in Norway.
1 Large takeout pizza equals 20 bucks (with sauce)
1 Night at the bowling alley (food not included), 30 bucks
3 magazines, 20 bucks
1 dinner out 30-40 bucks
1 liter (0,26 gallons) with liquour (vodka) 67 !! dollars
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks

Basically this is just a general outline on how it is in Norway, but I also think Scandinavia can be include ( they have cheaper alchohol)

This wasnt entirely made to come off as a jackass, but more to see what the "comparative" value of 20 bucks are other places.

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Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66155 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:21:01
September 19 2010 12:20 GMT
#2
20 US bucks can get you a decent high-school date night out here
pair of movie tickets + dinner
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wiesel
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany727 Posts
September 19 2010 12:22 GMT
#3
Wow the tax on alcohol is so high in norway..
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
September 19 2010 12:23 GMT
#4
Why don't you compare 20 bucks to free stream lol
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Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:39:06
September 19 2010 12:27 GMT
#5
20$ is ~30 BGN

this is

18l of beer,
3-4 cinema tickets depending ot place (it is 5 in my town),
3 big pizzas + soda
my mounthly internet fee + an ice-cream
free stream + 20$ leftover
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:30:54
September 19 2010 12:30 GMT
#6
i live in germany and its about the same as in norway it seems. Maybe a bit cheaper 1-2 dollars each.
However in different countries there is different income for jobs and money doesnt have the same value in every country.
For example in east-european countries 20 dollars is ALOT because things in that countries are much cheaper, but they also earn less.

See it this way (numbers not reality):
In country A a person earns 100 dollars a month. its not much.
Food and other stuff are total 100 dollars a month so they have enough money.
In country B a person earns 800 dollars a month, however food and other things are more expensive so they spend almost all that 800 dollars in a month.

Now you can see for a person in country A its harder to spend 20 dollars on GSL, but for a person in country B it doesnt really change anything.

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Another thing is that people here(esports forums) tend to cry alot when they have to pay for something so they exaggerate alot how its way too much. In reality everyone could just not to to cinema 1 or 2 times so they can easily afford GSL. Its just the nature of ppl and nobody will starve because of GSL -.-
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green.at
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Austria1459 Posts
September 19 2010 12:31 GMT
#7
On September 19 2010 21:27 Mortician wrote:
20$ is ~30 BGN

this is

18l of beer,
3-4 cinema tickets depending ot place (it is 5 in my town),
3 big pizzas + soda
my mounthly internet fee + an ice-cream


about the same here. 15€ means a lot of beer :D
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
September 19 2010 12:36 GMT
#8
20us$ = 80 pesos here.

Which is about 18 liters of beer in the supermarket here.

It's about 3 big Mc Donald's combos

Can get you dinner for 2 in a modest bar/restó or a pretty good dinner for 1 (steak/whatever).

It's 3-4 big pizzas.
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ellerina
Profile Joined April 2010
Philippines452 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:43:40
September 19 2010 12:39 GMT
#9
It's about 900-1000 Philippine Pesos so

1) Dinner for two at a high-class expensive place
2) Movie tickets for 5 people
3) A book at an expensive bookstore (4 paperback ones at an inexpensive bookstore)
4) More than twice the minimum wage for a day
5) 25 or so bottles of beer (pegging it at a high price)
6) 15 or so 350mL bottles of cheap awful quality gin
7) 10 Stored-Value Light Rail Transit Cards
8) 9 Mc Donalds Combo Meals

5 of my friends and I were out eating korean barbecue last night, we had 2 servings of pork (each serving good for 2), one of beef, also had chapchae, kimchi chicken soup, one rice each, and a pitcher of Coke. One of my friends treated but I'd say we spent around that amount.
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eSen1a
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia1058 Posts
September 19 2010 12:40 GMT
#10
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O

Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:43:33
September 19 2010 12:42 GMT
#11
On September 19 2010 21:40 eSen1a wrote:
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O



its a dismembered bear that is put in six packs, what is so strange about it? I get those for breakfast every day, you should try to find one of those around your place, they rock
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
Bash
Profile Joined August 2007
Finland1533 Posts
September 19 2010 12:45 GMT
#12
On September 19 2010 21:40 eSen1a wrote:
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O



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Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:47:36
September 19 2010 12:45 GMT
#13
On September 19 2010 21:07 Chanted wrote:
20 (USD) = 121.68(NOK)
20 (USD) = 15.27(EUR)
20 (USD) = 23143.51(KRW)

Now the thing is that im seeing, is that how much 20 dollars is, seems to vary by ALOT. I am currently studying, have a parttime job that pays me 23,83 US dollars an hour, so for me, basically I go to work for one hour, and get countless hours of GSL content for my 1 hour of work. For atleast most norwegians and scandinavians, 1-2 hours of work should translate into 20 bucks and some popcorn to enjoy GSL.

Now as I have started to understand, things arent like that in the rest of the world. It sounds like if you pay 20 bucks, your gonna be starving the rest of the month.
When I was paying for the GSL, I thought a bit about comparative value for the hours of entertainment I got.

1 cinema ticket + 1 coke equals 20 bucks here in Norway.
1 Large takeout pizza equals 20 bucks (with sauce)
1 Night at the bowling alley (food not included), 30 bucks
3 magazines, 20 bucks
1 dinner out 30-40 bucks
1 liter (0,26 gallons) with liquour (vodka) 67 !! dollars
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks

Basically this is just a general outline on how it is in Norway, but I also think Scandinavia can be include ( they have cheaper alchohol)

This wasnt entirely made to come off as a jackass, but more to see what the "comparative" value of 20 bucks are other places.

I must say, norwegians bears do sound quite cheap. Do you play TF2 by coincidence?
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In all seriousness the prices in Denmark are almost identical to the ones you mentioned, exept for our alcohol being cheaper.

Edit: Damn, too slow with the bear.
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Asdkmoga
Profile Joined May 2010
United States496 Posts
September 19 2010 12:47 GMT
#14
my family members who work at a: factory job, and Family Video, make 9 dollars an hour, 20 is a good deal
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Metalwing
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Turkey1038 Posts
September 19 2010 12:53 GMT
#15
20$ ~~ 30 TL (a little less), which is:

1- 12 cans (or bottles) beers or something like that.
2- %5 or something like that of minimum monthly salary.
3- 2 big pizzas
4- 2 steakhouse menus in burger king
5- half of the money i pay for public transportation in a month.
6- movie tickets for 3 people.
7- 2/3 of the money i spend on a date (i'm definitely not a cheapskate)
8- %60 of the money i spend on capoeira classes for each semester (capoeira classes are SO cheap in my university).
9- 1/13 of the money i spend in every month.
10- 1/2 of the 60cc bottle of a good tequila (srsly, taxes for alcohol is super fucking high in Turkey).
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exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 13:05:07
September 19 2010 12:57 GMT
#16
20.00 USD = 114.238 DKK

= 19 liters of normal (read: non organic) cow milk

I think cow milk is a currency that is very useful in a discussion like this because its avialable everywhere. Theres no additional tax on milk like there is on cars and beers. Milk is an everyday use product, and i dont remember how it is, but everyday use products have a special relation to inflation, that makes it good for comparebility issues.
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QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 13:03:23
September 19 2010 12:59 GMT
#17
Fuck studying bro with the money you earn an hour you would be making 3600 dollar a month :']
No wonder you earn so much you have to pay fucking 20 bucks for 6 beers lol.

20 Bucks in the Netherlands gives me 2gr of weed, a month worth of premium TV channels in HD ( Including Porn, Sport and Movie channels :'d ) or 3 six packs of Beer.

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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66155 Posts
September 19 2010 13:05 GMT
#18
On September 19 2010 21:07 Chanted wrote:
1 sixpack of bear semen, around 20 bucks
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nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
September 19 2010 13:11 GMT
#19
$20 bucks can feed my entire family for 2 months.

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more like a date night
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sammler
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United Kingdom381 Posts
September 19 2010 13:25 GMT
#20
£12 over here. A cinema ticket is £7, so that and a coke and a tiny popcorn. Excludes petrol or bus fair!

Gets you one large pizza from a pizza chain. Two magazines. Three movie rentals. One quarter of a TV boxset.

A.K.A. very reasonable, but the VOD quality should be higher!
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