Posts by Semigoodlooking

You don't listen to music much so fair enough. But 463 pesos a month for all the music you want on tap is not bad either way, in fact it's a bargain. I think Spotify is $9.99 per month in the US.

I played PC for years. But when I moved here I have been on consoles.

I am on Xbox now simply because how cheap games are in Argentina. Microsoft famously did not update the exchange rates dollar to peso since either 2018 or 2019 ( I do not remember which). So, you can pick up games for dirt cheap. I paid less than $15 dollars for the Tomb Raider trilogy during the recent sale.

There are loads of games priced at like 100, 200, 400, 700 pesos. It is hilarious to be honest. I bought The Witcher 3 (A game I like but don't love) for 98 pesos. That is a tiple A title. I bought Red Dead 2 for 1500 pesos, etc.

Back in June I bought Elden Ring for my son's PS4 and it cost 12,000 pesos. It is 3,000 on the Microsoft Store and not on sale.

I keep replaying the TR games too. The last generation (Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider) were such good-looking games. Rise was released in 2015 and still looks properly excellent. It was used as one of the benchmark standard games for years after its release and I can see why. I imagine the next game is going to really look wonderful. Ultra-realistic Lara incoming.

As I am approaching the end of the Tomb Rider re-visit, I am going to get that moment of depression from leaving a beloved series. So, I think I am going to have another run at the Mass Effect series next.

Late to this but I played Days Gone earlier this year and it was fun. I think the early bad reviews were because it had plenty of bugs on launch. Some of them hordes are intense.

I am currently re-playing through the Tomb Raider survivor trilogy.

I think it is unfair to blame Italy or Argentina's unexplainable deification of Italy and Italians. Italy is a great country that mostly does well across most sectors. What Argentina did was take the bad elements of Italy and institutionalised them. This could have happened with any country that had great influence here. You are not getting Italay 2.0 done the correct way in Argentina, you are getting a bastardised version of Italy. No country is perfect and Argentina took many of the imperfect elements from Italy and only some of the good.

Isn't there also an extra charge if you purchase items abroad with an Argentine credit card?

On top of businesses here trying to scam people, when you do fight back and start making progress you get stuck in a mire of beuracracy. Even the things that are legit here are painful because of the grinding gears of every process. Everything so slow, everything with more steps than it needs. You're not stupid, serafina, you just have expectations that have not been met. They are the stupid ones.

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For price the St Wendeler Lager (the green can) in Dia is my choice. The Argentine stuff is mostly overpriced crap in my opinion.

I have had the red can of that and I think a dark blue one. Yeah, it was alright for the price. What is the difference with the green?

Quilmes I can tolerate, but the rest of the Argentine ones are not for me. I do not really enjoy the European brands much here either. I find a different taste here than when drinking them in the UK. For example, Amstel.

Can anyone reccomend a premium lager that is available here? Supermarkets have an increasing range of artesenal or foreign brands but I am unsure which are good or ones to avoid. If not a premium lager, what is the best regular can/bottle available here?

He is 100% a world-class psychologist with a lot of valuable things/knowledge to share on human behavior and why we do the things we do. However, he mires himself into political debates and has become increasingly petty and too emotional to be in these kinds of arguments. How he deconstructed Canada's laws on gender-neutral speech was good and there are many things he says that I agree with. Still, his agenda (we all have one) is creeping into his arguments too much and does a disservice to his position.

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No govt leader ever blames him/herself. Since people don’t fall for the old “I inherited this mess from my predecessor, the current leaders must continue to stick with that line because they like to fool themselves.

I know you know better than that. In Argentina, members of the leading party are constantly blaming each other. CFK has openly blamed people within the leadership for several years. She actively blamed the president for certain things during the pandemic. Even so, you can bet that once CFK gets rid of Alberto (one way or another) she will be very much blaming him for this situation and presenting herself as the answer to the problems Alberto, and of course the ever-present Macri, have caused.

Cordoba is a good shout for your requirements. While Cordoba itself is a city of one millione people, there are loads of smaller towns around in the mountains and countryside. I think it provides the best "both worlds" living in Argentina. You get the mountains, rivers, forests, and rugged/rural living but are also in close enough proximity to a major city for all the benefits that brings. Your 7k a month will be more than enough, in fact you will be able to save a bunch each month.

Who do they blame for the mess the economy continues to be in, even worsening over the last two years? Are they still levelling this at Macri like Argentina's economic problems began the moment he took office? Pandemic perhaps? Surely they don't blame themselves.

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All a bit false today. No one is changing cash today here. And the US market is on holiday.

Should be a lot clearer when Argie bonds and shares are traded tomorrow in NYC

You think it will balance out a little lower than today, or are you saying it will continue to go higher? I am sitting on some dollars I want to change and am waiting for a good time to pull the trigger.

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No, the registrations costs are not included in the purchasing price. When buying a used car, the title ownership transfer should be paid by the purchaser, anyway. No idea about the amount of title transfer vs. new registration.

It is kind of hard to find almost-new used cars since the local market it is what it is... high demand, low supply, and in general a slower economy. People don't buy cars on the spurs of the moment since ordering, paperwork and sorting the payment is not very swiftly.

A friend bought a new WV car by bank transfer. He did the transfer to the dealership, and the bank blocked it until he could prove the source of the funds. They asked him THREE YEARS of pay slips. he had no issue in providing those, since he is a public servant. But this just proves how it is damn hard to spend money in an economy that claims to be starving for fresh cash.

Madness, I am freelance and while I can provide three years of income proof, they are hardly payslips. My bank declines my debit card every time I want to make a purchase of around 50,000 or more, which is about 210 dollars so hardly a massive amount. I end up having to call them. Jokers.

I have no idea what anybody is talking about, but the parties with free food/drinks sound fun. I like parties where everybody is cordial but seemingly secretly hates each other.

Edit to add, I read the article that started the post and as Splinter says, it is fascinating.

I almost wish they had let him (not really, but). Imagine him running around the breached Capitol pulling down curtains, pushing over chairs. A sitting president. I sometimes forget what a shitshow this guy brought to the White House. It is almost hilarious until you realize the all too real consequences.

I am going off second hand knowledge that I was told once several years ago, so I may be well off base. Used cars - as in almost brand new but used - are more conveient and cost-effective because once you get a new car the registration costs are high. Not sure if true or if such costs are included in the kind of plans Serafina is discussing.

I haven't been following this. Did he want to go there to participate, break some windows, or to try and clam the situation?

I never understood the system here for financing cars. I remember in the UK going into the dealer, getting finance and driving off the lot with the car.

The installments circle for cars here never was appealing in the slightest, simply because you don't get the vehicle. How does it work if you buy model X and it is to be delivered in 3-5 years, but in that time the manufacturer discontines the model or updates it? Do you get the replacement model or simply what is by now an old car?

I understand why you went for this though serafina, they sold you a deal that looks amazing, a classic scam actually. You just don't expect such things from a major car company. Unfortunately, finding proper bargains or good deals in Argentina is not easy.