LtDan

Regardless where one lives in Europe (including countries where salaries are lower than those living in France or Germany for example: such as Hungary, Romania, Latvia or Serbia to name a few) yet they're confronted with 89,99€ at release considering EVERYONE in Europe as wealthy (further from the truth since there are nations in Europe where people aren't paid 8000€ a month, some are paid x10 less than that).

Regional pricing is indifferent in this case no matter as to their actual income, it's weird since they count countries where Euros aren't used (Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia) whilst people there aren't earning high salaries, like this: a Romanian earns 815€ a month but are treated no different: a 90€ game at launch (about 10% of their wage), for some reason they don't bother adjusting it based on a specific country.

I know that (US) Charles Schwab debit cards will be refused on Japanese steam or PS stores as their algorithm can tell the card is NOT from Japan since their system only recognizes cards that are issued from their own country. The same applies if a foreigner tries imputting a Charles Schwab card onto the Japanese app store (iOS) leading to rejections.

The same thing applies to both Revolut & Wise: as Japan PS store, Steam & App Store refuse cards that aren't matching the region (perhaps due to potential fraud). It doesn't matter if you have either, since PS store (JPN) for example won't accept it, since they only cater to cards that are issued from the same region the store front is set in.

As in, pretty much all sellers absolutely refuse to ship directly to Nigeria at their own discretion since eBay doesn't even list the country as a shipping destination (usually excluded countries are listed like: Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, etc). where the reasons are already given and obvious, but Nigeria is not cited amongst them, why is that?

I mean, democracy was conceptualized and began in what is now present day Greece back in Ancient times (when most nations were still ruled by monarchies) and the fact that the original nations who had democratic values are the UK or France (as they were real countries whom existed before the USA even became a country of its own).

For example, take the price of RE9: Requiem (Deluxe) in comparison to major currencies and notice that it costs LESS than from the Western world: (Why is that the case?)

Now take the exact same game in "Western" money, it costs even MORE :

Like, why is it so expensive? I would say the US one costs more as sales tax isn't accounted for (until checkout) on their store front while VAT is included on both UK & EU store fronts via steam.

The UK government is like: "submit ID first before you use iPhone", like WTF? As apparently, they are considering on making that the default way to unlock a cellphone whilst spying on you (like they already are) keeping tabs on what apps you're currently using, have downloaded or purchases made online.

Their Online Safety Act is stupid ever since it was enforced last year as that has done nothing except for making people bypass it entirely (like there's cases of game characters used to circumvent age verification & facial scans) so I'll assume the same will happen with this (fake ID's) just to unlock iPhones.

For example, whenever I watch an American movie with Japanese subtitles: the translation kind of sucks since there are words translated literally word by word making zero sense or lack of taking account of visual context from a scene. Depends on who translated the dialog, it could be that translators didn't watch the movie or understand the context in specific scenes.

I recall watching Clear & Present Danger (Harrison Ford) with JP sub, there was a piece of dialog where the commander of a special forces unit gave the orders on planting explosives in which he ordered them to "cook it" basically implying on detonating the trigger but the subtitles translated this as 料理しろ which is incorrect when you account the scene's context.

Whether you speak German, French, Spanish or etc. are the translated subtitles crap when it comes to movies where colloquialisms (slang), jokes (humor) or wordplay (puns) are thrown into the mix while listening to the original English dub? It's because subtitles only convey a message but can miss nuances from spoken dialog via the source language.

I know that Japanese allows this: there are words in reverse order where the placement of 2 kanji can be "flipped" within the same word while retaining a related definition, i.e. 栄光 (glory) & 光栄 (honor), more examples range from:

• 別離 (parting) & 離別 (separation)
• 関連 (connection) & 連関 (relation)
• 礼儀 (manners) & 儀礼 (ettiquette)
• 陸上 (landing) & 上陸 (ground)
• 発散 (emission) & 散発 (sporadic)
• 進行 (advance) & 行進 (parade)
• 議会 (assembly) & 会議 (meeting)
• 木材 (lumber) & 材木 (timber)
• 王国 (kingdom) & 国王 (monarch)
• 火花 (spark) & 花火 (fireworks)
• 明言 (statement) & 言明 (assertion)
• 論評 (criticism) & 評論 (critique)

You get the picture, but can you do the same thing with the English language for example? As well as other European languages in general?

It’s like if you imported all modern technology into the past: an iPhone alone would standout in the 50s for example. You have the device in hand but no service (cellphone towers are non existent during that era, nor is the internet & social media) so its functions remain basic (note taking, photos, voice memos) while pretty much all apps won’t function (no phone calls either).

You could record what happened back then via video but you’ll be too late when the internet’s infrastructure comes into fruition, so that “1950s lifestyle video” becomes old fast by the time you returned to the present day, but would you be believed if you said “this is shot in 1956” despite the resolution being in 4K in color or consider it mere fiction even though it is not.

I mean, as a European: have you visited the US and noticed that they don't even include tax within the price (meaning you'll pay more at checkout since that's where it only appears)? It's ridiculous, most countries include VAT within the price of their goods and services but. At least within the EU, VAT is included within the price making it final without any arithmetic.

What is it like being an alumni of a school that's underfunded or neglected? Even if the school is "good" (as in well funded or private), does the learning environment reflect that? Also, the dark side of American schools (shootings) dampens peace of mind for parents since at any given moment some gun wielding individual can storm in murdering those inside (students, teachers, custodians, etc.)

Let me empathize the question better: as in restaurants adding a surcharge imposed towards customers just because the logistics of bringing in the ingredients to cook dishes is being impacted (usually come in bulk from supply trucks) alongside the cost of fuel going up.

I know its the same thing for rideshare (as drivers need gas, so they charge passengers more on the app for this reason). In my country, they added a 5% surcharge for customers who dine in at restaurants and 10% for food deliveries, which is just ridiculous (but I get it).

I mean, my country has it's own oil reserves but whether they'll be used during this time remains unclear, and they're kind of seldom on exporting that towards the global market since for the most part, crude oil is imported from the Gulf states (like Oman or Kuwait).