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[–] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It says $4 million per hour. It's from one of those places that uses dots instead of commas.

But I do like to imagine someone in a really low CoL area like the Philippines wearing a tuxedo and laughing about how wealthy they are making $4/hr.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world -3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

There are only two countries that use a currency named dollar and the comma as the decimal separator: Ecuador and Suriname. Which of them seem likely to have originated this English-language meme with typical US hourly rates?

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

People in countries that use . instead of , still use $ without changing punctuation when referring to the dollar.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world -1 points 4 hours ago

You know that various countries have their own currencies? Why would they refer to the dollar instead?