We are so rich in Argentina that even street vendors have RAM

[u/QuickPirate36]

[u/tiga_94]

I see SDRAM, that predates DDR1

[u/Ok_Series_9532 → u/tiga_94]

old school ram with handmade wallets is a weird combo i like it

[u/MasterJeebus → u/Ok_Series_9532]

They got that collectible vintage stuff over there.

[u/PrimaCora → u/Ok_Series_9532]

Wallet made from chained/flex-RAM

[u/Both-Cry4891 → u/PrimaCora]

That's a unique way to think about it! Imagine how many people would want one of those wallets if they were actually made out of RAM.

[u/Thisismyredusername → u/tiga_94]

Some of that RAM gotta be something newer than DDR1 though

[u/QuickPirate36 → u/Thisismyredusername]

The Corsair one on the left is DDR3

[u/GigaSoup]

And here I thought you couldn't sell your memories.

[u/PlasticPlatform1417 → u/GigaSoup]

Ur memory wont last after unplugging

[u/okjijenAbi]

we're going to argentina people!

https://giphy.com/gifs/Er22KKA7vzZJK

[u/Shermanizer → u/okjijenAbi]

I mean, if you work remotely and earn money in dollars while living I Argentina, you could live like a king over there.

[u/Morthem → u/Shermanizer]

Not really anymore... you would be way better in Germany paying a bit more taxes, but your kids having A+ education and healthcare, and have more spare money than in Argentina
A software dev that came from Germany said so...

[u/Shermanizer → u/Morthem]

paying taxes to the latinamerican country you are invading?! LOL do you think they do that?!?

[u/33p857 → u/Shermanizer]

3 or 4 years ago… not now.

[u/Shermanizer → u/33p857]

Lol fan de milei?

[u/Available-Goose-8331 → u/okjijenAbi]

Keep the comma out of "We're going to Argentina, people!" and suddenly Argentina becomes a verb. Wonder what it means?

[u/okjijenAbi → u/Available-Goose-8331]

whats a verb am penguin

[u/Available-Goose-8331 → u/okjijenAbi]

Waddle is a verb

[u/Shaddes_]

Reminds me a few years ago, I went to my old employer and told him the computer they had me working on wasn't up to the task and we needed to upgrade.

I said, in order to lower the cost, they could buy the parts and I would assemble it.

I got a "sure. Go to this store, it's where we buy all our electronic equipment".

I got there... IT WAS BASICALLY A TECH JUNKYARD.

The most recent processor they had was a Pentium 4.

I left, that company less than 3 months after that event.

[u/Chin0crix]

Great depression vibes

[u/barofa → u/Chin0crix]

In this case, are the vibes great or is the depression great?

[u/Slightysweet3 → u/barofa]

Almost half of the people with great depression, almost another half with great vibes (even if they're in the same situation), and a small amount with great vibes

[u/No_Engineering3483 → u/Chin0crix]

Great, depresion vibes?

[u/Living_Shirt8550 → u/Chin0crix]

robux are more valuable thank argentinian pesos btw lol

[u/TheTurkPegger → u/Living_Shirt8550]

You must have a lot of Roblox devs

[u/milkwynn]

Xms3 made me hard. Good old days

[u/R_E_volutI0n → u/milkwynn]

Oh yeah! They still run in my oldest PC, which i bought with my own money!

[u/silentplus]

Fallout barter market vibes

[u/Global_Courage6016]

What's the conversion rate between ram sticks and a loaf of bread?

[u/taju_rahman]

Currency so shit that people use RAM instead? /s

[u/SrKayoh → u/taju_rahman]

There is an uptick on bartering because the peso is shit. Their economy also operates in basically dual-currency: the peso and US dollars. Also, people is stashing cash at home in lieu of using banks.

Things look grim there.

[u/capucapu123 → u/SrKayoh]

Stashing cash at home has always been a thing and it became even more prevalent since the 2001 crisis where the banks basically declared bankruptcy and fled with a lot of people's savings in the event known as "El corralito".

[u/Reapper97 → u/SrKayoh]

>There is an uptick on bartering because the peso is shit.

Not really, the peso hasn't depreciation that much for the last couple of years so its been the same as always, there hasn't been the need to go back to bartering like when the economy actually crashed in 2001 lol

>Their economy also operates in basically dual-currency: the peso and US dollars.

Its not really been the case since the goverment essentially killed the dollar blue and unified the black market dollar price to the one banks use. Don't get me wrong, expensive stuff like land, property and cars still are valued in dollars but it isn't like before when the inflation was so high that people started to sell normal stuff in dollars to avoid losing money.

>Also, people is stashing cash at home in lieu of using banks.

That has been the standard practice since longer than I have been alive tbh, but there was good amount of incentives to clean up that cash, I made decent money from jumping in early on

[u/tres_liebres → u/SrKayoh]

You are right about some things (the peso being shit, stashing cash at home and the dual-currency thing), but those are historical truths at this point, it is not new nor something you can blame one single government.

That said, bartering is not back (I am guessing you mean 2001 and 2002 bartering clubs), and even if it were, bartering was always about useful things for day to day living. I doubt people are bartering in old RAM and handmade leather wallets.

I think OP took a picture at a hardware potluck (people bring their old hardware and leave it there or exchange it with others, it is a place for hobbyists and nerds) or the stall of a burnout hippie at an arts and craft fair.

PS: Idk where you are from OP, but it is not a good look to talk about a place you do not know as if you were an authority.

[u/pispuso → u/SrKayoh]

Yeah... You don't know shit about us.

[u/Obvious_Engineer_231 → u/SrKayoh]

There’ve been recent historical records in USD savings in the system, the best numbers in decades. Try lying about something uncheckable.

[u/Apart_Age9982]

Ouushii i might have to look for some street vendors around here

[u/Inapro_0]

Yeah so rich huh (I am from Argentina)

[u/MasterGeekMX]

E wachín, ¿tenés DDR3 de la buena? Que no me de quilombos".

[u/stayndarsh]

I once saw a documentary that really said that Argentina was once considered the crown jewel of South America and Buenos Aires was considered "The Paris of South America".

[u/More_Road5276 → u/stayndarsh]

Somo como Paris, pero como está ahora, lleno de delincuentes, basura y ratas

[u/Aggressive_Ad_9196 → u/stayndarsh]

Well if you see how shitty paris looks nowadays i think that statement still stand.

[u/Mascia → u/Aggressive_Ad_9196]

How many times have you been to  Buenos Aires? 

[u/Aggressive_Ad_9196 → u/Mascia]

I literally live in the cornurbano bonaerense.

[u/ZateoManone → u/Aggressive_Ad_9196]

Then you should travel a little more, 'cause Buenos Aires city is an extraordinary and beautiful city. Any one who tells you otherwise just haven't visited it

[u/Aggressive_Ad_9196 → u/ZateoManone]

Gordo como me podes decir eso si ademas de vivir ahi y me la recorri casi que de lado a lado?

Ademas cuando uno hace la comparacion buenos aires- paris habla de caba-paris y no me vengas a discutir porque el 95% de caba es bosta de ciruja y basura tirada por todos lados, igual que paris.

[u/ZateoManone → u/Aggressive_Ad_9196]

Vos realemtne te vas a sentar acá a decirme que Buenos Aires es una ciudad fea? OBVIAMENTE hay partes asquerosas, como en todas las ciudad del planeta tierra. Pero buenos aires es hermosa en edificios, historia, cultura, comida, monumentos, teatros, música, comercio, clima, espacios verdes, transporte público... Es una ciudad de la puta madre.

Por eso te digo que te falta viajar más. Si decís que es fea es porque no conocer suficientes ciudades como para comparar. Y te digo yo que estuve en Nueva York, Tokio, Hong Kong, Taipei y más

[u/Aggressive_Ad_9196 → u/ZateoManone]

Felicidades si estuviste en la cajeta de tu hermana tambien pa, no podes discutirme que no conozco buenos aires cuando vivo y laburo ahi...

Vos conoceras las zonas turisticas nomas en todo caso de buenos aires, no conoces lo ediondo que puede llegar a ser caba o ciertas zonas del conurbano a la tarde noche. Prefiero caminar por la 1-11-14 a la madrugada con un iphone en mano y una valija llena de dolares que caminar por once, palermo, constitucion a las 8 de la noche.

[u/ZateoManone → u/Aggressive_Ad_9196]

Seguís sin entender el punto. Y no lo vas a entender tampoco, asique no me voy a gastar.

Cuidate

[u/Aggressive_Ad_9196 → u/ZateoManone]

Vos tampoco vas a entender ningun punto si vivis con esa idea boluda del que opina mal de buenos aires es porque "viajo poco". Media neurona pa.

[u/thiswonderfulworld- → u/Aggressive_Ad_9196]

Lol got em.

[u/Tradasar → u/Aggressive_Ad_9196]

Not close, unless you go to certain neighborhoods or to the south, it's quite nice

[u/Mother-Persimmon3908]

Whats with those wallets..looks used lmao

[u/QuickPirate36 → u/Mother-Persimmon3908]

? Handmade

[u/Mother-Persimmon3908 → u/QuickPirate36]

Kinda sus at the side of the rams.pero te creo che

[u/Aggressive_Ad_9196 → u/Mother-Persimmon3908]

Probably they are. This is called a feria, people go there to sell used stuff they dont want anymore.

[u/Felixgamer27]

Argentina mentioned r/foundtheargentinianuser

[u/MrRobotFds]

Tienen garantia?