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re: Well... Well.... Well.. Look who comes crawling back. It's Zimbabwe.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:46 pm to GetCocky11
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:46 pm to GetCocky11
quote:I didn't realize they are trying to switch back to their own currency. When I was there in 2019 we paid for everything in USD. Official Visas, airplane tickets, housing, etc. It blew my mind when the local workers told me their monthly salary was around $8 USD.
Poor farmers don't realize that it'll be billions of Zimbabwean dollars...or about USD $3.50.
On a separate note, people in the US who think we have a poverty issue should go check out Zimbabwe.
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:47 pm to THRILLHO
China would.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:48 pm to Mike the Tiger 1999
Not sure what you are trying to say, but Bob Marley was 50% white, an unfortunate fact.
All this BS will be here before you realize it.
Oh wait.
All this BS will be here before you realize it.
Oh wait.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:51 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Why were you there?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:52 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Are they just unable to leave?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:53 pm to WinnPtiger
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absolutely. same way I’d opt out here if there isn’t a strong enough coalition to push buck on the bullshite we’re dealing with right now. I’m a quarter Scandinavian. I’ll deal with their politics as long as a politically significant portion of the population isn’t hell bent on the modern equivalent of ethnic genocide
That is only funny because the only genocides all happened well after British rule.
Unless you forgot
Rwanda Civil War
Kenyan Crisis and related
Sudan Civil Wars
I am getting bored
Sierra Leone
Ivory Coast
Somalia
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Any one else want to chime in with territories that only had genocides after leaving the UK
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:54 pm to OldmanBeasley
The only people who have been allowed to have Hitler mustaches since 1945 are Mugabe and Michael Jordan
Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:57 pm to YF12
i’m not sure what your point is but right on. Africans love killing each other
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:00 pm to PrattvilleTiger
quote:Vacation. We stayed at a safari lodge and took a day trip to Victoria falls. It was part of a larger trip that also included Zambia and South Africa.
Why were you there?
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:04 pm to WinnPtiger
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i’m not sure what your point is but right on. Africans love killing each other
Some dude claims he fights against ethnic genocide
And he has not a fricking clue about hundreds of millions people killed in ethnic genocide in Africa
In other worlds that guy is a fricking retard
Still thinks white people are running in mud streets with machetes raping and killing girls in South Sudan
They are Biden voters
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:05 pm to YF12
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Some dude claim he fights against ethnic genocide
And he has not a fricking clue of hundreds of millions people killed in ethnic genocide in Africa
In other worlds that guy is a fricking retard
Still thinks white people are running in mud streets with machetes raping and killing girls in South Sudan
They are Biden voters
I think you need to take a deep breath and re-read our exchange
or maybe I need too. idk. but your angst is misdirected if it’s at me
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 11:07 pm
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:13 pm to Mootsman
Coming to a South Africa near you!
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:18 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
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It blew my mind when the local workers told me their monthly salary was around $8 USD.
Wow. I would be compelled to give him a few hundred bucks just for the frick of it. Could you imagine just having a conversation with somebody and they say “here ya go, here’s 4 years salary. Take care of your family and then...hookers & blow”
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:41 pm to Mootsman
Don’t they carry there currency in wheelbarrows because it’s so worthless? Is that still happening?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:54 pm to YF12
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quote:
I wonder if South Africa is paying attention here?
Who would have ever guessed that in 2020 Algeria with a 99% muslim population would have the highest HDI score in the African continent.
And every single one of the old UK territories would have completely fricked up everything since independence.
Magical really.
As a quick aside, I've never been to Algeria, but I have spent time in North Africa. A lot of it is pretty damn cool and quite nice. Morocco, Tunisia, et al (and I would imagine Algeria) are as Mediterranean as they are Arab and certainly are culturally, politically, and economically oriented more towards the Med than they are Africa.
I will also take this opportunity to plug When A Crocodile Eats the Sun again. Amazing book.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 12:56 am
Posted on 7/29/20 at 11:56 pm to Schmelly
quote:We tipped everyone at the lodge (8 workers total) 50 bucks each for our 3 night stay and their reaction was something I'll never forget. I'm not exaggerating when I tell you to three of them had tears of joy, and the other five were smiling bigger than I thought was humanly possible.
Wow. I would be compelled to give him a few hundred bucks just for the frick of it.
It was when our driver was bringing us back to the airport that he told us about the average $8 a month salary, and that we had just covered those workers expenses for the next four months.
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 11:58 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 12:03 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
quote:
We tipped everyone at the lodge (8 workers total) 50 bucks each for our 3 night stay and their reaction was something I'll never forget. I'm not exaggerating when I tell you to three of them had tears of joy, and the other five were smiling bigger than I thought was humanly possible.
It was when our driver was bringing us back to the airport that he told us about the average $8 a month salary, and that we had just covered those workers expenses for the next four months.
That’s awesome
Posted on 7/30/20 at 12:09 am to PrattvilleTiger
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Do white people still live there or did they all get out?
A few. Sat next to a 90yo white lady with a Zimbabwean passport on a flight from Victoria Falls to Johanasburg. By far the most interesting seat mate I’ve ever had.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 12:11 am to AbuTheMonkey
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I will also take this opportunity to plus When A Crocodile Eats the Sun again. Amazing book
Another good book by the same author
Posted on 7/30/20 at 12:21 am to Schmelly
My other big take away from being there was the line of cars at gas stations.
At the time(and they still may be, not sure) Zimbabwe was have severe gasoline shortages. Apparently the fuel truck was schedule to come once a week and fill up the town gas station. However because of the shortages that didn't always happen. So people would drive their vehicle to the gas station, park it in line, and walk away. You would see a line of vehicles parked starting at the gas station and going down the side of the road. Our driver told us that that line was started a week and a half ago, and that they didn't think the truck was going to make it this week. It made our gas runs for hurricanes look like child's play.
At the time(and they still may be, not sure) Zimbabwe was have severe gasoline shortages. Apparently the fuel truck was schedule to come once a week and fill up the town gas station. However because of the shortages that didn't always happen. So people would drive their vehicle to the gas station, park it in line, and walk away. You would see a line of vehicles parked starting at the gas station and going down the side of the road. Our driver told us that that line was started a week and a half ago, and that they didn't think the truck was going to make it this week. It made our gas runs for hurricanes look like child's play.
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