Oh, parity indeed

[leahbobet]

I finally realized the upside of the dollar being worth $1.10 USD.

All those American friends and acquaintances who made that "oh, so it's five bucks here -- that's like a million bucks Canadian right?" joke? For years? The joke that was never damn well funny and in fact served to piss off every Canadian listening behind their gritted-teeth smiles?

Who's laughing now? *g*

(Your problem-solving hint: it is me.)

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[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

See, if you said that with a laugh at the end like "ha ha, the peso, not real money" then the Mexican internets will have taken note, and when this happens, the joke, it will be on you.

I really, really wish it were a joke, but it's not.

I am not too proud to say that the current situation really does scare the crap out of me. I'm not schooled enough in economics to figure out all of the long-term effects of a continued drop, but... I'm not imagining they can be good.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

They're not. It gets pretty bad pretty fast, actually.