Dang $36, sounds like I'm never visiting Switzerland. I recently had a monk friend living there who told me it was expensive. And Australia isn't that cheap itself.

I stopped going to my local when the $6.50 burger with the lot went to $9aud. That was for a generic aussie fish n chip shop burger - tomatoe, lettuce, onion, beetroot, egg and meat patty. White bun and tomato sauce.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Switzerland doesn't count, you also have 5x the salaries...

[–] BurningFurnace@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I guess that depends whether it is pro made in restaurant or in street fast food. In Croatia you can get them in center of Zagreb walking down the street for as little as 3e and decent ones. On the other side, even in smaller cities, they are around $20 if you order one in a restaurant and chef is making them.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While not ideal, a $24 dollar burger can be justified. I would be willing to pay $50 for the best burger of my life.

[+] dumblederp@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mostly false.

I understand that the best things in life cost more than I can reasonably afford because I have experienced beyond my means, I understand that Manhattan is not the same price as a small town with McDonald's serving the "best" burger, and I know my quality of life is better than most humans on Earth despite me making less than a poverty level in my home country.

You sound bitter because you lack perspective and gratitude in a position of privileged victimhood, unable to relate to having experienced what it is like to experience the pains of starvation with only water to abate, or barely avoid the elements killing you. If I had the $50 to spend on a burger that I knew would be a glorious, but brief, respite from my miserable existence, I wound spend it gladly because edging death really enhances value in ways you can't fathom from atop a high horse.