[freddie_mercury]

There's some weird online effect where people assume everyone they talk to on the internet makes essentially the same exact amount of money they do.

I've noticed this most in a forum for a country I used to live in where foreigners would come in and post "What's an affordable hotel/restaurant/bar/travel experience".

Uh, I have no idea what "affordable" means to you!?

[walletdrainer]

Occasionally I read the local subreddit /r/monaco, and see posts like “how much should my weekly food budget be?” with no further information included.

In a place where “normal” genuinely ranges between a couple of euros at McDonald’s and 500+ euros a day in fancy restaurants (easily 1000+ if you drink wine) it always feels like a particularly outrageous question.

There are many places in the world where that’s not a very unreasonable question, but this certainly isn’t it.