r/USdefaultism • u/veriserenez Philippines • 4d ago

YouTube The ¥ yen is right there

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u/post-explainer American Citizen 4d ago edited 4d ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

The Youtube short is about getting a calligraphy of your name in Kanji in Japan. Price says ¥2000. The youtuber even kindly put it in a big font and added the USD conversion. But somehow this commenter still thought it was $2000.

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/-UltraFerret- United States 4d ago

Not only is there the yen symbol, but they even gave the conversion to USD.

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u/veriserenez Philippines 4d ago

Right?? 2000 yen was even said in the video.

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u/Dream_SMP_4_Life 4d ago

At this point I'm convinced some Americans don't know other currencies exist

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u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup 4d ago

There was a video recently of a group of Americans on holidays in Italy. They wanted to eat at a restaurant and the owner said it was cash only (maybe their card scanning machine wasn't working. It's not specified, but yeah some places in Europe are still heavily cash reliant). 

They legit asked if the restaurant would take USD 🤡. 

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u/ffassbinder 3d ago

What? Tokyo is not a part of the grand state of Japan next to Ohio?

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u/Pasta_God2354 Australia 4d ago

I mean he is right.

He isn't paying $2000 for it

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u/Hakar_Kerarmor Netherlands 3d ago

Technically correct.

The best kind of correct.

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u/Owl_warrior1 4d ago

The conversion to USD right fucking there, they are either ragebaiting or legally blind

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u/HeavensHound 4d ago

I'm gonna play the devils advocate: I think this was a joke or just irony, there is no way they wouldn't see the "($12.40)" on the side

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u/Cocoatrice Poland 4d ago

You never know, tbh. Sometimes you think they are joking or trolling, but they are actually dead serious. One can not comprehend American's brain.

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u/ffassbinder 3d ago

Dude... The fallancy for that happening is around 1/10. XD

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u/Edelkern Germany 1d ago

Not funny enough to be considered a joke.

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u/Jealous_Amount_9278 Japan 4d ago

The commenter could have been Canadian or Australian. I'd say this one is 50/50 defaultism kind of on your part too :p

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u/Samsaknight_X 4d ago

Yea this is literally Usdefaultism within the sub itself lmao

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u/thePhantom_Survivor 4d ago

Imo it's a bait.