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People On Things They Couldn’t Believe About America Until They Moved Here (thoughtcatalog.com)
14 points by arunitc on Nov 10, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Step 1: Find a popular quora thread

Step 2: Be a dick and cut and paste everyone's comments into your shitty blog post

Step 3: Profit!


At least he's not making me register for an account...


could a helpful indian hner please explain what EMI means? (Triya Bhattacharya, 3rd point)

also, one thing i didn't read that surprised me when i stayed in the us for some time (in new haven) - the strength of the correlation between wealth and skin colour.


EMI means credit. Credit cards paid via "Equal Monthly Installments." Financing with monthly payments towards a loan or product purchase. Consider that businesses like Best Buy and Victoria's Secret offer financing on their own store-specific credit cards.

The clue is in the context from the article:

  It’s like the people there live on EMIs. Cars, phones, 
  everything. And even the lower middle class can afford 
  this stuff. It’s like everyone has an iPhone.
Also, my personal favorite:

  Grinding. The dance form.
...honestly, I'm an American, and I can't believe that one either.


ah thanks. exactly the same happens here in chile. even at the supermarket, they ask if you want to pay in installments.


Got me too. Equated Monthly Installments [0]. Monthly payments on cars/phones/computers etc.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equated_Monthly_Installment




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