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When is the next "look at how we are doing compared to everyone else" show from Tio Alberto?

For now the Euro Peso exchange lets me work far less and concentrate on studying other skills.

If not at retirement age a salary that is not in pesos is necessary, I couldn't imagine having to work 9 to 5 in an office 5 days a week for the pesos on offer. If earning USD (or EUR, GBP etc) life becomes a different story in Buenos Aires.

Difference between what the Argentine government tells us the peso is worth and what it is actually worth.

Haha, whenever someone doesn't understand my Spanish I console myself with the fact that no one even understands my English. (I'm fae Embra :) )

Not fluent yet but I'm using vos and pronouncing LL and y as "sh", but I'll keep my Scottish accent while doing so (I don't want to think what this sounds like...). My body has a full cringe convulsion when I hear Brazilians or Argentines try to sound American (dude!!! , bro!!! , ya wanna?!)...

Euro is now 161 pesos on Western Union for those of a EUR persuasion.

I try to refrain from armchair quarterbacking especially with this pandemic so I don't want to comment on whether the strategy was good or bad here, but it was always a mystery to me as to why Fernandez had to do his bi weekly "look at how bad everywhere else is performing compared to us" song...

Either way I never expected to get such a rush from checking the Western Union EUR-ARG rate...

Here in Buenos Aires, met my girlfriend here after arriving in March, here for the long run it seems..

I'm studying Portuguese, Spanish and web development which I hope to turn into a career freelancing.

I haven't noticed any shortages on my weekly trips to Coto yet but then as a single guy in his early 30s my shopping trips aren't exactly varied. Good information to have though, my Argentine friends were warning me of what could be in store in the near future, what a time to be alive..

I'm eternally grateful to know it's not just me..

I was planning to stay a while in South America at least (I'm teaching English online while travelling), but with the situation as it is I'm going to stay in BA for foreseeable future to wait things out.

Another vote for AirBnb, I arrived in March and originally reserved the apartment I am in for 3 months and then extended beyond that for the rest of the year with an agreement outside of AirBnB with the owner.

When I went to pick up cash they just took a look at the passport number and name, they didn't check the other pages.

At the beginning of the quarantine I joked with friends that the way the situation is going here I'd probably end up qualifying for an Argentine passport before they end quarantine, no one's laughing now....

As someone who is teaching English online while studying programming I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad with the fact I can pull in more than a programmer with an informal online gig teaching English. Thanks for the info!

Just a suggestion but if the exchange rate continues to be at or around where it is at the moment it might make more sense to teach English online rather than in person while you are here, online roles are typically paid in USD meaning you can live quite comfortably without having to put pedal...

I carried out a few transfers on the Western Union site using my French bank card and picked up here in cash, I just had to answer a few questions about my ocupation and reason for transfer, along with uploading a photo of my passport. When you go to pick it up they just ask for your passport...