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For example, spilling coffee on your new shirt is worth 5 FO\u2019s, while your mother catching you in bed with a boyfriend would be closer to 50,000 FO\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itstartsatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/06\/freaking-out.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Getting stuck in traffic\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; <b>10 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Getting stuck in traffic, in Achrafieh, at 5pm\u2026\u2026..\u2026\u2026\u2026 <b>50 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Having no president\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 <b>2 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Trying to get a visa with a Lebanese passport\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230; <b>567,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out how much a shitty apartment in Beirut costs. <b>70,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Trying to get an official document from a ministry\u2026\u2026\u2026. <b>40,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Trying to get an official document without wasta\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;.<b>400,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Having the electricity go off\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. <b>20 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Having the electricity go off while you\u2019re <br \/>  in the hospital on a ventilator\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<b>600 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Watching elected representatives throw chairs <br \/>  at each other on live TV\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<b>4 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out how much those very same <br \/>  representatives make per month\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<b>4,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Hearing that Lebanon has petrol\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;..<b>0 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Hearing that our officials have already <br \/>  made sure they get all the petrol $&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<b>1,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out that you\u2019ve been eating <br \/>  shit-tainted food for 20 years\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<b> 6,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Getting the electricity bill but no electricity\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<b> 60,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out what people abroad pay for internet\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<b> 600 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Trying to find a job as a fresh graduate\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<b> 5,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out what a fresh graduate gets paid\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<b> 500,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meeting your dream girl\/guy\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<b> 0 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out they\u2019re a different sect\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<b> 4,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finding out they\u2019re actually a distant cousin\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<b> 40,000 FO\u2019s<\/b><br \/>  <\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>Everything has a physical price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-42266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[102],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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