In a place as chaotic as Lebanon, a lot of things do not shock us anymore ... until a foreigner comes to visit and starts pointing out how weird, jaw-dropping and illegal some of our daily essentials are.

We must admit though, living without them will really make life in Lebanon pretty impossible.

1. Cable TV subscription?

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For 20,000 lira ($13) a month you can connect as many televisions as you wish to one magical cable that brings you access to unlimited channels.

2. Our DVD collections ...

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"The unauthorized reproduction of distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal." Hmm ...

3. Who buys real university textbooks?

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University books that cost almost as much as your university tuition? No thanks. Let's hit up Malik's!

4. "Borrowing" internet ...

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Who has a month to wait for official Internet distributors to come for installation?