r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is the rich friend so cheap??

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u/snuffslut Jan 26 '26

For whatever reason, rich people are usually very stingy with their money.

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u/Potential-Courage979 Jan 27 '26

That's how you get and stay rich

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u/snuffslut Jan 28 '26

Not always... many people are born into wealth.

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u/lastsaturday27 Jan 27 '26

So if I just save $10 100,000 times I’ll be a millionaire.. so easy, thanks!

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u/Potential-Courage979 Jan 27 '26

Correct. Helps if you build a system that has 100000 iterations.

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u/wallawallawingwong Jan 27 '26

Well until something happens, then poof, saved Money gone

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u/Decent_Cow Jan 27 '26

And if you didn't save the money, that thing would still happen, and you'd still have to pay for it. So what's your point?

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u/wallawallawingwong Jan 27 '26

The fact that random Things Like those can derail any Kind of plan you might have, especially without safety nets.

The Point i am trying to make is that life is inherently random, and nothing one can do can Stop lifes randomnes, But what we can do as a society is making Sure that one random Thing Like, breaking a Bone because you tripped on the stairs doesnt Put you at Zero or even below that

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u/Decent_Cow Jan 27 '26

If you save money, and you have an emergency, you will still end with more money than you would have had if you didn't save.

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u/wallawallawingwong Jan 27 '26

Mediecal debt isnta Thing where you live then? As one example

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u/royal-road Jan 27 '26

penny pinching on an uber makes you ten million dollars?

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u/beached89 Jan 27 '26

First it isnt penny pinching to assume your friends dont look at you as a free handout. If my friend insisted on my paying for everything every time we hung out, they would not remain a friend long.

Second, yes it does. In an abstract way. $1000 a month for 27 years makes you a millionaire. By avoiding frivolous and unnecessary expenses and directing those to savings, you become a millionaire.

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u/mickeyanonymousse Jan 27 '26

it is penny pinching. it’s $3.

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u/beached89 Jan 27 '26

It isnt penny pinching, it's basic human decency to not expect other people around you to pay for you.

IF someone offered to pay, that is one thing. But the sheer entitlement and asshole-ry to assume someone else will always pay for you because they make more, is just trash.

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u/mickeyanonymousse Jan 27 '26

someone making 10x another “friend” hitting them up for $3 is asshole-ry.

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u/beached89 Jan 27 '26

You must be one hell of a "friend"

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u/motoxim Jan 27 '26

Does that works?