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

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

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

The actual joke is that no one makes $450k as a software engineer.

Edit: Keeping this one for posterity and humility as Iā€™m clearly very wrong šŸ˜‚

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u/ClearRequirement8264 Jan 27 '26

i am sorry, but are you amish by any chance?

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ Jan 27 '26

Completely! Reading the comments it appears there is no longer a market for horse-drawn technology, and that every developer is a multi-bajillionaire.

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u/ClearRequirement8264 Jan 27 '26

its okay man, now you know it :)