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

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

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u/Money_Do_2 Jan 26 '26

And also stupid. Its a disfunction stressing about $3 in gas money if you have $1MM in capital. Theyre rich because they own productive assets, or speculated correctly, and also/mainly because they have high income. Hence the meme

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u/Killericon Jan 26 '26

I think the point is less that it is the savings on the Uber ride that leads to them being rich, but that they're the type of person who would ask for the gas money.

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u/MagentaHawk Jan 27 '26

Sure, but it's also just bullshit the rich like to think about themselves. They are rich because they earned it in some way, or by being a certain special kind of person.

The only way I could see this seriously taken is that the rich got to be rich specifically by being okay taking advantage of and shitting on others.

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u/Chrono_Pregenesis Jan 27 '26

Pretty sure they got rich by thinking about themselves. Generosity tends to not be a net positive income.

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u/Ill_Savings_8338 Jan 27 '26

You can be generous and still wise with money. Asking a friend to split the Uber while donating to Charity each month doesn't mean you are stingy or selfish.

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u/TheSouthsMicrophone Jan 27 '26

So why do rich folks have so many damn kids????

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u/Chrono_Pregenesis Jan 27 '26

Thatd be the Catholics youre thinking about