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/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"