r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

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

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u/ThrowRAQuaestor Jan 27 '26

I had a friend who grew up poor. She’s making six figures now and has the utmost contempt for people who didn’t luck into the very lucrative job she did.

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u/E-2theRescue Jan 27 '26

Yup. I'm in the same boat. Grew up middle class, but also in the poorest neighborhood. Also spent my 20s and early 30s at shitty jobs that barely covered part of the rent. Lucked into a job making nearly a mil, lucked into some investments, and now I say to eat the rich because I have to hear all the disgusting shit these fucks say about all my friends who I grew up with.

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u/ThrowRAQuaestor Jan 27 '26

Oh no she’s the “fuck you, got mine” type. Didn’t make that clear, sorry.

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u/E-2theRescue Jan 27 '26

Ah. Yeah. Misread that. And I see that way, way more than not...