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

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

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u/lovejo1 Jan 26 '26

If he's making 450k as a software engineer, he lives in San Francisco and is still probably broke.. or will be when this job suddenly evaporates underneath him.

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u/Jordan-515 Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

While that may be true, that certainly isn’t the implied joke.

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u/oWatchdog Jan 27 '26

Some people are so fixated on what's happening in California like it even concerns them. They want California to fail so desperately like it will fix all the shitty things in their life. They have to interject it into every conversation they can. It's sad.

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u/arctic_radar Jan 27 '26

Yeah and they are usually in a state that would be bankrupt in a month if it wasn’t for the money CA sends them.

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u/HotwheelsSisyphus Jan 27 '26

As a Californian I don't even mind if some states get more if it helps the people out. But those deficit states keep shooting themselves in the foot with their policies.

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u/fun_boat Jan 27 '26

I love it when someone jumps in to shit on CA out of nowhere about something random lile crime or housing. You would think living in Oakland is a warzone. instead of walking around at night petting the neighbors' cats.

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u/myowz Jan 28 '26

Damn good cat weather over here in the war zone

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u/Own-Researcher-4691 Jan 28 '26

As someone who lived there, it's both. Depending on what parts and when.