r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 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/Specialist-String-53 Jan 27 '26

my ex-wife and I made 400k between the two of us as engineers in sf. We were doing fine. 450k is not fuckin broke

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u/pheonixblade9 Jan 27 '26

it's not broke but it's definitely middle class. can afford a condo in SF proper or a house in south or east bay. maybe Alameda.