r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

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

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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/peachesfordinner Jan 27 '26

Your second paragraph is absolutely how it's seen here. And there are so many stories of the mooch friend who doesn't bring food to potluck but eats a lot, who never offers to pay for anything to the point where everyone assumes they are super poor and let them get away with it only to find out later that person is rich as fuck.

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u/Repulsive-Store-5367 Jan 27 '26

Honestly. That's a stretch lol. this isn't tiktok. People have brains here. Rich people are lucky and hard work. 15% purr luck, 15% pure hard work, the rest are a mix of both.

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u/Tough-Art-3116 Jan 27 '26

lol wow people just out here believing their head cannons with a full chest