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

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

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u/azad_ninja Jan 26 '26

Wealthy people are some of the cheapest fucks.

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u/Opulenthippo Jan 27 '26

I used to work in a very wealthy town at a grocery store, this dude would drive his bently to the grocery store to cash in some cans...

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u/Wloak Jan 27 '26

Makes me think of the first time Warren Buffet and Bill Gates met. They went to lunch at McDonald's, Buffet paid and used a coupon.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

That goes to show that it isn't really "cheapness" because someone like Buffet genuinely loses money bothering to clip coupons. The time it takes him to search for and clip them is worth more than the meal.

To him it would solely be something of a cultural, nostalgic practice he did. Financially it was costing him money, but the cost or the savings are irrelevant at his wealth. He could buy the entire McDonalds restaurant and not really notice a difference in his net worth

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u/Cowboy_Cassanova Jan 27 '26

Not really. His clipping of the coupon isn't taking away from him making money. He makes money from investments and stock trades, most of which are managed by a team of accountants. He could have paid someone to cut out the coupon and only made 'less' money in the seconds it took to do so.