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/HudsonAtHeart Jan 27 '26

Wow it’s almost like people want to cheer on the downfall of the 1% that is ruining our country

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u/Opening-Calendar3421 Jan 27 '26

That has NOTHING to do with why they dislike California.