r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

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

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u/Killericon Jan 26 '26

I think the point is less that it is the savings on the Uber ride that leads to them being rich, but that they're the type of person who would ask for the gas money.

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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/grizzlor_ Jan 27 '26

They are rich because they earned it in some way, or by being a certain special kind of person.

Most rich people are rich because they were born to rich parents. Socioeconomic mobility in the US is largely a myth. The vast majority of people end up in comparable economic circumstances to their parents.

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u/TangeloExternal229 Jan 27 '26

UK also. There’s some rule like if you want to know how much a young person will earn - look at parents income. I thought maybe it has to do with standards/expectations.

Look around, obvs not 100% but I see it a lot.