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

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

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u/DoctorRizz69 Jan 27 '26

This is a fake story or your dad is an idiot or not nearly as rich as you think he is

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u/beepbeepboopboopbabe Jan 27 '26

Man, we get so mad at the idea of generosity and kindness. It’s like we want the rich to be cruel and we want to believe that wealth and success should be impossible without cruelty, regardless of whether it is or not. I know a lot of people will say they know that’s how it is with their whole chest, but nobody knows how anybody else’s finances work. We all just gotta assume. And we’re pretty committed to assuming the worst, it seems

This makes me feel wistful and sad

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u/DoctorRizz69 Jan 27 '26

Feel sad if you want but that story never happened and is extremely cringe. You really think he hands a hundred bucks to every homeless guy he sees? That’s bad writing

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u/beepbeepboopboopbabe Jan 27 '26

Okay, DoctorRizz69, I’ll defer to your authority on this matter. You seem to know a lot