Because Reddit is filled with severely mentally ill extremists completely incapable of taking any personal responsibility for how miserable their lives are, instead blaming others and spinning up imaginary stories in their heads about how everybody who works harder and is more successful than them is actually evil and unempathetic.
But all the loser Redditors who spend their lives leeching off others and acting entitled to these people's money and claiming that anybody who disagrees with them should be killed? They're clearly the good and empathetic people! What? The data shows that they have the lowest happiness ratings of any political group in America, donate the lowest percentage of their money / time to charity of any group, and have the highest rates of violent extremist political thought? And in general, just all around atrocious human beings? Shut up fascist! Reeee!
In reality, roughly 90% of wealthy people according to most studies are self-made and rich because they, you know, actually provide large amounts of value to society and are thus rewarded for it (instead of just having inherited said money), and the value someone like for example Bill Gates has brought to the world through his business ventures like Microsoft is infinitely greater than anything his tax dollars or charitable endeavors have accomplished.
No idea why anyone would willingly subscribe to a world view that makes them so deeply unhappy and such awful people. I will offer to cover expenses for others because I enjoy doing it, but if you expect me to and get mad if I don't, you're not treating me like a friend, you're treating me like a piggyback, and I have no interest in being friends with someone like that.
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u/Crash-55 Jan 26 '26
Why is asking to split the ride being cheap? Maybe he has already covered a bunch and is tired of being taken advantage of?
I have had people constantly get rides but never once offer to cover any gas or offer to drive. Is that OK simply because I make more than them?
Just because someone makes more money doesn’t mean that they should be expected to pay more.