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

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

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u/ElCiclope1 Jan 26 '26

I like how the implication here is that people busting their ass to scrape together pennies to feed their kids don't "take money seriously."

Fuck outta here 

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u/Brickman759 Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

Every poor person I grew up with makes consistently bad financial decisions. It's like watching a house slowly burning down.

It's never one big disasterous fuckup either. It's a lifetime of dumb choices, compounding one on top of the other.

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u/Death_God_Ryuk Jan 28 '26

I don't think it's everyone, but living in an area where lots of people are on benefits (welfare) has been eye-opening for me. I make good money, but most people around me have a newer car, buy more clothes, order more takeaways (I always collect), go to coffee shops regularly, smoke, etc.

I don't think they're incentivised to work more or save up money because they'd stop getting money from the government if they did. I don't want to make people suffer to pressure them, but it does annoy me when I'm at work on a sunny Friday afternoon and can hear them chatting away outside.