One of the most sobering reminders about the importance of social media is just how many of the 0.001% are desperate to have a say over it. While Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter may be the most high-profile and humiliating example of recent years, there are a number of very wealthy people who …
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Couple making $400K a year pays $6K in rent and spends more money than they make every month: ‘My wife makes $220K and refuses to keep a budget’
Having a six-figure income doesn’t mean you’re rich. Many high earners should be wealthy, but are actually poorer than those who earn less money. They think that because they have a seemingly endless stream of cash flowing into their bank account, they don’t need to budget and ensure they’re saving as much as possible. They …
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Parents discuss why rich parents spend thousands of dollars annually on their children’s sports teams: ‘If you’re wealthy then $20K is a small price to pay’
If you didn’t grow up doing expensive travel sports, you probably underestimate how much it sets families back. The average extracurricular activity is a couple of hundred dollars a semester. Sure, spending $300 so your kid can play a puppy in 101 Dalmatians The Musical might sound like an exorbitant price to some families, but …
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22-year-old hides his million-dollar inheritance from girlfriend and roommate, says he only makes $53k a year: ‘I do not want them to get suspicious’
Money isn’t everything… But it also is. Especially when you’re young. When you’re just starting out in your early 20s you’re probably bonded with your friends over the fact that you’re not making that much money. You are in it together when it comes to making meals at home. You don’t expect each other to …
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20 Rich People Memes That Consider How the 1% Lives
How much money does somebody have to have to be a card-carrying member of the rich? You could receive a million different answers to this question depending on who you ask and where they currently sit on the socioeconomic ladder. For some people, the mere fact that somebody has indoor plumbing probably singles them out …
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26 Memes for Broke People with Expensive Taste
Why is everything so expensive? It’s a tale as old as time, but seriously, I’m just trying to grab a little sweet treat (multiple times a week), and it’s really adding up. We’re all in the seasonal blues, just looking for that small dopamine boost, only for our bank accounts to shut it down immediately. …
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Teacher calls her 41-year-old retired husband a loser because he spends all day playing video games: ‘I make $125k/yr in income off my liquid assets. I just want to chill after working a stressful job for 15 years’
Most of us can expect to work nearly every day for at least 8 hours a day until we’re 65; for some, it’ll be even longer. There is a way out of this ratrace, but it doesn’t come easy. There’s a whole community of people who work extremely hard and make a ton of money …
Seguir leyendo Teacher calls her 41-year-old retired husband a loser because he spends all day playing video games: ‘I make $125k/yr in income off my liquid assets. I just want to chill after working a stressful job for 15 years’
Childless aunt refuses to pay for her 18-year-old niece’s college after she joked about having tons of money and no responsibilities: ‘ She rolled her eyes and said it was just a joke, and I needed to lighten up’
So many women get disrespected because they don’t follow the trajectory of getting married and having kids that everybody is expected to follow. It’s not always obviously misogynistic rhetoric like, «Your eggs are rotting inside of you, and your sole biological function will never be realized, rendering your existence in this world pointless.» If you’re …
Seguir leyendo Childless aunt refuses to pay for her 18-year-old niece’s college after she joked about having tons of money and no responsibilities: ‘ She rolled her eyes and said it was just a joke, and I needed to lighten up’
Pregnant stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old with a housekeeper and nanny tells her CFO husband making 7 figures annually that she feels like a single mom: ‘I know he works hard, but it feels like he is completely absent from our lives’
Everyone has a God-given right to complain about their lives. One of the best plays of all time is about a whiny, rich, 30-year-old unemployed prince whose mother married his uncle, the very Uncle who was responsible for his father’s demise. Some might say that Hamlet is a spoiled brat, but you’d have to have …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old with a housekeeper and nanny tells her CFO husband making 7 figures annually that she feels like a single mom: ‘I know he works hard, but it feels like he is completely absent from our lives’
Millennials lament the phenomenon of rich Boomer parents refusing to help their struggling kids: ‘I would give my last dollar to my son to make sure he was more comfortable’
It is no secret that a lot of millennials and Gen Z have thus far struggled to reach the levels of social mobility and financial security that were enjoyed by many in the generations that came before them. It’s long been accepted that the privileged few who do escape this downward trend usually have ample …
Seguir leyendo Millennials lament the phenomenon of rich Boomer parents refusing to help their struggling kids: ‘I would give my last dollar to my son to make sure he was more comfortable’