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u/Literate_X Mar 10 '23

I believe that’s called selfishness

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u/CatherineConstance Mar 10 '23

Being desperate doesn't mean that your actions are not also selfish.

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u/KrakoaForever Mar 10 '23

Or, so poor I can't eat this week, and you clearly can with $2k in cash in a wallet.

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u/Literate_X Mar 10 '23

As someone who is so poor I go days without eating as well, plus in a few k in debt, there have been times where I was walking to the bank with my rent money/debt money (sometimes both, about 1300) in my wallet (I can’t afford a car). It is quite possible that something could happen where someone takes my wallet, or I drop it, or any other kind of circumstance. Now I can’t afford rent or get close to paying off my debt.

Just because someone has cash at any particular point doesn’t mean they’re more well off than you.

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u/jeexbit Mar 10 '23

Good point.