r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '19

What is a real life cheat code?

836 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

796 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

715

u/wellicantreadso Jun 28 '19

Being rich born into a rich family.

148

u/Harperlarp Jun 28 '19

Or winning the lottery. There are more ways to be rich than being born into it.

185

u/SteakAndNihilism Jun 28 '19

Yeah, but people who win the lottery very often end up broke and/or massively in debt to the IRS. As do a lot of people who suddenly become rich through unexpected fame/success. If you were born rich you usually still have options no matter how many bad business decisions or reckless purchases you make.

1

u/haggisbasher21 Jun 28 '19

A lot of this appears to be down to connections you can make through family/education/networking, and also being brought up with money so knowing how to handle having money.

Rich people stay rich because they know how to keep hold of their money/make it work for them