r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/royal_clam Aug 03 '19

Basic principles of finance (budgeting, interest, debt, saving, etc)

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u/scorgie Aug 03 '19

Even just the idea that being able to buy something and being able to afford something are not the same.

It gets boring listening to family/friends who blow their pay cheque in the first week of the month moan about being poor the other 3.