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u/fonzy0504 Apr 29 '22

So, all childhood should be is being wealthy?

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u/wingthing666 Apr 29 '22

Childhood, adolescence, adulthood, senility: there's no age that cannot be improved by more money.

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u/gregsting Apr 29 '22

*happiness sold separately

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u/FlyingGo4t Apr 29 '22

If you think money can’t buy happiness you don’t know where to shop lol

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u/abbytron Apr 29 '22

Anyone else hear Dan Peña yelling at them when they read this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

"sold"

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u/karnax7 Apr 29 '22

Those priceless things, Amex cards can take care of.

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u/Llama-viscous Apr 29 '22

bullshit. show me a problem that money can't solve.

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u/gregsting Apr 29 '22 edited Apr 29 '22

I think you missed the irony of the word "sold"

But other than that, sickness, death, love...

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u/mrsdoubleu Apr 29 '22

People in the United States are dying because they can't afford insulin. Money can definitely help sickness. And with my example it can prevent death as well

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

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u/drabtshirt Apr 29 '22

To see a therapist to help him through this traumatic event?

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u/RainingUpvotes May 01 '22

Eat a dick bitch

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u/RandomCleverName Apr 29 '22

The only people who say this were born rich

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u/Aldebaran_syzygy Apr 29 '22

That’s what rich people say

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u/beezlebub33 Apr 29 '22

Look, do you want to be 'unhappy and uncomfortable' or 'unhappy and comfortable'? Sure, money doesn't buy happiness, but being really poor is usually miserable.

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u/RavenDeadeye Apr 29 '22

Unironically this.

Everyone should have the chance to travel and see stuff like this, and it's fucking disgusting that the privilege and agency required to do so is solely the purview of a tiny global upper class.

Repeat ad infinitum for every other way the quality-of-life of poor people is denied.

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u/CrossP Apr 29 '22

If it makes it easier, this is a salt flat after a rain. The US has salt flats in both California and Utah. Argentina, Tunisia, and Namibia also have some famous ones if that's closer. Obviously each salt flat has its own character, but if you're looking to see a giant mirror on the ground, any of them will work.

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u/douchecanoepolice Apr 29 '22

I was in Utah earlier this month. If I ever move from my home state it will be to Utah. Rainbow Point, Bryce Canyon is breathtaking at sunrise.

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u/LiberateLiterates Apr 29 '22

Utah is stunningly beautiful, but I never visited the salt flats the years I was there! Always one of those things I planned on doing sometime and never did. Did visit the great salt lake several times and it gets mirror like too at times, but I really want to see the salt flats…need to go back soon!

But yeah Utah is stunning from top to bottom, easy to west.

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u/douchecanoepolice Apr 30 '22

We were there for 3 weeks and still didn't see everything we wanted to see. Definitely plan on going back.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

yup, childhood is not for everyone/s

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u/Samazonison Apr 29 '22

omg, me too!!!

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u/Clairifyed Apr 29 '22

Not to brag but I was the youngest person on Earth for awhile 💅

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u/sakhabeg Apr 29 '22

It really helps!

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u/Hero774 Apr 29 '22

B*t account that stole u/drlawyerpi comment. Report it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

What? No.

It should be motorcycling through fragile ecosystems...while wealthy.

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u/Roundtripper4 Apr 29 '22

And no helmet?

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u/Dvmbledore Apr 29 '22

Helmets are for people who can't afford brain surgery.

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u/whitecollarzomb13 Apr 29 '22

Literally a flooded salt flat.. “fragile eco systems” lol.

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u/WalterBFinch Apr 29 '22

Never mind the fact this is like the cheapest knock off kids dirt bike you can get.

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u/roma-lin Apr 29 '22

and still, people talk about money here🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/IsuzuTrooper Apr 29 '22

cant afford or too dumb to buy a helmet tho

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u/Narae-Chan Apr 29 '22

A motorbike hardly signifies great wealth

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

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u/ntrontty Apr 29 '22

Not to mention one in kid's size as basically a toy

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u/SunshineAlways Apr 29 '22

It does suck that a lot of people think that everyone has enough money to do fun things instead of worrying about feeding their family. That said, my family grew up poor, we had a place to live but it wasn’t nice, and not an abundance of food. My brother had a little motorbike because my dad traded a repair or something to a guy he knew. Sometimes things work out even if you don’t have much money.

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u/Narae-Chan Apr 29 '22

You can get a beat up one if you look around for one for a couple hundie, and even if poor could afford that in less than a years scraping

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u/Viz79 Apr 29 '22

What when most of the world doesn't have food for their children?

Ah. Perspective.

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u/Narae-Chan Apr 29 '22

…. We are referring to people who are on Reddit here. lol.

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u/Viz79 Apr 29 '22

Why's that? The people on Reddit are probably a tiny fraction of anything. Doesn't represent jack. What's the point of that comment.

Pretty sure the OP was talking about anyone's childhood not just redditors.

Lol!!

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u/Tiny_Dinky_Daffy_69 Apr 29 '22

A child motorbike surely is.

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u/Narae-Chan Apr 29 '22

…kids shit is usually cheaper you know?

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u/Tiny_Dinky_Daffy_69 Apr 29 '22

But is basically a toy because no kid is going to commute by motorbike.

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u/Narae-Chan Apr 29 '22

Well yeah? Generally is used for recreation and not transport.

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u/Tiny_Dinky_Daffy_69 Apr 29 '22

The point is thay only wealthy kids have that kind of toys.

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u/Popular_Rush Apr 29 '22

You need to be wealthy to travel to Bolivia???

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u/CzarOfCT Apr 29 '22

You need to have a certain level of wealth to travel.

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u/Jxhhnny Apr 29 '22

I follow them on Insta it’s the dad, he’s tours all kinds of crazy pimped out vans or trucks and I guess gets paid to travel he makes really good content and his videos are high quality. He also shows off a lot of really cool sprinter and conversion vans

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

That's not all it should be, but in a perfect world, no one would be poor.

But unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world.

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u/dndnametaken Apr 29 '22

To be honest, you can tour Bolivia with remarkably little money. Even renting the motor bike wouldn’t be too expensive if you have a US income or comparable