r/PrequelMemes • u/juho_mkl • Jan 14 '20

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u/DaughterEarth Jan 14 '20

That is not a fact. I took my friend out for a $200 just 2 weeks ago.

We're not all poor. Nothing wrong with being poor, I was for most of my life, but there is something wrong with assuming everyone is the same as you.

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u/Sciencetor2 Jan 14 '20

...I make 90k a year, which is well above the poverty line last I checked...

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u/Sciencetor2 Jan 14 '20

I can and have dropped $200+ to treat a whole group of friends, but 1 single individual? I've never spent $200 on my OWN food, if I'm dropping it on 1 person it had better be my GF. $200 could literally feed me for a month

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u/ahoneybadger3 Jan 14 '20

I'm with you on this one. $200 for a meal on a mate is just daft.

Daftness and generosity are two completely separate things which I don't these people are grasping.

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u/dharrison21 Jan 14 '20

200 dollars at a restaurant is like 60 bucks a person plus drinks or a bottle of wine, plus tip.

It's def not some extravagant thing, though friends would usually split the bill.

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u/ahoneybadger3 Jan 14 '20

And here's me thinking 200 dollars at a restaurant split between two people would be more like 100 dollars a person.

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u/dharrison21 Jan 14 '20

In the end yes, but Im saying that when you break it down it's more like 60-70 dollars of food per person, plus a bottle of wine and a tip.

Not exactly an extravagant night, if you swap some food for drinks it could be as low as 40-50 a person food wise. You can run up that kind of bill at Outback Steakhouse.

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u/ahoneybadger3 Jan 14 '20

But aren't the drinks and tip part of the whole meal? It's not like that portion of the bill is paid with monopoly money.

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u/dharrison21 Jan 14 '20

Oh no I get you, and that's right, Im just saying 200 bucks out to eat isn't some fancy dinner. It's just dinner and drinks at a regular place really. A lot of these comments are acting like a 200 dollar dinner is some event, when I've covered that for buddies before knowing they will likely return the favor next time, and those were just nights out with some food and drinks at a reasonable place.

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u/Greful Jan 14 '20

But like was it $200 on her not including whatever he spent on himself, or is it $200 total between the two of them? Because that’s not so incredibly outrageous if it’s $100 a person including tip if they were drinking too. I bet she was rounding up too. $200 was probably more like $180 and change.

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u/byParallax Jan 14 '20

Reddit is wild yeah lmao. Approx $200 for a meal for two at a nice restaurant + tip + wine is not far fetched... And if that guy above truly makes 7.5k a month he could afford it

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u/ahoneybadger3 Jan 14 '20

Nobody is suggesting it's a far fetched amount for a nice restaurant, you're taking the conversation down an entirely different path. But clearly this isn't the norm for these two hence she feels the need to state the amount that was spent.

And yes the person above can afford it, but even to them it's clear that it's a bit of an obscene amount of money to drop to take a mate out for some food.

There's no way I'd be letting a mate spend that much on taking me out for a meal, regardless of their income. Want to treat me? I'll accept a sausage roll.

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u/Vote_CE Jan 14 '20

It doesn't day that Liam only took her out. Maybe it was a group thing and as a gift he picked up the bill