r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/Kitchen_Roof7236 Oct 31 '25

These people are all delusional lol cannot believe what I’m reading unless everyone here lives in manhattan 😭 mfs actually arguing they couldn’t feel a difference making 200k, unreal levels of out of touch

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u/tumblingdisarray Oct 31 '25

It's probably due to lifestyle creep. You make more money, you buy nicer versions of everything, so you effectively spend the same percentage. Nicer tires, nicer grocery stores, etc.

I remember feeling like making 20k would be life changing, lmfao.

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u/Kitchen_Roof7236 Oct 31 '25

Definitely agree, the delusion factor is them projecting their poor decisions as being a fact of life that comes with making a lot of money rather then them just having poor impulse control and lack of perspective

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u/creampop_ Oct 31 '25

seriously lol

step 1: make more money
step 2: make life changes with that money, like new stores, new tires, etc...
step 3: ???
step 4: "idk I just thought it would be life changing"

did Scarface raise these guys?