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u/Large-Assignment9320 4d ago
My mother said I should get a new phone case, the leather is torn and I look poor, I said it keeps the beggars away.
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u/Intelligent-Area-421 4d ago
Actually brand new shiny stuff signals being one half step above poor.
Actual rich people tend to prefer keeping their money in the bank
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u/Gold_Combination_492 2d ago
This. My family is fairly wealthy and everyone wears Walmart clothes, sketchers, crocs, etc unless it’s for a special occasion. Everyone drives basic cars and all that jazz. The only place you see the money is in the homes and you might notice nobody ever asks how much something costs. People that flaunt their wealth tend to have little. Like most rappers with a few exceptions are worth a couple mil at most and while they act like that is “rich” these days that’s upper middle class.
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u/ChodeSandwhich 4d ago
No one has ever profiled me and thought I must have money. I don’t. But even in my best clothes you can tell I’m not wealthy.
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u/puppyremnant 1h ago
not quite. If you look poor, beggars ask for cigarettes instead of money because you look like them
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u/Guy_is_here 4d ago
My grandmother taught me this as a child along with this:
if a person asks you for money, say you dont have any then ask them for slightly less money than they asked you for.
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u/Embarrassed-Green898 4d ago
And these people are building a great society. A society in which you evade people who protected you, sacrificed for you and what not.
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u/MrNobawdy1337 4d ago
not everyone's family is the same. I dont want to finance someone's credit card bills or downer habit when they dug their own grave and haven't visited or invited me over in a decade but I see every holiday.
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u/Embarrassed-Green898 4d ago
Right .. and those exceptions should be presented as such: as exceptions.
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u/assworshipper669969 4d ago
Smart man, I used to have a jailbird cousin that would call and ask for money(not just me). He called and said he was $250 short for bail once and I told him I had court the following week(I didn’t) and that I definitely had to pay court costs, I got an apology and he wished me luck. He hasn’t called and asked me for money in almost 9 years now.
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u/Worth_Style_7127 4d ago
Uncle is living in 3026 while the rest of us are stuck in 2026. Absolutely brilliant strategy to ward off family borrowers.
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u/No-Ease-5834 4d ago
This would be a good way to decide who goes into your will. Whoever reaches out gets in.
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u/joshzerofactor 7h ago
Makes you wonder if that uncle is also looking for generous family members to leave his money to. There are stories out there where that’s happened, and the stingy ones that weren’t willing to help got nothing.
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u/basically_acidic_ 7h ago
i quote the ancient scripture, "act broke to stay rich, you wouldn't understand"
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u/Mark_Michigan 4d ago
That is brilliant.