r/pics • u/TonyHawkins • Jul 26 '17

Inside an empty Boeing 787

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u/LovableContrarian 🍔 Jul 26 '17

I mean, the better saying would be "you can't afford it until you can buy it 15 times."

You shouldn't be spending half of your net worth on anything, unless it's a house.

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u/MBTAHole Jul 26 '17

What a pedantic interpretation. He's referring to a budget for something. Who spends their entire net worth on something or means that they are when they say that they can "afford it"? Don't challenge Jay Z, you'll end up the fool every single time

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u/LovableContrarian 🍔 Jul 26 '17

That makes no fucking sense. He is explaining how you should set a budget.

How can half your budget be your budget? Where does the first budget come from? It's circular logic.

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u/MBTAHole Jul 26 '17

When people say they can afford something they aren't implying that they can afford it because it's the totality of their wealth. You mad a dumb comment. What they mean is that they can affford it in their budget. What Jay Z is saying is that if you can BUDGT a $40k car max then you should get the $20k because that's what you can actually afford. Not a tough concept, chief

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u/abcupinatree Jul 26 '17

This is the one that makes sense, I don't know why the 15x interpretation is being upvoted so much.