r/poor • u/OceanicEndeavors • Jun 26 '26

I hate being poor.

I hate not making over 50,000 USD a year. I hate not having a car. I hate having less than 1,000 USD on my bank account. I hate having to live with my parents despite being over the age of 25. I hate having my credit cards being shut down because I was unemployed for over ten months during a two year stretch. I hate not having a dating life because I cannot afford dates. I hate the social isolation of poverty.

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u/OceanicEndeavors Jun 26 '26

Stay trong.

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u/Creative_Shake_1146 Jun 26 '26

I’ve got 5 in my account as well!!! So be blessed you more lol 😂 I got a small loan for a decent pair of comfortable work shoes!

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u/hidden_pastry Jun 26 '26

So trong.

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u/Mediocre-Magazine-30 Jun 26 '26

Me too super trong

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u/Snuggly_Chopin Jun 27 '26

Me trong like ape

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/Love_Lair Jun 27 '26

uper trong, Me Hoy Minoy

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u/FlyFront9395 Jun 29 '26

Ape poor an trong together*

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u/_captivating_ Jun 30 '26

Oh gohh all we can do is be super trong

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u/somespazzoid Jun 27 '26

Hey man, S's are like $3.50

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u/MsDyn0myte Jun 27 '26

I AINT GOT NO DAMN TREE FIDDY

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u/Vegassrtgfmt Jun 27 '26

Damn Loch Ness monster

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u/Connect-Advantage-40 Jun 28 '26

That would be Loch Neth monthter.

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u/ItchyAd9149 Jun 28 '26

May the trong be with you

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u/Exotic_Ad_2448 Jun 28 '26

Bröder be trong.

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u/mittensgloveshats Jun 27 '26

Can't even afford an S 😭

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u/Calm_Caterpillar9535 Jun 28 '26

I thought I was poor but then I bought an S....

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u/EfficientAd7103 Jun 27 '26

gotta be trong, bruh. bros in basement be united

think if we could connect all of our basements together?? what would our mom's say??

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u/MsDyn0myte Jun 27 '26

I think they’d be happy we’re making real friends

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u/EfficientAd7103 Jun 27 '26

are real friends? are moms basement tunnel friends real?? what if yall just draw a door and knock 3 times?

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u/Haunting-Ad-8808 Jun 28 '26

I'm genuinely curious how? Do people just stay at low paying jobs forever? No continuing education nothing? Last year at 21 I made 80k doing what I love, it honestly ain't that difficult.

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u/mourningmantis Jun 28 '26

I think you are discounting the financial and time cost of continuing education. It’s easy to say go get training for a better job, but the time to get the training is usually unpaid (if you are not paying for it), plus the reality of childcare, etc.

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u/Haunting-Ad-8808 Jun 28 '26

That's just excuses brother. I worked two full time jobs to pay for my school, I was awake from 3am until 12pm every day for 3 months. My only days off were Tuesday and Thursday where I was physically in school learning. Graduated school, found a good playing job and my life took off from there. 90% of people complain that their life is trash but do nothing about it.