Rich in my mind means a shit ton of liquid money. Cash. Withdraw-ready from the bank whenever I want, however I want.
Not "rich" as in "I own a bunch of stocks but if I sell them I'm left with eighty dollars and twelve cents because I crashed the fucking market".
Not "rich" as in "my credit is so high snoop dog can't find the tip but I'm somehow barely managing my debt because fuck me and your shitty secret credit calculating systems".
Not "rich" as in "I own so much expensive shit but I don't actually have any spending money because I SPENT IT ALL ON MY EXPENSIVE SHIT".
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· 6 years ago
You don't have to be rich to just like. You can like without being rich. In fact, it frequently happens.
Right because I'm sure all the private jets, enormous houses, diamond accessories, $100k designer clothes, millions of dollars worth cars and other overpriced useless crap the 1% like to buy is sure putting in a lot of value and not just wasting money.
The difference is, charity money helps the poor*. Buying lavish things helps the rich, because most of the money goes to the CEOs of the companies while their workers either slave for minimum wage or one day find out that their job is being outsourced to Bangladesh due to cheap labor.
*provided you research the charity first, some charities have rich CEOs too and spend less of the donated money on the actual help and more on making their wallets fatter.
@garlog: actually, you're wrong. Very wrong. Regarding wealth, you get back much more than you give. It's much too complicated of a concept for this platform but you can find out plenty about it if you're curious.
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I suggest the book Rich Dad Poor Dad as it has a chapter that explains it well.
That would be great. When I watch some charity livestreams there are often people who just donate hundreds of dollars or a thousand dollars to the cause. I always wish I had enough financial security to do that but I dont and can only give like $5. My goal is to someday be like those people.
If you are really the type of person who would,give away millions when you have tens of millions, you'd already be giving a few dollars because you only have a couple hundred. If you have even less, you'd be volunteering. We never have too many people in the group who builds wheelchair ramps for the handicapped and elderly, and the local homeless shelter needs help serving food in every month other than December.
Otherwise, it's just the meme of "I imagine myself in situations that will never really exist."
Hope you done take this as an insult, but a point to drive some introspection.
Not "rich" as in "I own a bunch of stocks but if I sell them I'm left with eighty dollars and twelve cents because I crashed the fucking market".
Not "rich" as in "my credit is so high snoop dog can't find the tip but I'm somehow barely managing my debt because fuck me and your shitty secret credit calculating systems".
Not "rich" as in "I own so much expensive shit but I don't actually have any spending money because I SPENT IT ALL ON MY EXPENSIVE SHIT".
The difference is, charity money helps the poor*. Buying lavish things helps the rich, because most of the money goes to the CEOs of the companies while their workers either slave for minimum wage or one day find out that their job is being outsourced to Bangladesh due to cheap labor.
*provided you research the charity first, some charities have rich CEOs too and spend less of the donated money on the actual help and more on making their wallets fatter.
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I suggest the book Rich Dad Poor Dad as it has a chapter that explains it well.
Otherwise, it's just the meme of "I imagine myself in situations that will never really exist."
Hope you done take this as an insult, but a point to drive some introspection.