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[–] [email protected] 223 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Average rich people hobbies: Cocaine, tax fraud, genocide

[–] [email protected] 122 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Burning fossil fuels, underage sex parties, over throwing democratically elected 3rd world governments.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Overthrowing 1st world countries as well

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

Born wealthy

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

Hanging out with Epstein

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You forgot paedophilia, human trafficking and climate destruction.

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[–] [email protected] 133 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

"Invest in Mentors"

Fucking clown always trying to sell his stupid shit

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wasn't at all surprised to scroll up and see "mentor" in their byline

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

~~clown~~ clowns

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Any rich person born after 1993 can't party. All they know is gym, invest in they mentors, not work, be knowledgeable, do business, and lie.

[–] darkdemize 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Only female rich people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't blame me, I only know hot chip

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some of the most knowledgeable people I’ve meet were dirt-poor.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

most academics/research roles. Huge competition, your life depends on winning grants, requires PhD and years of training, poverty-level salaries.

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[–] rustydrd 47 points 2 weeks ago

It's hilarious to me that, while the author is trying to own working-class people's poor choice of hobbies, what it actually does is show the immense privilege of people whose only hobbies are various forms of "self improvement".

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't think this individual understands what a hobby is. Your job by definition is not a hobby.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

IF YOU LOVE YOUR JOB YOU'LL NEVER WORK A SINGLE DAY BROTHER AWOOOGA

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

TIL, that Donald and Mush partying at Epstein Island is considered a hobby for the poor.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Alternately, rich kids just pay off the carnival workers for the big prize without playing the game at all

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Oh come on, I doubt it's that large.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

ive done the gym and knowledge thing, why am i not rich?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

One must delete facebook and lawyer up before one can ascend to the realm of #4. Profit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A job is not a hobby. I feel that that shouldn't require explanation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes, hobby becomes job and stops being hobby :c

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"So, do you have any hobbies?"

"Yep! I like job, invest in mentors, knowledge..."

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

making enough money to be able to pay rent and eat something is my new hobby!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

Entire bottom box should be “wait for trust fund”.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

It’s amazing how hourly workers brainwashed themselves into believing that they’re entrepreneurs.

They really believe the nonsense that bro podcasters sell them.

They’ll be 40 in an hourly retail position wondering where everything went wrong.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I swear rich people have no actual interests

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

Ask yeah - Elon "I'm in the global top 10 in Diablo" Musk sure doesn't have gaming as a hobby...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

He left off being a demerit to any society they touch.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Poor people hobby > Job

Rich people hobby > Business

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Rich people having movie theatres, expensive gaming rigs at home whitelist surrounded by PAs & maids sounds like the first category.

Only the buying/renting/paying people with actual knowledge is kinda from the second.

But it's options.
Rich people have options, the luxury to choose whatever - they have the time (no job or financial-survivor stress) to choose said options, and if they fail also the financial safety net with catch them comfortably/without years of additional debt.

The 24h of a rich person are not the same as 24h of an average person.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

The actual bullshit message behind this:

A rich person is a good person and a smart person.

In posted this, so I am signaling to you that I am a good and smart person that will be rich if I’m not already.

Obviously the #1 life goal of all people is to be rich, so you should all be like me, and you should be ashamed when you take time to enjoy existence.

(Disclaimer: I’m not shitting on people who enjoy or find fulfillment in their job or their business)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

A job is not a hobby.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What is this? Some pseudo-wisdom from a “life coach” or something?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't need to be rich to go to a gym or increase your knowledge.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In all fairness, this seems like one of those motivational posters where English isn't the native language. I suspect that what the person is trying to say: "if you want to stay poor, keep these habits. If you want to become rich, learn these habits." It utterly discounts the fact that, in the US, upward mobility has stagnated; the secret to becoming rich in the US is to be born rich. It's not impossible to improve your economic status, but it's hard. In some countries, it's still possible to move up a tax bracket within a decade.

I think American eyes read this differently than how the author intended.

I will call out that putting "work" in the poor row is BS, no matter what your philosophy. The only person I personally know who went from middle-middle class to lower upper has no personal life. He is his work. He's family and we often vacation together, and I've never been on a vacation with him when he didn't spend multiple hours on each of the days in meetings or on his computer. He's nearing 60 and is home about 50% of the year, and the rest of it he's traveling. We have a pool going for how long he'll stay retired before he commits himself to some board or something that demands half his time.

There's are three ways to get rich: inheritance, crime, and becoming your job.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Serious question. What is "invest in mentors"? I can't figure this one out. Like you pay people to mentor you?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, this is such bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Knowledge

This mf got 8 Lamborghinis in his Lamborghini account

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I wish my job was my hobby and not a necessity

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Also having been born into generational wealth and exploiting the finance system - that's the most famous rich-people-hobby.

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