• wason@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why no one’s talking about the math? Monthly expenses add to $49,000 times 12 equal $588,000 per year. That’s clearly not $300,000 and not even earning $400,000 gets you to the end of the year.

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      1 year ago

      Because the joke is about spending so much money on things like porn and alcohol. It’s just a joke, no real statement of expenses.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think it’s really joke. Posts like these rely on people going in and correcting every single detail they got wrong which counts as engagement for the algorithm and the post soars. Just look at the comments here.

    • LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Renting doesn’t just mean that you can’t afford to buy. It’s got other advantages, like not having to deal with repairs, upkeep, being able to move pretty much on a whim… Guess that’s worth it to some ppl

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    1 year ago

    How does one need to spend $8000 on a car and $12000 on Uber? Someone who makes $400k/year is definitely not driving around in a crappy car that breaks down a lot lol

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    1 year ago

    yall this is a joke, you’re supposed to go “lmao he says he spends 10 grand on booze and porn, that’d be one stupid ass” and instead yall are going “what a stupid ass!” or calling it fake as if it ain’t a joke

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      1 year ago

      Asking the real question. Like, if you’re spending money on premium quality porn you need to set the mood.

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    1 year ago

    I live in NYC and in Manhattan to boot, and this is such mf’ing garbage. Please, any non-NYers in this thread: do NOT think these costs are accurate. These wouldn’t be accurate anywhere.

    Stop trying to bait rage and disparage NYC, OP. This is a pathetic attempt and you’re a POS for making it.

    EDIT: Stupid me forgot to check the forum name before I commented. Got me, OP.🤦‍♂️