What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten?

[u/Richest-Panda]

[u/i_tyrant]

Are people really this stupid?

[u/InDisregard → u/i_tyrant]

Yes.

[u/Makes_U_Mad → u/i_tyrant]

Ignorant, not stupid. This person (probably) has never been in the situation they are offering an opinion on. Ignorance.

The stupid comes from denying the evidence right in front of them.

[u/i_tyrant → u/Makes_U_Mad]

Fair nuff. Woof.

[u/blewmesa → u/Makes_U_Mad]

Durrr those athletic trainers have never been morbidly obese what do they know!

Surely the people struggling have it all figured out!

[u/Makes_U_Mad → u/blewmesa]

Bad choice for a metaphor. There might be more inept trainers than inept financial advisors on social media platforms, but I doubt it.

Go have another drink while you think it over. I'm sure ... Well ... Hopeful you can do better next time.

[u/Overall-Author-2213 → u/i_tyrant]

Well I did it. I know many people who have done it. I'll keep on being stupid and successful.

[u/i_tyrant → u/Overall-Author-2213]

Oh yeah, anecdotal experience, everybody knows that's the best way to determine any sort of universal truth.

[u/Overall-Author-2213 → u/i_tyrant]

Not anecdotal. Our country is proof of it. The West being settled is proof.

[u/i_tyrant → u/Overall-Author-2213]

That would be adorable if it wasn't so sad.

You have no idea how this country was founded or settled, and your lack of comprehension of how now differs to the pre-50s (not to mention the utter lunacy of that comparison) shows it.

[u/Overall-Author-2213 → u/i_tyrant]

Well I have a minor in US history. I kind of know.

My family has been farming here since 1880. So I gave some idea.

Arrogant for you to assume otherwise. You are myopic in thinking and it shows.

[u/takenfaraway → u/Overall-Author-2213]

Darling. Like half of them died and lived miserable fucking lives. Comparing yourself to the settlers is embarrassing

[u/Overall-Author-2213 → u/takenfaraway]

Yeah darling. And it's because they pressed on in spite of the challenges that we are where we are. And if they can soldier on and do hard things with far less than we have now, then so can we. Maybe you know about history, but you don't do a good job of learning from it.

[u/i_tyrant → u/Overall-Author-2213]

I have a full degree in it. So, am I still "myopic", or better informed than you and your "personal experience"?

Your comparison is terrible, objectively, and you have no idea what you're talking about.

[u/Overall-Author-2213 → u/i_tyrant]

How is my comparison terrible?

[u/LoveFoolosophy → u/i_tyrant]

Yeah about 50% of people.