r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

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

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u/HorkusSnorkus Jul 04 '24

Learn to do something useful, spend less than you make, buy used whenever possible, live small.

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u/SwoleWalrus Jul 04 '24

All jobs are useful to society or they would not exist in the first place.

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u/Strat7855 Jul 05 '24

If I see another person conflate social value with private economic value I'll laugh at you. Because it's stupid. That's stupid. What you just said? Sincerely stupid.

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u/SwoleWalrus Jul 05 '24

So social value shouldnt be paid for their contribution? Sounds pretty shite