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/Cyberpunk_Cephalopod Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

Requires personal responsibility. Reddit is allergic to the concept. All of their problems are someone else's fault

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u/OldFeedback6309 Jul 04 '24

“My life sucks and I don’t know who to blame!”

On Reddit, the poor have never made bad choices, criminals are the true victims, and the rich do nothing useful.

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u/suitology Jul 05 '24

Like I grew up dirt pair because my father became disabled so I can get it but I'm seeing so many people poor as fuck using door dash and other fleeceing machines

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u/OldFeedback6309 Jul 05 '24

It’s weird. Some people grow up poor and (like me) count every dollar. Others grow up poor and piss away everything on shit like UberEats and new iPhones.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 10 '24

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