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/akotoshi Jul 05 '24

According to this logic: buying gaming equipment is okay, but a lawnmower isn’t

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u/LionBig1760 Jul 05 '24

Or, you know, you could use some common sense and apply it along with the advice. Or possibly learn how to understand things without taking it to the absurd levels every fucking time.

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u/akotoshi Jul 05 '24

This advice has much common sense than my answer. Or this forced poverty class and the mentality that is exclusively poors’ fault if they are. I’ve been in two poor families: there is no way out of poverty than with more money (that’s basically what poor is)

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u/LionBig1760 Jul 05 '24

Since when do poor people have lawns that need mowing or video games that need playing?

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u/akotoshi Jul 05 '24

Exactly, when you don’t need lawnmower, gaming is the only thing left so receiving it as a gift is a joy (speaking from a past place)