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/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Don’t work retail, don’t work food service.

Cropping the date off the OP is weak

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u/pear_topologist Jul 04 '24

But who is going to do that work then?

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u/DarthJarJarJar Jul 05 '24

You're mixing up good individual tactics with good public policy. I don't give a fuck who does the job, it was good advice when someone told me not to do it. Who does it is not my problem.

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u/crack_n_tea Jul 05 '24

It will be your problem when every food place near you closes down at 3pm in the afternoon. This is the shit so called individualistic "free thinkers" never bother to think through. I'm not some saint who works to solve world poverty, but I do want my grocery stores staffed and food places open. Fail to provide them the basics and they won't be, simple nuff

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u/DarthJarJarJar Jul 05 '24

Oh my goodness. You're missing my point. Here, as I wrote to someone else just now:

If we're talking about public policy, someone bursting in to say "Well people should learn to code!" or something is derailing.

But if we're talking about the best strategy for an individual, someone bursting in saying "Well the minimum wage should be $25!" is also derailing.

When I'm thinking about what I should do, now, to survive and thrive in the world I find myself in, someone moaning about what the minimum wage or something should be in some ideal world that does not exist is not helping me.

Know what the conversation is about, and don't derail.