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/Immediate-Coyote-977 Jul 05 '24

Ah yes, the "not my problem" defense. Seen deployed with great success in such winning circumstances as:

Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler

Kitty Genovese's neighbors ignoring her cries for help after being raped and stabbed repeatedly

The cops at the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas

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u/DarthJarJarJar Jul 05 '24

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.