[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Go be poor somewhere else (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/24/2017 9:24:23 AM EDT
 15 Things Poor People Do That The Rich Don’t |
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TLDW Can we just get a list? Poor people:
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"Poor people are really into sports."
Fucking seriously? Â Have those dumbfucks seen the prices of tickets to most professional sporting events? Â They honestly expect me to believe "rich" people aren't into sports? Let me sum up the video for you: Â "If you do anything for leisure, you are obviously poor because rich people are too busy making money to ever do anything for entertainment. Â Your entire life must be focused on amassing wealth." What a load of horseshit. |
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1. Watch too much tv 2.eat fast food (poor nutrition) 3.Buy sale clothes (affluent reject clothes) 4. Sleep too late (waste productive time sleeping) 5.Watch sports (similar to too much TV, waste time/escapism) 6.Shower less (poor hygiene) 7. Blame others for misfortunes 8.Don't save money 9.Use too much credit/loans for non-profitable reasons. 10.More kids early in life. (average kid costs ~$250,000 to raise to 18, multiple kids increase this cost burden, no money for investment early on) 11. No check ups regularly with doctor, poor heath maintenance. 13. something 14.something 15. Hang around with other poor people. |
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"Poor people are really into sports." Fucking seriously? Â Have those dumbfucks seen the prices of tickets to most professional sporting events? Â They honestly expect me to believe "rich" people aren't into sports? Let me sum up the video for you: Â "If you do anything for leisure, you are obviously poor because rich people are too busy making money to ever do anything for entertainment. Â Your entire life must be focused on amassing wealth." What a load of horseshit. The point was about watching sports on TV/ escapism. |
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Money sure as fuck leads to happiness.
I was poor once, and it sucked. Â Bad. Â Feels like the world is crashing down on you when bills pile up and you don't even have a few bucks to get food. Â So you turn to abusing credit cards. Â No one put me in that situation, I did it to myself- same as everyone. Â No one else to blame. Â What you have do do is take postive action, man up, and work your way out of it. Â Devleop healthy habits and educate yourself. Â Thats partially what that video is talking about. Â You'll die old, fat pissed off and alone if you sit there waiting for a windfall to come your way. Â Positive habits and hard work are the only answer. Â |
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Go be poor someplace else. The point was about watching sports on TV/ escapism. Quoted:
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"Poor people are really into sports." Fucking seriously? Â Have those dumbfucks seen the prices of tickets to most professional sporting events? Â They honestly expect me to believe "rich" people aren't into sports? Let me sum up the video for you: Â "If you do anything for leisure, you are obviously poor because rich people are too busy making money to ever do anything for entertainment. Â Your entire life must be focused on amassing wealth." What a load of horseshit. The point was about watching sports on TV/ escapism. The video is bullshit. Â I know rich people and they do at least 10 out of the 15 things on the list. Â The list really should be called "things workaholics avoid because they think it's a waste of time." |
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Sale of things I like/need are things I jump on. I also use credit cards, but pay them off in full as soon as the bill arrives. Don't fully understand the sale one. If I could pay $100 for something vs $75 it just shows good money management to spend less for the same item. But buying something just for the sake of a good deal isn't all that helpful either. Some people will say "well I saved $25". No, you spent $75. |
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So the people who buy tickets to the game aren't just as guilty of wasting time/escapism? The video is bullshit. Â I know rich people and they do at least 10 out of the 15 things on the list. Â The list really should be called "things workaholics avoid because they think it's a waste of time." Rich people own the fucking team. |
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I do like the geissele sales Quoted:
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Guilty of two out of fifteen. |
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So do I. Don't fully understand the sale one. If I could pay $100 for something vs $75 it just shows good money management to spend less for the same item. But buying something just for the sake of a good deal isn't all that helpful either. Some people will say "well I saved $25". No, you spent $75. Quoted:
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Sale of things I like/need are things I jump on. I also use credit cards, but pay them off in full as soon as the bill arrives. Don't fully understand the sale one. If I could pay $100 for something vs $75 it just shows good money management to spend less for the same item. But buying something just for the sake of a good deal isn't all that helpful either. Some people will say "well I saved $25". No, you spent $75. |
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"Poor people are really into sports." Fucking seriously? Â Have those dumbfucks seen the prices of tickets to most professional sporting events? Â They honestly expect me to believe "rich" people aren't into sports? Let me sum up the video for you: Â "If you do anything for leisure, you are obviously poor because rich people are too busy making money to ever do anything for entertainment. Â Your entire life must be focused on amassing wealth." What a load of horseshit. Look who's sitting court side at NBA games or ringside at MMA or Boxing matches Who owns / leases all the sky boxes in stadiums? The majority of season ticket holders for College football games are alumni. 
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Exactly Look who's sitting court side at NBA games or ringside at MMA or Boxing matches Who owns / leases all the sky boxes in stadiums? The majority of season ticket holders for College football games are alumni. |
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So the people who buy tickets to the game aren't just as guilty of wasting time/escapism? The video is bullshit. Â I know rich people and they do at least 10 out of the 15 things on the list. Â The list really should be called "things workaholics avoid because they think it's a waste of time." The book "The Millionaire Next Door" is the classic study on the behaviors of the wealthy and how they live. It is a bit dated, but is still a great insight into how rich people think and act differently than people that never seem to build wealth. I recommend it to all my entry level coworkers, and have given away multiple copies to young people over the years. The son of one of my coworkers is paying off his student loans and making investments at at pretty impressive rate for a 23 year old. |
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"Poor people are really into sports." Fucking seriously? Â Have those dumbfucks seen the prices of tickets to most professional sporting events? Â They honestly expect me to believe "rich" people aren't into sports? Let me sum up the video for you: Â "If you do anything for leisure, you are obviously poor because rich people are too busy making money to ever do anything for entertainment. Â Your entire life must be focused on amassing wealth." What a load of horseshit. |
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So the people who buy tickets to the game aren't just as guilty of wasting time/escapism? The video is bullshit. Â I know rich people and they do at least 10 out of the 15 things on the list. Â The list really should be called "things workaholics avoid because they think it's a waste of time." If you watched the video, which you obviously didn't, it is explained. Â Anything sports and tv related does not add value to your life, so if your focus on life is those activities instead of learning a new skill or advancing your career, then you will not make as much money as someone who does. Â That is the difference between focusing your life on leisure or focusing on advancing your life. Â It isn't a judgement on either, just the facts that one builds wealth while the other will just continue to exist with what they have. The advice, as explained in the video, is spot on and not just about workaholics. Â If you want to improve your standing the world, then start making changes that match what the video is talking about. |
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It's a silly list even if some of it is true. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that rich people plan to buy things they need when they go on sale, and poor people impulse buy because it's on sale? Take cars for example. A person that accumulates wealth at a high rate tends to buy a solid durable vehicle and drive it for years. The value they get from durability and use far outweighs a few hundred dollars saved at the purchase. People that under accumulate wealth, or even worse accumulate increasing debts, tend to spend a lot more time haggling and searching for a "deal" on a vehicle they can't afford in the first place. The wealthy guy has better uses for his time than driving all over town haggling with car dealers. |
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So the people who buy tickets to the game aren't just as guilty of wasting time/escapism? The video is bullshit. Â I know rich people and they do at least 10 out of the 15 things on the list. Â The list really should be called "things workaholics avoid because they think it's a waste of time." Wasted brain power and wasted time when more productive effort could be employed to make better choices and improve ones wealth. Sure "some wealthy" people go to games, but lots of fans put those tickets on a credit card, or buy season tickets on a credit card. Yes they participate in escapism, but at a far, FAR fewer interval than poor people. Mostly wealthy people work an average 1000 productive hours for every 1 hour of pleasure/entertainment. |
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"Poor people are really into sports." Fucking seriously? Â Have those dumbfucks seen the prices of tickets to most professional sporting events? Â They honestly expect me to believe "rich" people aren't into sports? Let me sum up the video for you: Â "If you do anything for leisure, you are obviously poor because rich people are too busy making money to ever do anything for entertainment. Â Your entire life must be focused on amassing wealth." What a load of horseshit. |
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I'd like to hear the author explain how paying full price for clothes or anything that's a necessity, will magically make poor people richer  The truth is that a good defense is one of the best strategies for accumulating wealth, and buying things you need when they are on sale is part of that defense. Buying things because they are on sale is not. |
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Haha fine Poor people:
#16 Poor people are more religious than rich people |
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According to the video: #16 Poor people are more religious than rich people Look at Europe and the West. Religion is fading like a sunset while third world countries are poor but still highly religious. |
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The truly rich use the sporting events to network and close deals. They are not into sports; they are into what they can accomplish at the sporting events. That is the reason they will spend the big bucks for the club level seating and boxs. My wife and I will buy tickets to the Astros once or twice a year, but we have never bought expensive seats. Do we like sports? Yes, the TV in the kitchen is always on Fox News in the mornings, and sports in the evenings. Do we concentrate on the game? No, it is background noise while we cook, eat, and clean, and we generally just keep up with the score, and watch snippets when the announcer's voice gets excited, or there is enough crowd noise to indicate something notable happened. I do read the Wall Street Journal's sports page. It tends to be more statistics and business driven than typical sports reporting, and gives me enough knowledge to hold my own when we are bullshitting about sports before a meeting. |
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It is the difference between buying something you need, and buying something "because it is on sale." The conspicuous consumption crap that poor people like to display, designer clothing and such (when it is real and not fake) is almost always bought on sale. The truth is that a good defense is one of the best strategies for accumulating wealth, and buying things you need when they are on sale is part of that defense. Buying things because they are on sale is not. Quoted:
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I'd like to hear the author explain how paying full price for clothes or anything that's a necessity, will magically make poor people richer The truth is that a good defense is one of the best strategies for accumulating wealth, and buying things you need when they are on sale is part of that defense. Buying things because they are on sale is not. |
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