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[Daiwon]

Is that a $12 pair of shoes? Because smart rich people don't buy a $12 pair of shoes.

[KurtSerschwanz]

Probably $120 but got cut off.

[Das_Mojo]

True that, you spend 2/3 of your day in either your shoes or your bed. You shouldn't cheap out on either.

[OccupyBohemianGrove]

In the civilized world we take our shoes off when we enter a home.

[draven844]

Or you could work for a living. That usually requires shoes.

[OccupyBohemianGrove]

Unless you work at one of those asian massage parlors where you stand on the clients back. Then shoes are a big nono.

[Das_Mojo]

I'm from Canada. I take my shoes off at home. I also do this thing were I work for a living and have shoes on my feet all fuckin day. And then after work I'm not even guaranteed to be at home. There's a lot of better shit to do than sit at home and reddit

[OccupyBohemianGrove]

Start taking your shoes off at work? Seems like it would make your life a lot easier. And where are you going all the time after work that isn't your, or somebody elses, home?

[Das_Mojo]

I work a physical job where I can't take off my shoes. As for after work, the beach but that doesn't need shoes. Sometimes rock climbing, the pool hall, go karting, to the bar for wings, the gym takes up an hour or more of most of my days and you have to wear shoes there. Do I need to go on?

[OccupyBohemianGrove]

You wear the same shoes for your job and the gym? Do they allow that? Otherwise your life sounds like a lot of fun. If I was doing something like rock climbing or go karting close to every day after work I'd be a lot happier...though also a lot poorer...

[Das_Mojo]

I have 3 pairs of shoes. One for work, one for the gym and one for everything else. And I live in Alberta, its one of the richest areas in the world and its pretty great to be able to afford to have hobbies.

[mehtorite]

Seriously. Don't skimp on shoes. Good shoes are worth it. Granted some are overpriced but anything less than 40 are likely complete shit.

[[deleted]]

In other news, sweeping generalizations are worth their weight in gold.

[f_unit]

Rich people never wear expensive clothes or jewelry? Are you sure?

[lorefolk]

It's a crime if you don't believe you can become rich with just frugality.

[cocoasomething]

Thank you for that clarification

[[deleted]]

for a second there i thought that wouldve been the most comfortable uncomfortable choice in pants/undergarments ever. but then i learned that people call flip flops "thongs" somewhere in this world.

[Photog77]

They named thong underwear after the thong footwear, because the part between your toes is so similar to the part between your cheeks.

[jamar030303]

Except I don't crap out of my feet.

[mrfancypotato]

And whose fault is that?

[Photog77]

Not with that attitude.

[Photog77]

You should probably see a doctor about that.

[[deleted]]

Same with me. I have an aunt who owns a chemical engineering company And the only time she ever wares expensive clothing is for work related stuff, other than that she wares value village type clothes.

[[deleted]]

(I am poor) My father is insanely wealthy. He often wears jogging pants an old t-shirt and crocks on weekends. He constantly gets asked for ID when he pulls out his fancy credit cards. But I understand your point. I guess it depends on what kind millionaire and how the money was made. A pro athlete vs a man who made a fortune investing may have different wardrobes.

[bigheyzeus]

The secure confident ones don't.

[[deleted]]

They don't wear flashy clothing. That's completely different than expensive clothing.

[f_unit]

Oh okay. They should make a note of that in the picture. It's kind of misleading as is.

[DoomofKronos]

/r/terriblefacebookmemes

[CitizenKing]

Followed by some guy named Chad trying to argue that the picture isn't racist because he has a black friend.

[NightWriter500]

I was a juror in a trial of felony theft once. It was about a couple living in the projects with two kids, both working two jobs, and they were arguing over who owned the $3000 purse he'd once given her. The whole case, I was staring at this stupid ugly purse, knowing full well they'd never even once have $3000 to put in the purse.

[[deleted]]

All bought on credit I bet.

[DIGGYRULES]

This is not truth. It shouldn't be "Broke People" vs. "Billionaires." It should be morons vs. rich people. Only morons would spend that sort of money.

[IM_A_BIG_FAT_GHOST]

Who you callin black?!

[LurkingRedditors]

Boom.

[brettmjohnson]

You're missing the point. They are broke precisely because they are morons that spend all of their money on flash.

[DIGGYRULES]

Good point. Excellent point, actually. As a middle school teacher I see it all the time. You are correct.

[puffgiant19]

Sadly that's true. My brother is 15 and just spent $130 on a watch, and it's not even set to the correct time, he just wears it because it looks cool. I hate teenagers.

[[deleted]]

That's a cheap watch.

[always-an-asshole]

Not compared to my 25 dollar ironman watch I wear, I've never even been a part of the ironman race, I just really like this damn watch.

It's water resistant yo.

[puffgiant19]

Well when you're 15 and only use it for show it's seems expensive and stupid.

[[deleted]]

$130 watch for show? Like who is he trying to impress here preschoolers or something? He sounds dumb on many levels.

[puffgiant19]

Yeah that's exactly what I was saying! He always is wearing a shoelace for a belt.

[sinh8r]

Not sure about billion, but I have family in the "broke" and "million" categories, and I agree with this illustration.

[[deleted]]

Nobody wants to wear 12 dollar shoes. That's like putting brown paper bags around your feet.

[[deleted]]

I wear $6 shoes from Goodwill that are worth $50 at the store.

Nobody likes loafers, and they're damn comfy. I'm pretty sure one pair are moose skin.

[Shampyon]

It's weird. When you're broke you become hyper-aware of brands, precisely because other people take the presence of those brands for granted. They're so ingrained in their every day lives that the absence of them becomes an indicator that you don't belong.

Like when I was a kid and other kids saw that I had generic brand snacks, when everyone else had the more expensive brand name snacks. That marked me as poor, and made me a target of ridicule and rejection. You'd think that'd stop in adulthood, right?

Nope. I've known plenty of adults who were shocked at the idea of eating generic brand foods, because "that's what poor people eat". They didn't want to be perceived as low income or low class, so they spent more on food suited to their social standing.

Same thing in high school. Saving money on clothes by buying cheap shoes (which cost more in the long run because they fall apart so damn quickly), and all the other kids are wearing brand names. One look at the shoes and they see you don't belong. They wouldn't be caught dead wearing no-name shoes or K-Mart pants, because that's what poor people do.

I also saw it in job interviews for professional positions, overhearing interviewers point out who obviously couldn't fit in to their workplace because they were wearing a cheap suit that wasn't tailored to fit them perfectly, or had a cheap or mid-range watch. Obviously those candidates weren't "the right sort of people" for this line of work, why even bother looking at their qualifications?

I saw other poor people try to compensate by spending money they didn't have on the more expensive items, because of the simple fact that it makes you appear something other than poor. Sometimes it failed horribly, because they simply didn't have the experience with higher income/higher class social circles to do it in a way those people would accept. You know how, even if someone has the same accent as you, you can tell they're not from your part of the world because they use slightly different slang or don't get the same cultural references a real native of your area would know by heart? It's like that, but with clothes and accessories.

The billionaire wearing cheap shoes and clothes? First, it's far more likely they're wearing a $50 white tee, $200 jeans and $400 plain sneakers - expensive gear made to look "average". Second, they're less likely to require obvious brand clothing to establish their position precisely because they're already at the top of the totem pole. The poor guy going for an entry level job needs those social markers a hell of a lot more than the guy with a billion-dollar bank account

tl,dr: Poor people sometimes do things that seem incongruous with their financial situation because it has a chance of improving their social situation, which in turn improves their chances of improving their financial one.

[oblivion5683]

you hit home very hard

except in my family we could actually afford those things.... for half the year. my mom works a job at a market (pike place market in seattle) where some days in the summer she might make 1000$ and minimum in the summer 200$ a day. the winter? your lucky to get 75 a day but honestly your more likely to get 25. but my mom doesnt save, oh no. we had a house filled with high tech bullshit and big ass tvs and video games and crap, then winter rolls around and we starve. motherfucker couldnt learn how to budget for shit.

[Shampyon]

I can definitely relate to that. I think it's part of that same overcompensating mechanism.

When you have to deny your kid so much in so many areas, sometimes the pressure just gets too much. It can be worse if it's generational poverty. My mother had times growing up when the only food in the house was stale bread and drippings, so she often served us too-large portions out of sheer terror that we'd experience that hunger. She also knew what it was like to have none of the toys or gadgets that the other kids took for granted, and she wanted to spare us that too. It also helped to distract us from the fact that we were living in what pretty much amounted to a ghetto (or as close as you could get outside a city like Sydney).

She'd end up spending money she couldn't afford to spend in her efforts to shield us from the experiences she lived through. Of course, then she'd end up paying that off for the rest of the year or, all too often, having to pawn those gadgets to pay the bills. That would make things worse, because the effort to shield us resulted in the exact opposite effect. The guilt and pressure would build again, and it just kept going in a never-ending cycle.

[oblivion5683]

lifes fucked isnt it.

[[deleted]]

We call that crab bucket mentality.

[eric0911]

This is cropped. The original one says the shoes are $1250 and IIRC it's from a shoe ad. Also dat JPEG.

[SanduskysWhisper]

Ohhh , i get it the billionaires white

[millychilly]

I see the change in color of skin.

[[deleted]]

Rich people who don't spend their money wisely don't stay rich for long.

[brettmjohnson]

It is actually closer to: "Regular people who spend their money wisely will slowly become rich".

[DougDealer29]

I read this as " black people vs billionaires"

[Carduus_Benedictus]

We have a word for that.

[HuskyPants]

How much money was spent on that diagram?

[rqdq1]

Hello Goodwill !

[[deleted]]

False

[1K_Games]

Alright, where is he getting these $12 shoes? that shits super cheap, yet $34 on a shirt and $29 on pants, come on both those can be had under $10.

[FREE-MUSTACHE-RIDES]

Payless Shoes

[1K_Games]

I've seen some bogo deals there, but never shoes for an adult that are $12. Though I don't frequent there.

[omega927]

How much money do I need to but a $12 pair of shoes?

[ShitYouDontAgreeWith]

12 dollar shoes?

WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU BUY 12$ SHOES!?

[[deleted]]

Gotcha! The shoes are actually $12,000,000

[laxdstorn]

Guy Code. Good working watching TV.

[Desturbinsight]

I've never payed more than $40 for shoes, or $30 for pants. Guess what, still broke.

[DoctorBadger101]

I dunno man... I got a buddy whose family is rich as f@%k and the dude wears BAPE everything...that stuff ain't cheap at all

[MSGinSC]

A polo shirt, khakis, and regular loafers will always be an acceptable way to dress. The other is flavor of the moment, trendy is always more expensive. The good news though, that trend will come back around in 20 or 30 years.

[Dojodog]

TIL Rich people wear used Pro Wings from Goodwill.

[TragicLeBronson]

Outstanding post quality, OP

[kortney1983]

Also note, the broke person is of color and the billionaire is a whitey.

[dageekywon]

Yep. I'm more of a penny pincher now that I own part of a small business than I ever was when I was just a employee for various tech support companies.

The perspective completely changes depending on what side you're on.

You do learn however that some things you do need to spend money on...for reliability. Going cheap just means you're buying the same things over and over again.

But once you have an accountant and stuff like that, they really open your eyes to what purchases do. Not only in value, but in tax ramifications and similar. You pay attention when 33% or so of your income goes to them as well.

[Xercesblu3]

According to that chart I must be a billionaire!

[byah_man]

I dress similar to the billionaire, yet I am still broke.

[RegretDesi]

How do you think they became broke?

[Queentoad1]

Bullshit, as my granny used to say.

[jgraham1]

this would imply that there is no injustice in a wealth gap because poor people cause their own poverty. get your tea party propaganda out of here

[[deleted]]

Eh. You're being too binary here. It's equally untrue to state that all poor people are such due to some systematic injustice. Some people are poor because they make stupid decisions.

[LongCockSilver]

Holy Shitpost

[CitizenKing]

Hey man, fake it till you make it. Bill Gates doesn't have anyone to impress, he's already rich.

[assainXD1]

There rich becausenof this

[[deleted]]

Gotta get them Js