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[–] 1 point 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Buying my used car with cash. It's the single most expensive thing I've ever bought not counting rent or my degree.

I also drink lattes which is why I can't afford a home

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    how rich is "rich person" - because my relative scale is so bad that being in a car with heated seats feels very "rich person" even though it's more like upper-middle class (if I'm not mistaken)

    if "rich person" is more like top 1%, I'm not sure there's anything I've done that's "rich person":

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Buy sandwiches every week. In my defence, they're damn good ones!

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Go to Michelin starred restaurants. I'm too poor to justify going to these places but my mom likes to take me out for my birthday, and I really love food so I will inevitably agree after a very feeble protest.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago*

    ... i sleep on expensive Italian/belgian linen sheets...

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    I bought a piece of outdoor furniture yesterday. The nice kind of outdoor furniture which won't immediately rot in the Pacific Northwest.

    ...but just one piece.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I've tasted tea in a teahouse that would be over $1000 a pound.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oppression of the proletariat.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I've lived on Queen Mary 2 for almost a year.

    Granted, I was working aboard at the time, but still...

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    I don't splurge much on clothes, technology, vehicles, food, etc...but every month I do get a professional massage (get your head out of the gutter ...totally non-sexual). Helps with all the muscle tension that builds up from daily stress from everything (work, life, anything). If you've never had one, I highly suggest trying it out at least once.

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  • [+] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    meanwhile 90% of Chinese people own their homes, and of those 80% own their home outright (no mortgage or other liens)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/03/30/how-people-in-china-afford-their-outrageously-expensive-homes/

    not sure we should consider home ownership "rich person" stuff, tbh - though it breaks my heart that this is what it has come to

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  • [+] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
    [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I can say from experience that I prefer riding in a Maybach over a Bentley, and driving a pre-war Bugatti is infinitely more fun than one of the modern ones.

    If I skip certain details, my life sounds intensely fancy. I'm writing this message from a 5 star hotel room, for example. But the reality is much more down-to-earth, and I'm thankful for the things I have :-)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    i've gone snowboarding a few times. haven't been able to afford it for years though.

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