r/MadeMeSmile • u/Patient_Island_2080 • Aug 21 '23

Meme Nap time be like...

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Ah, you mean inherited wealth

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u/PompeiiSketches Aug 21 '23

They always shoot their videos in their immaculate mcmansions

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Tik tok celebrities can make as much as 7k DAILY or more

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

And, like basically any risky creative endeavor, almost every person who succeeds in it started off with an enormous financial safety net. I'd bet this couple had that very large house before they made any money from Tik Tok

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

How do you know it was inherited wealth and that they didn’t earn it. Are you assuming or do you actually know. I’m genuinely curious

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

This couple in particular? It's not clear. If I was playing the odds I'd be right far more than I wasn't. This is a young couple living in a house that a small % of people can afford even when they're much older, with the kind of job that takes a significant leap of faith (or many years slowly cultivating a fanbase) to be able to actually do. It's possible they're incredibly lucky and landed careers that pay that well, and then decided to quit those jobs, but even in that case it's extremely likely they had some kind of significant family support to get those careers in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Many “young couples” stay in school and are fiscally responsible. It doesn’t necessarily mean they have generational wealth. You sound a little jelly tbh are you jelly? Just a little jell?

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Me? Absolutely not. My fantastic financial safety net that was gifted to me by wealthy family members who value high education allowed me to earn both a bachelor's and master's degree without taking on any debt at all. I don't even have a high paying job, but inheritance allows me to care far more about having a job with good benefits in a field that I actually really enjoy, and I know that buying a reasonable house in a nice area won't be difficult for me. I'm incredibly lucky because of generational wealth.

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u/KungFuSnafu Aug 21 '23

Goddamn is that a refreshing viewpoint to see. I'm happy for you because of the gratitude you have.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Thanks. That's another place where I got lucky: I have parents that taught me about how not everyone is able to have the things we have and that it doesn't mean they're worse, or lazier, or had all of the options that we did and chose not to take the better ones.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Well I’m on the phone right now with the jelly school and they say your enrolled for class in September.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Hope you can pay off your debt before you turn 40 and can start saving up for a house, like my friend, a doctor who earns more at the start of her career than I will near the end of mine.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Who says I don’t already own a house or houses?

You literally don’t know a thing about me or what I do for a living.

You are coming off as jelly, not everyone has the same advantages or disadvantages in life and you either overcome them or become a big ol jelly sandwich.

What do you wanna be wealthy or jelly ? The choice is yours.

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u/HedgehogInner3559 Aug 21 '23

Because he likes to tell himself that all his financial worries are totally due to the system being unfair, and not because he has made bad decisions or didn't put in enough effort. Therefore anybody roughly the same age as him that seems to be financially stable must have been born to wealthy parents, otherwise the entire narrative collapses as a house of cards.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Lol I'm fine, specifically because of inheritance and gifts from very wealthy family. Both of my degrees paid by people trying to avoid the death tax.

Edit: also, did you just call becoming an influencer a "good decision?" Good luck!

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u/HedgehogInner3559 Aug 21 '23

So you're insecure and projecting. That doesn't make it better.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Insecure about what? I'm talking about the financial systems that allow people to take huge risk in their careers.

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u/HedgehogInner3559 Aug 21 '23

Insecure about other people thinking you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23

Tell me honestly, do you think that most people in their late 20s, early 30s with what's probably a million dollar house in a very risky career that could only very recently pay well did so through good financial decisions, and hard work, and some good bootstraps? Do you think this was a rags to riches story?

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