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“There's this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

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[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

You can save $1000 a month? Damn!

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago
[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 points 7 months ago

I really don't get these humble brags. Or are they actually just that disconnected from reality? Or maybe trying to mock people?

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

No, they genuinely think they are struggling. Rich people don't think they are rich, because there is someone who makes more, and they are rich. The 10% thinks they are struggling because they aren't the 1%. The 1% thinks they are struggling because they aren't the .1% and so on and so on.

I met a doctor once who thought that she was being 'struggling' by only making 450K/yr and she thought she deserved 550k/yr. She was 100% genuine.

I make 3x median income. and all i ever hear is how 'poor' i am from my friends/peers. Because do then 'poor' is anything less than 250K/year w/ multiple family properties to vacation and stuff.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It's that they have ALL THESE GOALS and want to do ALL THE THINGS and may genuinely make a great deal of money. It doesn't mean that they don't need to budget and save, though. This person is definitely out of touch with reality or was brought up wealthy.

[-] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

I only make about 68k/year. I'm just single and live a frugal life. I only started driving at the age of 39 after I decided to splurge and buy a used Nissan with 145km on it.

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