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Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ... by baq on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:28AM (#27247441)
Or, in other words, it’s expensive to be poor.
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Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ... by kazinator on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:30AM (#27247461)
Right? For instance, you have this scale of value:

   $800 car < "a damn" << $800 cash
An $800 car isn't worth a damn, and a damn is worth a lot less than a wad of cash totaling $800.

Yet, being poor is expensive, so the poor person forks out $800 for a car that isn't worth a damn.

(Reference to "Being Poor": https://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/)

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