The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?”

Posted by jimmyislive on Monday January 16, 2023 @08:57PM
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https://jimmyislive.dev/posts/diswasher-test/

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Re:The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?” by hirundo on Monday January 16, 2023 @09:01PM (#34408274)

If you can't afford a dishwasher, you're rich.

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Re:The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?” by uberman on Monday January 16, 2023 @09:13PM (#34408349)

I believe the question pre supposes you own a dishwasher. If you dont I think it is probably safe to say you are not rich in the 0.001 range.

Since we can assume to even ask the question you own a dishwasher, I believe the test is do you do your own dishes.

I force my kids to do the dishes but i guess that still qualifies me as not rich at least not in the Larry Elison "I so rich I can shit of the carpet and pay someone to clean it up" sort of way.

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Re:The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?” by nofreelunch on Monday January 16, 2023 @11:17PM (#34409064)

I assumed there are multiple points being made by this, and implies things about different definitions of wealth.

But maybe my brain just rushed to defend poor logic.

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Re:The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?” by 082349872349872 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:56AM (#34409561)

It is possible to eat all meals out (thereby having no practical need to have a dishwasher at home) and still not be rich in the 0,001 range.

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Re:The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?” by amalgamated_inc on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:05PM (#34408686)

I don't use the dishwasher, what now?

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Re:The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?” by jonjacky on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:22PM (#34408773)

In his book Class, Paul Fussel wrote that really rich people don't have dishwashers or many other mechanized conveniences: "Why put up with those noisy things when a silent servant can do everything they do?"

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