Indicators of Wealth

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  1. Daniel Ocean

    Daniel Ocean I only lied about being a thief
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    I could write a book brother
     
  2. electronic

    electronic It’s satire!
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    Having a Super Nintendo and a Sega Genesis.
     
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  3. steamengine

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    Just take all your posts replying to conversations from ten pages back and copy paste them into a word doc. The publishers will come calling.
     
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  4. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    When a kid under the age of 20 had a mid-90's luxury-ish car in 2004

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  5. Daniel Ocean

    Daniel Ocean I only lied about being a thief
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    It’s the curse that comes with living a life of leisure and not logging on until 12 unlike you plebs that log on in the morning
     
  6. steamengine

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    If you never log off there is no logging on

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  7. OZ2

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    Give me the option to pick a timex and a Rolex as a kid and you get a 50/50 chance I pick the one worth money.

    You give me the one with the ability to do 5-4 and I’m 100% going to choose wrong.
     
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  8. Simon Templar

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    11a mountain time
     
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  9. i am a bammer

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    Fancy summer camps
     
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  10. wes tegg

    wes tegg I'm a Guy's guy, guys.
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    when I was dead broke man, I couldn’t picture this
     
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  11. southlick

    southlick "Better Than You"
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    I remember when we got our 1st ever VCR and TV with a remote control.
     
  12. bryix

    bryix youth pastor at the meat church
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    Did you attend Shermer High or something?

     
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  13. Daniel Ocean

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    birthdays were the worse days now I sip bourbon when I’m parched
     
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  14. jbr

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    HBO
     
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  15. CUgator

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    95 suburban in 2002 checking in
     
  16. Daniel Ocean

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    that’s when I wake up. I have to do my Pilates or Barre workout before I log on
     
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  17. HowdyHorns

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    Feadship

    Spent a lot of time near the water when I was young and there was a guy that always had these unbelievable yachts named Gallant Lady. They were Feadships and owned by Jim Moran.
     
  18. LookslikeUofI

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    My family must have been poor cause when I saw a kid in these figured they were rich

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  19. steamengine

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    It is funny growing up thinking of some of the things that would get me accused of being the “rich kid” when I now compare to my wife who had a full working staff as a child.
     
  20. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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  21. steamengine

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    Cracks me up every time
     
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  22. ned's head

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    Where in Philadelphia? Specifically.
     
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  23. LetItSoak

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    The original part of our house was built in 1945 and we have a long and narrow driveway typical of the time. It's a pain in the ass because we have to move our cars to let the other person out so we got an estimate to make it a circular driveway. I thought it would be super expensive and it's like $4k which isn't bad considering I thought it was for rich people only
     
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  24. Shawn Hunter

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    Buying clothes and shoes from the mall. My parents could only afford to buy our stuff from Walmart, Kmart, and the like.
     
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  25. Prospector

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    Philadelphia, MS?
     
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  26. Daniel Ocean

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    i keep an emergency 20 in my shoe so we’re practically twins
     
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  27. ashy larry

    ashy larry from ashy to classy
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    if you were a car rider at school
     
  28. laxjoe

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    Private plane or gated community. Now I know we all have that
     
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  29. Sanjuro

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    G.I. Joe Aircraft carrier
     
  30. i am a bammer

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    Real Lego and not the shitty knockoffs
     
  31. AptosDuck

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  32. ~ taylor ~

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    That was standard middle class in the industrialized, unionized midwest.
     
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  33. harvey birdman

    harvey birdman Ha ha! Last laugh.
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    Snapples at the ready in the fridge for anyone to drink.
     
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  34. ~ taylor ~

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    I remember the day we got air conditioning and I sure as hell remember the day we got cable.

    I was one of the rich kids in high school because my dad was salary at Ford and my mom was crazy good with money. We had a small cabin up north and a used speed boat.

    Then I went to Michigan and discovered that I had no idea what rich was.
     
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  35. ~ taylor ~

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    My dad also made us get jobs early. I worked every summer from 6th grade on, then worked throughout the year once I could drive.
     
  36. CUAngler

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    Going to a friends house and they had chocolate milk in the fridge.
     
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  37. Lip

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    yeah, skiing the alps instead of out west was a big one
     
  38. Lip

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    Kids and their families with a personal driver and/or other full time staff
     
  39. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    I enjoy the differences between who was poor to middle class

    Then the bump to upper middle class to wealthy
     
  40. soulfly

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    Hell yeah :golfclap:
     
  41. bigred77

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    I had a friend who had a small table in the corner of the kitchen that was always covered in an arrangement of little Debbie snacks that were just there for the taking

    I remember thinking they were really rich to be able to afford all those name brand snacks and they were just out for anyone to grab whenever
     
  42. soulfly

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    I thought a friend of mine’s parents were super rich because they had an in-ground pool, a safe, and his dad carried around a bunch of money that he put into said safe. He also paid to have his company’s name on our soccer jerseys.

    Turns out dad was a used car salesman and so basically just trafficking money on top of other nefarious ways of ripping off poor people (constantly repossessing vehicles and keeping what was inside them; in one particular instance, someone’s great great grandpa’s Native American drum).

    Absolute pieces of shit. Stopped associating with this friend around junior high, as he was also rounding into form of a honed ripoff artist.
     
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  43. ~ taylor ~

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    Going out west meant wealthy to me.
     
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  44. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    couldnt tell me nothing as an 8 year old when i was cruising down the vegas strip in the backseat of my shithead aunts 94 lebaron convertible
     
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  45. kinghill

    kinghill Cool American Flavour
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    Do you indulge in credit card rewards at all? or just all cash?

    May I ask your opinion regarding these stores/restaurants that are trying to go "no cash"? Like do they actually reject cash payment?
     
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  46. ~ taylor ~

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    Dude is rocking his Diner's Club rewards.
     
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  47. THEBLUERAIDER

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    Brand name foods instead of generic knock offs.
     
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  48. Smuggy

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    Full working staff? Say what??
     
  49. bigred77

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    Is this the first time you've met our friend steamengine ?