Redditors Condemn Infuriatingly Unrelatable Things That Rich People Say

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Oct 24, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

Rich people: they're just like us! Apart from the fact that they have access to an amount of money most of us can barely dream of, of course. While not all of those who are rich are horrible about it, they do have a tendency to be a little… out of touch. Problem is, most of them don't think of themselves that way. 

The 1% loves nothing more than dispensing their dubious pearls of wisdom on the great unwashed, but that doesn't mean that they are appreciated. Many find this advice to be at best annoying, and at worst, completely untrue. Sick of all the platitudes, a recent AskReddit gathered a list of the most frustrating things that rich people seem to enjoy saying. There are some classics among the examples below, and you've probably heard a lot of them before. It'd be nice to be this removed from reality.

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    Human body - r/AskReddit u/StatisticianEvery733 • 10d What is something rich people say that is bullsh t?
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    Font - Pristine_Desk_5277 10d I actually work for a few wealthy people and the amount of times I've heard "I'm poor" or "I have no money" is absurd. I've actually said something (nicely) a few times because they both have talked in front of the other staff like that and it's just ridiculous. EDIT: they are multimillionaires. I do some booking keeping for them. Aside from the very large homes, multiple cars, boats and extravagant vacations, they have loads of money in their bank accounts (savings
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    Font - dlc12830 10d "Money doesn't solve everything." Although technically true, I can't think of a problem I have currently that wouldn't be solved by wealth: job stress, family stress (related to money), debt, exhaustion with the housing market, worry about retirement, lack of time during the day, health concerns (many of which are actually money concerns), feeling down about life due to lack of time to pursue my own interests---the list goes on.
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    Font - 3nvious 10d We are in this together
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    Font - SpecialScrub96 10d Don't discuss wages : Reply Bagelest 10d this this this this thiiiiiiiis this this 4.3k Discuss your salary/wages, people. Closed books and tight lips benefit the company, which means they're a detriment to the individuals who comprise it. Discuss pay regardless of whether you're a man or a woman, discuss pay with your supervisors and your staff, discuss pay whether you're more credentialed and experienced or less so than your peers, discuss pay whether you make more or
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    Human body - gus248 10d Kim Kardashian once said this: "Get your f------ ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days."
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    Font - Martini_Man_ 10d "We all have the same 24 hours in a day" Not if you have to cook, clean, shop, wash up, laundry, work 9-5, travel in traffic, budget groceries, etc...
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    Naval architecture - stupididiot3_14159 10d We're all in the same boat
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    Font - Zanzoken814 10d When it comes to starting a business, selling a product, or chasing your dream: "All you need is passion" (or some version of that). Ive heard successful people give this advice because they dont know what else to say, but every rich guy I know has zero passion for the product they sell, couldnt care less. They care about if it can make money, about holes and demands in the market, or about creating those demands. They have passion for making money.
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    Font - conditerite 10d its just a banana micheal. how much can it cost? $10? : Reply 7.7k ⇓ Woodnote 10d I don't understand the question and I won't respond to it.
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    Font - lovecommand 10d "With all this opportunity, you'd have to choose to be poor" : Reply Jazzlike_Economist_2 10d Choose your parents wisely 1.9k
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    Font - Mishtayan 10d "No one helped me!" Right. You were born on 3rd base, pal. You didn't hit a home run
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    Font - Dont_ban_me_bro_108 10d Had a wealthy ex girlfriend try to convince me that her parents giving her $5,000-$10,000 every month for "fun money" was the same as a parent buying their kid a coke because "all parents want to help their kids they just have different amounts of help they can give". Talk about delusional. We didn't last long.
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    Rectangle - BadHigBear 10d "I worked my way up from the bottom!" When the bottom is freshly graduating with a fully paid for degree by mommy and daddy. Then starting a business with a 2million dollar loan.
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    Human body - AcanthaceaeKind6554 10d "Just work hard and you can get to where I am someday"
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    Font - mashton 10d Lots of people misunderstand tax brackets and I think it may be a lie from higher classes. Let's say you make 50,000 a year and your tax rate is 20 percent. So you pay 10k in taxes Well you get a raise and get 51,000 a year Now "you're in a higher tax bracket" thing. Let's say the new bracket is 40 percent People think it means you could actually take home. less overall. FALSE The first 50 is still taxed at 20 percent, just the amount over that is taxed at 40 percent. So you p
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    Font - Haunting-One 1694 10d It's not that expensive
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    Font - [deleted] 10d "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life" ⠀ Reply ✩ 4.8k Betteroffinapinebox 10d I've had jobs I've loved, sometimes they were still sh tjobs
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    Human body - RoboftheNorth 10d "A rising tide lifts all boats." Not super helpful when most of us are swimming.
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    Font - 3x5cardfiler 10d "It's ok to pay the staff late, don't they have savings?" Actual rich person talking about paying the household staff. Edit: I was managing the staff, and handing out pay checks. The workers were personal care attendants. It was real hard for me emotionally, but harder for people with no savings. I didn't have enough money to cover their pay.
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    Font - abeetzwmoots 10d Just work hard and you can...
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    Font - dennydiamonds 10d I love the trust fund babies that say "I'm self made" because they started a business using daddy's $20 mil
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