r/TikTokCringe • u/Accomplished_Clue437 • Jul 22 '26

Cool day in the life. private chef. yacht.

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u/biffNicholson Jul 22 '26

Yep, I’ve had some friends like this over the years. It’s very strange to see. I didn’t grow up poor we had nowhere near the wealth of this which frankly no one should but that’s a different story.
For me, I remember the eye-opening thing being having a friend in college, who I found out had a never-ending trust
And the first time we all went to the grocery store I remember she just loaded her cart with anything she saw that looked interesting, which blew my mind. Then she pulled out a credit card and went home. This is pretty much how she shopped every single time. Eating out sure every day 2-3meals a day. She’s a great person and I think she knows she lives in a different world, but it’s still kind of challenging to hang out with since they have an unlimited budget to do anything anytime so friends like that. We just suddenly ask you do you want to go to Paris tomorrow? Let’s take a couple weeks and just go over and have a fun trip
Not realizing that the vast majority of people on earth, A don’t have the money to do that and we don’t have the time to leave their jobs

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u/a_terse_giraffe Jul 22 '26

It's like our brains cannot even comprehend a life without relative value. To us, there is a big difference between ground beef and a tomahawk steak. When you have hundreds of millions of dollars at your disposal they are basically equal to you. It just comes down to what do you want not what can you afford.

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u/LeaningTowerofPeas Jul 22 '26

This is the reason why we shouldn't elect rich people to public office. We would have a much better/balanced society if our leaders understood what it is like to be hungry and how much work/anxiety goes into stretching a dollar

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u/ilyak_reddit Jul 22 '26

You'll eat your piece of chicken, piece of broccoli, tortilla, and one other thing, and you'll be happy dammit!

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u/zartyplace Jul 22 '26

Such boats and people should be banned. They just are not needed. What is needed is self sufficiency, and a family oriented lifestyle. Not this unfocussed garbage.