tfw he works overtime and she doesn't appreciate it

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If this was real, which it is not. It would be much cheaper to lease office space for said gaming, then OP could sublet part of the office to people actually doing work. Benefits: actually make money, actually look like you have a job.

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Dynablade_Savior@reddit

"I'm not rich but I will never have to work" this is why normies fucking hate rich people

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Misenum@reddit

You don’t understand how little it takes to not have to work for the rest of your life

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outofindustry@reddit

it's $2 mil where I live. but most people wont be able to accrue that much wealth within a lifetime

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Misenum@reddit

$2 million might be the threshold for a comfortable life, but if you live frugally you can get away with a 1/4 that or less. I had a period of my life not too long ago where I lived very well off of $10k a year. With a lifestyle like that, I could probably make it my whole life with only $100-200k saved up in an investment and never feel like I had to give anything up.

To your second point, just because most people won't accrue that much wealth within a lifetime doesn't mean that they can't. $100 invested each week in an ETF averaging 10% yearly returns is $1million in 30 years. Surely, most people can afford $100 a week,

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TheOxytocin@reddit

Mate not sure where you're getting that 10% yoy on an ETF, but if like to get in on it

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outofindustry@reddit

I mean I live in third world, most people don't even make $5000 a year. even with low cost of life, many people live off of gig jobs like door dash driver sort of thing. I work a nice job for 12+ yrs and I don't even have $100k in my saving account.

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PlasticAssistance_50@reddit

Do you work in the industry?

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daemon-of-harrenhal@reddit

United Kingdom?

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shangumdee@reddit

If i worked my cuck office job for another 40 years, I'll have 1.6 million. Pathetic

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Dynablade_Savior@reddit

You just have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps right? That's what my pops always told me

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Timothy_DS2006@reddit

explain

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BickedyBuckBumbl@reddit

Its weird because if you had a mil in the bank you could spend it all on stupid shit and have nothing in a years time. Or live off the interest which is like maybe 100k a year which by all means is not rich. But upper middle class.

Idk though a lot of times its about perspective. Some poor guy in Africa probably looks at the average American lifestyle and thinks thats a rich and lavish life. There's probably a parable that describes this but im too dumb.

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warfighter187@reddit

I’m haven’t changed I can still relate to you guys I swear. I still roll up the tooth paste tube and put water in the shampoo bottle to get the last drops!!

Now please like comment and subscribe and buy some black rifle coffee using my code

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Lovebickysaus@reddit

He's just rich in capital not in income. If he doesn't live like a normal person his wealth is gone in 5 years.

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leastemployableman@reddit

Women are too nosey for this to work. Something like this is gunna last 3 months tops before she starts suspecting something off.

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Purplefilth22@reddit

Just get a gaming laptop and go someplace the internet isn't ass. Problem solved.

Or find a low stress part time job that isn't going to work you just under 40 hours to avoid benefits. Use that money to gauge how she handles "our money". Say its a promotion and if she wants to blow all of it instead of saving/investing most dump her ass.

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Flat-Performance-478@reddit

Yeah, if you're staying home in your shared living space I'd give it a few weeks tops before she'll come in one day like:
"Weren't you at work today? It's just that you're shoes weren't muddy, the car keys were still on the counter, you're still wearing that dirty shirt from yesterday and your car engine was cold when I got home."

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Mountain-Durian-4724@reddit

Are women Sherlock Holmes

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RavenPoodle@reddit

Her rents a second apartment

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Woodedroger@reddit

Yeah his hands are gonna show that he doesn’t use em

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LongDongSquad@reddit

This is a prime opportunity to actually work a blue collar job. I'd love to be able to work a job while having a real safety net. Now's the time to be an apprentice, its worth it to gain a real skill.

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HonestLemon25@reddit

I would be so fucking bored doing absolutely nothing all day like this. Working a job while having millions as a safety net saved sounds like heaven on earth. I never understand how people don’t lose their sense of purpose rotting away and not working.

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steauengeglase@reddit

But then you screw up your position in the tax bracket.

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Salty_Snorlax888@reddit

Regarded take. Imagine being lucky enough to never need to work a day in your life and you voluntarily sign up for an 8-5

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Frenky_Fisher@reddit

Regarded re-take. Imagine being financaly stable and not use your extra free time to work different jobs and amass experience.

If I had a safety net I'd go and try a variety of different jobs. One year I'm fixing cars, next year I'm working carpentry...

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Salty_Snorlax888@reddit

Experience for what?

One year I'm being a painter, next year I'm being a mountain yodeler. Actually why not both at the same time?

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FawnGreyhound@reddit

I think some people really lack imagination, or really can't escape the corporate brainwashing of culture.

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the_marxman@reddit

I'd still do it for a while if I found a good job. As much as I hate waking up early it's good to have responsibilities and keep a schedule. I'd definitely retire early though.

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CreamNPeaches@reddit

You could save money learning those skills in a work environment and get paid to do it. Schools aren't free, but on the job training typically is.

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Cerael@reddit

What blue collar skills are you talking about here lol. Just picking up a random blue collar job your body won’t be able to keep up

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SalvationSycamore@reddit

Fiber optics

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freedomfightre@reddit

a trade

electrician, plumbing, machine repair, tinsmith, welding, HVAC, etc.

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borstenwrood@reddit

For all those jobs you need experience and or have taken classes. You can't just start working there lol

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freedomfightre@reddit

that's what apprenticeships are for, they literally pay you while they train you

and with all the boomers approaching retirement age, and all the millennials being gaslit into getting college education when a lot of them shouldn't have, there is a huge gap between demand for skilled workers and available skilled workers

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I_dont_bone_goats@reddit

You can’t just walk into an apprenticeship with no training lol

Yes they train you more, but you don’t start at 0

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conductorofpooptrane@reddit

Yes you can. I did and half of my class did.

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I_dont_bone_goats@reddit

What do you think the class was for lol

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freedomfightre@reddit

his class was literally his group of coworkers going thru the apprenticeship together

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conductorofpooptrane@reddit

You have to do 4 years of class during your apprenticeship

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uTundra@reddit

Yeah you can although first year work is famously shitty labor, usually cleaning or organizing material or prefabbing stuff. About 6 months in you usually start getting actual work related to your trade.

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LooseButtPlug@reddit

False.

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LooseButtPlug@reddit

That's exactly how I started.

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LooseButtPlug@reddit

False.

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tfs5454@reddit

I mean yeah i will stay the fuck away from actual blue collar work in that case, but having a normal job you can quit on the spot without worrying about being homeless would be pretty nice.

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AngelBites@reddit

I have met a couple people who just work for fun, or perhaps better to say just to keep busy.

It must completely change the dynamic on how you view work if it’s optional.

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Salty_Snorlax888@reddit

I dont think that you should be pressured by anyone to take one, if you are already financially independent. Many people litteraly work 80 hour weeks so they can retire early, so its gross that others (boomers and j*ws) think that jobs aren't just a means to an end, but the end goal itself.

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jerrymandias@reddit

It's a lot different when you have the luxury of choosing what you want to do. I promise you that playing vidya 24/7 and shitting into a bucket will get old very quickly

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SyntheticDuckFlavour@reddit

There is a difference between grinding weekly to make end's meet, vs leisurely cherry picking any work you want for entertainment. In the latter, you can just walk away any time if you get bored, or if the boss is a cunt. You get to learn new skills, maintaining social interaction, and never be bored.

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death_is_acquittance@reddit

Its honestly good for your mental health as well

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Luke22_36@reddit

Imagine all the shit you could say without having to worry about getting fired.

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2BEN-2C93@reddit

The American mind cannot comprehend willfully not working.

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FawnGreyhound@reddit

An entire nation of live to work mentality.

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Tlr321@reddit

I’m right there with you. If I ever won the lottery or somehow got mega rich, I don’t think I’d quit my job. I think I would just continue working, but with significantly less stress about life.

I was just watching a video on Instagram the other day of these two blue collar dudes were beefing with an uber driver. One of the blue collar guys basically says something like “yeah well you drive for Uber” - trying to put him down. Then the driver pulls up his bank account & he’s got like over 4 Mil in it. Shut him right up lmfao. Driver was rich & probably bored, so he said “fuck it” and just drove around.

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Landio_Chadicus@reddit

Yeah getting dirty crawling around in basements or getting covered in grime from the inside of walls or lifting heavy things all day sounds like the dream

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HolyBidetServitor@reddit

Former plumber - i don't miss some of the 80s horror movie basements I've seen, i don't miss being covered in rust or mud. My back is thanking me for leaving trades in general, I'm 30 and my parents said walk like an old man.

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BenAfflecksBalls@reddit

Never going to own a home ass mindset. I've spent plenty of time learning how to do minor electrical, plumbing, drywalling, painting, etc not only because it is investment in my home but also because it's an investment in myself.

If you get off your AI girlfriend porn websites long enough you realize that either you just become an alcoholic or find worthwhile shit to do not only because it's needed but because you actually experience growth as a human being by being more connected to reality.

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Landio_Chadicus@reddit

I’m literally a landlord but okay. Software engineering is my day job and I don’t mind getting dirty, but I’d also rather not…

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BenAfflecksBalls@reddit

Your mom not evicting you from the attic doesn't make you a landlord

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ImTheDareBear@reddit

You smell like your username

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BenAfflecksBalls@reddit

Hey, I at least put you in the attic instead of basement.

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NeitherPotato@reddit

That's a different person genius

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BenAfflecksBalls@reddit

Basement for you

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SyntheticDuckFlavour@reddit

I’m literally a landlord but okay

ah, scum i see .

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WonkaWoe@reddit

if you don't like it you just quit man that's the point of the safety net

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gravitydood@reddit

If you know you won't like it and you have the safety net then why apply in the first place?

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fens__xd@reddit

it's not "I won't like it and I'll quit eventually, but still gonna try", it's "maybe I'll like it, and if I don't, I'll just leave and try again with 0 repercussions"

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Estropolim@reddit

Maybe you'll like eating shit, go ahead and try it big boy

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freedomfightre@reddit

not all trades require that

welding is a quite cushy job

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SyntheticDuckFlavour@reddit

You realise there are like a thousand different blue collar occupations that does no involve any of that? Like a machinist, tool maker, welder, mechanic, electronics repair, etc.

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ChiefSitsOnCactus@reddit

or you could just learn skills in your free time and not deal w the shitty parts of having a job

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RemoteButtonEater@reddit

No kidding. I'd be renting a house near an excellent school and just be collecting degrees forever

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appolzmeh@reddit

Shit most professors will let you sit in on their lectures if youre polite and ask nicely and pay attention.

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krostybat@reddit

I would do volunteer work, restoring forest trail or some nice stuff like this

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IpeeInclosets@reddit

I would be the worst fucking worker...probably best I live paycheck to paycheck.

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Narcofeels@reddit

You’re either the most profoundly fucked up troglodyte to ever curse this earth or you greatly underestimate just how awful this field gets

If you are capable of going 4 hours without stealing something to sell for drugs you will never be the worst I’ve seen good men reduced to empty husks fueled only by meth and child support to the most spineless snot nosed shits whipped into someone respectable by hard labor

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Vox_SFX@reddit

100% this, if I had no reason to need to work I would jump place to place entry level just gaining skills across tons of industries. Then when I get bored/tired just put in a 2 weeks to be professional and leave to relax and maybe put those skills to work on personal projects for a couple of years.

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MaybeThisTime67@reddit

I work in retail and we literally have this. There's a young autistic lad in our shop, barley into his 20s and he's a literal millionaire with enough money to comfortably last him the rest of his life.

He just works here to give himself something to do. But I love his attitude. He'll work his job generally quite well.. but when it comes to managers or customers being pricks, he honestly gives zero fucks about it all. He literally got pulled into a meeting once because a shift leader felt like he didnt like her.. he said she was right and that he didn't care.

I wish I could give so little fucks in work

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Puceeffoc@reddit

Or play a video game where you can run a server and make it pay to play and make cash off that. Lol.

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fens__xd@reddit

you can also making sound professional and "business-ish":

Commercial Operator of Gaming Instances, or something like that lol

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ToMyOtherFavoriteWW@reddit

Nah just say you work in IT. What do you do? You manage servers and connect interested parties.

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wisdompuff@reddit

Finally pursue my dream of driving one of those huge ore trucks

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johnson7853@reddit

In my career I can go down to points. I’d work .8 and have two afternoons off. I did it when I first started and being home by noon on Thursdays and 10:30 on Fridays was glorious.

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nothing_in_my_mind@reddit

Blue collar jobs are a lot of hard work and can fuck up your body. No one is working that unless they need the money. Except few people who have real passion for it.

OP would last 2 weeks until his boss says "yeah this weekend you're going to be lifting heavy shit and potentially injuring yourself, instead of fucking your gf and playing Mount and Blade... for money you don't need". Fuck that, no sane person wants that.

OP's opportunity is to learn some sort of creative skill, or programming, or some sort of hobby that could be turned into a job if needed.

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freedomfightre@reddit

not all of them

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drkinferno94@reddit

Learn a trade, like electrical, plumbing etc

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TheArcaneKnight@reddit

Wise investments Not reckless spending Owns an apartment just to go spend the the day playing videogames One famously the idea of a framework of a beta of a game with 1 gorrillion dollars work in "DLC". Sure.

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Robert_McNuggets@reddit

Bro lives like a Patrick

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Silirt@reddit

Bro is living the dream, actually.

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ICrushTacos@reddit

Living the lie you mean

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nodnodwinkwink@reddit

If his girlfriend can't be trusted with this info because "she would try to spend it carelessly" then he's wasting his time with her.

Financial disagreements in a relationship is one of the biggest causes for breakups/divorce.

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Dronelisk@reddit

relationships are about compromise, and anon seems like the type of person not willing to make compromises with his gf, so he is the one ruining the relationship

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BickedyBuckBumbl@reddit

What a weird presumption. What compromise is he not making? He has seen her spending habits and decided if he told her she would frivilously spend his money. Is the compromise that he should let her do this? What does he get in return for this compromise?

If anything he's saving the relationship by allowing her to maintain her financial independence and not financially rely on him, because once the money runs out she will most likely blame him for not being able to maintain that livestyle.

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TombolaOfCincinnatus@reddit

A dream is just a lie you've been told by your subconscious.

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the_marxman@reddit

A dream is a lie you want to believe in

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FoulfrogBsc@reddit

Woah 🤯

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wallawalker1@reddit

💯

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ElizabethMoon1992@reddit

reality is a species of dream

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outofindustry@reddit

based

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PuffinRub@reddit

This is surprisingly philosophical for a shitpost.

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Timeon@reddit

Same thing

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GlitteringFutures@reddit

Bro should do mare than play video games all day, start a business and generate some wealth and have a family. Do some good for his community, get involved with life.

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Dinger221@reddit

Its a dream for about 2-3 months, then the boredom would drive you crazy.

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NorthernSpankMonkey@reddit

"Emotionally stunted trust fund baby tries to form a significant relationship"

cool story

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c0l245@reddit

"Man who knows what he wants lives his dream and hurts nobody except for potentially those who want to control him. "

Amaze

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i_hate_scp@reddit

Let's rob him.

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ZolotoGold@reddit

Says he's not rich, but is actually rich.

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WendyLRogers3@reddit

Instead of blue collar, go for a fake white collar. "Consultant" is good, because it means nothing. "Computer Consultant" is better because it can mean everything and nothing, but justifies sitting behind one all day and night. But nothing that requires licensing.

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LukeDankwalker@reddit

“wise investments” and “second apartment” in the same greentext…

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kryb@reddit

Real estate is one of the most secure investment you can make, if in the right location.

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shangumdee@reddit

Ye but he is just holding an apartment without renting it out or anything, just using it as second place to hang out, which is awesome.

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Jah_Ith_Ber@reddit

It's great if the asset is appreciating at the same time that you're renting it out and earning income with it. If all you do is let it appreciate then it's not going to keep up with pretty much anything else. You would be better off with a 10-year T-bond and not worrying about something happening. (termites, fire, maintenance, imminent domain, HOA, squatters...)

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CountSudoku@reddit

Renting an apartment is not investing in real estate.

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kryb@reddit

Ah yes I missed the part where he says he's renting instead of owning, you're correct, it's a total waste.

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Useful_Market_4518@reddit

That guy is an evil genius

https://imgur.com/a/o7Btjoe

I actually own the house we live in, but she pays me 'half the rent' because I told her the lease is in my name before she moved in. I use that money to cover the rent on a cheaper apartment that I use as a "workspace"

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GuardBreaker@reddit

Oh shit, that's actually just fraud and if she catches him she could sue his ass 😬

I thought it was smart to have something as a back up, but he's very poorly executing his plan.

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haneybird@reddit

No, it isn't fraud. What it is, is stupid, because now his girlfriend is a rent paying tenant so if they break up he can't just kick her out without going through the eviction process.

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gamamoder@reddit

she might genuinely kill him if she finds out

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neontiger07@reddit

lmao this is not ''genius''.

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Puceeffoc@reddit

Yeah why rent an apartment when he could just rent a storage unit and figure out a way to tap into their electrical.

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EpicRussia@reddit

I know neckbeards and neets are goblins, but if you can spend 8 hours a day in a place with a bathroom/sink/carpet/drywall/lighting/a window over a place without any of those, you should

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porkchop487@reddit

He could just do all that at his own house instead of throwing away money on renting an apartment but yeah he makes “smart investments”

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Useful_Market_4518@reddit

https://imgur.com/a/o7Btjoe

I actually own the house we live in, but she pays me 'half the rent' because I told her the lease is in my name before she moved in. I use that money to cover the rent on a cheaper apartment that I use as a "workspace"

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pojohnny@reddit

very much respect for that story.

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SlyguyguyslY@reddit

Am I weird in that I’d get a job anyways? For extra security and maybe insurance.

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phreaminz@reddit

Smart money would buy a duplex, rent out the other side, and then act your like your also paying rent.

Paying rent when you have money to get a house is negative EV.

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A_Dragon@reddit

The thing is…yeah that’s great…but OP will eventually look back on his life and realize he never accomplished anything.

He never pushed himself, he never tested himself, he has no objective measure of where he is relative to his peers and eventually, after a lifetime of watching them succeed in their careers and earn what they made the despair will set in and he’ll realize he wasted his life sitting there playing video games.

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Tin_Philosopher@reddit

Have you ever heard of projection?

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Frandaero@reddit

You're acting as if playing videogames is all he can do when it's not. He can choose whatever path with his freedom. This is a net positive situation to be in.

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Gackt@reddit

Nice brokie coping lol just put the fries in the bag man

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koollama@reddit

I think this is corrosive to the soul. The proof is right in the text. He's lying about his wealth, lying about going to work every single day, an absolute scumbag to his gf, insecure that he's not working, believes he wouldn't be able to stand up to her reckless spending. If it doesn't all crash down, he will be living a lie one way or another.

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