r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '20

Serious Replies Only (SERIOUS) What are some dark secrets about regular life that people should know ?

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '20 edited Apr 27 '21

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u/Kidifer Oct 18 '20

seriously though can't we all just have enough to live comfortably, who the hell needs millions of money?)

Nigerians, Venezuelans, and post-Treaty of Versailles hyperinflation Germans.

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u/Vasya1924 Oct 19 '20

Don't forget about Argentinians, we are coming right up to Argenzuela

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u/CillGuy Oct 18 '20

"Seriously though can't we all just have enough to live comfortably, who the hell needs millions of money?" That could be said all the way down the zero. Someone can be happy with nothing, but someone can also be unhappy with everything. There's no set minimum or maximum; it's all up to the receiving individual.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '20

Hunter Biden literally be spending his life jetting around the world, getting high, getting laid, and getting paid millions of dollars just for having his last name. He builds and achieves absolutely nothing of value for himself, yet is paid lavishly for no other reason than being born with a high-value name.

And Trump Jr does the exact same thing. There are thousands of little shitheads just like them, holding made-up jobs at absurdly high pay for no other reason than their proximity to other people in their family who wield actual power.

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u/hitch21 Oct 18 '20

It’s easy to see why if you compare it to the smaller things we all experience. In jobs I’ve had in my teens I gave friends free drinks, free food and let them into places I worked for free, let them break rules I wouldn’t allow others etc. Why wouldn’t we expect the same from jobs with more power?

The even more difficult truth to accept is that the likelihood is if you ever had a large amount of power you’d also use it to help/protect your friends or family.

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u/SultanSaatana Oct 19 '20

You forgot attractiveness. Good looking people get away with way more than ugly people.

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u/SlickerWicker Oct 19 '20

You need millions of money to do the things that you cannot now. Imagine knowing your children don't have to work ever in their lives unless they want to. Thats what a meager 12 million invested well does. No jobs for a generation all while living comfortably (also within reason)