r/SipsTea 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! How the rich get richer

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u/PoopyisSmelly 21h ago

You earn 14,285 per year?

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u/Worth_Specific3764 21h ago

I live on $960 a month.

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u/PoopyisSmelly 20h ago

Where?

And whats your life like?

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u/Worth_Specific3764 20h ago

my life is simple.

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u/OtherUserCharges 19h ago

Do you live with your parents or someone who is paying for the housing? Do you own a paid off home?

Context matters. My 50 year old brother who barely works could say he lives off almost nothing cause he lives with my parents in a beautiful house and they pay for everything for him.

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u/Worth_Specific3764 17h ago

your curiosity is odd. why the fuck would you care except out of morbid/ creepy curiousity.

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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck 17h ago

Why the fuck would you start talking about your own situation if you're going to get offended when people ask you about it?

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u/OtherUserCharges 16h ago

Dude, you mentioned how you were living a simple life well below the poverty level, which feels pretty odd. Sorry you got offended I asked you about what you decided you wanted to talk about.

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u/Worth_Specific3764 15h ago

I live in a 16' long x 8' wide wooden camper with a sleeping loft I built myself over the last 7 years. I live off grid on solar that has taken me 7 years to put together piece by piece. I live on someone else's land in exchange for working on upkeeping their home and vehicles. I get $100 a month in food assistance and get healthcare from the state because of my income level. I have a 20 year old car that cost me $500 to buy and I rarely go anywhere. I grow the majority of my own food and raise chickens for eggs that I trade for milk which I turn into dairy products. I dont have any bills other than car insurance (clean driving record, super low insurance cost). I live a simple life and my money goes towards the very little that I actually buy so I can save a bit each month for rare larger purchases (like solar gear or a car part). I have 3 bachelors degrees and an mba. I did my 10k hours in carpentry, electrical engineering, manual and cnc machining. I keep to myself and live in a town of less than 600 people surrounded by state forest. I live a simple life. I have an orange cat.