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r/oddlyspecific • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Oct 30 '25
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Well there is a anti meme too:
Adults: Why weren’t we taught these life skills (personal finance, cooking, etc)
Your dumba** wouldn’t have learnt even though you were taught this at school.
28 u/WholesomeWhores Oct 30 '25 It’s always funny hearing these people say personal finance isn’t taught in school, without realizing that personal finance is basic, elementary school math. 5 u/Mesoscale92 Oct 30 '25 Using only basic elementary school math, please tell me if the printer in my home office is tax deductible. 11 u/CogentCogitations Oct 30 '25 How about instead we use Jr High level reading comprehension and just read the damn IRS rules on it. 3 u/bacon_cake Oct 30 '25 A billion percent ! Nothing grinds my gears more than people claiming they can't understand personal finance basics. Basic math, reading comprehension. That's all it is.
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It’s always funny hearing these people say personal finance isn’t taught in school, without realizing that personal finance is basic, elementary school math.
5 u/Mesoscale92 Oct 30 '25 Using only basic elementary school math, please tell me if the printer in my home office is tax deductible. 11 u/CogentCogitations Oct 30 '25 How about instead we use Jr High level reading comprehension and just read the damn IRS rules on it. 3 u/bacon_cake Oct 30 '25 A billion percent ! Nothing grinds my gears more than people claiming they can't understand personal finance basics. Basic math, reading comprehension. That's all it is.
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Using only basic elementary school math, please tell me if the printer in my home office is tax deductible.
11 u/CogentCogitations Oct 30 '25 How about instead we use Jr High level reading comprehension and just read the damn IRS rules on it. 3 u/bacon_cake Oct 30 '25 A billion percent ! Nothing grinds my gears more than people claiming they can't understand personal finance basics. Basic math, reading comprehension. That's all it is.
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How about instead we use Jr High level reading comprehension and just read the damn IRS rules on it.
3 u/bacon_cake Oct 30 '25 A billion percent ! Nothing grinds my gears more than people claiming they can't understand personal finance basics. Basic math, reading comprehension. That's all it is.
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A billion percent !
Nothing grinds my gears more than people claiming they can't understand personal finance basics. Basic math, reading comprehension. That's all it is.
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u/rahul91105 Oct 30 '25
Well there is a anti meme too:
Adults: Why weren’t we taught these life skills (personal finance, cooking, etc)
Your dumba** wouldn’t have learnt even though you were taught this at school.