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When did you realize that rich people live in a world of their own? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by JeeBaiChow to c/asklemmy

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May be an incident where they could not understand how much things they take for granted cost to the normies, a flagrant disregard for morals or ethics, a blatant show of arrogance or disconnectedness, or anything yould like to share.

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[–] Dasus 1 points 7 months ago

About nine, I'd say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

meeting my extended family on both sides. maybe age five?

[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was in a developing country and the taxi driver I guess wanted to practice his English with me. Starts asking me questions about the city I live in. I start mentioning some tourist traps and other spots I like and it just clicks in my head "this guy earns about ten dollars a day there is no way he is ever getting a visa, a plane ticket, or the money to be a tourist in my city".

I am in the +99% of humanity in terms of money. Sure in the West I am at most upper middle class but for the bulk of the world I am disgustingly wealthy.

[–] JeeBaiChow 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are exceptions. I'm in a semi developed SEA nation and I've heard of simple drivers who have German luxury cars at home because they've used the information they overheard from their bosses in the back to invest in stocks. Essentially third party insider trading. Apparently there's loads of stock manipulation going on here.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 7 months ago

Wait isn't that the plot to like multiple movies and TV shows?

[–] yesman -1 points 7 months ago

Everyone lives in layers of self-constructed fantasy and coming into contact with reality is called trauma. At least according to Jacques Lacan.

[+] [email protected] -15 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I realized rich people just sort of assume they’re going to get help when they ask for it, so I started behaving this way and people are so much more helpful.

Like, here’s a poor person:

What the fuck is going on with the air conditioning in my room? I paid $150 to stay here and I think there should be air conditioning in my room and this whole fucking vacation is a nightmare and I’m gonna leave the nastiest review if you don’t …

The poor person immediately assumes it’s a fight.

Here’s a rich person:

Looks like the AC’s gone out in my room. Could you please send someone up to take a look at it?

They just assume, from the get-go, that they’ll have full cooperation. It doesn’t cross their mind that someone might fight them on it.

I’ve found that this approach works wonders.

And even things that aren’t already “part of the deal” so to speak. Like:

You don’t happen to have a stand-up lamp I could put in this corner do you?

Like, a poor person would never even conceive that they could get extra furniture in that hotel room. A rich person just assumes all the resources available are at hand to help.

The staff will then go to their own office, or grab the stand-up lamp out of the lobby, something like that.

I dunno. I believe in social and economic mobility, and I think rich is a feedback loop between attitude and outcomes.

[–] JeeBaiChow 2 points 7 months ago

Good point. I do think the hotel might charge for the additional amenities though. The ac thing they'd probably just switch your room. But yeah, from personal experience, not being a dick gets you some milage.

[–] Clent 1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

What you're describing has nothing to do with poor vs rich.

Your belief in social and economic mobility indicates this is your cooping mechanism.

You are finding a way to blame poor people for their inequality. That's a much better example of the difference between poor and rich thinking.

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