So, I saw a post (that I replogged, you can find it) that talks about the wealth separation in reactions to the sub thing. How people who've got money are all "aw, poor people stop making fun of them! that's not cool at all! you should feel shame! so much shame!" and people who don't have money are like "dumb fucks hahaha!" (I'm paraphrasing here) but basically - that's the gist of it.
And - I've been seeing this too. And actually, I don't even think it's really about the amount of money you actually have (though I'm still broke as a fucking joke) but it's like the money you have in your head. If that makes sense.
So like... I'm an elder, right? Like... we got the house, the car (that the husband fucking wrecked last week thanks for that - he's fine, they're fine, it's all fine except my fucking car anyway...) and like... we live in suburbia hell (he likes it here) and like... I was raised poor and he was raised with money and like it's in our heads, ya know?
So then there's this sub. And I'm over here like "Moral obligation says that I feel bad and everything but... ya know... -shrug- they kinda shouldn't have fucking gone down there in the first fucking place! What the fuck were they thinking, like seriously?! Money doesn't fucking mean you're just... invincible---" and blah, blah, blah rant and joke and snicker and point. Meanwhile... the husband... is over there... on the other side of the couch going... "well... it's not like it was a piece of shit... a lot of time and effort went into making that sub and they did a lot of research and -insert charlie brown parent sounds-" And I'm just staring at him like "omg... we couldn't be more different right now".
I'm the one pointing and going "stupid fucking rich people!" and he's over there like a god-damned Tesla owner who's car burnt to the fucking ground going "ya know, it's still a great company". Holy shit! Just... wow... just... fucking wow. We live in the same house, have the same bank account, the same amount of fuck-all money in there and I'm broke and he's broke but we're not at the same financial level in our heads, ya know? It's fucking wild, I tell ya just wild.
And those fuckers were rich as shit and they're still fucking dead and it sucks for them and their families but they were fucking stupid to go down there in the first place.






