• ZephyrXero@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Many of our modern aphorisms originated from the rich and investor class, so of course they’re phrased with a bias against the poor and new money

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    3 days ago

    I saw this and thought “this reminds me of that user who kept posting about age gap relationships and wealth gap relationships”. Then I checked the username and it is indeed them

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    2 days ago

    Depends. In some old money families, marrying for money is seen as foolish. We’re already rich, you fool, we’ve been rich for a thousand years !

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    Shit. I did it wrong. I married someone with way less than me. Although my job doesn’t pay well because I also choose that based on enjoyment…