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For too long, I refused to believe these people existed

Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:48 am
Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:48 am
There's a podcast called "Financial Audit" in which a finance expert reviews a guest's finances. Its an interesting look into society through a financial lens.

Yesterday's guest:



She makes $22.17 an hour and only works 30 hours a week at Starbucks, so right at $35k. He doesn't work. She supports him.

Some highlights:

1. They have pet rats that they paid $1,500 for. They spent $1,000 taking them to an emergency vet. They both died.

2. She has $25,000 in credit cards. She paid $10,000 off from a previous relationship and then charged it back up on this makeup wearing freak.

3. She has an addiction to something called a "Plushie" that she has spent thousands on. Its a stuffed animal.

4. Both are vegetarians. Their go to meal is microwaved blocks od soy with spicy mayo.





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Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
19212 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:50 am to
Ole baw living his best life.
Posted by Cosmo
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Member since Oct 2003
129172 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:52 am to
Im shocked SHOCKED shes a starbucks barista
Posted by GeauxBurrow312
Member since Nov 2024
4981 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:52 am to
Starbucks is paying $22 an hour? Great, we’re going to have them demanding $25+ an hour for “living wage” soon
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
31974 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:52 am to
Pray to baby Jesus they don't procreate...
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16455 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:53 am to
Im not going to listen, but did they at least sound happy? Or was it just Orange Man Bad?
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
19041 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:53 am to
I've seen clips of the show on YouTube. Those two are nowhere near the worst. The lack of financial literacy in this country is mind-boggling.
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:54 am to
These are my kids' peers. When your kids are making big life decisions you always worry a bit and want them to be successful and hope they understand the impact their current choices will make down the road. You sure you want to major in that? Are you sure you want to work there?

Then I would see something like this and remind myself that their competition isn't me and it certainly isn't Elon or Bezos, it's 30 year old basket cases that spend $1500 on a rat. Mine are all doing well, but they could have made some truly horrible choices and they'd still be far, far more valuable to an employer and our society than those two clowns.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:54 am to
Well it does look like she's at least trying to save some money by cutting her own hair.
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
6114 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:55 am to
I don't have confirmation of this yet but I'm pretty sure his guests now are actors or clout chasers. I used to watch this guy in his early days when things seemed grounded, but now it seems a lot more like Jerry Springer. Which is fine, make entertainment. But don't fall for the bait.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
8122 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:55 am to
These two are the type that don't want anymore white people in the world.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
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Member since Aug 2019
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:56 am to
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He doesn't work. She supports him.

Oof.
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
26888 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:58 am to
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I don't have confirmation of this yet but I'm pretty sure his guests now are actors or clout chasers.


Don't know anything about the show, but if you look at US household financial statistics those two wouldn't be some pink unicorn anomaly. People like that absolutely exist.
Posted by LB84
Member since May 2016
4360 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:59 am to
200 years ago what did these kind of people do?
Posted by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:59 am to
1. For anyone wanting a link, it's to Caleb's member's-only Youtube. ( LINK). But there are plenty of free ones: LINK

2. Dave Ramsey has literally made millions off of idiots like those two.
Posted by LB84
Member since May 2016
4360 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:00 am to
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Posted by Geekboy
Member since Jan 2004
7173 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:00 am to
These aren’t humans. They’re aliens.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20189 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:03 am to
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The lack of financial literacy in this country is mind-boggling



The older my kids get the more I am instilling in them that the key to peace and a stress free life is to be debt free above all else. Act accordingly.
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
19041 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:03 am to
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200 years ago what did these kind of people do?

They didn't have people like that 200 years ago. People like this are what happens when there's abundance and social safety nets to use as hammocks. People like these would have starved or frozen to death 200 years ago, thus removing their genetic material from the gene pool.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20189 posts
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:03 am to
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200 years ago what did these kind of people do


Starve
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