What's a rich person thing you've done?

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dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 204d

how rich is "rich person" - because my relative scale is so bad that being in a car with heated seats feels very "rich person" even though it's more like upper-middle class (if I'm not mistaken)

if "rich person" is more like top 1%, I'm not sure there's anything I've done that's "rich person":

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 204d (2 replies)

Buy sandwiches every week. In my defence, they're damn good ones!

dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 204d

wow!

wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 203d

I am amazed at how expensives sandwiches are these days. Even the cheap supermarket ones are no longer cheap.

noseatbelt@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 204d (1 reply)

Go to Michelin starred restaurants. I'm too poor to justify going to these places but my mom likes to take me out for my birthday, and I really love food so I will inevitably agree after a very feeble protest.

dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 204d

this, too, is my weakness - good food is good food; I don't need nice presentation, wait staff, etc. - I just crave excellent food.

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 204d

... i sleep on expensive Italian/belgian linen sheets...

Drusas@fedia.io · 7 pts · 204d

I bought a piece of outdoor furniture yesterday. The nice kind of outdoor furniture which won't immediately rot in the Pacific Northwest.

...but just one piece.

sparkles@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 204d (2 replies)
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dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 204d (1 reply)

meanwhile 90% of Chinese people own their homes, and of those 80% own their home outright (no mortgage or other liens)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/03/30/how-people-in-china-afford-their-outrageously-expensive-homes/

not sure we should consider home ownership "rich person" stuff, tbh - though it breaks my heart that this is what it has come to

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 53d

Bit late but technically they don't own it, they lease it for max. 70 years and then it gets back into the hands of the community

MantisToboggon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 204d (1 reply)

Oppression of the proletariat.

dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 204d

bad girl, no 🚿

ZDL@lazysoci.al · 6 pts · 204d (2 replies)

I've tasted tea in a teahouse that would be over $1000 a pound.

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 204d (1 reply)

I mean, to be fair a pound of tea is a LOT of tea by volume.

ZDL@lazysoci.al · 1 pts · 201d

It's a few months' supply, yes. I probably go through about five pounds a year.

Zathras@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 204d

I don't splurge much on clothes, technology, vehicles, food, etc...but every month I do get a professional massage (get your head out of the gutter ...totally non-sexual). Helps with all the muscle tension that builds up from daily stress from everything (work, life, anything). If you've never had one, I highly suggest trying it out at least once.

wildflowertea@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 204d
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djdarren@piefed.social · 5 pts · 204d (2 replies)

I've lived on Queen Mary 2 for almost a year.

Granted, I was working aboard at the time, but still...

foxglove@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 204d (1 reply)

Hi djdarren, thanks for your helpful comment! Unfortunately this community has a rule that only women are permitted to comment or post, so please refrain from commenting further.

I hope you understand 💛

djdarren@piefed.social · 3 pts · 203d

Oh, I'm VERY sorry, I didn't see the community name!

zips it

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 204d
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RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 1 pts · 204d
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Witchfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d

Buying my used car with cash. It's the single most expensive thing I've ever bought not counting rent or my degree.

I also drink lattes which is why I can't afford a home

juliebean@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 200d

i've gone snowboarding a few times. haven't been able to afford it for years though.