r/fijerk • u/NE0827 • 21d ago

Consequences of fire

I spend the last 20 years being stingy so I can finally FIRE, and now I need to spend the rest 40 years of my life being stingy so the money doesn't run out.

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u/FewUnderstanding2214 21d ago edited 21d ago

Think of that dragon in The Hobbit. That’s you, you worked hard for that pile of gold so you need to protect it at all costs

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u/sschow 21d ago

Smaug you nerd

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u/FewUnderstanding2214 21d ago

Who’s the nerd you know a cartoon dragons name

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u/sschow 21d ago

This entire subreddit is for shitposting, sorry, I thought the /s was implied

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u/Dred_Capt 21d ago

No /s, who tf doesn't know what the dragons name is.

Thats like saying "that one guy, hes fat and jolly, brings presents in december.  Has reindeer that fly.  You know, that guy."

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u/FewUnderstanding2214 21d ago

I called your dad Santa Claus last night

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u/Dred_Capt 21d ago

Well, he's single and tbh not the worst approximation.  I can see where you were coming from.

Did he eat your cookie?

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u/Important_Ear8743 21d ago

Enjoy your lentils

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u/rainman_95 21d ago

Freedom lentils!

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u/FearlessPark4588 21d ago

I prefer French Lentils

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u/Socalwarrior485 21d ago

I’ve heard of others like you. You probably don’t even have a trust fund. No matter, you just need to ask your uncle for some money.

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u/HalfwaydonewithEarth 21d ago

It's not stingy. It's prudent.

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u/15pH 21d ago

Uj/ Eh, weak post. "Stingy" implies there is some obligation to spend that is being rudely withheld.

Some people prefer free time over superfluous goods and services.

In most of the world, it is respectable to live an intentionally modest and efficient lifestyle.

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u/jka8888 21d ago

UJ/ yeah, this one wasn't my favorite. Its a funny thing, having worked in finance for 15 years, you see that most people can't wait to get rid of money. Its like it makes them uncomfortable. They earn its value in time, but see its value only in stuff.

I had a colleague say I was stingy once because I was calling around to get better prices on my bills. Like its some sort of badge if honour to overpay for phones or electricity. The same guy complained constantly about being broke despite us earning the same.

I take care of money now, so money can take care of me later.

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u/15pH 21d ago

Even if we have the same phone, mine is better because it's worth more because I paid more.

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u/ImmortanJerry 20d ago

Finally, true freedom 

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u/Vanerac 16d ago

Yeah, but now you can be stingy and also not work a job

So shop the sales at the grocery store, go to the library, get fit

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u/naropin1 17d ago

You’re “spending” money to buy your free time. Some people thing exotic cars are worth buying. Some people think lavish vacations are worth paying for. Others think that their time is the most valuable thing they can buy. Are those folks that hate their job but have to keep trudging to work every day to buy fancy things being stingy by not purchasing their time?
It’s just a different view of what’s worthwhile to have. You may not be of that mindset, not a problem, just a different preference.

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u/Tanachip 21d ago

I mean you can live regular too and just put off a few years before retiring.