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post 1670098723 10-26-2022, 07:36 AM
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Why does everyone compare salary?

When they should really be comparing net worth


Yet you almost never hear how much is someone worth, only how much do they make, outside of when people talk about billionaires.
post 1670098923 10-26-2022, 07:40 AM
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post 1670099903 10-26-2022, 07:57 AM
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Nobody really talks about that in real life.
post 1670100023 10-26-2022, 07:59 AM
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Ego boost and validation. Just like people brag about everything on social media.
post 1670100053 10-26-2022, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted By meanstringbean⏩
When they should really be comparing net worth


Yet you almost never hear how much is someone worth, only how much do they make, outside of when people talk about billionaires.
Salaryyyyyyy is disposable income

Networth is how much yohr worth/how much your potential profit is

Its basically chit unless you capitaljzs on yohr networth and make disposable income which is ACTUAL money you can soend

Fkkkkk

I can be worth billions but be broke on the street

Not doing that again ……..
post 1670100113 10-26-2022, 08:01 AM
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I like seeing pics of what people are doing with their $$$, numbers alone are boring
post 1670101153 10-26-2022, 08:19 AM
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it's mostly poorcels that do so to cope because they make an extra $500 a year gross than their other poorcel friend.

Truly wealthy people don't want others to know. It just exposes them to crime, harassment and unnecessary attention. If anything, they should be down playing what they make to avoid envy.
post 1670101343 10-26-2022, 08:22 AM
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Comparing either is cringe and in poor taste, Opie.
Your schtick sucks and it screams insecurity.
post 1670101413 10-26-2022, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted By truesteez⏩
it's mostly poorcels that do so to cope because they make an extra $500 a year gross than their other poorcel friend.

Truly wealthy people don't want others to know. It just exposes them to crime, harassment and unnecessary attention. If anything, they should be down playing what they make to avoid envy.
This is true. Most of the truly rich people I know do not flaunt it and they drive modest cars etc. The oy way you know they're rich is that they live in $4m homes but you wouldn't guess it by the car they drive or the way they dress srs.
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post 1670101723 10-26-2022, 08:29 AM
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CEOs and other execs will sometimes downplay their salary to make it seem like they aren’t overpaid. “But my salary is only $190k, i am not costing the company much compared to the knowledge i bring to the table”. Yet they conveniently leave out the $4million bonus they get each year. That is why salary is a VERY bad indicator of what people make or their disposable income is.
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post 1671716503 11-24-2022, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted By meanstringbean⏩
When they should really be comparing net worth


Yet you almost never hear how much is someone worth, only how much do they make, outside of when people talk about billionaires.
Salary and net worth are what poor people concern themselves about. Not your fault, obviously.

More important is to focus on how much leisure time your income/assets afford you
post 1671717763 11-24-2022, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted By truesteez⏩
it's mostly poorcels that do so to cope because they make an extra $500 a year gross than their other poorcel friend.

Truly wealthy people don't want others to know. It just exposes them to crime, harassment and unnecessary attention. If anything, they should be down playing what they make to avoid envy.
This. True rich keep very low profiles.
post 1671717873 11-24-2022, 09:46 PM
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Yup might as well compare credit scores
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post 1671723763 11-25-2022, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted By miscbrah44⏩
Yup might as well compare credit scores
Did you end up finding a place to live
post 1671723893 11-25-2022, 01:49 AM
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post 1671741633 11-25-2022, 11:26 AM
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The internet is the only place in the world where everyones salary is bigger than the persons before them.

magic how that works but it seems to every time the discussion comes up.
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Because it's future earning potential. Net worth isn't really anything incoming. Maybe you have it invested maybe you don't. If it is invested maybe it's not invested well. Way too many factors with net worth whereas with salary you can say this person is going to be accumulating this amount of money each year for the foreseeable future.

It's also a better representation of your worth to society. Net worth may have been accumulated through inheritance or investments. That tells me nothing about the individual. Salary at least tells me this person is skilled or valuable enough for someone else to want to pay them this amount right now.
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