RKOI: Rich Kids of Instagram (AKA the children of the 1%)

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lupi

Lifer
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only one of us is crying here, and I think the forum knows who it is.
 

Phokus

Lifer
Nov 20, 1999
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only one of us is crying here, and I think the forum knows who it is.

Yeah, pretty much it's you.

1) You get your ass handed to you in arguments

2) You're a Jets fan (have fun with sanchez and tebow completing passes to the ground more than to their receivers btw)

and most hilariously 3) You are a passionate defender of the child rape institute of Penn State. Love seeing you get mad in that thread.
 

DAGTA

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Oct 9, 1999
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Where can I sell $30 bottles of liquor for $900 each?

Someone willing to pay 30x what an item sells for elsewhere won't stay rich for long.
 

BladeVenom

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That being said, the rich tend to get richer and keep their money... so, an approach that make sense to me is to moderately increase taxes on the rich, and increase estate taxes, and use that money to fund the hell out of education.

Rich families can stay rich forever without doing any work because of trust funds.

After politicians raise taxes, they then sell tax loopholes to the biggest lobbyists.

Cut taxes, and get rid of the loopholes.

Corporations have trillions and trillions of dollars they they send, or keep overseas to avoid paying taxes on it. Raising taxes will just see more money leave the country.
 

AznAnarchy99

Lifer
Dec 6, 2004
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Where can I sell $30 bottles of liquor for $900 each?

Someone willing to pay 30x what an item sells for elsewhere won't stay rich for long.

You dont go out much huh? Any club. $30 of Goose for $450 normally around here not including tip and two bottle minimum normally. In Vegas its substantially higher depending on who's DJing or what weekend it is. There are $5000-$10,000 minimums on tables with 2 bottles at times.
 

lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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Yeah, pretty much it's you.

1) You get your ass handed to you in arguments

2) You're a Jets fan (have fun with sanchez and tebow completing passes to the ground more than to their receivers btw)

and most hilariously 3) You are a passionate defender of the child rape institute of Penn State. Love seeing you get mad in that thread.

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DAGTA

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Oct 9, 1999
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You dont go out much huh? Any club. $30 of Goose for $450 normally around here not including tip and two bottle minimum normally. In Vegas its substantially higher depending on who's DJing or what weekend it is. There are $5000-$10,000 minimums on tables with 2 bottles at times.

That's correct. I don't go to clubs. I also wouldn't waste my money is such a fashion.
 

Remobz

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Jun 9, 2005
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Ok let me ask you all this question....

Would you rather be filthy RICH like these kids but die at the age of 30 or Dirt Poor but with good health and live to 90?

Well?
 

RossMAN

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Ok let me ask you all this question....

Would you rather be filthy RICH like these kids but die at the age of 30 or Dirt Poor but with good health and live to 90?

Well?

Why does it have to be 30, why not half the age at 45?

Define "dirt poor"?
 

OCGuy

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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Ah, the jealous people. It must be sad going through like knowing you will never attain that kind of wealth.

But you know what, there is a starving kid in Africa right now that would fucking LOVE to be in the US "Lower class". They would probably think the same thing if I showed them my bar tab on a Saturday night.

It is all relative.
 

FelixDeCat

Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of needle than for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

-Jesus
 

Remobz

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Why does it have to be 30, why not half the age at 45?

Define "dirt poor"?

I knew a local rich kid that died at 30 in a car crash. So why not? Besides, you have to die relatively young to balance out the extreme poverty (dirt poor) conditions.

I mean extreme poverty.

Imagine living in a third world country and you survive day to day by hustling. Some days you might go hungry. Can never leave the Country (too much money). Catch and kill type existence.

Like a Vietnamese rice farmer or Indian rural farmer
 

StrangerGuy

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May 9, 2004
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I knew a local rich kid that died at 30 in a car crash. So why not? Besides, you have to die relatively young to balance out the extreme poverty (dirt poor) conditions.

I mean extreme poverty.

Imagine living in a third world country and you survive day to day by hustling. Some days you might go hungry. Can never leave the Country (too much money). Catch and kill type existence.

Like a Vietnamese rice farmer or Indian rural farmer

http://www.indiatribune.com/index.p...r-commits-suicide-in-india&catid=106:magazine

"Their yearly total for farmer suicides from 1995 to 2009 brings us to a total of 240,000. " If they are surviving so well being poor why are they killing themselves, lol.
 

RbSX

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Jan 18, 2002
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Done some of the things included in that RKOI, but not to the degree these kids do it.

Jeebus.
 

Riparian

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Ah, the jealous people. It must be sad going through like knowing you will never attain that kind of wealth.

But you know what, there is a starving kid in Africa right now that would fucking LOVE to be in the US "Lower class". They would probably think the same thing if I showed them my bar tab on a Saturday night.

It is all relative.

How would that same African kid, in your example, view these rich kids? Imagine the relativity that kid would feel if he / she saw this level of opulence.
 

StrangerGuy

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May 9, 2004
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How would that same African kid, in your example, view these rich kids? Imagine the relativity that kid would feel if he / she saw this level of opulence.

Is that supposed to appeal to the bleeding hearts? Actually, I think they are better off paying attention to the armed warlords that took their precious foreign aid.
 

Riparian

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Jul 21, 2011
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It's not meant to play to the bleeding hearts, however, if you're going to claim relativity, then you should probably notice the disparity between the poor African child and the rich kids in question.

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MetalMat

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Jun 14, 2004
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Thinks thats crazy, the Walmart Heirs net worth is more than the entire bottom 40% of the US. Talk about being lucky if you were born into that family.
 

lupi

Lifer
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You should try not to be so jealous, then maybe your life wouldn't suck so bad.


And ruling a nation based on laws of jealousy is bound to be highly successful.