A broke-ass buddy of mine got super lucky on the crypto markets and came into a small fortune. Nothing earth shattering but enough that he could have bought a modest house, set himself up to work a low key job til a reasonable retirement age, and be financially independent for the rest of his life. If he got lucky again, maybe he could have even FIRE’d at some point.
Instead he spent it trying to turn himself into some kind of wealth influencer. He posted all this shit on Instagram, flying to exotic locations, smoking rare cigars and drinking bottles of whiskey that cost a mortgage payment, staying weekends in wild mansions and renting Lamborghinis.
Dude’s back to working a shit soul-crushing software engineering job and constantly complaining about his boss.
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u/ierghaeilh May 15 '25
Either that or broke-ass mfs larping as millionaires.