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> This Zappos article is like the whole catalog of rich people problems in a nutshell: drugs, parasitic relationships, arrests, and dumb accidents. Not all "ri

> This Zappos article is like the whole catalog of rich people problems in a nutshell: drugs, parasitic relationships, arrests, and dumb accidents. Not all "rich people" have these problems. You just don't tend to hear about the ones who live normal lives.

Scoundreller 5y ago
The point being made is that it’s hard to get by and be deep in more one of those situations if you’re poor.
- Kranar 5y ago
  Poor people don't get deep into drugs, aren't involved in numerous parasitic relationships, don't get arrested or do dumb things? That's only something rich people get deeply involved in? Of course not, it's just no one cares when a poor person does it. The reason we care about when rich people do it is precisely because we don't expect someone who is rich and seems to have it all to get into these situations, and the reality is that for the most part, they don't.
  - Scoundreller 5y ago
    It can get a lot worse when you have the money to enable drug use, have money to be parasitized, have lawyers for any arrest to pay a meaningless fine, or house-arrest on your compound(s) instead of jail time, pay for any accidents and pay to do dumb(er) things. So yeah, rich people can get wayyyyy deeper in any and all of those than poor people. A rich person is just a better resourced poor person. I’d argue their quality of life isn’t much different except one can buy their way out of any problem while the other has to suffer it directly.
1cvmask 5y ago
I don't think he was referring to rich "normal" people. The types of problems you can only have if you have a lot of money. Most people can't afford to be on 2 week drug binges. And you probably need a job to pay for your drug habit and most of those jobs like being a forklift operator come with mandatory drug testing. But if you have 200 million to play with then that is a whole nother ball game.
- crate_barre 5y ago
  Lol, do you how many homeless drug addicts there are? It doesn’t take that much money to go off the rails and sustain a habit. Even if you’re going broke and can’t get the expensive stuff, there’s always alcohol which can be had for as little as $1.50 for a 24oz.
  - FormerBandmate 5y ago
    Homeless junkies and criminal junkies don’t act like Zappos guy did
    - crate_barre 5y ago
      Woah, quite a sheltered life you live. I’ve seen people spazz out ion all kinds of drugs and alcohol just on the subway.

Scoundreller 5y ago

The point being made is that it’s hard to get by and be deep in more one of those situations if you’re poor.

Kranar 5y ago
Poor people don't get deep into drugs, aren't involved in numerous parasitic relationships, don't get arrested or do dumb things? That's only something rich people get deeply involved in? Of course not, it's just no one cares when a poor person does it. The reason we care about when rich people do it is precisely because we don't expect someone who is rich and seems to have it all to get into these situations, and the reality is that for the most part, they don't.
- Scoundreller 5y ago
  It can get a lot worse when you have the money to enable drug use, have money to be parasitized, have lawyers for any arrest to pay a meaningless fine, or house-arrest on your compound(s) instead of jail time, pay for any accidents and pay to do dumb(er) things. So yeah, rich people can get wayyyyy deeper in any and all of those than poor people. A rich person is just a better resourced poor person. I’d argue their quality of life isn’t much different except one can buy their way out of any problem while the other has to suffer it directly.

1cvmask 5y ago

I don't think he was referring to rich "normal" people. The types of problems you can only have if you have a lot of money. Most people can't afford to be on 2 week drug binges. And you probably need a job to pay for your drug habit and most of those jobs like being a forklift operator come with mandatory drug testing. But if you have 200 million to play with then that is a whole nother ball game.

crate_barre 5y ago
Lol, do you how many homeless drug addicts there are? It doesn’t take that much money to go off the rails and sustain a habit. Even if you’re going broke and can’t get the expensive stuff, there’s always alcohol which can be had for as little as $1.50 for a 24oz.
- FormerBandmate 5y ago
  Homeless junkies and criminal junkies don’t act like Zappos guy did
  - crate_barre 5y ago
    Woah, quite a sheltered life you live. I’ve seen people spazz out ion all kinds of drugs and alcohol just on the subway.