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The Dishwasher Test for “Am I Rich?”
- amalgamated_inc 4y agoI don't use the dishwasher, what now?
- hirundo 4y agoIf you can't afford a dishwasher, you're rich.
- uberman 4y agoI believe the question pre supposes you own a dishwasher. If you dont I think it is probably safe to say you are not rich in the 0.001 range. Since we can assume to even ask the question you own a dishwasher, I believe the test is do you do your own dishes. I force my kids to do the dishes but i guess that still qualifies me as not rich at least not in the Larry Elison "I so rich I can shit of the carpet and pay someone to clean it up" sort of way.
- nofreelunch 4y agoI assumed there are multiple points being made by this, and implies things about different definitions of wealth. But maybe my brain just rushed to defend poor logic.
- 082349872349872 4y agoIt is possible to eat all meals out (thereby having no practical need to have a dishwasher at home) and still not be rich in the 0,001 range.
- jonjacky 4y agoIn his book Class, Paul Fussel wrote that really rich people don't have dishwashers or many other mechanized conveniences: "Why put up with those noisy things when a silent servant can do everything they do?"