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Oct. '11

This is a U.S. penny. But you probably already knew that. How many times have you, the average American, told a cashier to give you the extra penny change? When was the last time you saw a penny on the ground and picked it up for any reason other than good luck? I’m guessing it doesn’t happen often…pennies are pretty worthless to us. But the 1%? At the very least they look at dimes the way we look at pennies. While that also sounds kind of worthless, let’s extrapolate that a little bit. $1,000 to you is like—as a percentage of total worth—$100 to the very bottom of the 1%. So while a $100 tasting menu lunch at Blue Hill sounds incredibly opulent, to the super rich that’s like spending $10 at McDonalds. A $120,000 Bentley sounds ludicrous, until you realize that it’s less than a Honda Civic would cost to the rest of us. Buying a million dollar home on Long Island is like buying a studio apartment in the shittiest part of Brooklyn (which you probably still can’t afford, lol). Just sayin’.

This is a U.S. penny.

But you probably already knew that.

How many times have you, the average American, told a cashier to give you the extra penny change? When was the last time you saw a penny on the ground and picked it up for any reason other than good luck?

I’m guessing it doesn’t happen often…pennies are pretty worthless to us.

But the 1%? At the very least they look at dimes the way we look at pennies. While that also sounds kind of worthless, let’s extrapolate that a little bit. $1,000 to you is like—as a percentage of total worth—$100 to the very bottom of the 1%.

So while a $100 tasting menu lunch at Blue Hill sounds incredibly opulent, to the super rich that’s like spending $10 at McDonalds. A $120,000 Bentley sounds ludicrous, until you realize that it’s less than a Honda Civic would cost to the rest of us. Buying a million dollar home on Long Island is like buying a studio apartment in the shittiest part of Brooklyn (which you probably still can’t afford, lol).

Just sayin’.

  1. luckyorawesome reblogged this from omgstephlol and added:
    What a fine piece of demagoguery. Just sayin’. Plus I don’t get people who don’t pick up small change in the street....
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