r/dankmemes • u/Informal-Classroom83 ☣️ • May 03 '25

Big PP OC POV: You were having a good day

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u/Psychotic_Breakdown May 04 '25

Six figure incomes

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u/longingrustedfurnace May 04 '25

Not cause she’s a gold digger, but because you need two six-figure incomes to afford a house.

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u/fartyparty1234 May 04 '25

Now I ain't saying she a gold digger

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u/FiddlesUrDiddles Virgins in Paris May 04 '25

But she ain't messing with no broke [REMOVED BY REDDIT]

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u/LurkerPatrol May 04 '25

SHE TAKE MY MONEY

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u/Stranger1982 May 04 '25

you need two six-figure incomes to afford a house

...and eggs.

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u/Drewnessthegreat May 04 '25

I'm living proof that is not all it takes.

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u/Firemorfox May 04 '25

I don't think that's just women, ngl

Pretty sure men like six figure incomes too

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u/R0RSCHAKK May 04 '25

I would kill for a 6 figure income...

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u/Firemorfox May 04 '25

i feel like you're lowballing there, assassins are usually paid 7 figures

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u/R0RSCHAKK May 04 '25

Beggars can't be choosers 🤷

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u/YouDoHaveValue May 04 '25 edited May 04 '25

Hate to say it but anymore that's not really impressive anymore :/

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u/ChaosKeeshond May 04 '25

You're getting downvoted for the truth.

$100k is about £75k in the UK.

The problem is the rhetoric about six figures has been around for a long time and although the phrase remains, the meaning has moved.

Know what salary you needed back in 2010 for you to be on the same income as today, adjusted for inflation?

£45k.

This six figure salary everyone dreams about is only worth what your mental model says 45k stretches for.

Except it doesn't stop there because the reality is even starker, since the tax bands haven't moved as quickly as inflation. So those equivalences only work in a scenario with no VAT and no income tax. In reality? You're probably hemorrhaging roughly another 10+% to income taxes you weren't previously, and in the UK's case yet another 2.5% to VAT.

It's starting to look a lot closer to £40k now.

Just imagine time travelling to 2010 and pretending you're Patrick Bateman over a fucking £40k salary.

That's what bragging about six figures in 2025 is equivalent to.

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u/FiddlesUrDiddles Virgins in Paris May 04 '25

What kinda moron wouldn't be set tf up with 100k USD a year? That's 83k a month

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u/ChaosKeeshond May 04 '25

What kinda moron wouldn't be set tf up with 100k USD a year? That's 83k a month

Uh, you sure you wanna call me a moron right now?

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u/FiddlesUrDiddles Virgins in Paris May 04 '25

Ah shit. I missed a decimal and now it is I who have become the moron

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u/ChaosKeeshond May 04 '25

missed periods are concerning no matter the context

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u/JeebusChristBalls May 04 '25

It's not going to set you up for life but it would be comfortable. The trick is to actually find a job that will pay you that much.