Comment on YSK that americans can now deduce private jet expenses from their taxes

nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• callcc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I like the that term. Just like obese personality for people who need large cars or are excessively loud.

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• zeca@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Calling that financial obesity is so weird.

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  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The financially obese are weird, a perfectly cromulent framing.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It leads to financial diabeetus.

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    • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love it. They have more than they’ll ever need but can’t help but continue to gorge themselves. Half of them probably miss out on sleep or family or other healthy activities in their pursuit of more wealth. Financial obesity is a fantastic term that paints a very accurate picture.

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  • HarneyToker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why? Is it not an apt description? Or does the wording just make you uncomfortable?

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    • zeca@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gluttony would be a better word.

      Obesity is something else. People rarely actually want to be obese, but who is actually bothered by having too much money? I guess that makes the wording sound weird to me.

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  • timeghost@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Should we go back to fat cats?

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    • zeca@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yess

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• buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Calling it financial obesity makes it sound like a good thing. These are superfluous parasites.

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  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Any reality where financial obesity can me interpreted as a positive or desirable notion must conjure other fascinating paradoxes, please tell us more…

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    • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Who’s us? Obesity just conjures up images of fat people. Normal decent folks. So if you’re talking about “financial obesity”, you’re just describing normal decent people, not superfluous parasites.

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      • nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Obesity is a term which explicitly defines an entity which has accumulated an excess of resources, to the point of causing damage to itself and the environment it inhabits.

        If obesity conjures representations of normality for you, that’s a function of the gravitational distortion inherent from your current perspective.

        Finally, I invoke this notion as literally a medically morbidly obese middle aged white guy, but I’d easily pass for a medium as a Seppo.

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