20 people shot at Batman midnight screening.

[Martinus]

I only become friends with people who make significantly less than I do. It's a great way for me to feel superior.

It's funny but for me it seems to be the case as well - all my friends are significantly poorer than I am - I think the richest one makes 1/3 of what I make and the poorest makes 1/20.

[garbon]

But my point is that I own wealth I already got from my parents and this, coupled with what I earned myself, puts me in top 1%.

If this refers to what your parents currently hold then I stick to what I said.  If you're combining that in then you're just looking at your immediate family's net worth.

[Martinus]

But my point is that I own wealth I already got from my parents and this, coupled with what I earned myself, puts me in top 1%.

If this refers to what your parents currently hold then I stick to what I said.  If you're combining that in then you're just looking at your immediate family's net worth.

No, I told you already that's not what I am talking about. I got help from my parents to buy and furnish my old flat (which now I own and as it has no mortgage on it, it adds to my net equity).

[Berkut]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

[Razgovory]

What Marty doesn't understand is that the point of aristocracy is that you are aren't supposed to work for your money.  To do so is dishonorable.

Tell this to families like Romneys or Bushes.

I don't have to.  They don't live in the type of society like the Kingdom of France.

[Martinus]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

I'm not poor. I'm stingy. I really dislike spending my cash. I feel safe when I can look at my bank accounts' summary and see a six-figure amount there. 

[Admiral Yi]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

As Neil pointed out eons ago in one of his few lucid posts, the only thing we really care about here is being right.

[garbon]

But my point is that I own wealth I already got from my parents and this, coupled with what I earned myself, puts me in top 1%.

If this refers to what your parents currently hold then I stick to what I said.  If you're combining that in then you're just looking at your immediate family's net worth.

No, I told you already that's not what I am talking about. I got help from my parents to buy and furnish my old flat (which now I own and as it has no mortgage on it, it adds to my net equity).

Your "and this" threw me off. I thought that referred to the inheritance.

[garbon]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

Yi got it right. I don't care anything about whether he is in the top 1% by either.

[szmik]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

I'm not poor. I'm stingy. I really dislike spending my cash. I feel safe when I can look at my bank accounts' summary and see a six-figure amount there. 

how much Berkut drinks, that it would put your account under 6 figure? 

[Razgovory]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

I'm not poor. I'm stingy. I really dislike spending my cash. I feel safe when I can look at my bank accounts' summary and see a six-figure amount there. 

Well I imagine that if we we all calculated our wealth in Eastern European funny money we'd have a lot more digits in our bank account.  We only have Marty's word that he is wealthy and many of his other claims are suspect.

[Admiral Yi]

I guess some of us do care.

[DGuller]

I for one don't really care how much someone makes, unless it's less than what I make.

[Ed Anger]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

I'm not poor. I'm stingy. I really dislike spending my cash. I feel safe when I can look at my bank accounts' summary and see a six-figure amount there. 

Six figures? Poors. 

[Habbaku]

Why does everyone care so much about whether or not Marty is in the top 1% of Poles by income or wealth?

All I know is he was too poor to pay for all our drinks when we met, so he can't be doing all that well.

I'm not poor. I'm stingy. I really dislike spending my cash. I feel safe when I can look at my bank accounts' summary and see a six-figure amount there. 

Well I imagine that if we we all calculated our wealth in Eastern European funny money we'd have a lot more digits in our bank account.  We only have Marty's word that he is wealthy and many of his other claims are suspect.

No kidding.  Martinus apparently feels safe with the whopping sum of $30,000 in his bank.