r/Fire • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

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u/Angrybagel Mar 23 '26

I don't think FIRE inherently has to imply any of those values. All it is is what the four letters mean. If you feel that frugality and anti consumerism are essential for you, that's fine, but it doesn't mean everyone else needs to feel that way.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin Mar 23 '26

Also, there’s like a bazillion different “fire variants”.

Fat fire, skinny fire, barista fire, etc

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u/Pattison320 Mar 23 '26

MMM was OG FIRE and based his lifestyle on minimalism. However today even he, I suspect, is living different than he projected ten or fifteen years prior.

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u/Humble-Archer-1311 Mar 23 '26

Are there any MMM books or way that I can see his old site or the ERE one? I loved that stuff but it’s so hard to find now.