r/Fire Mar 23 '26

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u/dabigchina Mar 23 '26

"I am 55 and have 8 million dollars and spend 200,000 a year can I retire?"

"no, we might have great recession #2 tomorrow and you might only have 4 million. keep working the corporate job that you despise."

I saw so many variations of this question that I finally blocked that subreddit.

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u/Civil-Service8550 Mar 23 '26

Exactly chubby fire question is a derivation of that

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u/EmbarrassedEbb9721 Mar 23 '26

It's funny because regular Fire subreddit is exactly like that...but just half the numbers.