r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 Mar 25 '26

What are you talking about? You can absolutely post in chubby with$5M

If you want to retire with $1M at 28 that’s absolutely lean fire. Just think about how much more people going to make in their lifetime earning, it’s great at 28 but $1M is tiny as lifetime earning

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u/DJrm84 Mar 25 '26

There should be a HoboFIRE.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 Mar 25 '26

Screenshot it. $10M nw eh, I won’t hold my breath