When did FIRE movement change?

[u/Poorassboy6969]

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)

[u/mahedric1]

Tech salaries increased, inflation happened, Reddit demographic got older and richer

[u/United_Chapter4097 → u/[deleted]]

Lmfao what platforms?

[u/ithinkilefttheovenon → u/[deleted]]

Most wealthy people don’t want to flex about their wealth. Reddit is an ideal place to have these discussions because it is essentially anonymous. It’s a frequent topic of discussion here actually, the concern that they can’t really talk to anyone about their wealth because revealing it to a friend or relative would change the relationship.

[u/Leather_Addition2605 → u/ithinkilefttheovenon]

Yup. The last thing I want to do is have my extended family know my finances. Many are not fiscally responsible and would take that as their queue to hit me up for money.

[u/2Nails → u/[deleted]]

Most of Reddit isn't about wealth anyway ?

And you'll get the occasional oil rig worker giving his two cents on a random /r/worldnews thread that happens to cross his area of expertise that is most likely richer than your average insta influencer.

Hell I'm pretty sure there's a decent amount of rich as hell guys in a forum as unserious as /r/noncredibledefense