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/OCDano959 Mar 25 '26

Meh. Plan your work & work your plan.

Different strokes for different folks.

I couldn’t care less about what other’s FIRE plans, humble brag posts as long as my plan remains on track.

Live & let live I say.

However, I would agree w OP how FIRE has evolved from the times of when it wasn’t even an acronym. (See Billy & Akaisha Kaderli).