# Hanging out with rich people

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-rich-people/201478>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-rich-people/201478 "2003-09-14T01:01:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-rich-people/201478/21 "2003-09-15T00:06:47Z")

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I have lived at both ends of the spectrum, I was born into obscene wealth but I was also born queer so will never see a cent. I now live below the poverty line on government handouts after a back injury. I would like to point out that I did put myself through university and have 2 careers before this eventuated so I guess I have been in the middle as well.

My conclusion is that no matter how much or how little money you have you are still you. Whether that is a good thing or bad is unrelated to the bank balance.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-rich-people/201478/22 "2003-09-15T06:20:36Z")

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and in recent [news](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/13/nlott13.xml) is a story of a 16 year old girl who said she’d been miserable for winning the £1.9 million jackpot…

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