I know that my blatant request for this might get me in trouble, but please help me, I’m in a third world country and i just won that iPhone in a contest, I got depressed after knowing the price of the game(which is literally a quarter of my dad’s wage, he might go nuts if i told him to buy the game 😂)anyway, i don’t want to return to my old infinix phone, please help😭🙏

  • misk@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Sell that iPhone and make enough so that your dad doesn’t have to work for the next couple of years.

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      4 months ago

      As a long time poor person myself, please don’t give this sort advice. It doesn’t help. When your poor, getting something like OPs competition win can make life feel not so glum. What you’re saying is to sell happiness for slightly more security that will only last so long. Once the extra runs out, you’re back where you were with zero ability to buy that ‘luxury’ back. Having something nice when your poor can make a big difference to mental health.

      Also please don’t assume that poor people don’t know how to budget and that they need unsolicited financial advice from strangers who don’t have any idea what their day to day circumstances and finances are.

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        4 months ago

        His/her story wasn’t really plausible because if it was true parents would be the first to suggest and then do it.

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      4 months ago

      Having an iPhone in my age and country is a kind of privilege, i can’t forget how my high school classmates looked at me while holding it 😂, anyway, if i can overcome this little obstacle, it will be perfect for me, if not, i might give up on minecraft until i reach the age of consent for work, save up a little bit and buy the game, anyway again, thx for your advice

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        4 months ago

        Having an iPhone in my age and country is a kind of privilege, i can’t forget how my high school classmates looked at me while holding it

        Peak teenager right here.

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        4 months ago

        Are you 12 or something? Also, you just said yourself that its not a privilege. A privilege is being able to do something normal peasants cant. In this case, the normal peasants have more freedom than you