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by lukego 2211 days ago
It's a naïve joke though because while few of the non-smoking colleagues are driving around in Ferraris many of them are discretely funding a secure retirement. So the joke really is on the smoker.
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There is no joke. Some prefer drink. Some prefer food. Some prefer cigarettes. People have different things to spend on thats all.
And some prefer saving. You don't actually _have_ to spend that money you know.
Saving is just spending at a future date.
Many people die with excess savings. It's not necessarily ideal, but it's qualitatively different from spending it.