[rorrr]

This is a joke. What's the point of saving up $1M while living in a shitty cheap area, cheap shitty house, no going out, no fun hobbies. Even if you do make six figures (and most people don't), it will take you decades to get $1M, and by then it will not be worth that much. Inflation is a bitch.

[wmblaettler]

...and then you're dead.

[orangecat]

If you have an above average income like many on HN, people who earn 15 or 20 percent less than you are not generally living in cheap shitty houses and never having fun.

Inflation is a bitch.

Fortunately, there are alternatives to keeping your savings in your mattress.