World News Headlines August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 ‘Broke Bobby’ TikTok has people questioning how $125K makes you poor 0 0000 0 0 more ‘Broke Bobby’ TikTok has people questioning how $125K makes you poor August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found August 20, 2021 Under One Ceiling ‘Broke Bobby’ TikTok has people questioning how $125K makes you poor You know that ridiculous saying you sometimes hear from Hustle Guys: your network is your net worth? Well one man named Tom Cruz seems to have taken that principle to heart. A TikTok post from Cruz migrated to Twitter, where it went viral. In the TikTok, Cruz explained that he had organized all his friends onto a spreadsheet that could sort them by their incomes, bonuses, relationship statuses, and other details — like whether or not they refuse to set foot in the Global South — in order to help plan trips. It’s called the “Forbes Friend list.” And well, just watch: Tweet may have been deleted There’s a lot to take in here. First: “Broke Bobby” makes $125,000 per year, which is roughly twice the median U.S. household income. Lots of people reacted to that. In fact, “Broke Bobby” was trending Thursday afternoon. Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Like most viral videos, however, there was lots more to parse in Cruz’s TikTok. For instance, one unsettling column evaluated each friend’s “willingness to travel to third world destinations.” In a follow-up video, Cruz offered the following as an explanation: “Some of these people have had bad experiences in the third world. They don’t want to go, so we automatically disqualify them. That’s one of our first criteria that we look for.” Tweet may have been deleted And after an even closer look at the spreadsheet, more details about Tom Cruz’s friends emerged and told weird little mini-stories, like one person who is described as 70 percent single. The other 30 percent of his relationship status remains a mystery, apparently. Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Much of Cruz’s social media activity is dedicated to real estate investing, with a particular bent on getting subsidies for Section 8, which is government-backed, low-income housing. Cruz’s accounts indicate he operates in North Carolina, buying up rental houses. Since the “Broke Bobby” TikTok went viral, Cruz has claimed that the friends volunteered this information, and that it’s intended only to help plan vacations. He also shared another spreadsheet featuring lower-income friends that has been dubbed “The Welfare 10″—a name Cruz claims these ten people chose for themselves. Of course there is no way to confirm if these are real lists of real friends, but Cruz has insisted over social media that this is really something his group of pals does. So I like to imagine a dude named Bobby, perhaps a moderately successful accountant, somewhere out in North Carolina, scrolling through thousands and thousands of tweets about his income, all thanks to his pal. Related Related posts: A Judge Blocked The Deportation Of A 16-Year-Old Boy Who Claims Trump Is Using The Coronavirus As An Excuse tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous The U.S. is erasing student loan debt for people with severe disabilities next You're a T-Mobile customer? Here's what to do after that massive hack.
