10 Similarities between the Haves & Have Nots

FU & FT Money

FU (fuck you) Money is far removed from things like Microsoft Teams and tedious commutes. FT (fuck this) Money is far removed from things like ski lodges and the benefits of nepotism. But both financial extremes echo each other in ways that illustrate how our financial systems are failing us all.

1: If you meet somebody named Master Splooge, they’re either living in a trailer or on the ancestral estate.

2: If they’re barefoot and shooting guns at the sky in the middle of the afternoon, you’re either dealing with really old money or really no money.

3: And if they’re cooking up plans for world domination with people who just happen to have access to unusual skills, look out.

4: Both FU and FT money people are always, at any moment, ready to mess up your life for sport.

5: And both FT and FU have adopted the idea that, “It is what it is,” as a go-to mantra.

6: If there’s a katana on a mantle, you know you’re in some kind of danger at all times in that house.

7: If the dogs rule the acreage and somebody is “in a facility” you are probably going to be in for some interesting, if cryptic, conversations.

8: Both groups are stacked with people who doubt anyone will ever be truly proud of them or entirely trustworthy.

9: Old car collections are extreme signifiers of both groups.

10: “We aren’t like other people,” they say. They are only kind of right.