Are you in the 1%?

Helix

Right AH, with all this hype about the world versus the 1% it's probably as good a time as any to find out who on boards is part of the uber elite... except you don't need to make as much money as you might have thought to be in there. Anyone earning €37,780 (not exactly a huge wage by any standards) is in the 1%, which begs the question, do all these protesters actually know who they're protesting about?

I reckon this poll might give us a good idea just how privileged we are in the developed world, while also highlighting how underpriviliged those who don't live in the developed world are compared to our "hardships"

As an aside, anyone earning €150 per week from the dole is in the top 13.35%

Pherekydes

Damn, I thought this thread was going to be about I.Q., about the only top 1% I'd qualify for.

MungBean

Facts to back this up please. No way in hell €150 a week is in the top 13.35% of incomes. Methinks you have this arseways.

positron

It's shouldn't be world vs you, it should be 'your world/country/region' vs you really.

Helix

MungBean wrote: »

Facts to back this up please. No way in hell €150 a week is in the top 13.35% of incomes. Methinks you have this arseways.

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

i think you underestimate how many poor people there are in the world

shanered

I do believe your percentages are wrong...but hey...

Duggy747

Well, I'm not rich and I don't affiliate myself with that Occupy crowd so I'm..................0%?

bigneacy

I am the 0.88% - **** you protestors.

MungBean

Helix wrote: »

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

i think you underestimate how many poor people there are in the world

Missed the "world" bit of your post. I actually thought you were a bit thick and talking about the western world in response to what the occupy people are protesting about. Apologies. Yeah I'd imagine that would technically be accurate but its pretty much a pointless statistic when including everyone in the world.

We all know a fiver in some parts would enable you to live comfortably but here it would barely be one meal. All a bit redundant really.

starbelgrade

I'm fucking minted.

Seaneh

MungBean wrote: »

Facts to back this up please. No way in hell €150 a week is in the top 13.35% of incomes. Methinks you have this arseways.

150 a week is a lot compared to most of the world....

snollup

Helix wrote: »

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

2.01% according to this. dont feel like it tho.

MungBean

Seaneh wrote: »

150 a week is a lot compared to most of the world....

Yeah picked it up wrong so ignore my first post.

But its a bit pointless, like saying it cost me more to feed myself for a week than it costs those people for a year. Interesting fact but not relevant to either situation.

Dotrel

What does that even mean? For instance earning 38k in Ireland won't give you the same standard of living that 20k might in Eastern Europe.

Oranage2

25k before tax - I now know how all those starving Africans feel.

El Guapo!

Apparently I'm in the top 3.77%
Doesn't fukn feel like it!

cosmicfart

ehhh.....I dont get this thread at all, are you from Somalia OP?

chickendinner

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm fucking minted.

Coming from the man who employs out of the FAS apprenticeship scheme.

ynul31f47k6b59

I'm in the top 12.19% apparently.

Off for a spin in the helicopter before I get the ferrari valeted and pick up some Dom Perignon to spray at the peasants.

ejmaztec

Five minutes after I keyed in my income, the UN dropped food supplies onto my house.:(

Boom_Bap

I'm typing this while being fitted for a brand new pair of pterodactyl boots. That's how rich I am.

Boom_Bap

Brenda Unsightly Sheet wrote: »

I'm in the top 12.19% apparently.

Off for a spin in the helicopter before I get the ferrari valeted and pick up some Dom Perignon to spray at the peasants.

you should get your butler to add a hint of coriander and lemon to the Dom P, it really helps with erradicating that lingering peasant scent

IrishZeus

Top 0.73% apparently... sure as hell doens't feel like it.

Unfortunately that site takes in the average earnings per country/area but does not account for living costs. Here in Ireland I am ok with money, no issues. However if I moved to a third world country on the same wage, I'd be extremely wealthy.


*packs suitcase*

Jerri Jordan

I earn 26k per annum and I have a rental income of 21,360 per annum from my property. Its my intended forever home! but i moved away for work so its rented out.

IrishZeus

Apparently €160,000 gets you into the top 0.001%

wonderfulname

Helix wrote: »

Right AH, with all this hype about the world versus the 1% it's probably as good a time as any to find out who on boards is part of the uber elite... except you don't need to make as much money as you might have thought to be in there. Anyone earning €37,780 (not exactly a huge wage by any standards) is in the 1%, which begs the question, do all these protesters actually know who they're protesting about?

I reckon this poll might give us a good idea just how privileged we are in the developed world, while also highlighting how underpriviliged those who don't live in the developed world are compared to our "hardships"

As an aside, anyone earning €150 per week from the dole is in the top 13.35%

Factor in cost of living there, I'd much rather be on 150 euro in Nairobi than Dublin. But aside from that, yes I agree that the western 99% are incredibly well off when compared with the world as a whole, but people are very selfish, those protesting the wealth of the "1%" and advocating a fairer distribution of wealth in developed nations wouldn't be too chuffed if changes were brought about to equalise standards of living worldwide.

Bandana boy

You need to localise it
By this logic nobody in Ireland is outside the top 15%

sbsquarepants

Roughly €678pa puts you at the 50% mark.
It's a very unfair world!

summerskin

top 0.72% wahey.

Oranage2

where exactly do I find where I am percentage wise?

MagicSean

I have €1000 in the bank. Where can I go to get the most stuff for that amount?

mathie

Bandana boy wrote: »

You need to localise it
By this logic nobody in Ireland is outside the top 15%

Nobody in Ireland is outside the top 15%

That's because dole is too generous.

Next post needs to be ...

a. But da dole is baredly enuf to keep me in velure tracksuits!
b. something something dole scroungers something something.

Mr. Presentable

Helix wrote: »

As an aside, anyone earning €150 per week from the dole is in the top 13.35%

Earning eh?

Duke Leonal Felmet

Purchasing Power Parity is a better way to compare wealth, i.e. what goods and services you can get for your money in your world.

Sky King

So...em 44% of people are the 1% of people.

Fk sake. I'd say six out of ever five of you idiots don't understand stats and the other two are plain lying.

ynul31f47k6b59

Sky King wrote: »

So...em 44% of people are the 1% of people.

Fk sake. I'd say six out of ever five of you idiots don't understand stats and the other two are plain lying.

Lying? On the Internet? Pish.

Kasabian

These kind of lists sicken me, material wealth is not important.

It is a lonely place being in the 1%. :rolleyes:

Long hard hours building up a fund is scant reward for going home to a big house empty of love. :

Itis all relative, my earnings in another country would have me living like a king, in Ireland I can just about fill the oil tank.

smash

€37,780? where did that come from? It's hardly mega bucks now is it.

Kasabian

smash wrote: »

€37,780? where did that come from? It's hardly mega bucks now is it.

Relative to the number of people living on less that a dollar a day, I'd say it is mega bucks

stovelid

I'm in the 1% but my first world problems hve real meaning and pain.

This thread just goes to show how warped Irish people's views of themselves are. You'd rather be in Nairobi with your 150 euro? No you wouldn't. You get your 150 euro here but also a police force, hospitals, infrastructure etc

We live in extreme luxury compared to anyone else at any other point in time and people will talk about how poor they are with a 42" TV at home and a fridge full of food! It's ludicrous.

Wossack

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

This thread just goes to show how warped Irish people's views of themselves are. You'd rather be in Nairobi with your 150 euro? No you wouldn't. You get your 150 euro here but also a police force, hospitals, infrastructure etc

We live in extreme luxury compared to anyone else at any other point in time and people will talk about how poor they are with a 42" TV at home and a fridge full of food! It's ludicrous.

Ive only a 40" wheres my christmas appeal?!

also, my phone ran out of charge, so I had to wait till I was off the bog and back at my desk before I could post this

smash

Kasabian wrote: »

Relative to the number of people living on less that a dollar a day, I'd say it is mega bucks

Yea, but I don't care about them because relative to my mortgage repayment needs it's crap money.

Kasabian

smash wrote: »

Yea, but I don't care about them because relative to my mortgage repayment needs it's crap money.

Ah well you see that is the crux of the matter. Earnings and outgoings should have a measureable balance or at best a positive on the earnings.

Sadly alot of the world do not have the luxary of earning. Tin houses in shanty towns are testament to this.

Here in our part of the world you will have the oppurtuinity of a decent standard of living whether from your own earnings or the earnings of others. We are a wealthy country still in the fact we provide this standard to the poorest of our society.

wonderfulname

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

This thread just goes to show how warped Irish people's views of themselves are. You'd rather be in Nairobi with your 150 euro? No you wouldn't. You get your 150 euro here but also a police force, hospitals, infrastructure etc

Cost of living is based on comparable purchases, on 150 euro a week I wouldn't be slumming it there, and the comparison came to my mind based on a friend of mine who sold up and moved to Kenya, they live in a manner they couldn't dream of here, so yes, assuming a set weekly income I would prefer to be in a country with a lower price index. You have to remember you wouldn't be the guy on the street there, that's kind of what this thread is about.

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

We live in extreme luxury compared to anyone else at any other point in time and people will talk about how poor they are with a 42" TV at home and a fridge full of food! It's ludicrous.

Yes, that would be the point, in fact nobody has disputed this.

Columbia

I'm working in the Republic of Georgia for 50 euros a week (full-time). According to the website I am still in the top 14.75% of earners, bang go my illusions of being "out there" and "doing my bit".

Kasabian

Columbia wrote: »

I'm working in the Republic of Georgia for 50 euros a week (full-time). According to the website I am still in the top 14.75% of earners, bang go my illusions of being "out there" and "doing my bit".

How much of that goes on keeping your home countries exports going :pac:

Is this adding to your feeling of being "out there"

subway

are we getting our cheese again this year?

Columbia

Kasabian wrote: »

How much of that goes on keeping your home countries exports going :pac:

Is this adding to your feeling of being "out there"

I'm paying a tenner a week in tax, I'm being fleeced!

stovelid

All this povo talk is like such a downer.

The African lads are happy with their few pence, like. They don't have to worry about mortgages and car repayments like us.

In many ways, its , like, a more enchanted and real existence.

Kasabian

Columbia wrote: »

I'm paying a tenner a week in tax, I'm being fleeced!

Look up, can you see the sky?