Are you in the 1%?

Helix · 04-11-2011 02:27PM #1

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 · 04-11-2011 02:29PM

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

MungBean · 04-11-2011 02:30PM

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 · 04-11-2011 02:30PM

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

Helix · 04-11-2011 02:32PM

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 · 04-11-2011 02:33PM

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

Duggy747 · 04-11-2011 02:35PM

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

bigneacy · 04-11-2011 02:35PM

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

MungBean · 04-11-2011 02:38PM

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 · 04-11-2011 02:41PM

I'm fucking minted.

Seaneh · 04-11-2011 02:41PM

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 · 04-11-2011 02:43PM

Helix wrote: »

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

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

MungBean · 04-11-2011 02:46PM

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 · 04-11-2011 02:51PM

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 · 04-11-2011 02:52PM

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

El Guapo! · 04-11-2011 02:55PM

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

cosmicfart · 04-11-2011 02:57PM

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

chickendinner · 04-11-2011 02:57PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm fucking minted.

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

ynul31f47k6b59 · 04-11-2011 02:59PM

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 · 04-11-2011 03:00PM

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

Boom_Bap · 04-11-2011 03:00PM

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

Boom_Bap · 04-11-2011 03:03PM

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 · 04-11-2011 03:04PM

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 · 04-11-2011 03:04PM

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 · 04-11-2011 03:07PM

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

wonderfulname · 04-11-2011 03:08PM

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.