Reacting to the Wildest “Am I the Jerk?” Reddit Threads
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What is the main topic of this episode?
Today, we're answering the internet's most asked money question, am I the problem? Your language, though, scares me. He is literally spending my money in secret.
Wow, that's pretty terrible. Do you think? My most, like... Winston's like, babe, it's okay. It's like... Hey, guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
I'm George Camel.
And this is... Smart Money Happy Hour. This is the show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about. Everything from pop culture, current events, and money.
And we will get to that. But first, we're sipping on a classic gimlet cocktail.
A gimlet is one of my favorites.
It's one of my go-tos. Hard to beat. We're going to give you the rating and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode. So stick around for that. All right. I know this probably isn't a key part of your algorithm. I feel like yours is mostly true crime and Real Housewives at this point. Am I close?
Actually, well done, George.
Well done. I'm on it. But there's this other trend on social media where people are asking, am I the jerk? So they're laying out their situation going, am I the problem here? Am I the jerk? Am I in the wrong? And it actually starts with an A word that's much harsher than jerk. But this is a family show.
Oh, yes. We're interchanging the trendy word.
And I know we got a lot of kids that enjoy this show.
Yes. And we are parents, so we appreciate not foul language.
My daughter watches this show.
But you've had a few slip ups, George, about maybe you being a jerk. I don't know. I heard one recently on the Ramsey Show. Something about a moose?
There was a moose.
Who are the hosts of Smart Money Happy Hour?
What? Tell me about the moose.
There was a guy in Alaska. This guy, maybe young 20s.
Okay.
Hit a moose with his car, totaled it.
Oh, no.
Got an insurance check for $10,000. Great. Well, the car... Was $6,000 and it was not paid for by him. It was paid for by his father-in-law.
Okay.
So now he gets this check and the father-in-law is like, sweet, I'll take the check. I'm the one who bought the car.
Okay.
But the car is in the kid's name. Oh. But he didn't pay for the car. The father-in-law was just like, hey, I'll pay for the car. That's a sticky situation.
You get to drive it.
So what does he do with this insurance check? Is it technically his because it's his car, his insurance? No. Or does he have to give the father-in-law some or all of this money?
I kind of feel like you have to give the father-in-law some.
So this was a weird situation where he was like, am I the jerk for not wanting to give my father-in-law this check? So I said, hey, I'd give the father-in-law what he paid into the car and no more. Yeah. And be done with it.
Yeah, that's fair. I think that's good.
Just not sever the relationship.
But he's asking, am I being a jerk for thinking about that?
Yeah. And so there's a lot of situations like that out there.
Yeah, and there's a lot of situations that people are very self-aware because they're asking, like, gosh, am I the bad one?
If you're even asking that, it tells me you're at least a little bit self-aware.
Yeah, you know, or maybe they're trying to throw out their situation to find a little sympathy out there on the internet.
Or affirmation.
We don't know. Yeah, like, I don't know. What do you need? Because... Life can be sticky out there, George.
That's true.
Tricky and sticky.
So we agreed to bravely go to the front lines of the internet. Some would say the basement, the cesspool of the internet called Reddit.
You know what? I got on Reddit for the first time, George.
How was that for you?
It was a little confusing. It kept wanting me to download the app. Well, that's what they're pushing you to. And I kept saying, stay in Safari. That's why I just kept clicking. Wow. Just stay in Safari.
Rachel's not downloading your app. Don't even dare.
No, no, no.
Oh, well, there's a whole subreddit where people share these stories. And so people are trying to figure out if it's them. You know, hi, it's me. I'm the problem. It's me.
We're going to read out some problems and let's see if this person's the jerk. Are you ready?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:05–1:39
2
Who are the hosts of Smart Money Happy Hour?
1:39–4:02
3
What is the classic gimlet cocktail?
4:02–10:34
4
Am I the jerk for spending my father-in-law's insurance check?
10:34–22:31
5
How do I handle money conversations with my partner?
22:31–34:02
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