We Dedicated an Entire Episode to Respond to the Haters
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What controversial moments do Rachel and George discuss?
Today, we're reacting to our most controversial, triggering, and misunderstood moments on the show.
All right, I'm not shocked by this one, that I got hate. Probably my mother was in the comments, too.
So there you have it, Rachel. You came at me more than the commenters did.
I was a little aggressive. I'm so sorry. Am I a hypocrite?
I'm not going to answer that.
Hey, guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
I'm George Campbell.
And this is Smart Money Happy Hour. Well, 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.
But first, let's talk about what we're sipping on. It's a sparkling strawberry coconut mocktail.
I like it.
What kind of hate comments does George receive?
Because we're being mocked, and so it's time to defend ourselves.
Oh, drinking a mocktail on a mocked episode. Very fair.
So we're going to give you our rating and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode, so stick around for that.
Yep, so good.
So one thing about social media, Rachel, people have been getting extremely comfortable publicly calling each other out. I don't know what's going on here, but the comment sections have gotten real wild, very unhinged. And I don't know, I'm not the type of person to leave a comment unsolicited on a video or a post.
Totally, no.
Unless it's a friendly, love that for you, you know? Sure, yeah. Positive.
I know. And you know, I like a good little debate every now and then. Like, you know, get in there. If we can all just be open-minded, a little political. I like to read some of the comments sometimes of like political posts to be like, all right, what's the banter going on here? But when it is at you, It's a whole different ballgame, George.
And you want to defend yourself. And you can't always jump into the comment section and say your true thoughts. And so that's why we have this episode.
We dedicated a whole episode to this. So we can be as honest about what we think as possible.
How does Rachel feel about being aggressive in her responses?
Have you ever let a comment or DM get under your skin? Like it upset you for longer than a day?
Yeah. Yeah. I've had two that I still think about every now and then.
Can you share?
One was this girl, and she was like... Yeah, basically ragging that I'm Dave's daughter. And she's basically like, look at it. She tried to pull all my credentials. Like, I don't have a formal education in the financial world. Like, all this stuff. And I was like, come on, girl.
So they were calling you like a nepo baby? Is that the name?
Yeah, yeah, totally.
They're like, oh, it's just nepotism.
Yeah, and I get that a lot. So like those comments, I'm like, I hear those a lot. But it was like another layer for some reason that I was like, I don't know. And then I had one about me saving for the pool. Our pool that we literally have been saving for for five years. We couldn't build it when we moved in, when we built our house, because we didn't have the money for it.
You're moving at the speed of cash. It's an expensive project.
Yeah, and we were going to do it nice, right? So it was a pricier project, but we're like, we're going to wait until we can't. And someone was like, they were like, God, we all know she could just pay for it. She's having to keep that company afloat by working the plan, in quotes.
Oh, wow. And I was like...
I'm being accused of like fake saving. Like saving is a big deal for me.
That's amazing.
Big deal for me because I'm a spender.
Yeah.
But I thought about that multiple times during the project. I'm like, it's just funny. They thought I was fake saving. But I was like, what do you think? Do you genuinely think I just have access to Dave's like bank account that I can just like take money out and use it?
And you're paying cash for everything. It's like, this is like building a house. This is a very expensive project.
Yes, I know. So anyways, I've thought about that a couple of times. I was like, do people really think that I'm like fake saving? That makes me feel better. How about you, George?
Well, there was a recent post. I don't even think it's in this episode. It's so recent. And it went viral. Like over 5 million views about car loans. It was just an excerpt from my book about how stupid car loans are.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What controversial moments do Rachel and George discuss?
0:05–0:54
2
What kind of hate comments does George receive?
0:54–1:59
3
How does Rachel feel about being aggressive in her responses?
1:59–12:53
4
What negative comments have affected Rachel personally?
12:53–22:11
5
What are George's experiences with viral posts?
22:11–44:33
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