Ramit Sethi and Tre mock extreme frugality in a fake infomercial. They pitch absurd money-saving hacks: a dryer lint blanket that covers 28% of your body by year-end, and making Kleenex from tree leaves. It's a parody of the penny-pinching advice that misses the point of building real wealth.
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Every day I wake up and curse my readers.
Damn you, readers.
They think it's wrong of me to make fun of stupid frugality tips. So instead of doing what I want, I decided I'm gonna give my readers what they want. And that's why today I'm announcing a brand new program, let's Get Rich Bitch.
Extreme Frugality.
Let's Get Rich Bitch gives you the extreme frugality tips you so desperately crave. No more tips on saving dollars. This is about saving Pen extreme pennies. Yo, yo, yo, how much did that latte cost?
I don't know, like three bucks. Well, now it's gonna cost you your face. That's three bucks you could have used to pay off your debt. Why?
These ain't your granny's frugality tips.
This is extreme frugality.
Most people take their clothes, throw them in the dryer and then take the lint and throw it away. That's fine if you went to Stanford, but you're potentially throwing away hundreds of cents per year. That's why I'm gonn show you how to make what I like to call an extreme frugality blanket. Look how warm I am. I'm extremely warm. By the end of the year, this will cover 28% of my body. Buying Kleenex from the store can literally.
Cost up to $2.
It's a huge scam to keep the average American in the poor house. But you can use tree leaves instead.
I'm making some Extreme Kleenex out of tree leaves.
Yeah, and it only takes me two hours each week. Thanks, Tre. Three order. Let's get rich bitch.
Extreme frugality for only three easy payments in 1995.