r/Frugal_Jerk is a subreddit with 171k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses money, food, fat cats, free, and tired.
We, the proud few who stand on the cutting edge of frugality. We hold our heads high as we steal toilet paper, shoplift lentils, reuse condoms, syringes, and drink our own piss to save multiple dollars each year.
Popular Themes in r/Frugal_Jerk
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advise needed. Been living in someone’s walls and they found my food stash but not my living quarters. Generational wealth gone, wife moved out. What do I do now?"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "(Solutions Tuesday) What’s ONE thing that helped you get medical care without getting financially destroyed?"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Fatcat complains that their money isn't green enough"
3 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "I kept track of my spending last month. I just can't get ahead, can you think of anyway I can save any money?"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/Frugal_Jerk
#1
Money
: "Fatcat complains that their Money isn't green enough"
32 posts
#2
Food
: "Advise needed. Been living in someone’s walls and they found my Food stash but not my living quarters. Generational wealth gone, wife moved out. What do I do now?"
31 posts
#3
Fat Cats
: "Mods are asleep. Upvote literal Fat Cats."
22 posts
#4
Free
: "Free PROTEIN. Like winning the lottery"
19 posts
#5
Tired
17 posts
#6
Wealth
: "Obscene display of Wealth!"
14 posts
#7
Fatcat
: "Fatcat complains that their money isn't green enough"
13 posts
#8
Frugal
: "Frugal Theory"
9 posts
#9
Lentils
: "Begging for food and turns it down because it’s Lentils."
7 posts
#10
Gas
: "Money bags thinks we can afford 39 pence for baked beans."
6 posts
Flair Used in r/Frugal_Jerk
#1
Frugal Find
: "Found all these just lying in the gutters downtown... Score!!"
22 posts
#2
fatcat
: "Obscene display of wealth!"
17 posts
#3
Frugal PROTIP
: "Mods are asleep. Upvote literal fat cats."
9 posts
#4
Frugal Recipe
: "FREE PROTEIN. Like winning the lottery"
4 posts
#5
Questions
: "Advise needed. Been living in someone’s walls and they found my food stash but not my living quarters. Generational wealth gone, wife moved out. What do I do now?"
2 posts
#6
Ask /r/frugal_jerk
: "Meta: need a new mod"
2 posts
#7
uj/ disgusting
: "TIFU & spat in mother natures face after she gave me a chance at a nomadic life of freedom"
2 posts
#8
/r/frugal
: "Why buy an air conditioner and pay so much for your electric bill whenever you can just build your own? You can also freeze bottles of water in the freezer to use as well!"
1 post
#9
Lifestyes of the Rich and Famous
: "A $19 billing error almost overdrafted my account. I'm so tired of having to be this vigilant all the time."
1 post
#10
Constructive Mode
: "Fatcats in the comments telling him to wipe away all the perfectly good food pieces 👿"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Frugal_Jerk
Yearly
+8k members(4.7%)
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Last updated: July 22, 2026