r/Frugal_Jerk is a subreddit with 170k members. The most common kinds of discussions are money talk and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses food, fatcat, money, free, and fat cats.
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
Money Talk
: "in this thread please comment how I can save money on paint!!!!!!!"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "disagreeable plutocrat is unhappy with FREE bundled software???"
5 posts
#3
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?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "How to turn 1 cent into 4 cents 🤯"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Frugal_Jerk
#1
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?"
42 posts
#2
Fatcat
: "r/relationship_advice: my wife has been complaining that I won't let her turn the heat on even though it's in the low 30s overnight. did I marry a Fatcat in disguise?"
39 posts
#3
Money
: "Fwd:FWD:fwd:You have been visited by Fatcat Moneycat..."
36 posts
#4
Free
: "Free PROTEIN. Like winning the lottery"
29 posts
#5
Fat Cats
: "Mods are asleep. Upvote literal Fat Cats."
22 posts
#6
Frugal
: "Frugal Theory"
19 posts
#7
Wealth
: "sickening. opulent display of Wealth"
18 posts
#8
Tired
17 posts
#9
Feast
: "Found a bountiful Feast in the back of this pickup truck. Raspberries and hash browns."
9 posts
#10
Lentils
: "Begging for food and turns it down because it’s Lentils."
8 posts
Flair Used in r/Frugal_Jerk
#1
Frugal Find
: "Found all these just lying in the gutters downtown... Score!!"
33 posts
#2
fatcat
: "in this thread please comment how I can save money on paint!!!!!!!"
16 posts
#3
Frugal PROTIP
: "How to turn 1 cent into 4 cents 🤯"
11 posts
#4
Ask /r/frugal_jerk
: "I am John D Rockefeller, with a net worth of $631 billion. AMA"
4 posts
#5
Frugal Recipe
: "Stop buying alcohol, make your own"
3 posts
#6
uj/ disgusting
: "Drinks in Vegas are soooo expensive these days. I can't believe that someone accidentally left a nearly full bottle of beer in the lobby of our Vegas timeshare condo! Jackpot!"
2 posts
#7
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
#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
Member Growth in r/Frugal_Jerk
Yearly
+7k members(4.1%)
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Last updated: July 5, 2026