r/nextfuckinglevel 16h ago

The Transformation of a Van

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u/Awesome-Possum1520 15h ago

No kidding, I mean I get that people are frustrated with rich people with the current economy but this was a cool build and it looks like they do these types of things for their channel. I’d definitely spend a week traveling in this thing checking out cool places 

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u/Conner14 15h ago

Totally, this is a super cool build. It’s like some Reddit users can’t handle the idea that some people have more money than them.

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u/henr360a 15h ago

Its petty jealousy. Miserable bastards every last one of them

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u/dapoktan 14h ago

just another recession indicator

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u/gr8masturb8 14h ago

wow i can't believe that people who can barely make rent and go to bed hungry each day are jealous of people who can afford to do this!

the gall!

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u/henr360a 13h ago

Yes I genuinely can't, and I've lived a similar situation. I've suffered for years and only just a year and a half ago began to feel better yet, when I saw videos like this I never thought about money. I saw a happy and wholesome family and it gave me a purpose to keep going.

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u/mrtruthiness 5h ago

I saw a happy and wholesome family and it gave me a purpose to keep going.

This isn't a DIY for themselves. This is a business and they're selling this to rich people.

Personally I prefer to go backpacking and use a tent instead of bringing my house with me. It builds character.

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u/Umlunguboy420 12h ago edited 12h ago

That's because you maintained a positive outlook on life, these miserable fucks threw that right out the window, only thing driving them is their hatred.

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u/WriterV 11h ago

Sounds like you've got plenty of hate in your heart too.

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u/Umlunguboy420 11h ago

I actually don't, hate is an ugly thing, I stay away from that.

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u/gr8masturb8 11h ago

which is why you punch down on the people who are worse off than you and call them miserable fucks, of course.

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u/Umlunguboy420 11h ago

I'm not punching down on people who have it worse off lol I'm calling out miserable losers who seethe and make shit up about a couple based on one short video.

It's pathetic and it's sad, being poor or whatever is never an excuse to hate on those who have it better.

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u/Kingkai9335 6h ago

You sound condescending and closed minded. Your words sound ugly too buddy

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u/Sgtfullmetal 4h ago

Homie. Just shut up.

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u/Umlunguboy420 4h ago

Fuck you.

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u/Sgtfullmetal 3h ago

Like to preach but not to practice huh.

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u/gr8masturb8 13h ago

genuinely happy for you that you never got to the point of losing all hope. but as you can see, quite a few people have.

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u/travelling_cirque 11h ago

I eat dried beans instead of canned, I haven’t gotten the therapy I desperately need because it’s 90€/ session, and we keep our apartment at 14°c in the winter; blankets, sweaters, wool socks, fleece pants, and a bowl of lentil soup does the trick.

It’s a cool build. I’ve always preferred tent camping/ backpacking for the immersion in nature, but this seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do with your spending money- plus is means super cheap vacations and weekend getaways for the lifetime of the vehicle.

My aunt and uncle that have a massive NYC apartment plus a ski chalet in Jackson Hole plus a summer cottage in maine and who at one point owned a chateau in France and who regularly go on extravagant climbing vacations and sailing vacations in their private jet… they’re the problem.

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u/gewse2020 11h ago

American dream lol

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u/Dark_halocraft 12h ago

That does not give people a reason to hate them

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u/gr8masturb8 11h ago

well then it's a good thing i never claimed that it did.

and besides, to me it comes off more as people venting their frustrations than hating this couple in particular.

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u/Dark_halocraft 3h ago

well then it's a good thing i never claimed that it did.

wow i can't believe that people who can barely make rent and go to bed hungry each day are jealous of people who can afford to do this!

Actually you did

and besides, to me it comes off more as people venting their frustrations than hating this couple in particular.

Venting by insulting at the expense of others is shitty as hell

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u/Natalia_Queen_o_Lean 10h ago

Yea I don’t think lashing out at people for having hobby just because they have money is the answer…

Oh they shouldn’t have a hobby because you don’t have money? They shouldn’t share their hobbies because it hurts your feelings?

You seriously can’t control your emotions when you see someone with something you can’t have? What are you 12?

Fucking children lmao. I ask that knowing full well half of Reddit is mentally unadjusted adults who are still children.

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u/Sgtfullmetal 3h ago

Who would have thought that a system that breeds wealth accumulation at the upper echelons and causes extreme inequality wouldn't end up with resentment.

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u/gr8masturb8 10h ago

nobody is lashing out at them. people are just venting their frustrations, but go off queen.

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u/Natalia_Queen_o_Lean 10h ago

It’s funny you say that because I literally had to swipe multiple times down in the comments to find the first thread who wasn’t making fun of them or hating for having cash.

It’s the same anytime you post hobbies that require any cash investment on this site.

Make a post about how excited you are to do something and half the comments is fucking losers going “wah this hobby costs money” and berating the poster.

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u/gr8masturb8 10h ago

"man, must be nice having the money to do this!" equals not "these people are fucking pieces of shit!"

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u/Natalia_Queen_o_Lean 10h ago

You’re being obtuse. There’s a lot of hate in the folded comments and it’s getting upvotes.

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u/HIEROYALL 13h ago

Comparison is the thief of joy 

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u/Moiyub 2h ago

nah fuck that poverty is the thief of joy

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u/OneHelicopter7246 5h ago

Something tells me most people commenting on this video are not going to bed hungry each day. If they are spending time complaining about a video seems like energy that could be better spent elsewhere.

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u/ranhuynh 5h ago

It’s fine to feel jealous or envious. That’s human.

What’s petty is turning that envy into resentment by inventing a narrative where the person must not deserve what they have. It’s manufacturing a reason for your resentment to feel righteous.

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u/Manotto15 4h ago

If you're going to bed hungry, you should probably not be spending your time on reddit.

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u/juicy0227 13h ago

not my fault you failed. keep pretending everyone doing better than you got it handed to them. im sure that'll fill your belly.

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u/gr8masturb8 13h ago

nobody is blaming you and neither is anyone saying nobody ever worked for the things they have, are you a bit stupid?

you seem quite upset about people being unhappy with their situation, why would that be?

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u/juicy0227 13h ago

You idiot thats half the thread. Truly a fucking idiot. No wonder youre broke and starving.

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u/gr8masturb8 13h ago

you're*

and wow, you really are upset! why take this so personally?

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u/Dark_halocraft 12h ago

Can't handle when someone sends the energy back huh lol

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u/gr8masturb8 11h ago

calling someone a "fucking idiot" and reveling in the fact that people are broke and starving has quite a different energy to simply explaining why people are salty and bitter, no?

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u/juicy0227 13h ago

Whose upset?

*And; *Why

Oh wait, nobody gives a fuck about grammar on the internet. lol

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u/gr8masturb8 13h ago

not capitalizing is a deliberate choice of mine. thanks though. xoxo

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u/Frosina87 13h ago

Klar, die ganzen Leute hier sind keine reaktionären Teenies/frustrierte Menschen deren Welt nur aus schwarz-weiß besteht (arm-reich). Hier bei Reddit sind ausschließlich unter der Armutsgrenze lebende, jeden Abend hungernd ins Bett gehende Idealisten die vom System verarscht werden.

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u/gr8masturb8 13h ago

everyone else here is speaking english, why randomly switch to german?

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u/Frosina87 13h ago

Weil ich dich persönlich angesprochen habe

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u/gr8masturb8 13h ago

maybe address me in english then? or finnish, i can do that too.

speaking to people in a language they can't understand is a little silly, isn't it?

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u/chinderellabitch 7h ago

Poverty makes you miserable? They should give you a Peabody for this groundbreaking reporting

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u/Procyon4 1h ago

Not only that, but these two worked hard as physiotherapists before becoming youtubers.

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u/Top-Ad3527 14h ago

People are broke and are upset seeing frivolous spending by the wealthy, I would be pretty miserable too if I had to see rich people living their best lives everyday and I was homeless.

So yes, they are miserable. But it sounds like you're the bastard.

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u/Umlunguboy420 12h ago

They do this type of work for a living.

People are broke because they suck at life.

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u/henr360a 13h ago

I don't see rich people living their best lives, here I see a happy and wholesome family with both parents seemingly having a loving relationship. I've been miserable, I have Epilepsy, lost my drivers license so I had to move home to commute. I've suffered from lonliness, depression, malnourisment, insomnia and social anxiety, and these videos gave me a purpose, an end goal and reason to keep going. Not to be rich, but to have a happy and wholesome family and friend circle. I use the word bastard fluidliy, so I'm not gonna argue against that

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u/PhonyUsername 8h ago

Imagine working hard and living frugal and saving up to improve your situation then someone hates you for it.

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u/Schlurps 14h ago

In time, you’ll get your own calamity that will wipe that arrogance out, don’t worry.

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u/HyenaThen572 6h ago

It's looks nice but it's absolutely useless for anything long term or even light overlanding.

I put this in the same bucket as the jeeps with fake bead locks in the grocery store parking lot - it's larping.

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u/Throwawayrip1123 4h ago

So what I wanna know if that thing js even legal in like, EU or stuff?

Because for example in Germany you have specific car tire sizes you can install on your car - you can't just slap anything there willy nilly. I can imagine having a full blown shower and shit being illegal just on the basis of adding a fuckton of flying projectiles when you're in a crash or something.

Idk, I don't think it would get certified to pass yearly inspections. I'm super curious huh

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u/bertbarndoor 8h ago

I think it's more the needless death and all the suffering. But maybe it's just as simple as butthurt, as you've postulated. /s

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u/discovigilantes 12h ago

It is very cool, i like seeing videos of people converting old trucks or buses into living space, however the whole "influencer" thing has now started a trend and they thrust it into peoples faces a little more and hope they get views to keep going and pay for their lifestyle.

Chances are they make a couple videos and then stop. Sell the van, sart a new acccount on a boat.

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u/HittingExposurelol 14h ago

Every time anybody shows a hint of having money on reddit they are downvoted, it's been a thing for years. It's really sad.

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u/dream_a_dirty_dream 14h ago

Have you tried crying about it?

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u/HittingExposurelol 14h ago

Thanks for proving my point.

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u/dream_a_dirty_dream 13h ago

You are sad rich people get downvoted, grow up.

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u/Real_Tea_Lover 8h ago

holy shit why are people on here so miserable

just live your life and worry about things that actually matter and affect you personally, whatever problems you have you will climb over them

needless hate over non-issues doesn't bring anything good for you, it just makes you fucking depressed

hope does

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u/HittingExposurelol 13h ago

You are jealous other people have more than you and take that out by writing poor personal attacks about people online. I believe the person who needs to grow up is in fact the one projecting the obvious.

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u/juicy0227 13h ago

accusing people of crying while being the biggest cry baby ever lmao

u/TWlSTED_TEA 14m ago

The belief is that just because someone else has money, there’s less money for them. And that couldn’t be further from the truth.

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u/willis_michaels 12h ago

Rich people don't do all the work themselves ffs. They pay people to do it for them. These are people with a unique set of skills and they built something awesome.

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u/oWatchdog 10h ago

How do you know they built it? It's all edited to show action shots and finish shots, but no actual work. They could easily pay a contractor and hop in to hold up cabinetry then take the after shot, which I would not be surprised if they did this here.

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u/willis_michaels 8h ago

Because as others have said, it's their business. It's what they do to make money.

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u/Glittering_Crab_69 8h ago

reddit has been getting pathetic lately

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u/Dark_halocraft 12h ago

Who's to even say that these are the bad kinds of rich people, they could just be lucky enough to have really good jobs

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u/oWatchdog 10h ago

Do they? Or do they pay someone else and do tiny little action shots for the gram? Either way, they don't work and have infinite funds to make it work and will call a contractor if they get stuck. It's not next level. They literally cannot fail. By your logic every RV is next level.

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u/LostAbbott 14h ago

The problem is that these "builds" are a genera now.  They are all over and these people do it all with brand new custom everything.  The dirtbags who I was friends with lived out of shit like a Geo Metro with all of the seats removed and showered once a week at my apartment because he was my clbong buddy.  These people are cosplayers acting like the real thing, and it is frankly kind of gross.

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u/Neither-Signature-81 13h ago

These peoples job is building these how on earth are they faking it lol. Reddit is filled with such fucking losers

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u/LostAbbott 4h ago

No it isn't their job.  You clearly have no idea what it actually takes to get modifications like this through a government approval process for sale.  At minimum you have to fully build and crash two vehicles just to get it past the NHSB.  Then there are all sorts of other state and national certs you need for builds like this.  They built this for social media.

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u/Neither-Signature-81 4h ago

God you guys are fucking idiots. You honestly think you have to crash test sprinter van conversions to sell them???

Mercedes did the certifications lol spending 5 minutes on google looking at sprint van conversions for sale would show you how fucking dumb you are.

I live in Colorado my neighbor up the street does this for a job. Its a great way to make money lol. 

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u/Neither-Signature-81 4h ago

You can also go to their YouTube and see they have done this 6x and sell plans and have a business email you can contact them on to buy one. So obviously its their job…..

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u/dracostheblack 10h ago

Cosplaying making a camper to camp in? You're so weird 

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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 13h ago

A week is fine, but that's what makes it a rich people secondary living space thing, a luxury. If anything the main target demographic for these are not the rich but for the utah homeless whitetrash living in trailerparks. It's ridiculous to live in such cramped spaces for long period, especially with "family" as they are advertising. It would otherwise be alright for a single individual living.

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u/bytegalaxies 3h ago

they could also just be upper middle class, which is not the enemy. there's people who have more money than they could possibly ever spend in a single life time, a couple modifying a van is not part of the system of exploitong the labor of others for absurd wealth

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u/predatorandprey 2h ago

People should be way more mad about the ultra billionaires and way less mad about wealthy people who do something cool like build an awesome van to spend time with their family.

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u/JohannesVanDerWhales 1h ago

I'd be less annoyed with it if they didn't call it a "home". I don't believe for a minute that these are people that are gonna live out of a car. And really I just hate people plugging "tiny homes" or "van life" as opposed to "maybe our current distribution of wealth is completely fucked and more people should be angry about it."

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u/W2Sun 14h ago

And they will always say they don't hate the rich, they hate the one percent, but ultimately anyone with more money than them is the enemy- as seen here.

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u/TransientReddit 10h ago

I can admit I’m salty that this is passed off as a “home” when these people who built all this in a specially outfitted shop on a van that’s easily 100k with no mods and they certainly have no intention of actually living in it, that’s what their expensive home in a hcol city is for. So yeah I’m salty.

Even then though, this looks like every other mb van refit I’ve ever seen. They made it into a small rv while flashing generational wealth on a hobby item that isn’t novel in any way, shape or form at this point. Should we be impressed? 

If they had hand painted a cool mural or there was even one unique feature, you’d probably see a few more supportive comments. But there wasn’t. It’s a soulless project for what look to be soulless folks of privilege. Good for them I guess, can’t wait to see their trip to stay in an a-frame luxury cabin while on their family ski trip to the alps or their glamping trips to gasp the same places everyone else takes their luxury “we’re roughing it” vehicles to (PNW forests, Utah deserts, etc.) 

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u/rithsleeper 9h ago

People complain no matter what. “This economy” I get it’s frustrating sometimes but it’s all about priorities. Mainly WHERE you live. If you get out of big cities, a lot of their frustrations are eliminated. Like housing. Look at a house in craptastic NJ then look at in SC “oh but then I’d have to live in SC”. Yea you’ve never been to SC then. Beautiful state and nice people. Plenty of homes for $100k and tons of solid jobs. Continental is BEGGING people in my town to work with $10k sign bonus and starting salary of $50k.

All comes down to priorities. Give me 10 min looking at anyone’s bank account and I’ll tell you their problem. The reason you’re poor isn’t because rich people exist. Do they have it easier? Sure, but it’s not what keeps you poor.