Someone Asks ‘What’s Classy If You’re Rich But Trashy If You’re Poor’ And These 30 People’s Replies Are Illuminating
In a world where the wealth gap is widening for more than 70% of the global population, people are becoming increasingly divided by income. And it all comes down to little things. What if refusing to clean your own house speaks volumes, but very differently depending on the dime you make?
This time, people on r/AskReddit are taking us on a valuable lesson on income inequality. You see, when someone asked “What's classy if you're rich but trashy if you're poor?” it was destined to resonate with many people out there.
The answers started flooding in, like “an old car being the most expensive thing you own” and “having a lawyer’s business card in your pocket.” We picked some of the most illuminating ones to reflect on down below.
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Asking for money. When you're poor it's begging, when you're rich, it's a fundraiser
Fundraisers always have at least 70% on organisation costs that flow back to rich people.
If you are weird and rich people just call you eccentric, but if you are weird and poor people call you crazy.
Chances are, you have seen this “Classy If You're Rich, Trashy If You're Poor” question surfing around the internet before. It turns out, the question which basically points out the troubling reality of income inequality has been going viral on and off for the past five years, giving us a lot to think about.
On September 25th, 2015, "What's considered trashy if you're poor, but classy if you're rich?" was first posted to r/AskReddit by user u/GreenAndPride. Know Your Meme reports that before it was archived, the post gained over 13K points.
In 2016, on June 5th, the same question was posted to Reddit and Twitter again. It gained 10K points, 24K retweets, and 14K likes on both platforms. According to Know Your Meme, some top answers included “having someone else raise your kids," "day drinking," "moving to a foreign country," and "multiple cars in front of your house."
In July 2020, the question went viral again after Twitter user Ana Samways posted it on the platform. The top replies included "speaking two languages” and "marrying a second cousin."
Having other people raise your kids.
Having fake teeth.
I see so many celebrities with those fake ass implants that are going to destroy their jaw bones in a decade, but have a legitimate dental problem that results in missing teeth and you can't even get a job anymore, oh and dental insurance doesn't usually cover it either because it's considered cosmetic. Like getting to chew your food is somehow a style choice.
Rich guy buys fast food: "He's just like us!"
Poor guy buys fast food: "He should really make better choices."
Dressing provocatively. When you're rich it's a fashion statement, when you're poor you're a working girl
Being on a first name basis with a judge
"Hi Roger, sorry dude, I have to convict you, but don't worry; Donnie is already in the backroom signing your pardon. You'll be out and about before noon. See you tomorrow at Mar a Lago. "
Having a wedding in your yard.
My country is like this too. If you don't rent an expensive hall to hold your wedding and invite a thousand guest, people will talk about how poor you are and stuff. It's a very toxic thing because everyone is fighting to be the best and sounding rich and stuff even though they're not!
Biggest thing is leisure spending, imo. Somehow a billionaire wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on shit she doesn’t need and will use once is considered cool, but a poor person saving up and buying a nice purse or bottle of booze is seen as wasteful
A poor person deserves a treat. Chances are the rich person may find a way to write it of whereas the poor person worked hard for it.
Substance abuse. Rich people are ‘troubled’ whereas poor people are just junkies
Having a barren house. If you're rich, it's called minimalism. If you're poor, it's not being able to afford furniture.
Some people.who aren't wealthy are just very frugal and don't feel the need for more than the basic necessities.
Being really into wine
And the rich never get drunk.... they simply enjoy too much their drinks....
Living at a hotel
Walking around all day in a bathrobe.
It is called comfortable and in today's economy, working from home
Wearing hoodies/sweats/gym wear to work.. Especially in Tech.
Having a big screen TV. I’ve had to do home visits with people often and they ALWAYS get so mad that these poor families would have one.
Making your own booze
Not cleaning your own house
They have someone else to do that, I think. I mean, they are rich after all.
Going to the horse races
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Healthcare, basic human rights, earning a living wage with reasonable working hours... all things that rich people think only rich people need, and have convinced poor people that they're just not working hard enough for.
But mist rich people don't earn a living wage with reasonable hours. They inherited and never did any actual work in their life.
I remember reading an article a few years back in Forbes. It's highlighted like 20 rich families from the 1900s and how all of their kids, grandkids and even great grandkids have spent all their trust funds and most of them have regular jobs now. It made me happy lol. Just think, in two to three generations, Trumps grand kids and great grand kids may be flipping burgers as a summer job.
you can say the same about lazy fkrs that never done a days work in thier life and dont intend to. They are born into money
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The truth lies somewhere in between. Most rich people come from a privileged background but did not inherit the bulk of their money. In the US only 12% of millionaires inherited more than a 10th of their wealth.
Nia Loves Art yes
How is healthcare trashy?
Well, according to conservatives, it's trashy to help anyone but yourself.
The person is downvoted, and you make a statement. You got upvotes, the persons downvotes. You don't care at all. You are a problem.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) easy
50 shades of grey… put the guy as a poor guy living in a trailer park…
Yup if you're a billionaire its sexy, if you're poor it's an episode of criminal minds.
Trailer parks are simply an affordable way of living for low income people. It's a better alternative than living in a run down apartment owned by a slumlord. The entertainment industry likes to depict this lifestyle as trashy. That's sad.
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Isn't "50 Shades of Grey" about hair colouring for us older people? (it's sarcasm, Isa.)
LOL. your funny
it is about a dystopian society with a severe lack of colour perception - but only if you read the Jasper Fforde book :P
Some people didnt even read that, nore saw it adapted. Like Twighligt. I'm still walking, i know when there is a reference to it, and i despise it.
Being classy or trashy is not linked to the amount of money somebody has. Just look at all those second-class "celebrities" and the way they behave.
"Rich people", "poor people" - both are ludicrously stereotyped. Both sides contain what we call "humans" - with good behavior and bad. Neither side has a monopoly on good/bad morals or ethics
Nevits Yibble lol
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Nevits Yibble, i hope that you choke on something. My grandmother will be glad, you said a lot of bad things, may your god kill you, the world dont need you, you are a plague. Not because of your religion, but because you are a dump of a human being, i wish you hapiness, i'm sorry for yourself, i wish you joy.
a dose of reality easy
Healthcare, basic human rights, earning a living wage with reasonable working hours... all things that rich people think only rich people need, and have convinced poor people that they're just not working hard enough for.
But mist rich people don't earn a living wage with reasonable hours. They inherited and never did any actual work in their life.
I remember reading an article a few years back in Forbes. It's highlighted like 20 rich families from the 1900s and how all of their kids, grandkids and even great grandkids have spent all their trust funds and most of them have regular jobs now. It made me happy lol. Just think, in two to three generations, Trumps grand kids and great grand kids may be flipping burgers as a summer job.
you can say the same about lazy fkrs that never done a days work in thier life and dont intend to. They are born into money
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The truth lies somewhere in between. Most rich people come from a privileged background but did not inherit the bulk of their money. In the US only 12% of millionaires inherited more than a 10th of their wealth.
Nia Loves Art yes
How is healthcare trashy?
Well, according to conservatives, it's trashy to help anyone but yourself.
The person is downvoted, and you make a statement. You got upvotes, the persons downvotes. You don't care at all. You are a problem.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) easy
50 shades of grey… put the guy as a poor guy living in a trailer park…
Yup if you're a billionaire its sexy, if you're poor it's an episode of criminal minds.
Trailer parks are simply an affordable way of living for low income people. It's a better alternative than living in a run down apartment owned by a slumlord. The entertainment industry likes to depict this lifestyle as trashy. That's sad.
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Isn't "50 Shades of Grey" about hair colouring for us older people? (it's sarcasm, Isa.)
LOL. your funny
it is about a dystopian society with a severe lack of colour perception - but only if you read the Jasper Fforde book :P
Some people didnt even read that, nore saw it adapted. Like Twighligt. I'm still walking, i know when there is a reference to it, and i despise it.
Being classy or trashy is not linked to the amount of money somebody has. Just look at all those second-class "celebrities" and the way they behave.
"Rich people", "poor people" - both are ludicrously stereotyped. Both sides contain what we call "humans" - with good behavior and bad. Neither side has a monopoly on good/bad morals or ethics
Nevits Yibble lol
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Nevits Yibble, i hope that you choke on something. My grandmother will be glad, you said a lot of bad things, may your god kill you, the world dont need you, you are a plague. Not because of your religion, but because you are a dump of a human being, i wish you hapiness, i'm sorry for yourself, i wish you joy.
a dose of reality easy