As the world enters the 10th year of economic growth, the American middle class is shrinking, stagnating, and becoming less secure. This comes as somewhat paradoxical since most Americans consider themselves to be middle-class. In a Pew survey, only 10 percent of Americans revealed that they consider themselves lower-class and a single 1 percent thought they were upper-class.
So all the economics, politics and whatnot aside, we are about to make a simple test to determine if you indeed belong to the somewhat sought-after middle class. Take your payslips back to the drawer, ‘cause we are about to scroll through the collection of memes that poke fun at middle-class households and people living in them.
Some people cringe and laugh, while others may feel personally attacked, or even insulted, so hey, it’s not me, it’s you who said they wanted to participate in a middle-class party! Thanks to the widely popular ‘Middle Class Fancy’ Instagram account which has 2.4M followers, there’s a lot of good ones to keep us entertained. Psst! More hilarious middle-class memes await in our previous post.
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Nothing Like A Good Frolic
Nice Going Mautice
Ope, You Guys Ready To Rock N Roll?
Experts and country representatives gathered for the World Economic Forum in 2017 to discuss the middle-class crisis. There are many reasons for the narrowing middle class in the world economy. Harvard professor Lawrence Summers explained that governments are focusing their attention on the poorer segments of the population, including immigrants.
As a result, the middle classes are feeling disenfranchised because they have a sense that the government is simply not looking out for them. “It’s a mistake not to recognize that the middle class in my country and in others is also concerned that the government isn’t fighting for it,” he adds. It may also have to do with the driving populism that’s been seen across developed countries in recent years.
Do Better
Maybe if they'd tipped, that'd tip off the waiters they're imposters!
What About Shiny Rocks?
To be fair I try and ruin essential oils for everyone I possibly can.
I believe in essential oils, meaning that I believe they exist... But I also believe in the power of aromatherapy to help soothe headaches, sinus congestion, and anxiety, and as insect repellents. I do NOT however believe that essential oils have the power to actually cure any real problems. Sometimes you need a placebo though
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While it most certainly does not cure cancer, it can be helpful. Eucalyptus to clear a clogged nose, peppermint for mild headaches. Add both to a bit of aloe vera gel to rub it on your chest for colds. (Works like vaporub). It can have a relaxing effect (make sure you aren't allergic though! I'm super sensitive to lavender) and a nicely smelling room can always lift your mood. I have a very hard time during the winter and have found that citrus scents help a lot.
Agreed. Lavender/Frankincense oil on a felt pad and tucked in a plush animal has a calming effect for my children (their rooms smell similar and that's a safe place for them, I assume that's why it works) and peppermint is good for keeping away pests like ants and fleas.
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We taught our son that Santa is the spirit of the season, but not that he's a real person. Finding out the truth traumatized me (I found out really late compared to other kids) and I don't want to set me son up for the same thing.
Hmmm, curious. I had a look and found this: "The term essential oil dates all the way back to the days of the middle ages where Alchemists searched for what could be known as the fifth element beyond water, fire, air, and earth. Through distillation, came the discovery of essential oils as we know them today. However, during these times, anything that produced a liquid that didn’t mix with water was classified as an oil. Thus, when essential oils were discovered, it was considered the ‘fifth element’ and considered to be one of the essential things to all living things."
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It's not that essential oils are not useful in a way - at least some of them, as eucalyptus oil for a congestioned nose or lavender oil against cloth mots. Ironically, most essential oil users do avoid such "high-content" oils like eucalyptus, mint or lavender, as they actually contain enough active ingredients (mainly cineol, menthol and linalool) to have side effects or can trigger allergies. Apart from those few, essential oils are not meant to be used medically. By all means, inhale your homeopathic high potency ylang-ylang dilution if it calms you down - but putting it up your eartube will only trigger an infection.
I have it on good authority that my Jewish friends all had completely fabulous childhoods and they did not believe in Santa. My parents pretended it was real and I just thought it was weird. When they told me the truth, they expected a reaction and I kind of felt bad. Then one day my adult self is driving my 3 and 4 year old around when I hear from my 3 year old daughter in the back seat "Mom, is Santa real?" Before I could even think of what to say my 4 year old son answers, "Daughter's Name, Flying reindeer? C'mon."
Santa is a character made up my Coca Cola.... essential oils have worked forever.
This is a really good point, regardless of your feeling about essential oils
If that person says that to the doctors who do medical research on herbs and essential oils. Such a person would also say to the astrophysicists, if you don't ruin believing in Santa for my children, I won't ruin your believing in black holes. I know the comparison lags a bit, Just because someone cannot think beyond their own horizon is no reason to equate something with believing in Santa. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=essential+oil had previously made a double post by mistake, didn't see my comment any more when I logged in with google.
The only essential oil I believe in is eucalyptus. Great for splashing on a tissue to clear a blocked nose
Out of the commenters backing these oils, I'll bet not one of them is a man.
They literally open pores stop slightly stuffy noses and sore throats, and smell nice. That is literally everything they can do. That's it. Nothing else Karen
"Allow children" vs. "lie to children" Did you ever consider that the Flat Earth Society might be the result of children being told with absolute certainty that Santa exists, only to find out that its not real? Did you ever think that "conspiracy theorists" might be formed in the wake of the disillusionment that these kids experience when their fantastical worlds turn out to be lies knowingly told to them by the people who they trust most in the world? **Edit: this was meant to be hyperbolic, not a serious post.**
So that's why, despite hours of videos, January 6 didn't happen and the Omnicron virus is just a hoax to help the democrats, despite that the virus has been detected in several countries outside of the USA?
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I believe in essential oils... for being a bit healthier than that chemical stuff when you want your room to smell nice.
And how do you explain that essential oils _aren't_ chemical? Everything is chemical. Salt, baking soda, vinegar, even plain water. They can be nice, but they are still chemicals.
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Good Soup
Jim Tankersley, the author of “The Riches Of This Land,” explains that strong middle classes breed political and social stability. According to him, a 2019 report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development concludes, citing several studies, that ‘societies with a strong middle-class experience higher levels of social trust but also better educational outcomes, lower crime incidence, better health outcomes and higher life satisfaction.’
The Dad Signal
So Brave
My Idiot Butler Keeps Getting Stuck On A Ledge
Silly Goose Alert
Comedy Gold
Hope You Had A Nice Weekend, Bill
Mayonaise
He Was A Little Buzzed When He Bought It
Happy Hour
I Didn’t Ask For This Rick. I Don’t Care About Your New Gutters
Tell Aunt Tammy To Delete The Facebook Prayer Chain
I’m Not Like Other Girls
I Have A Chair I Have A Chair
10 Rolls = 737 Rolls
Too Blessed To Be Stressed
Babe Have You Seen My Columbia Fishing Shirt? We’re Going To Longhorn And I Wanna Look Nice
You Ever Eaten A Bell Pepper Like An Apple?
Roses are red/ Bell peppers too/ Something something something/ Seems I'm stuck with you.
Cool It Gerald
We Have A Charging Station In The Lobby
Leave Him Alone
A Message From The Thermostat Police
Regular Salad
These Two Are Out Of Control
Yeah It’s Blue Diamond, No Big Deal
Now Just What In The Heck In A Slide Deck?
Haha I Hate Mondays Too Lol
A Relationship Like This
Ice Milk
I'd buy a walrus. people got tigers, lions, gators but no mf got a walrus.
I Have A Dog Named Glenn. No Lie
Imma just get myself like a cockatoo or some other sky drone when I’m older like a pigeon
Lol What A Nerd
You Look Great Susan
Oh Well In That Case, Yes I Would Like Some Beef
4k It Is
i am willing to take 3k out of anyone's bank here....feel free to volunteer
So Close
Nice Little Treat
Ask the vet if he does medium-sized animal euthanasia; it's for the best.
Boy These Chips Sure Are Slow Lol
The Perfect Saturday
Somebody Needs To Do A Little Living, Laughing, And Loving
Hang On I Gotta Tinkle Before We Hit The Road
Unless your friends are too jaded I fail to see why this would kill the guys night out vibe.
He Wants His Cheddar Bay Biscuits Damn It
Understandable
An At Home Hibachi Dinner With A Tito’s Onion Volcano Is Peak Middle Class Fancy
You Didn’t Have To Flex This Hard Steve
Might Hand Deliver A Resume (Printed On Cardstock) Later, Who Knows
I Honestly Don’t Even Know What I Do
Lay Your Gosh Dang Clothes Out
Messy Bun And Gettin’ Stuff Done
Barbara Is Canceled
My Name Is Atticus And American Spirit Cigarettes Are My Personality Trait
They missed "I'm recovering from beating [insert disease/condition here]"
There’s Also A Suspicious White Suv Stopping At Every Mailbox
They did. He/she likes to sit in the Redcedar in my backyard in the morning. Edit: Clarifying that this is a grey fox, which can climb.
I’m Mad As Hell
Connecting With Connections
Add Extra Naughty Sauce For 69 Cents
Unacceptable
Gabbaghoul
My Knicks And Knacks
Bmw
He is telling you he drives like an inconsiderate prick and does not know what indicators are for or how they work
Thx Grandpa
for a second I thought that was the puppy. imagine my sheer horror (in my defense I'm running on sleep deprived gremlin energy and will not be held accountable for any senseless comments because apparently bp is easier than sleep)
Step Couch What Are You Doing?
Cluck Off
Come Catch These 5 Star Hands
At Least The Metal Barstools Are Uncomfortable
Every Dad Ever
My dad did this with a rat that belonged to a friend of my brother’s. It just about lived under his jumper within a week, and he wouldn’t give the rat back after he heard its owner swung it around like a lasso by its tail. I was kind of glad of that. we had a rat for a month and looked up how to take care of them. And especially what not to do, e.g. swing it by its tail. We did give it back, btw, but only after she promised never to do that again.
Bring It Back
Remember when you used to politely cough to get someone's attention, and they would be like, "Oh, Am I in your way? I'm so sorry" and they would move, and you would smile and nod and thank them? Now, when you do it, it's like you have tapped them on the shoulder with a loaded shotgun
I Just Love Those Little Minions
I Don’t Know What To Do With This Information
Working Hard Or Hardly Working
The majority is pretending to work while they wait on their weekend, so nothing exceptional here.
It Says Here I Won A Free iPad
I Will Die On This Hill
Craving An $18 Burger Right Now
I feel like the guy on the left is letting the beard side down a bit…
My Tummy Is Doing A Hurty
Well They Do Smell Nice
Ok Me
Seriously
What Is An Acceptable Amount Of Time To Take The Free Bread?
What Else Would You Expect From Someone Who Eats At Applebee’s
Is This Too Much To Ask For
Assuming the weather is nice. I’m on a porch (well, close enough) and my fingers are so frozen it’s a wonder I can evvvvveeeeeennnnnstiillllllwwwwrrrrittteeeee. Although…maybe if I had more folks here we’d be so busy living, laughing and loving we wouldn’t even feel the cold! But then you have corona again. It’s a bad time for porches.
Must Be Nice
“But what if we get lost in the dark on the way back?” “No worries, my love, our teeth will light the way.”
Understandable
Another NOT AN AMERICAN INVENTION 🇬🇧 A1 Steak Sauce is said to have been created sometime in the late 1820s by Henderson William Brand, the Chef to England's King George IV. ... After the king's death in 1830, Brand started his own business producing meat extracts along with A1 Sauce. Sold from 1861 as a condiment for meat or game dishes in the United Kingdom.
Nerds
You Already Know What Tf Goin On
Big Day Ahead Of Us
Sounds Dangerous
If this gets 1 million likes I'll play 'I kissed a girl' in front of my mum whatcha say
Tis The Season
“I Pretty Much Live In This Thing”
This Halloween’s Tiger King
Occupation: Hvac Contractor
Take That Rick.it's Moustache Season!
Looking Good Denise
This missed the bit where we crop off the tops of our heads because our hair is thinning and we can't just wear ball caps 24/7 like guys do Also the part where we lean our chins on our fists to cover our sagging necks (and our elbows are just hanging there in the air)..
I liked the post, although I think a lot of these were nothing to do with being middle class!
This was a hilarious post, a great laugh on a Monday morning and the reason why I come to Bored Panda.
I liked the post, although I think a lot of these were nothing to do with being middle class!
This was a hilarious post, a great laugh on a Monday morning and the reason why I come to Bored Panda.
