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.
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
Well, they tried taking a picture of the Alid cashier, but she was so fast, they couldn't get the shutter speed right and now the whole pic is blurred!
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TOO FAST TOO FAST OMG OMG HSB CG HE AOH SNO WAIT AHHH YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SLOWER NAUEBSNA I CAN'T TALK- *breaks down, shaking*
Do they still Put in all the Codes by typing over in the USA? In Germany they switched to Scanners and it made them really slow, half the speed
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Ikr? As an autistic I avoid Aldi and Lidl for this reason, could get a panic attac from this. "Ma'am, the previous person is not done grabbing their stuff, how do you think this gonna end?" 🤦♀️
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I once heard someone describe the pain of tattooing like this: it hurts, sure. But if it’s the worst pain you’ve ever felt in your life, you’ve lived a very sheltered life. This is the stress equivalent of that, if having things pushed along a conveyor belt can be said to be stressful. I’m having trouble calling it that, but I know better than most how weird and illogical anxiety can be…so let’s call it potentially stressful, like almost everything in life.
The trouble with Aldi (even worse with Lidl) is that there's zero space to pack your bags. And the cashiers still go at 30mph. So you grab a bag and you've suddenly got a mountain of products about to topple over in front of you. The cashier (who you can barely see over the mountain) tells you your total, there's a queue waiting, and you have to pack everything away at top speed while everyone watches.
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You have to stretch and prepare yourself. And put alcohol halfway down so the cashier has to stop to verify ID
I remember this article too, and it's one of the reasons why I don't shop there, far too stressful. The only way to do it is to sling all your shopping back into your trolley at breakneck speed, trying not to put a bag of potatoes on top of a carton of eggs, and then take all the damn stuff over to the packing counter which is across the walkway and repack everything into bags. Honestly, I used to start getting nervous when i was in the queue and couldn't get the plastic bags out of their hidey hole in the depths of the counter fast enough (as I never remembered to bring any with me). Nope.
I guess I'm lucky I live in a city where the top two grocery store chains bag the groceries for you, and one even carries them out and packs them in the trunk. And no tipping allowed.
In USA cashier's 2 cents yearly raise depends on their scanning speed. So keep that in mind next time you are in a store. Too slow according to computer and you are out of job.
She wanted to talk. The grocery is the only time she gets alone. Waiting at home was her demanding husband, whiny kids and needy dog. Even her fish are a bit stressful.
this is so true!!! they just push your EXPENSIVE food items down into the cart! usually eggs first, then canned goods. it's shocking!
I used to work at LIDL, you had to scan x amount of articles per minute, so that's the reason why cashiers are going so fast. It's not because they enjoy it probably
When I worked as a cashier, I used to get the customers in and out so fast they didn't even know they were ever at my store. Got home like "Where did this six pack come from? Why is my car full of gas?"
An At Home Hibachi Dinner With A Tito’s Onion Volcano Is Peak Middle Class Fancy
Note: this post originally had 97 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
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.
