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.
That's mean. They don't wanna live with you. Let them be free. Geta koala. They're too stupid to know if they're in the wild or not
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Iced milk is tasty. Add a bit of whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup... Don't knock it til you try it.
Island. Totally buying an island and making it self-sufficient.
I'd buy some politicians and have laws against muzak in shops, oversized packages for undersized perfume bottles and councils selling more parking permits than there are parking spots.
I love ice milk...so I'd be thrilled. As long as there is a lot of ice so the milk is really cold but doesn't get the chance to get watered down. I literally fill up a giant thermos with ice to the top and then fill with milk and shake it and then strain it into my cereal. Milk that isn't ice cold is caca
Think you’d be making quite a few trips to the bathroom with all that milk lol!
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Uh-huh. I pray to all Gods out there this guy doesn’t become a billionaire. Not because of the lavish thing he’d supposedly do, but because he’s so excruciatingly unfunny.
I downvoted this, something i hardly ever do. Because it's being mean to someone who never did you any harm, and putting the waiter's job at risk.
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So this person would intentionally try and upset other people? That's a lot crazy and just spiteful behavior just to amuse yourself. I feel like that's a little psychotic as well.
I would buy a farm with all of the animals (sheep for wool, cows for milk, chickens for eggs, and bunnies, goats, pigs, and horses just because) and buy a cottage next to the farmhouse to live in with all of my pets (dog, cat, birds, reptiles, Guinea pigs, and rats)
Having multiple wedding halls in my country. Weddings are a multi event lavish affair here and it'll keep generating money for the next generations because there's no end to weddings in my culture.
It's harmless in this case. It's just a glass of milk. Most people would just be confused rather than upset.
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I'd buy a one family 3 bedroom 2 bathroom with some yard home. I haven't thought beyond that need. May be splurge and replace my 20 year old car with a new car preferably Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.
don't know if this counts but when I started high school my mom promised me we'd go to Iceland together once I graduated because seeing the Northern Lights is something we've both always wanted to do and she did segments on Iceland for world tour day. My parents got divorced last year and when I mentioned it last she said she might not be able to afford it even though it's in two years. My mom and I would go to Iceland.
What would I waste my money on. Nothing. The way my luck has been running I'd probably drop dead from the shock.
A house for myself/family complete with a sensory room, sun room, and covered/enclosed porch.
lemmie just.... *buys huge ass mansion* *adopts all the cats I can fit*
I always put 3 ice cubes in my glass of milk. Enough to keep it cold but not too much to water it down. I’d be delighted to accept your ice milk!
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.
