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?
It only works on the mid west my dad did in the south and everyone looked at him weird
Load More Replies..."Don't mean to be a downer but I gotta get some rest. Would you like a coffee/ water/ soda for your ride home?" There is no need to feel guilty for asking for space when you need it.
I'm from the UK and I do this. Or clap my hands and say 'Right' and stand up.
"Honey, we should probably go to bed. These folks might want to go home." .... I've actually used this and it worked.
Hey, many germans do that too! Just "SooooooO" instead of Welp :D
Or standing up and bringing them food or a drink and saying to take it home and eat it for dinner or something
Load More Replies...not in the south- we'll do this and then an hour later, the guests are still in the doorway having another full blown conversation with you XDXD
Not if they say yes And then start another conversation as they drink their tea
Load More Replies...I've always found it works to loudly announce the beginning of Living Room Naked Sexy Time
Just say: "It's late. Your mom must be waiting for you at home."
Kansas here- can confirm to be true. Bonus, if you're driving a truck, we just pat the side twice and they magically drive away.
In the South... We just die looking at each other, until one host says, guys I've got an early morning, but feel free to hang out.... My husband did this. Four am and I finally just threw an armload of blankets down and said goodnight!!
I just get up and go to bed, tell them to wash the dishes on the way out
"Well, I see it's about Take-My-Pants-Off o'clock right now, so you're welcome to stay, buuuuuuuut..."
So direct. I like to resort to mind games. I talk about how late it's getting and then offer more alcohol. Everyone always gets they hint though.
In here the visitors do the slap, followed with "yeah" or "well" or similar. At that point hosts go "oh no, you can't be leaving this early! Sauna is warming up and there's beer and sausages in the fridge." Latter sentence will be left out if hosts actually want them to leave. Lol
My dad used to get his alarm clock and wind and set it whilst yawning.
In the Netherlands, if you have visitors in the afternoon, saying you'll begin preparing dinner can work. Or already cooking dinner and say: "Well, dinner is almost ready!" The visitors will leave. Compared to many other cultures, we don't count on people who visit to join dinner, unless specified. For visitors in the evening, the early morning saying will do. Our hospitality doesn't have the best reputation among other cultures. But it works for us. I love the amazing hospitality of other cultures though. But it isn't easy to implement it when this is the only thing you and many people around you are used to for all your life. Even if you have people from other cultures for a visit. They get used to the Dutch hospitality pretty fast when they discover the unspoken rules.
I just put up the cardboard divider between our houses. Now we're both home :P
You could say, 'scuse me for a moment and go upstairs, put on your jammies and then come back down.
Or you say to your wife:" Honey, the guests want to go home, lets go to bed"
My ex used to say, "Let's go to bed. These people look like they want to go home."
I saw my Dad and Grandparents do that for years as a kid. Works everytime! From Ohio
Back in my grandmother's day, a cousin of hers had teenage daughters. Boyfriends would come to visit. Father would turn the light out, and say, "Good night, children." In those days, the boy knew he couldn't stay after lights out. LOL.
My grandfather-in-law would come into the living room, winding his alarm clock …
I'm from Ohio, this is true. Though in reality it takes 20 minutes to say goodbye and be warned to watch for deer in the road
I've always just said it. "look, it's late. you gotta' go..Can you get home safely? " I think some people who overstay also overdrink.
In my family, we have a saying, "It's time for this party to go home." Because we are polite, we don't say it to our guests, only say it to ourselves. If we are at someone else's house and we know it's time for us to leave, we say it out loud to each other.
Where would you say th midwest is, I've lived in Oklahoma and Colorado, both are referred to as the Midwest, but Colorado can sometimes be 'west' and Oklahoma can sometimes be referred to as 'South'
Originally a Midwesterner. This is true. I still do this on the West coast where it's not as recognized so then I have to tell people to get out.
But I've always called it a Midwestern Goodbye when you stand in the driveway and talk for another hour before actually parting.
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
Worth It
So Brave
My Idiot Butler Keeps Getting Stuck On A Ledge
Cinnamons
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.