35 Times People Spotted Such Useless And Overpriced Items, They Could Only Describe Them As ‘Stupid Stuff Rich People Buy’
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For most of us, the 99 percenters, the lives of the rich are a complete and utter mystery. After all, these enviably wealthy individuals are worlds away from the lives we lead. They own multiple homes. They have garages full of fancy cars. Basically, they own the best of everything. While it’s already mind-boggling to imagine the scale of such wealth, the insanely super-rich take status symbols to a whole other level.
If you ever wondered what kind of ridiculous items they waste their fortunes on, then the 'Stupid Stuff Rich People Buy' Twitter account is the place to be. This relatively new social media project scours the web for the wildest, weirdest, and just plain dumb things (lots of) money can buy.
Below, we've wrapped up a collection of some of the most ludicrous items shared by the page. So sit back, buckle up, and get ready for a wild ride where guinea pig armors, diamond-encrusted toenail clippers, and $3,200,000 collars that make dogs look more glamorous than the rest of the population are only the start of the entertainment that follows. Keep reading to also find our interview with the creator of the account, Dane. Then be sure to upvote your favorite pictures, and let us know what you think about them in the comments!
Psst! When you're done with this list, check out Bored Panda’s previous post about crazy things rich people spend their money on.
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I want one.... no ... I want two (never adopt only one guinea pig) ^^
We reached out to the creator of 'Stupid Stuff Rich People Buy', Dane, to hear a bit more about the journey of the page and what it has been like seeing it grow. "My inspiration for the account came from seeing some of the crazy luxury items that are out there and really thinking about those costs," he told Bored Panda.
"$216 for a brick that has the Supreme logo? A million dollars for a toenail clipper with a bunch of diamonds on it?" Dane asked. "It's insane for me to even conceptualize these things. I realized other people may also enjoy/hate seeing the insane things that the ultra-wealthy spend their money on."
Although the social media project started only in July 2022, it has been steadily growing ever since. At the time of writing, the 'Stupid Stuff Rich People Buy' has amassed over 10k followers eagerly waiting for new and completely absurd artifacts to grace their feeds.
"My community is sort of all over the place," Dane added. "A running joke among my followers is commenting 'chump change for a guy like me' under my posts. One of my friends started it, but it has since picked up, and a lot of the people who follow me say it now. It's especially funny when it's posted under some of the massively expensive items."
When asked whether Dane faces any difficulties with managing the account, he explained that the biggest challenge is when he happens to be wrong. "I'm not perfect, and sometimes if I don't know the intricacies of a certain community, I price things wrong."
"Recently I posted an in-game cosmetic for the game Counter-Strike and got called out by a massive Counter-Strike creator when I posted the wrong price for something."
"I had a lot of Counter-Strike fans in my mentions that were mad at me," he continued, "I made amends with them and posted a couple (accurately priced) items from the game, including a digital knife skin that's worth over 1.5 million USD."
We were also curious to know what makes Dane decide whether an image is worth sharing or not. "There are two big factors that go into deciding what to post — cost and utility. I've posted things that are relatively cheap in the grand scheme of things, $50 or so, but those things are often utterly useless or typically worth a dollar or less," the creator told us. "For example, a $55 single coffee pod or an $85 rock partially wrapped in leather."
"Otherwise, I just tend to post things that the average person would never even dream of buying like a $12,000 bathtub for small dogs. At the end of the day, I just ask myself the question: would a reasonable person making a normal amount of money even consider buying this?" Well, all it takes is a brief scroll through the feed to prove that most of us definitely wouldn't.
So basically you can take any product, put a designers stamp on it and sell it to an idiot.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with being rich per se, as accumulating wealth is something many people strive for. But these objects designed for the crazy super-rich almost beg to be judged by the broader society.
Why do they drop major coins on these puzzling objects when there are heaps of cheaper alternatives that serve the same function? This question is bound to pop into your mind when you find it difficult to imagine their seemingly limitless wealth. Because for the ultra-rich, money is power, and wasting them on weird items is their idea of taking status symbols to a whole different level. A stupid one, but another level nevertheless.
Just imagine how much help you could provide giving that amount of money to some local shelters instead - I know, people can do with their own money whatever they like, however, I still hope that common sense isn't going completely extinct any time soon...
It’s safe to say that when it comes to the draw of the page in question, the ridiculousness of it all is definitely part of the appeal. And clearly, devoted fans love witnessing and poking fun at how rich people flaunt their wealth through wasteful spending. No matter how non-materialistic we may be, it’s entertaining to witness these eyesores featured on the account.
Dane believes people enjoy seeing his content for a few different reasons. "One of them is to see how 'the other half' lives. So much of the stuff I've posted I've never even thought of before. Why would someone even think to make a designer brand paper clip? Why would you make a yacht out of platinum?"
Imagine buying this but your handwrite still looks like from kindergarteen
Yep... At least the gold will come out of all that unharmed... Not digestable
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"hot dog meat is made of marbled Wagyu beef, dry-aged for 60 days and enriched with black truffle. A dry-aged seven rib roast of this type goes for $1,225 a pop. The hot dog meat sits between a toasted brioche bun, brushed with white truffle butter and slathered with organic, saffron-infused W Ketchup that goes for $9 a bottle and $35 mustard imported from France. The hot dog is then topped with caramelized onions that have been cooked in Dom Perignon Champagne and $389 100-year-old balsamic vinegar. The next topping, the homemade sauerkraut, is braised with champagne worth several hundred dollars and mixed with the finest caviar legally available in the U.S. This elaborate hot dog is finally topped off with relish made from $10 pickles and a shimmering gold leaf." 230 Fifth, the restaurant, gave proceeds to City Harvest, to feed the underprivileged in NYC. One dog is 9,200 people.
Yes and no. Gold and silver leaf is traditional in Indian celebration sweets, you don't need to be stupidly rich to have the silver, and it's a nice thing to have at Diwali. But I totally agree about the hot dog
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Eating and drinking gold should be prohibited. It's a rare and precious material, mining it usually causes immense damage to flora, fauna and workers, and therefore, it's use should not be bound to waste it, but make the max use of the min amount in research and hightech applications. Jewelry, this idiotism, booze with gold - all of these don't really do any good, while jewelry at least conserves the amount ... eating or drinking gold just makes it join the wastewater, which makes it away. To imagine - breathe in - breath out - done? In THAT time, more cast iron was processed than the total amount of gold mankind has access to. It's a cube of like 20 meters what we, so far, have been able to collect. With a toll of thousands and thousands of workers/miners being poisoned, injured or otherwise harmed due to greed and neglective care about them, countless acres of formerly healthy woodlands have been transformed into toxic hellholes, and so on and so on. Ok, that stuff is there now ... not using it can't make any of the above undone, nothing can ... so using it responsible is something owed by anyone. Pooping out gold is not among the things I consider acceptable ... not wasting such a material, with its exclusive properties and the burden it inherits from its harvest is by any means just basic dignitiy. Sad it's ot poisonous itself, just some of the things used in the process of gathering as much as possible...
Once thought of putting edible gold leaf on brownies to bake for a charity bake sale. A booklet of about 10 business card sized leaves were priced about 25 USD, so I thought it would be worth the giggles. COVID lockdowns hit before I implement my plan.
What on earth makes these rich idiots think gold is edible???? I mean... Fbdsmcnfjdjmdmskjhf!!!!!! Ugh! Mustard and ketchup taste soooo much better anyway.
True story... Hubs and I saw a $100 "whale burger" on a show you can get in Vegas on a secret menu. So on our mini honey moon we had some cash from the wedding we said why not. This burger was HUGE. It had Waugu (or however it's spelled) beef, a lobster tail, Truffle cheese (truffles are like 1k an ounce or something) and dusted in gold. It came with a bottle of champagne. Now let me tell you I was expecting this thing to be the best damn burger ever.... it was not. I was horrified. I will say the owner of the place was amazing after my lengthy review on yelp about how it was my Ishmel and should've stayed in the depths. It was so dry and nasty. Among other things. So he invited me and hubs back for another try on him. We are planning to go back soon. It's been a year almost so hopefully the offer is still good. But that burger better be .... better. But that was a hundo, not thousands.
"Other stuff is just plain stupid. Today I posted a ripped-up hoodie that has the Balenciaga logo on it, so it sells for over $1,000! That's dumb! That is objectively a waste of money, and I can't see it any other way. I think we all like to get together and laugh at the people that would consider buying things like that."
Another driver, according to Dane, is that people love to hate what he posts. "Every day I see people that don't have enough money for their basic needs, yet these people are paying more than a year's worth of my salary on a Gucci Bicycle. It's infuriating in a way that makes me want to see more."
This isn’t the first page Dane has grown on Twitter. He’s also the creator of 'Make Up A Guy', but it has been really rewarding and encouraging for him to see that he's able to grow a different kind of account as well. "My advice is that if you want to be successful in social media, just give it a try! Develop a cohesive identity, and don't be afraid to ask people to share your content. If you spend too much time on Twitter like me, you may as well make something useful out of it."
We'd love to hear your opinions about the account and how rich people carelessly flaunt their money down below. Which item was the most mind-boggling one? Would you ever consider buying something like that yourself? Feel free to share your thoughts with us in the comments!
This is probably the stupidest of all the quirks. Not only is it absurdly expensive, it is also damn unnecessary. That and a swimsuit that you can't swim in.
I'll never understand why people buy gear from companies that specialize in fashion. Tommy Hilfiger watches, or Versace watches, a bike from Gucci ...
So let me get this straight. It costs $68,500, it’s made of CRYSTAL so basically leaded GLASS, its trim is made from gold which is a SOFT metal—-and you’re going to whack the f**k out of it with a cricket bat? It’s going to take a shitload of these to finish one game, and woe be it for the cricketers if they fall down on all that broken glass. (/s, ffs, I know it’s just for display.)
Those who buy $3.2M pianos for no other reason than they're rich and looking to impress others will earn my respect once they play Godowsky's Passacaglia on it. (For those who look up Passacaglia, listen to Sirrala's interpretation of it. 7:39 and 11:45 are the best parts in my opinion).
You can have mine for half that price. Remember, you only own the Non Fungible Token (NFT), a number of bytes on a server, not the art or its copyright. Here's mine: NFTs-632c0...ae65d6.jpg 
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If something is going to cost THAT much, shouldn't it at least look nice?
Items this expensive are wasteful in my humble opinion. "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should", category. If the ego wasn't involved, I could see the artestry in some of these items. But ego is absolutely involved in the creation, and the purchase. My shoes came from a thrift store, while they bought directly from an overpriced designer for the label and likely for product validation Guess what? Everyone's shoes get dirty.
Thank goodness for people who buy expensive stuff get bored of it and give it to charity shops
Load More Replies... I will probably never have the money (not the envy) to buy such expensive items but I enjoyed watching a lot of them because of the craftmanship and the esthetic. I am happy they exist even if to expensive for me (not necessarily all of them and especially the Gucci emblazoned stuff and the Kylie Jenner private plane flights that are just vulgar)
Help! I rolled my eyes too hard and now they're stuck looking into my brain!
I think it's funny when I see a celeb flexing like, a $200,000 watch but I can just drive to the nearest Walmart and get a Mickey mouse watch for five bucks that shows the same time (edit: typo)
This is incredibly shameful, that super-rich people have so much money they want to buy this c**p. There are so many people and organizations that need any money! Heck, just send it to any public school in the country, and make sure it goes to the teachers, not the administrators. Teachers are using their own money to pay for supplies for their kids, or have to give the kids a supply list that they need for school. Support medical researchers who are looking for a cure for cancer. Support people who are trying to stop climate change. Support anyone who's trying to do good, rather than buying useless unusable stupidly expensive c**p.
I think if we're honest, most of us waste money on frivolous c**p sometimes, just not to this extent.
Load More Replies... One thing is for certain: Anyone who buys any of this s**t on that list will get my utmost contempt. I hate all of you f*****g egoistic assholes. Wealth also should come with responsibilities and not be spent just for the sake of it. Instead of spending 240,000 on a shirt made of gold, how about giving that money to a charity?
Its astonishing to see riches getting so many hate for being rich and doing things rich do. I struggle in day to day to life make ends meet and i am jealous of rich, but i dont hate them. They are rich coz of either hard work or sheer luck, they can do whatever with thier money (Hint - Its their money). If they chose to wear a million dollar underwear or burn it all in one go, its their choice. Why force each rich to donate to charity and hate them when they dont, though it would be great if they did, but its not compulsary. Putting someone on S**t list coz they are rich is really sad. Keep hating idiots who are doing harm to environment, but hey alomost each and everyone of us doing harm to environment in one or other way, by using chemicals in bath, plastics, buying unnecessary items and living the way we live. To stop complete harm to nature, we should all have to go back to caves and live like ancient civilizations.
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Imagine if all this stupid materialistic stuff was put into an effort to help the homeless or put into education or medical help or help people in poverty instead of serving the rich and famous. Just imagine. We've got people without homes living on the street hungry and in the elements but these a**holes can buy gold shirts and 3 minute flights and diamond collars for their dogs. Despicable.
gold toilet is missing from this list, because a dirty rotten filthy stinking rich (chill, it's an album title) person's poo can't just go down a plain porcelain set..
I was on vacation at the beach last week and my wallet got ruined. I had to have another one so I went to a local mall and spent $35 on a replacement. Even though I tried to justify the cost by calling the wallet my "vacation souvenir," the $35 price tag was hard for me swallow.
My old boss was a snob. We got talking about food and he asked me what I liked to eat out and i said 'a nice curry'. "Ew, disgusting! You do realise they make it taste like that to hide the fact the meat is probably cat and is more than likely to be off" he snobbingly replied. "Maybe, but serve it on a stupid plate, stick a bit of pointless parsley on top and charge 10 times the price and I'd beat you'd be queuing to eat."
The worst ones on this list were Kylie Jenner's plane flight, the cat, and that F***ING ANNOYING SWIMSUIT!!!
It's just they are too obnoxious for someone to put energy into....
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I know for a fact that Saddam Hussain had several solid gold Uzis. A friend who was over there has a picture of himself holding one.
The difference between rich and wealthy is that rich buy stupid c**p like this. Wealthy people laugh at this and use their money to make more money and buy experiences. What a waste
why are people so obsessed with how others spend their money? seriously who cares.
Well for one, all these rich people spending three million on a diamond dog collar could probably, idk, help people instead of just making their dog suffer so they can show off their money. Other than that, I would not care
Load More Replies... If something is going to cost THAT much, shouldn't it at least look nice?
Items this expensive are wasteful in my humble opinion. "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should", category. If the ego wasn't involved, I could see the artestry in some of these items. But ego is absolutely involved in the creation, and the purchase. My shoes came from a thrift store, while they bought directly from an overpriced designer for the label and likely for product validation Guess what? Everyone's shoes get dirty.
Thank goodness for people who buy expensive stuff get bored of it and give it to charity shops
Load More Replies... I will probably never have the money (not the envy) to buy such expensive items but I enjoyed watching a lot of them because of the craftmanship and the esthetic. I am happy they exist even if to expensive for me (not necessarily all of them and especially the Gucci emblazoned stuff and the Kylie Jenner private plane flights that are just vulgar)
Help! I rolled my eyes too hard and now they're stuck looking into my brain!
I think it's funny when I see a celeb flexing like, a $200,000 watch but I can just drive to the nearest Walmart and get a Mickey mouse watch for five bucks that shows the same time (edit: typo)
This is incredibly shameful, that super-rich people have so much money they want to buy this c**p. There are so many people and organizations that need any money! Heck, just send it to any public school in the country, and make sure it goes to the teachers, not the administrators. Teachers are using their own money to pay for supplies for their kids, or have to give the kids a supply list that they need for school. Support medical researchers who are looking for a cure for cancer. Support people who are trying to stop climate change. Support anyone who's trying to do good, rather than buying useless unusable stupidly expensive c**p.
I think if we're honest, most of us waste money on frivolous c**p sometimes, just not to this extent.
Load More Replies... One thing is for certain: Anyone who buys any of this s**t on that list will get my utmost contempt. I hate all of you f*****g egoistic assholes. Wealth also should come with responsibilities and not be spent just for the sake of it. Instead of spending 240,000 on a shirt made of gold, how about giving that money to a charity?
Its astonishing to see riches getting so many hate for being rich and doing things rich do. I struggle in day to day to life make ends meet and i am jealous of rich, but i dont hate them. They are rich coz of either hard work or sheer luck, they can do whatever with thier money (Hint - Its their money). If they chose to wear a million dollar underwear or burn it all in one go, its their choice. Why force each rich to donate to charity and hate them when they dont, though it would be great if they did, but its not compulsary. Putting someone on S**t list coz they are rich is really sad. Keep hating idiots who are doing harm to environment, but hey alomost each and everyone of us doing harm to environment in one or other way, by using chemicals in bath, plastics, buying unnecessary items and living the way we live. To stop complete harm to nature, we should all have to go back to caves and live like ancient civilizations.
Load More Replies... Imagine if all this stupid materialistic stuff was put into an effort to help the homeless or put into education or medical help or help people in poverty instead of serving the rich and famous. Just imagine. We've got people without homes living on the street hungry and in the elements but these a**holes can buy gold shirts and 3 minute flights and diamond collars for their dogs. Despicable.
gold toilet is missing from this list, because a dirty rotten filthy stinking rich (chill, it's an album title) person's poo can't just go down a plain porcelain set..
I was on vacation at the beach last week and my wallet got ruined. I had to have another one so I went to a local mall and spent $35 on a replacement. Even though I tried to justify the cost by calling the wallet my "vacation souvenir," the $35 price tag was hard for me swallow.
My old boss was a snob. We got talking about food and he asked me what I liked to eat out and i said 'a nice curry'. "Ew, disgusting! You do realise they make it taste like that to hide the fact the meat is probably cat and is more than likely to be off" he snobbingly replied. "Maybe, but serve it on a stupid plate, stick a bit of pointless parsley on top and charge 10 times the price and I'd beat you'd be queuing to eat."
The worst ones on this list were Kylie Jenner's plane flight, the cat, and that F***ING ANNOYING SWIMSUIT!!!
It's just they are too obnoxious for someone to put energy into....
Load More Replies... I know for a fact that Saddam Hussain had several solid gold Uzis. A friend who was over there has a picture of himself holding one.
The difference between rich and wealthy is that rich buy stupid c**p like this. Wealthy people laugh at this and use their money to make more money and buy experiences. What a waste
why are people so obsessed with how others spend their money? seriously who cares.
Well for one, all these rich people spending three million on a diamond dog collar could probably, idk, help people instead of just making their dog suffer so they can show off their money. Other than that, I would not care
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