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Riches and resources are something that people have been fighting over since humans first appeared on the surface of the Earth. No wonder people who, for one reason or another, have plenty of goods so many individuals are craving, have long been sparking the imagination of all the rest of us.
People on Twitter were sharing their observations about the funny and brutal things rich people do. They are often out of touch with reality - well, at least that's what the tweets lead us to believe, anyway, so scroll down, and read the best of them from the internet.
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guyx23 2 years ago
We're pretty well off, and I can guarantee that money absolutely does solve most problems
Greg Sheldon 2 years ago
I believe they actually say "Money can't buy you happiness" We all know money solves problems
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
Money might not solve all your problems, but it buys a lot of booze and chocolate.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I could pay off my house and take relaxing holidays when I *need* one as opposed to the odd occasion when I can *afford* one.
DaVida DeVito 2 years ago
All of the problems you have NOW would be solved, most people are wired for certain stress levels, you’d find new problems
Johnny 2 years ago
I think they say "Money can't buy happiness", which is true... after a point, but you need to have enough money to not be in poverty first, I bet most people below the poverty line would be much happier with a bit more money. I make twice as much money as I did a decade ago (even accounting for inflation), but I can't say that I'm any happier (but am much more comfortable with my retirement savings now)
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Yes, like 99% of my problems can be solved with money 😂
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Joe Publique 2 years ago (edited)
Because that's how capitalism works. If there were no 'poor people' it would collapse. WHy do you think nobody's tried 'trickle-up' economics yet? :)
Hill Branda 2 years ago
Don't know why someone downvoted you. Here, take my upvote.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago (edited)
When you can afford to A)pay someone else to lobby on your behalf, B)pay someone to manage your finances, and/or C)make enough money you can take time off work to show up in person to lobby for laws that improve your financial situation, you get what you want. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Poor people don't have the time or resources to get help so they get the shaft.
SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 2 years ago
This drives me crazy! Here in the US, the wealthy elite don’t pay taxes and they’re trying to abolish Medicare, which will support people when they retire. The people who’ll need it the most (the poor and poorly educated), vote for the people who want to end it. They cheer when they hear those candidates say they want to do away with Medicare, because they don’t realize they’ll never be able to retire without it. So in the end, the rich want to abolish something to aid the people who need it, and have paid their taxes to receive it. Meanwhile, the elite haven’t even paid any taxes and want to get rid of a program they neither need or have paid for.
Valaun 2 years ago
We aren't working for nothing. All those tax breaks and tax cuts that aren't being paid by the rich, who do you think pays for them? It's not like they go "oh, the billionaires skipped out on 200 million in taxes, I guess we don't have it". No, they get it from the working class. So if you are the kind of moron that thinks Donnie the billionaire is smart for skipping out on his taxes, you need to ask yourself why are YOU so happy to be covering his share?
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
I would love to see a National No Work Day. Let it be on a Monday for a nice three day weekend. Everyone who is middle class and below just go home for a day and take control of things. They need us. We don’t need them.
Rita Vaillancourt 2 years ago
We already did that (more or less) at the beginning of 2020 when CO-19 appeared. It worked to an extent. Companies freaked out, the media jumped all over it from every conceivable angle, then Democrats paid people more money to stay home, rather than return to work. Republicans sent financial aid to the businesses, (especially the ones that didn't need it). The minimum wage was increased. Businesses responded by having all sorts of hardships, (fuel shortage for shipping, labor shortage, supply shortages,natural disasters and wars, requiring massive price hikes, and increased taxes. The stock market continues to do the "hokey pokey dance'" and... Long Story Short: The rich stay rich, and the poor stay poor.
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Ace 2 years ago
They don't "require" tax cuts, they just object to paying so much more than poor people based on their wealth or income, so take any steps possible to reduce it. It's not quite the same.
Shawn Upchurch 2 years ago
So its ok to take money based on a poor persons income but not a wealthy persons income? Tax Jeff Bezos the same rate as a McDonalds worker and maybe he won't be able to afford having his birthday party in lunar orbit next year. Tax a McDonalds worker the same rate as Bezos and they could probably afford an extra bag of groceries or maybe be able to take their sick kid to the Dr. Where's the logic in that? I'm disgusted by what our country has become.
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Knox Warner 2 years ago
Wealthy people hire professionals to find and exploit the cuts and breaks they don't actually "need". Accountants, fund managers, investors, even congressmen, etc., all become financial mercenaries who don't care about the morality of what they're doing and don't even think that they might be depriving someone else of something they need a lot more than their client. All they care about is the profit and not getting caught (if they do something wrong).
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Mabelbabel 2 years ago
Because it confers a huge amount of social, educational and professional privilege. In the UK, only about 7% of the population attended a private (fee paying) school, but almost 60% of our Members of Parliament were privately educated. More than half of all our prime ministers were educated at Eton, 30 of them (out of 58 prime minsters so far) went to Oxford University and 15 went to Cambridge. Comprehensive (state) school students obviously can apply for Oxbridge, but its easier to network as politicians or industry leaders/business men if you've got similar backgrounds, it really is 'jobs for the boys.' Look at Fiona Hill, the woman who gave evidence about Russian interference in the presidential election-phenomenally intelligent, and yet she said she'd never get anywhere in UK political or national security/diplomatic services because she's from a poor background, didn't go to the 'right' school and talks with a regional accent, so that's why she moved to USA.
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Bobby 2 years ago
I have a friend who got a job at a fancy private school just so they could afford to send their kids there. I'm sure there are people out there sending their kids to 50k schools on a 75k salary because they want their kids to have a better chance than they did.
Jay Son 2 years ago
In my state, quite a few people work two-three jobs to be able to do this.
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Jakub Neumann 2 years ago (edited)
This is upper middle class. Rich people don't have "paychecks" and don;t have to work to sustain their lifestyle, they own stuff and it works for them. Targeting upper middle class (or even middle class) for being "rich" is quite sad, as it shows how much it has shrunk and how hard it become to get into.
DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
Many parents make huge sacrifices to put their kids through private school. That tuition money for many is almost all their "disposable" income. No big house, new cars, or fancy vacations. But giving their kids the best possible start to enable them the broadest array of opportunities and choices in life, instead. Priorities.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Its wrong but its also all relative. When I was 18 years old, I was working two jobs to pay for my college tuition and dorm room and eating one meal a day because that's all the money that was left over. It was the cheapest college in the state where I lived. To these rich people, they feel like they are living in the same situation.
Kiah Skuse 2 years ago
my friend did an assignment on public and private schools (depends on what kind of public schools) and concluded that private schools dont make you any smarter. they only make you pay more. lol. i go to a pretty good public school, im not dumb and i get good grades.
Bobby 2 years ago
The most recent studies show private school grads consistently outperform public in both placement exams(SAT, ACT, etc) but also have higher acceptance rates to universities. Maybe the curriculum or maybe the networking, but the end result is private school grads also have higher average salary too
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Sadie Parkes 2 years ago
Apparently you need to have $30million plus in the bank to be considered rich/wealthy these days, so what is ''Lethality Jane'' bleating on about? They ARE middle class and using a huge amount of their take-home pay to do the best for their children.
Shawn NowayJose 2 years ago
I have literally never seen a dentist, never been able to afford it. I took dog antibiotics once because I couldn't afford a doctors visit. They are exactly the same medicine, just different amounts. These are the things you learn being dirt poor.
Many true and fictional tales about those rich folks and their wealthy lifestyles are told. However, the focus of heated discussions is not just the rich people and their resources. It is also the question of just how far-reaching this topic is – is it indeed money that “makes the world go round”?
Regardless of which side they take, most people have strong opinions about it: those who take riches to be the source of all evil and tend to limit their wealth to what is needed for their basic survival, and people who, on the contrary, think wealth can guarantee a happy and secure life for themselves and their loved ones alike. Both agree - resources do affect our lives.
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Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
And a trustfund given by your gramps who owns several oil companies.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Ask them how long have those people (the cleaners and dogwalkers etc) been working those jobs...and if they're fine or living just to make ends meet.
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Actors and singers who do interviews saying, "We all have the same 24 hours." No, no we don't. You have a chauffeur that takes you to, and from work. You have a personal chef, and a personal trainer. You have a nanny that takes your child to, and from school, and checks up in their homework. You have a house cleaner, and send your clothes to be laundered. When you throw a party, or just have "friends" round, it's catered. We. Do. No. All. Have. The. Same. 24. Hours.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
The difference between the poor and the rich is time. Time is the most basic currency and poor people don't have it. They can't afford a car so they take a bus 1 hour each way to go grocery shopping and lose 3 hours after work because of it. Rich people can pay the cook to do it for them and not only gain those 3 hours for other things, they gain another hour because they don't have to make dinner.
Sherman 2 years ago
Meanwhile Elon musk is a CEO of like 5 companies & still has time to sit on Twitter & b***h & complain while also destroying the planet & humanity..... but a single mom from New Orleans with 2 kids works 4 jobs & hasn't slept in 10 years & can't even afford to keep her lights on or move to a better school district & is one emergency away from being flat broke...... but yeah... you right. Rich ppl know what hard work is & the WORKING class doesn't. You know... the ppl who are literally labeled with the very word WORK
Jakub Neumann 2 years ago
It's either a heavy cognitive bias or an outright lie. You have to work smart, take risks and be lucky. If you have no starting capital the chances of becoming rich are 0, if you start being what people in this thread consider "rich" (aka middle class or upper middle class) you have like 1 in a million chance to join the rich.
Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 2 years ago
And these people cleaning the house and doing the laundry work super hard, how come they aren't trillionares?
Knox Warner 2 years ago
I can't see wealthy people socializing with middle-class or poor people and actually saying anything like this. I think even they realize it's a bit dangerous these days. I can visualize them offering this opinion on-line, on talk shows, other venues, or from your marginally successful parents, or if they are your boss and have enough power over you to not be afraid of an ensuing argument. Working hard guarantees you nothing. You'll be let go or overpassed for promotion for reasons that have nothing to do with that.
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Sherman 2 years ago
Like the Oscar's grab bags? Literally $200,000 worth of products & services they can afford.. pocket change to them. Yet they get it all for free just for being famous. Meanwhile Martha on the 9th ward is about to lose her home & hasn't had water in 2 months even though she's working 3 jobs & her 2 kids go to public school & are latch key kids & her house isn't even safe to live in... but she works harder than any fucken rich person or celebrity... & she doesn't even have insurance & hasn't seen a dentist in 7 years because that's a luxury for us poor folks. Those same celebs are on their 4th set of veneers & paying their bills doesn't even make a dent in their checking. But yes. Let's give them free s**t & tax breaks!
Johnny 2 years ago
The companies give those products to the rich and famous so their brand is associated with the rich and famous -- it's not like they do it just because they like rich people. And a lot of the stuff is useless to a poor person, like a $5000 spa certificate at a luxury hotel where you still have to stay in a $900/night room to use it or a $1500 designer bag.
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David 2 years ago
I would argue they usually don't. Much of the gifts / swag are "free" but are given because the entity given knows they will get back more in return. A classic example is the perks given to "whales" or high rollers at casinos. They are often comped meals, hotel suites, other services. But it is only technically "free". The casinos do this to attract the whales who ultimately leave a whole lot more money at the tables than the casino spent comping them a room and goodies. It's "free" in a similar sense to how your local department store has a BOGO offer and "gives" you a "free" garment / item if you hand them enough money to make the deal worth their while.
Full Name 2 years ago
Many companies will give famous rich people free products because they want their products to be associated with famous rich people.
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j miller 2 years ago
Why do the most profitable industries (oil, gas, transportation,etc) get 100's of millions in free taxpayer money every year to operate? They already gamed the system so that their products are a requirement of everyday life so people HAVE to buy...but companies are paid by us to sell us what we have to have!? Bottled water anyone?
Azolane 2 years ago
Because the more money you have, the more money you have. It's like credit cards cash back and airline points. The more money you spend, the more you get back. But this only works if you can foot the bill all at once and not pay interest. Also, connections. Knowing the right people will get you a lot of free stuff, be it goods or services.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Its about investing your resources for a return. You give the rich guy a free bar in his hotel room and he then pays $300 for lobster ravioli and a steak for room service. The free bar is to get them through the front door of the place. The poorer family 2 floors down is paying $10 for a bottle of water out of the mini-fridge because if they aren't willing to pay $10 for a bottle of water, they aren't going to be paying $300 for a meal delivered to their room. The $10 covers the cost of the maid each day for both rooms to restock the fridge but they make an extra $290 off the rich guy.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦 🇬🇧 2 years ago
It's mainly being "courted" by brands. They give you stuff in hopes that you will buy something or endorse their products.Or if you spend x amount of money, you become VIP, and get perks.
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Rich people are in the public eye and are often given free stuff just for the free marketing it provides. But much of that also includes contract and being a spokesman for said product.
Vanessa Panerosa 2 years ago
It’s not about being famous - rich ppl have money. They spend more money than regular ppl. They’re rewarded for that and incentivized to maintain loyalty to a certain company bc their money is an asset to the corporation. Regular folks who can’t afford to drop excess $$$ aren’t seen as valuable and therefore aren’t given preferential treatment.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
So they could tell everyone else during a pandemic that they're "suffering" or "isolating" like everyone else at home and try to be relatable....try.
Luke Wensley 2 years ago
To be honest, if I was rich I would probably never leave my house anyways
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Lauren S 2 years ago
I could do with 6 bedrooms. That would be great. One for storage (my husband has a ridiculous amount of stuff), one for my husband to work in, one for my son, one master bedroom, one guest bedroom, and one room for me for work (I luckily telework and just drag my laptop from couch to bed around my house). Ah to dream! 🏡
intermezzono1 2 years ago
but isnt that just 3 bedrooms then and multiple normal rooms? what do you need beds for in a storage or work room?
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Stephen Lyford 2 years ago
I mean, let's be honest, I understand the bodega part. I mean, right??
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Its a lizard brain thing trying to maximize the area under your control so you have access to resources in times of emergency or want. Thag scouts out a second cave in case the first one gets taken over by a bears. There are no bears anymore but our primitive selfish brains won't let it go. Its the root of most injustice and almost every war. Thag kills Gorg because he wants Gorg's hunting land just in case.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
Because when the 99% take over, this will turn into apartments for everyone else
Having many tales told and many stereotypes surrounding rich folks, there have been two basic lines of thought spreading around the internet. People are asking: how are the wealthy really different from everyone else? And much of it comes down to or is a direct reference to a famous discussion between the two iconic American writers. The way the story is usually told is that it was Fitzgerald who proclaimed: “The rich are different from you and me.” To that, Hemingway replied: “Yes, they have more money.”
A likely interpretation of this conversation would claim that Fitzgerald was referring to rich people as altogether different from other people, while Hemingway would put down such an interpretation, explaining that the only difference between rich and poor is money - these types of people are no different in other ways.
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LizzieBoredom 2 years ago (edited)
If life on Alien Planets is anything like life on Earth, the first aliens we meet will be the Elon Musk of their planet.
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Oh my. The entire universe is doomed. Never thought about, but you are too right.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Rich people see a rain cloud and go to the Caribbean. In the Caribbean rich people see Christmas and go to the US for a "snowy white Christmas".
NannernomminNanaPanda 2 years ago
Hmmm...That sounds like something a human imitating alien would say! O_O
Knox Warner 2 years ago
The richest don't because they're the out-of-sight rich, ie, they live behind ivy-covered walls or in the upper reaches of a luxury high-rise, and spend their time where "normal" people don't see them. The more relevant phenomenon is the middle class and poor people trying to ape the wealthy, eg, paying exorbitant amounts of money for vintage brandy they can stand the flavor of was a big one a couple of years ago. Travel was another, but now most paying air customers travel in steerage. Coincidentally, they're also becoming more aware that they've ruined the things they wanted to travel to see.
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Enuz 2 years ago
Normal homes have 1 bathroom for each bedroom ? I do not feel poor but we had 4 bedroom for 1 bathroom.
Lama 2 years ago
In the Netherlands it's standard to have one bathroom for a family house (and a seperate toilet downstairs). Extra bathrooms just take up space we don't have 🤷🏼♀️
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Because they're full of shît. And the more money you have, the faster you fill up.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago (edited)
I don't support it but they are for entertaining. You have 4 bedroom house and each bedroom has its own bathroom (1 per couple) in case people stay over. Downstairs you have a bathroom by the back door for people to come in from the BBQ. There's a separate bathroom near the utility room off the kitchen for staff so they don't take up the real ones when you are having a party. Between parties this is the mud room bathroom for cleaning up before tracking dirt through the house after skiing. There's a bathroom in the front of the house near the front door/dining room for guests to clean up before meals/powder their nose/throw up after drinking. In the basement, you have 2 bathrooms outside the hallway that's between the movie theater and your pool so there's Men's and Women's room for changing and taking care of too much soda.
Fluffy Feline Fire Hazard 2 years ago
Because their houses are big and they get lost trying to find one if there's a normal amount... And no one wants to see that...
Johnny 2 years ago
I went to a party at a wealthy person's house (high level executive at my company). His house had 4 bedrooms and 6 baths. One for each bedroom, one downstairs that party guests used, and one out by the pool that was like a commercial bathroom with a toilet stall and urinal. So I guess rich people have a lot of bathrooms for entertaining.
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Bobacat 2 years ago
they filled their heads with it and now they think they know everything
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
And what's best for everyone always turns out to be very, very, very good for rich people. Amazing coincidence.
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Because of sycophants that surround them, or they surround themselves with. The one that comes to mind is Russel Brand, who now seems to believe that he is the absolute expert on everything from history, to economics, to voting, and no one has taken him aside and told him that not every thought he has, has to be said out loud. But there are also actors who believe they are incredible singers, and vice versa, who don't have real friends who will tell them, kindly, "You can't hold a note/there are trees less wooden than you."
I just work here 2 years ago
OR...you wouldn't be poor if"....meanwhile a ton of them inherited their money.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
Because when you can remove a lot of your problems with money, life will seem like life is easy to handle, and that will quickly lead to overcomfidence. When you are not used to dealing with problems, you have no concept of how hard it can be to tackle certain types of problems on your own or indeed what was the true cause of you not experiencing it. Furthermore there is all the brownnosing, by people who think they will get personal gain by sucking up to you. When you constantly is being told how great you are (though it might not be true) it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you are gifted with a special set of skills, which makes you particularly good at dealing with all sorts of problems. It is called privilege's blindness combined with the Dunning Krügger effect. I also wish that the journalist and tv shows would read up on the association fallacy, and realise that there isn't nessesarily a connection between being good at singing, and having reasonable political view
Knox Warner 2 years ago
They know we celebrate wealth and want to become wealthy ourselves, so why not if -- if it gives their egos a boost?
Janet Allan 2 years ago
Right, it is like Tevye sings in Fiddler on the Roof's 'If I were a Rich Man' The most important men in town would come to fawn on me. They would ask me to advise them like a Solomon the Wise....posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes. and it wont make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong, when you're rich they think you really know!
Curiously enough, as noted in the article for the New York Times, this famous story is partly a creation of Hemingway - his adaptation of a real-life conversation between four guys. It was Hemingway, Fitzgerald, their editor Max Perkins, and critic Mary Colum having lunch. Hemingway started the conversation by saying: “I am getting to know the rich.” And it was Colum who replied “The only difference between the rich and other people is that the rich have more money.”
However, Hemingway used this real-life conversation in his novel, additionally, making the central character of The Snows of Kilimanjaro exclaim: “poor Scott Fitzgerald and his romantic awe of [the rich].” Seeing how different the real-life conversation was, no wonder Fitzgerald was offended. His name was used by Hemingway to make him look overly sympathetic toward rich people only for the sake of their money. Fitzgerald commented on Hemingway’s story saying: “Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.”
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Kookamunga 2 years ago
What could that question even mean? tacky-ugly...65fabb.jpg 
Wondering Alice 2 years ago
I think taste -good or bad- has little to do with money. But if you are really struggling, you buy what you need but the rich can buy what they want so any bad taste is more obvious.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Gold-plated chicken in some fancy sauce I've never heard of and wouldn't be able to spell if I had.
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french banana 2 years ago
"bi lesbian arc" ellie, i hope you fall off a cliff. sent with regards.
Jan Bowyer 2 years ago
Donald Trump: Textbook bad taste (who wants gold toilets and faux marble everywhere?)
Knox Warner 2 years ago
They can afford it, and don't care what others think about them. Money is social armor, among other things.
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
OMG - Trump's NYC Penthouse? Everything is gilded - it's just about the tackiest place I've ever seen. No honey - you most CERTAINLY DID NOT recreate Versailles.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago
That depends on if the money is old or new, I’d say. Never came across old money with no taste. Only new money.
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WindySwede 2 years ago
Gold plated turd weird! Most likely for those who just like to show of?
Load More Replies... Fluffy Feline Fire Hazard 2 years ago
Oh!! THAT'S why they have so many restrooms. The gold screws up their digestive system!
Unpopular opinions 2 years ago
I don’t think real rich people do this, it’s just wannabe rich people.
LilliVB 2 years ago
Because they want truthfully say that they shît gold (as gold is not absorbed by the body, so what goes in at some point have to come out)
New Everywhere 2 years ago
I feel like that's for people who think they are rich or trying to appear rich
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
I have a spray bottle of gold that came with a kit once. It's not at expensive as people think because it has very little gold in it. But I didn't use it because I agree, that's disgusting!
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Humans actually require gold in the body system in order to live, but it's a tiny tiny trace amount. These a******s do it just because they can and they want to be above everyone else. eating something with gold on it makes them feel some kind of way about being superior to everyone else. That's what we need to get away from monetary supremacy.
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RagDollLali 2 years ago
Because they're under the impression that the tax dollars they don't pay anyway are what pays for that assistance
VodkaInMySweetTea 2 years ago
I have two friends on regular pain meds. The low income friend who has a diagnosed chronic disease is treated with suspicion like an addict every time she goes in. The rich friend who is an actual addict gets her refills without question. After all, she couldn't possibly be up to anything nefarious… she's rich!
majandess 2 years ago
This is a perfect example. Somewhere, we got confused and conflated the value of money with value in morals.
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The sad thing is that it is probably because they are better at making their case and minipulating people into thinking that catering for their needs is the wise thing to do. That is why such things as the trickle down effect has been invented. If you want to boost the economy, I think that the trickle up effect would be much more efficient for that, because poor people tend to spend the money they are given rather than just hoard it, and spending money on solving real problems rather than buying super yards, seem to be much more effective when it comes to boosting the productivity of the people, but somehow this is not nearly as widespread a talking point. If you want to get richer by selling something, it requires that there are people who has the money to buy it.
Hunter 2 years ago
I see a lot of comments saying that the "rich" do this because taking help means your lazy, but I actually thinks it's a bit more nefarious. The rich and those in power say that if you need help you're lazy because it means that they get the resource. Take but when the pandemic hit, the rich were the first in line to take the money. The more the poor take the less there is for the rich. The more the poor use of social programs the less argument the rich have to not pay taxes. It's all done to tell those without that they should be proud of being poor, it's their duty to uphold the rich. It's all lies so they can manipulate you and they can have what you deserve.
I just work here 2 years ago
Or the misconception that one needs help because they are lazy; meanwhile they are working multiple jobs.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Because they pay substantial amounts for that privilege. (From money they get from everyone else, of course.)
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Daman dan 2 years ago
The put on their LV's one foot at a time like you and I
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OnlyMyOpinion 2 years ago
For some it's their definition of 'rich' that makes then say they are not rich. To me if I had 10 million pounds I'd be rich, but to some they would need 100 million to be rich. Even then they might say "I'm not rich, a billionaire is rich."
Honu 2 years ago
Yes. I've heard people refer to folks making a couple hundred thousand a year as rich, even though they still have to work. That affords a comfortable lifestyle, and that person can invest and likely retire nicely some day. To me, being able to live a middle/upper middle class life without working is the level at which I'd start to call people rich. Then, like you say, once you get to those rich people, there are always some who can't see themselves as rich because there are far richer people. To me, the big bright line is having to work vs not having to work.
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One word: martyrbaiting. They want to pretend they suffer and are victims.
ဗSailor Moonဗ 2 years ago
Maybe they find it embarrassing? Like they feel like they would be bragging about it? Idk
Sherman 2 years ago
Lol. You really think that's why? No. It's because they have an internal guilt for hoarding wealth while pretending as if they're marginalized or discriminated against. So they try to pretend they're the victims & not 99% responsible for every single issue we have going on in the world. It makes them feel like they're different from other rich ppl. While acting just like the rest. That's why. They know it's wrong but they can't imagine admitting they're the villain so they do whatever it takes to try to make ppl feel sorry for them.
Load More Replies... Jakub Neumann 2 years ago
Because the definition is hard, and moving. I define rich as "not having to work to sustain a middle class lifestyle indefinitely". Poor people sometimes define rich as "having disposable income".
Rose Button 🇺🇦 2 years ago
For me it's rich people pretending they struggle with money. My friend just picked out which car she wants in her family's collection, and then says she's broke.
Wondering Alice 2 years ago
Maybe it's just relative. If they hang out with even richer people, they might not realise they are rich. But I think many are embarrassed.
David 2 years ago
Can't speak for them but if I was rich I'd prefer to keep it low key. Being famous for having money is like a super magnet for attracting scam artists and thieves who want your money. The "poor boy" version of this I have experienced is me (USA citizen) traveling to poor countries. You try not to flaunt your cell phone / camera /cash / whatever of value because it makes you a target.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
you don't have to flaunt your phone. Just the fact that your T-shirt is not worn down, and you wear sunglases gives you away. ...and then there is the entire issue of you skin colour in many cases, which you can do nothing about, which screams that you are probably not one of the locals. When you live in certain part of the world, it is always easy to spot the turists when you know what to look for, and the mere fact that they have the means to travel, is an indication that they probably have some extra money lying around.
Load More Replies...However, it might be noted that ten years before the conversation at lunch, Fitzgerald wrote a short story, The Rich Boy, that he started with this topic. He wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft, where we are hard, cynical where we are trustworthy, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.”
Rainer Zitelmann, in his article for Forbes, is analyzing whether rich people are ‘different not only in terms of what they possess, but also in their personalities.' He discusses a study by six German economists and psychologists, who interviewed 130 wealthy individuals. They distinguished that rich people are emotionally more stable and more open to new experiences. However, they are less agreeable, less likely to shy away from conflicts, and more narcissistic. Also, the rich are more conscientious and they perceive themselves as having more control over their lives.
In his dissertation on “The Wealth Elite”, Rainer Zitelmann interviewed 45 individuals, from which the majority consisted of self-made millionaires. Based on the interviews, similarly to the previous study, Zitelmann found, that the rich are psychologically very stable, as opposed to being very neurotic, open to new experiences, and more extroverted, more conscientious, but less agreeable. He adds that based on his findings, the superrich people tend to be nonconformists - they are likely to express their opinion when it opposes the common views of their time and place. Finally, rich people tend to take credit for both their fortunes and misfortunes, in that way having an approach that allows them to perceive themselves as agents that are in control of their life.
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Phoenix the Frog 2 years ago
I mean I am not rich but I would love empty space just for the peace of it
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
It's the same as why do people who can afford food find extreme thinness so attractive?
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Don't hate on rich people for doing the things we would do if we were rich. They do enough things that are over the top to hate on! So instead of hating on their 15,000 SF mansion, hate on the fact that they own 5 of them!
Bookworm 2 years ago (edited)
I know, right? I work at a store that sells about half small decor and half furniture/lighting. We got a massive chandelier in the last shipment, and without even opening the box, I was like, this is a rich people chandelier. The people who buy this chandelier have a multi-million dollar McMansion with a 'great room' they never set foot in. No one with normal rooms would have space for this thing.
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
To keep empty, useless people in. Just so they aren't botherd. ? Excuse me while I fix this.
Azolane 2 years ago
Historically it has to do with being able to afford building and maintaining useless space as a mean to show you can. I wrote a chapter in a book on the history of staircases, and this is the best example. A stair as massive as some went on to be after the Renaissance serve no other purpose than to demonstrate power or wealth.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
it is a show off, it says: I have enough money to not care about all the maintainance. It is the wierd phenomenom at play where something becomes valuable solely because it is expensive.
Knox Warner 2 years ago
It's a display of wealth, like curved driveways or curved staircases. They're less efficient and more expensive than normal ones, but that's the point.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Because it’s expensive to be poor. Bad credit, debts, easier to get scammed in desperation, more likely to turn to illegitimate sources to survive, more likely to have untreated/self medicated mental health struggles.
Wondering Alice 2 years ago
Even on a simple level - when you are financially comfortable with a secure income, you can buy quality items that last as well as energy efficient appliances and fuel efficient cars that are built to last. You can usually get them with 0 interest credit, and on top of that you can access the lowest utility tariffs. If you see an offer on, you can take advantage of it too. Being poor is massively more expensive than being comfortable. (I have not been rich, but I have been extremely poor, and I am now comfortable - I spend way way less now)
Load More Replies... Mabelbabel 2 years ago
Captain Vimes "boots" theory of economics. A good pair of boots costs £50, but £10 will get you a cheap pair of boots that'll last for a year or two until they fall apart, whereupon you buy another cheap pair. Over 5 years, you will have spent the same amount of money as you would have done buying the good boots, which would have lasted far, far longer. But for those on lower incomes, they can't afford to spent £50 all at once. It's expensive being poor-look at domestic electricity supply. If you're on a low income, you can get an electricity meter that you can top up as and when needed. Paying for electricity as you use it, rather than paying by direct debit every month is far more expensive-the electric companies charge more per unit for metered electricity. But if you're poor, you might not have the regular lump sum needed to pay by direct debit, so you end up having to pay much more over time.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
not to mention have being rich and big an powerfull gives you leverage in negocitions, which can be used to gain even bigger advantages. E.g. Amazon auctioned the placement of their next warehouse of between several states and used that to get the biggest tax exemptions, as moving to another state would mean that lots of jobs and personal taxrevenues would move too. And that is why we should be so carefull with allowing tech giants to develop. At a certain point they get so big that they start pushing and pulling nations around, which results in a power balance that is not in the best interest of the people. Too big to fail is also very dangerous, as it means that they will profit no matter if they do great or bad as the money will always either come from the consumer or governmental subsidies, which is an andvantage that means that they can outcompete everyone else on the marked, and the free marked will then have stopped existing and can no longer do its thing regulating things.
Load More Replies... liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Because money makes money. And they have people to do all this for them. Personal accountants, money managers, stock managers, tax accountants, and these four roles will be filled by four, specialized workers.
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Always easier to make money when you have money... interest deposits, investment income... what I wouldn't give to have just even one solid source of "passive" income.
David Houde 2 years ago
The old saying "It takes money to make money" is quite true. Disclaimer: I'm not talking from experience lol
Load More Replies... Joe Publique 2 years ago
Because of capitalism. It's easy to make money when you already have money. Conversely, as someone else pointed out, being poor is incredibly expensive.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
because that is the system we have allowed to be built. When rich people end up paying less in taxes (say $175) than poor people, the system is broken -but no one wants to fix it, or those who wants to fix it isn't given the power to actually do so. and the sad fact is that those who would benefit the most from changing it choose not to do it. Realise that the American dream is just that, a dream. It is something that primarily exists in your mind with no connection to the world around you. So don't sell a good future for a dream that will probably never materialise, but be contempt with less and vote in such a way that protects and benefits the current you and not the future imaginary billionaire you. Don't let them fool you into voting for tax benefits for Amazon because you think you are going to found a similar company one day.
Knox Warner 2 years ago
They have more money that they can invest while maintaining a comfortable standard of living. They don't use the money they get from investments to suddenly catapault themselves into a much more expensive lifestyle, like a lottery winner might.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago
Because capitalism works that way. That’s what it is. This is it. The pinnacle of capitalism, and most of its purpose.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
There's good money to be made in ruining things - especially if you have nothing positive to contribute.
Lama 2 years ago
How is this a joke? It's not even funny, it's just random hate. I agree that most rich people could do a whole lot more for the world than they are doing, including paying taxes and fair wages. But are we really so bitter that it is now considered funny and ok to just bash all rich people? Ignoring all the admittedly terrible examples of rich people, money doesn't equal evil.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
Because ruining things makes them a personal gain, and because we allow a system where it is possible. When a fine is just the cost of doing business, it is not longer effective at doing what it is supposed to, and some companies speculate in this. The only way to get around this is to make it impossible to make a profit of of just sending the bill onto someone else to pay, and e.g. require that oil companies pay the entire cost of repairing the damages that their spills cause. But this will never be the case as long as there is the option of just moving all the value out of a company into a safe location (holding companies, CEO salaries etc.) and just letting the company file for bankruptcy and starting a new one shortly thereafter, whenever it runs into problems, while the taxpayers will have to live with the problems that the polution. We really should require a bankrupcy and clean up insurance to be mandatory for businesses with the potential for causing major problems
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
things like the enviroment through massive oilspills. It is not uncommen that you see that the bill for cleaning up the mess that major companies cause being passed onto the taxpayers, as the companies has made sure that their assets was untouchable, and just chose the easy way out by filing for bankrupcy. There was also some banks why was a bit to willing to gamble, which causes the burst of the marked in 2008, which hit everyone, but especially poor people hard, as the banks was just bailed out. Too big to fail is really dangerous, and comes with a lot of problems of its own. ..and then there is the giants who has so much power that they can make exploitation and poor workingconditions the norm, and can basically push entire states around in their never ending hunt for profit and nothing else.
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Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
Have you seen puss in boots new movie? That should explain it all.
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Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Because they don’t have empty margarine and cool whip containers to put food in like the rest of us. Then again they probably throw out leftovers in the trash and don’t keep it. Sad.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
I organise my fridge and put food in containers, but I'm poor. Cleanliness is free.
Jude Laskowski 2 years ago
Like Nancy Pelosi and her $25K freezers full of expensive ice cream that no one I know can afford?
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Knox Warner 2 years ago
They don't tell the chauffeur to get the "limo," either. They tell him to get the car. They don't drink out of "crystal," but from "glasses." That kind of vocabulary is imputed on the wealthy by the middle class through a number of venues, eg, television, film, the internet, etc.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
They have a fondness for green. Their lives center on it, after all.
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Why do u drink 'greens' everyday just eat a vegetable
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bElLa sTairZz 2 years ago (edited)
repopulate is for if the population recently went down, what we have rn is overpopulation. also i dont think you fully understand how sex works
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Because you happen to be someone they can't fire, evict, or foreclose on.
Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
Because obviously if they have money that means everyone should love them!
Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
Because they know it's true but hope their money hides it well enough to obscure the truth.
Knox Warner 2 years ago
That's a class difference, not a wealth one. A middle class person with money will cry.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago (edited)
That’s not quite what happens, though, as a rule. What usually happens is that 80% of everyone they meet basically continually screams in their face how subhumanly evil and terrible they are, because the assumption is that those who succeeded in the capitalist system is responsible for it. They’re not, of course, everyone wants to beat capitalism the way they have, and since they get hated on or used by everyone who isn’t rich themselves, their social group tends to become a closed circuit where all they have left to do is go American Psycho on each other and figure out new ways to use up as much of earth resources as possible on every single vacation. They slip out of reality completely, some of them, and often those born into money have never even been there in the first place. And so, we have a concrete clad rift in society, separating income groups who rarely if ever come in contact with each other. All hail capitalism. We have arrived at its end destination.
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Rwby Couch 2 years ago
So ugly style as in decor? Like zebra striped carpet and neon polka dot curtains?
crazydogmama 2 years ago
Like all gold walls and furniture and toilets...looking at you, creepy trumps. Didn't spend one dime learning or buying good taste.
Holly Marley 2 years ago
Burj Khalifa is an example, the most exclusive hotel in Dubai, watch the "documentary" and squirm when they show the zebra striped and gilt chairs.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
really? I haven't especially noticed this. I mean royalty in EU all have that kitsch baroque thing but that's because they inherited palaces that are like 300 years old... Can someone give me some examples?
K W 2 years ago
I'm not sure but it's always surprised me that a lot of ultra wealthy people in the US seem to like white walls or beige everything. White walls is what a good portion of renters are stuck with since they're not allowed to paint or wallpaper. I can't imagine not wanting some color if I had a ton of money. But maybe that's just me.
Load More Replies... Knox Warner 2 years ago
They don't rely on the opinions of their peers like the rest of us do, ie, they're more secure.
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
I know a lot of poor people whith no style.im feeling a lot of grasping from A I I'm going.,,
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
I mean if they are making and purchasing their own goods I suppose we really have no right to judge.
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WindySwede 2 years ago
Cod it be that they are to cool for school, but would say it's de-bait-able!
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Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
*adds "Dolphin Circus" to ongoing list of possible band names*
RagDollLali 2 years ago
I know aspire to one day be rich enough to be able to afford a dolphin circus (Even if I wouldn't actually buy one)
Knox Warner 2 years ago
That's conflating class with wealth. The middle class thinks that being upper class is mostly -- if not all -- a matter of having a lot of money. The upper class, however, vehemently disagrees with this notion, preferring to use breeding (eg, status or traceable ancestry), attitude, and behavior as the measures of class.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago
Well, my guess is that they have a longing to be treated as human beings every now and then. Being regular tends to be the only way to achieve that, as I’ve understood it. You know, in order to not be dismissed with “go do rich people shìt”. Which is no wonder that they are, considering how grotesquely unfair and immoral the whole thing is and how much easier their life is - not because they deserve it, but because the system is built by rich people for rich people and nobody takes responsibility. Human be human, greed be greed, systemic greed be evil, more or less.
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Harlan Sarvis 2 years ago
because many other rich people flex and are mean, and they don't want to be associated with that.
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
my guess is cause deep down they feel guilty for having more than enough when others have so little, usually it's cause they know they did nothing to get it and because they were never poor money cant buy happiness because the lack of it never caused them problems idk im not a psychologist
Knox Warner 2 years ago
They think you're after their money or are about to be critical of how they acquired it.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago
It’s usually an insult. And a fair one. People have a problem with unfair distribution of wealth, for good reasons.
Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
Because of the biased stigma behind it. Which hurts their ego. Not all rich people are a******s...just a lot of them generally are.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦 🇬🇧 2 years ago
It's not that. It's the negative connotation that seems to be associated. People judge you solely based on a perception, regardless of who you actually are. I wouldn't do that to anyone in the reverse, but it's fine. I've learned to accept that some people will just not like me for whatever reason. Either you'll be open to friendship or you won't🤷♀️
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Cthulhu Kitty 2 years ago
Those tend to be the nouveau rich. Money can't buy taste. Families that tend to be generations of rich, tend to have better taste and tend to be less pretentious. You might not realize they are rich, well until they talk about their yearly Aspen trip
M O'Connell 2 years ago
There are probably plenty of poor people who want to have hideous furniture, but hideous furniture is beyond their budget.
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Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
I never thought of anger issues or pride as exclusive to particular classes. I think there's plenty of angry a******s across the wealth spectrum.
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Phoenix the Frog 2 years ago
This is really weird too. So historically the bigger you were the richer you were it meant you had money. The same with bad teeth should you have money to eat as much as you want. Now it is so popular to be slim and it's just so weird.
bElLa sTairZz 2 years ago
because now the unhealthy foods, highly processed, heaps of sugar, ect. are cheaper than stuff like vegetables. Being able to afford to eat cake itsnt much of a status symbol, but being able to afford a personal trainer, health foods, and plastic surgery deffinently are
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago (edited)
Fat used to mean you had the resources to not have to exert yourself or watch your diet. Now skinny means you have the time to exercise and the money to buy better food. When you are working 60 hours a week eating nothing but cheap empty calories and can never get to the gym, the poor get fat. The rich can take an hour off work to go to a spin class and pay $20 for fresh vegetables instead of $2 for a frozen pizza.
Ace 2 years ago
I've always assumed that most people prefer slim women, and men, for that matter. What make anyone think this preference is only shared by rich people?
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Well, to an extent thin is healthy. I mean, if I lost 40 pounds it would be good for my health. As long as you don't take it too far. And rich people have started on health kicks in order to live longer.
René Sauer 2 years ago
Or rather, why do rich men love Women half or even a quarter their age?
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
basically because too fat comes with a lot of health issue, and isn't the best option when it comes to reproducing. Most people don't realise this, but much of what is considered beautiful is a sign of good health and good genes, which is what you should look for in a partner that you want to share your genes with when producing the next generation. It is all about biology, which materialize a instincts baked into us. It isn't really a rich thing, but as money in many cases makes things easier, a rich man has a better change of landing the girl of his dreams as he has more interesting options to offer.
Knox Warner 2 years ago
Trophy wives. Get someone who looks good on your arm. That makes you look better.
Jude Laskowski 2 years ago
I've seen some of these hip hop people on tv, and they are nowhere near slim.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
College loans are interest free while you are attending school and they can be spent on auxiliary expenses like housing, groceries, transportation, computers, and child care. They also don't have to be paid back while you are in school. If you're poor, this allows you to survive. If you're rich, its a better investment to get a college loan and pay for your transportation interest free than to take out a separate loan you have to start paying on immediately. On top of that, the car is now 4 years old when you start paying back the loan you took out on it and you can depreciate it for tax deductions.
AnkleByter 2 years ago
If you're really rich you should have no need for loans, for school or transportation. There is nothing to pay back when you're rich, because you have the necessary money to fund the whole thing. Transportation, when you're rich, never needs a loan. Now if you're above middle class, and quite comfortable, but still under that "rich" threshold, then yes, this answer applies. For the actual rich, it does not.
Load More Replies... Joe Publique 2 years ago
because it's an interest-free loan they can pay back when they graduate.
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Actually, this one makes sense. They take out mortgages too. The interest is very low and they can make more with that money. I have a 3% mortgage, but I could make 10% on average in the S&P, so even if I could pay off my loans, I would pay the mortgage early. Of course, I have 2 other mortgages and 10 credit cards, so that's not an option for me...
DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
The same reason they take out mortgages, car loans, etc... You can get a higher return than the interest rate you're paying fairly safely and easily. Not only that, but you're paying back in inflated funds, effectively paying back less on the original loan. I'm not rich, but I've been living off collateralized loans for the past couple years during this bear market in crypto and equities, secured a net interest rate just below 0%. Makes my taxable income $0, at least for now, so it makes perfect sense.
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
While that loan isn't charging interest their money in investments is earning 7-10-12%, why spend money when you can make money? #1 thing I learned in undergrad at a very small private college for super rich kids
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Lisa H 2 years ago
I'm so poor that I have never heard of Jacob's coffee. I'm probably better off not knowing anyway. I'll stick with my $5 per can coffee.
RagDollLali 2 years ago
I just looked it up and honestly, it's not the cheapest but it's definitely not that expensive so I don't get this one
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Sherman 2 years ago
It's like cheap champagne vs expensive. Every single time In blind taste tests ppl especially rich ppl, choose the cheap s**t because it tastes better.. but then once they know it's the cheap s**t they say "ew!" & still buy the expensive s**t just because it means they can flex their wealth & act like they have a taste or original opinion when they don't.
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
I just Googled Jacob's Coffee and about died of laughter, because it brought me to an instant coffee website and I just... 😂😂😂
Anarch Duke 2 years ago
If you want to drink expensive and GOOD coffee, get some pure Kona coffee from Hawaii
Johnny 2 years ago
I know a few wealthy people (and more affluent people), and have never seen or heard of Jacob's coffee. The wealthy people I know have push button espresso maker (it grinds the beans fresh and gives you a latte or whatever you want at the push of a button), but even with that machine, they usually just make drip coffee from fresh ground beans.
jdtimid123 2 years ago
Based on the comments, it sounds like the poster is confusing middle class for rich.
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Sherman 2 years ago
Because they do it for vanity & "the aesthetic" instead of actually going to a gold artist that specializes in the style they want. They also rarely ever have any actual struggles in life... so most of the time the "art" they put on their body is copy & pasted from fucken Pinterest & it holds no real meaning to them. I'm a tattoo artist. If I had a dollar for every fucken rich person who stole one of my designs from Instagram or Pinterest & didn't change a single thing about it.. even when ITS A FUCKEN TRIBUTE TATTOO! I'd be able to afford to stop advertising my art online to get new clients
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Because money doesn't buy the brain cells required to do some research and get a consultation first 🥰
jdtimid123 2 years ago
I can't really get on board with this one. Lots of people get weird tattoos that don't have much money. Unless you mean poorly executed, or inappropriate, it's their bodies to do with as they please. There's tons of non-wealthy people with naked women tattooed on their arms and backs like walking porn. I'd consider that a bad tattoo, but people don't seem to care too much about that. I saw one on a massage client where the girl was chained up and blind folded, and I think gagged, complete with tears down her face. Made me super uncomfortable to work on him. But I don't think he was rich. Just creepy.
Laurie Goff 2 years ago
Because they don't have any real friends to tell them the truth. "Don't get that s**t, it's ugly" or "just because the artist is expensive doesn't mean they are good."
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Almost every single study shows people get more pleasure from experiences over physical items. Which is better, a $400 fishing pole sitting in your garage, or hanging out with your daughter on the side of a pond with a $10 barbie fishing pole? How about sitting the bank of a river in Montana where some guide helps your daughter catch a 12lb salmon using a $400 fishing pole they provided in a stream with no one in sight but the three of you? Travel is about experiences. Rich people can afford more of them.
KimB 2 years ago
I have so many memories fishing with my snoopy fishing pole with my dad and grandpa! You're right it's about experience and memories :) (we didn't need a guide grandpa lived by Lake Erie for 50 years and knew all the good spots)
Load More Replies... jdtimid123 2 years ago
If I were rich that's pretty much all I would do is travel. Maybe this person travels for work and thinks that's the only reason people would leave home?
Knox Warner 2 years ago
I think we're going to see a shift in that, now that "travel" has ruined or destroyed so many tourist destinations that the tourists were willing to travel in steerage to visit.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago
What else are they going to do? They’ve done everything else, what else is left? It’s sad, really, but that’s galloping capitalism for you. In the end they’re stuck trying to impress each other with gold covered filèt mignon in a house made out of pearls and titanium on a secret tropical island you can only reach in a private jet. And nobody feels sorry for them anymore, even if they in actual fact are among the most pathetic people on the planet. I sometimes get the feeling that we made civilization a bit too big; we can’t handle it. It’s a shame we found oil, that really screwed us over.
MushroomHead22 2 years ago
coming from someone who is a comedian, this is just a terrible effort at a joke.
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Gábor Molnár 2 years ago
It's more about rich kids getting schoolarships because daddy and mommy donated a huge amount to the university and then the ones that actually deserve said schoolarship is not getting it, thus not able to go to university at all in some cases.
Load More Replies... Greg Sheldon 2 years ago
I thought this question came from an uneducated person, but apparently it belongs to somebody that should know better. From the Wiki..... "She was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans in Higher Education"
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ဗSailor Moonဗ 2 years ago
Well, some people want to work for their money, get good jobs when they grow up, and me functioning members of society 😐
Laurie Goff 2 years ago
I do not want the people who are super rich to be super stupid. They must go to school and become educated. They are not blocking anyone. Good lord.
The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
Uneducated rich people are more likely to become uneducated poor people. Really rich people, the kind that aren’t flashing their money on TikTok, generally require their kids to get university degrees and for them to work, abet at carefully chosen jobs acquired by privilege. But letting your kids do nothing is a recipe for disaster and families who stay rich aren’t stupid.
intermezzono1 2 years ago
no, this is a horrible question. is this person really saying rich people should not attend school? also if a rich person goes to school, how are they putting others in debt? would education be free in america if rich people didnt go to school?
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Ace 2 years ago
Terrible one-sided roast of 'rich' people, without any real example as per thread title. BP reposting garbage again.
SapphireKing 2 years ago
agreed. the whole premise seems to just be "PeOplE wiTh lOtS oF mOnEy = bAd1!!111!!"
Load More Replies... Mimi M 2 years ago
Bp is at its best when it posts things that are interesting, beautiful or heartwarming (or funny!). But when it denigrates groups, countries (usa) or entire systems - or entire generations of people - it's at its worst, negative, narrowminded and stereotyping.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
It looks like they are finally starting to listen to users. When reading BoredPanda using a web browser, I am seeing a section below some listicles to provide feedback and rate said listicle. BoredPanda never used to be like this--they used to write a lot of their own uplifting and fun content.
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Randy Sanders 2 years ago
I do not begrudge the rich for their material things. I do ask why they flaunt it to poorer people, sometimes in such a way as to try to make us simpathetic. In many ways, I actually feel sorry for some of them, because they literally sold their soul to be rich and famous. The devil does not come as a horned red entity, he comes as a beautiful person, with the supposed answers to make everything better and beautiful. Just do this thing, then that thing, and on and on, ad infinitum. And when you cant, it gets yanked away, exposing all the ugliness underneath. Nah, I'll keep my low key life. I'm happy where I am, way out in the middle of vast, green nowhere, nice and quiet.
Frando Bone 2 years ago
Other people's money is other people's business. You all would be a lot happier if you focused on yourself.
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
I misread "Netizens" as "Nietzscheans" and came here hoping all the questions would be "Why haven't you thrown off the dead hand of slave morality and ascended to supermen?"
Ace 2 years ago
Terrible one-sided roast of 'rich' people, without any real example as per thread title. BP reposting garbage again.
SapphireKing 2 years ago
agreed. the whole premise seems to just be "PeOplE wiTh lOtS oF mOnEy = bAd1!!111!!"
Load More Replies... Mimi M 2 years ago
Bp is at its best when it posts things that are interesting, beautiful or heartwarming (or funny!). But when it denigrates groups, countries (usa) or entire systems - or entire generations of people - it's at its worst, negative, narrowminded and stereotyping.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
It looks like they are finally starting to listen to users. When reading BoredPanda using a web browser, I am seeing a section below some listicles to provide feedback and rate said listicle. BoredPanda never used to be like this--they used to write a lot of their own uplifting and fun content.
Load More Replies... Randy Sanders 2 years ago
I do not begrudge the rich for their material things. I do ask why they flaunt it to poorer people, sometimes in such a way as to try to make us simpathetic. In many ways, I actually feel sorry for some of them, because they literally sold their soul to be rich and famous. The devil does not come as a horned red entity, he comes as a beautiful person, with the supposed answers to make everything better and beautiful. Just do this thing, then that thing, and on and on, ad infinitum. And when you cant, it gets yanked away, exposing all the ugliness underneath. Nah, I'll keep my low key life. I'm happy where I am, way out in the middle of vast, green nowhere, nice and quiet.
Frando Bone 2 years ago
Other people's money is other people's business. You all would be a lot happier if you focused on yourself.
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
I misread "Netizens" as "Nietzscheans" and came here hoping all the questions would be "Why haven't you thrown off the dead hand of slave morality and ascended to supermen?"
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