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“What’s Classy If You’re Rich But Trashy If You’re Poor?”: 30 Of The Most Illuminating Answers
You know how some outfits look great on some people but worse on others, even though they’re more or less the same build, age, and the outfit is exactly the same? That’s because sometimes something impalpable, like a skip in their step or their confidence, can make all the difference.
In some situations, it’s money—and the biases that come with it—that make all the difference. This becomes evident after taking a look at some real-life examples, some of which you can find on the list below—that’s where we put some netizens’ two cents on things that are considered classy if you’re rich and trashy if you’re poor. Scroll down to find them below and see for yourself how big of a role wealth-related biases can play.
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#1
Having multiple baby mommas, not raising your kids, filing for bankruptcy, being a felon, eating fast food, not being educated and using the word very to describe things, this is all our president
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#2
Showing up to a work meeting with your child while wearing a baseball cap and a t shirt while everyone else is wearing a suit.
#4
Knowing a judge by name.
Living on a boat.
#5
Asking for money. When you're poor it's begging, when you're rich, it's a fundraiser
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
Unless you're Public Broadcasting in the USA and in that case you are poor and ALSO fundraising.
#6
Government handouts (the poor call it social security. The rich call it contracts)
ANGEL BABY 9 months ago
Social security is neither, it's what we pay into, I just hope I will be able to collect when my time comes and it hasn't been depleted!
#7
Someone else raising your kids
Lauren Wilder 9 months ago
Yup a nanny that knows more about your kids nuances than you do. As well as the all of the grandparents who are stuck with your kids because your not ready to grow up and take up the responsibility and be present.
#8
Having a lot of kids. If you're poor, it's “irresponsible.” If you're rich, it's building a legacy.
#9
Immigrant (if you’re poor), expat (if you’re rich)
BrunoVI 9 months ago
Most expats I've known weren't rich. Most were young people looking to save up some quick money by going where living is cheap, but their American skills or English language were highly valued. And expats are emigrants, not immigrants. You're an immigrant to the country you come to, and an emigrant (or expat) to the country you left. I think "expat" is used because "emigrant" and "immigrant" sound too much alike.
#10
Having a barren house. If you're rich, it's called minimalism. If you're poor, it's not being able to afford furniture.
#11
Substance abuse. Rich people are ‘troubled’ whereas poor people are just junkies
#12
Day drinking, speaking two languages, hard d**gs, tax avoidance.
Karri Berkowitz 9 months ago
“You’re in America, speak English” 2 languages for poor. “Well educated” 2 languages for rich. It’s a bs standard.
#13
Literally everything. When you’re poor everything you say or do is trashy and means nothing. Whereas when you’re rich, everything you do makes sense and get praised and everything you say carries weight.
#18
Eating “exotic” parts of the animal. Calf brains in France - okay. Oxtails in Jamaica, not so much.
#19
Riding a bicycle. No car if you’re poor; exercise if you’re rich.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
I feel this one. Haven't driven a car in almost 20 years. I fully committed to the lifestyle. I am also very poor.
#20
Multiple marriages/divorces
Multiple fathers of your children
“Container homes”
Leasing vs buying
Gambling
#21
Sadly, stealing. Or being corrupt.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
Honestly it's hard to be "corrupt" as a poor person. Corruption implies a violation of trust. But when you're poor, nobody trusts you anyway. Not even other poor people. So you knuckle under and make an honest living as best you can.
#23
Just learned, a mattress on the floor. Or as the rich call it, a Montessori bed.
#24
One meal a day diet
Brian Droste 9 months ago
I am older, retired and am not as active as I was before so I don't need as much food as I did before.
#25
A spouse who was born in a different country.
Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago
While you decry "immigrants and how they poison the blood of the country'.
#27
Having someone else pay.
Brian Droste 9 months ago
I am poor and can pay for myself but if someone wants to pay for me, I have no problem.
#28
When the rich are dripped out in designer it's classy, when regular people wear that , the elitist say you're trying to impress others. I stick it to them and wear the copy version which looks just like the real one. They can think what they want to think, idc I look great
#29
Talking about money
#32
Home births. Women in LMICs die of inadequate access to maternity homes and qualified personnel. White ppl be doing this whole pool and doula and what jot s**t and honestly that’s only possible if you have a home comfortable enough to give birth in and you don’t have generations of illnesses or complications you could have. Here most home births end in sepsis death or PPH.
#33
Having a lawyer's business card in your wallet.
#34
Sleeping outside or wild camping as I call it.
rorschach-penguin 9 months ago
This isn't an income thing, this is "do you also have an indoor home you can return to to shower or in inclement weather?"
#36
Having many pets.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
Or maybe just a few very strange pets. Then again, I name my house spiders so I might be a bit weird to most people in general.
#37
Backyard weddings.
#38
Driving an old car.
Living with your parents.
Not getting a college degree.
April Pickett 9 months ago
Not that kind of old car. When you live in a mansion, there's probably a whole wing just for you. Why do I need a college degree, I'm rich.
#40
Having kids, eating noodles, being in debt, laughing loudly.
#41
Having a news story about you.
#42
Letting your kids do whatever tf they want.
#44
Eating chitlins. 'Ghetto' when poor and/or American. An expensive 'delicacy' in France: 'les tricandelles'..
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
All that great "Southern Food" is the result of desperate black people making do with what they had. Another example: Pulled Pork if you're poor Rillette if you are rich.
#45
Toddler's sticky fingerprints everywhere.... Messy at home, ‘abstract art’ if it’s on a canvas in a millionaire’s mansion.
#46
1. Tax evasion
2. Dirty clothes
3. Cursing
ANGEL BABY 9 months ago
I am really shocked by so many celebrities that don't think they need to wash their nasty behinds everyday, that is so 🤢🤮 nasty. Everyone needs a bath/shower EVERYDAY!!!!
#48
Not letting your wife have a job.
#49
Brown skin in a mostly white country: People would think you’re an ilegal migrant if you’re (look) poor (like buying cleaning products at Bunnings). Exotic trad wife if you’re wealthy (or arriving to your reformer Pilates class in your Lululemon outfit).
I’ve passed for both.
cerinamroth 9 months ago
Most cringey memory was when I was in the Philippines with my husband (who was born there) and we were on the beach. I asked him if he would mind putting sun cream on my back and he bowed and said "Yes, maam". AGGGGHHHH! It was bad enough with all the bowing and scraping at the airport, insisting I go to the front of the queue, just because I was white.
#51
Having a coffee to go cup with you.
#52
Eating with your fingers.
#53
Animal print for clothes
Anthony Elmore 9 months ago
I assure you it looks just as trashy on rich people. The gaudiest of all possible fashion concepts.
#55
Speaking multiple languages (in the US), substance use (alcohol and other d**gs), dressing down, dysregulation/mood swings/rudeness, self-care
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Kenneth Barns 9 months ago (edited)
Taking actions that harm or kill other people: "Murder/rioting/terrorism" versus "prudent corporate cost minimisation/patriotism".
Kenneth Barns 9 months ago (edited)
Taking actions that harm or kill other people: "Murder/rioting/terrorism" versus "prudent corporate cost minimisation/patriotism".
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