Money doesn't mean anything when it comes to measuring class, dignity and humanity. Those lessons seem to be lost on many wealthy degenerates. Showing off your wealth to a point that is extreme only exposes one's lack of self-esteem and taste. Nobody begrudges you for having it but there is no need to belittle everyone else with your (lucky) good fortune.
Redditor u/hughesyy94 wanted to hear how the other half is living a little too loud by wondering.... What are some of the trashiest ways you have seen people show off their wealth?
You're not Special....
GiphyA man came into my office to pay for something that costs $15. He proceeded to take out his wallet and took all the cash out, at least 50 bills... all of which were hundreds... and said "take your pick sweetheart".... kelleeboo13
Too Shiny!
Honestly anytime I see anything not needing to be covered in diamonds and rhinestones, covered in diamonds and rhinestones I am immediately cringed. Ruhianna
My aunt and uncle have a bunch of tacky gold jewelry with black and white diamonds all over them. It looks terrible, but I guess everyone can tell he has money. BadLuck-BlueEyes
Is that my Money?
I used to know a kid at school who would constantly 'accidentally' drop wads of cash out of his pockets and make a big deal about it before picking it up. It was a clear and unsubtle ploy to let people know he had money.
I saw him get his card declined once though, which more than made up for it. cardboardshrimp
Do you hear what I hear?
My ex has a habit of saying things along the lines of "I hate people who talk about how much money they make. I make almost 6 figures between all my businesses, you don't hear me talking about it" a bare minimum of once a week. Actually dude, we hear you talk about it all the dang time, stop pretending to be humble. CanadianSpunk
I'll take Carvel...
GiphyEating expensive things because they're expensive eg $100 sundaes cuz there's a bunch of gold leaf in it. red-k-alex
What's the #?
Dummy posted a picture of his new debit card on Facebook without censoring anything. Everyone was telling him he should probably take it down. He just kept saying "IDGAF!" beneater66
What is a "Fiver" he asked innocently?
I'm a cashier. I always have a few people a week that order less than $5 of food, take out their wallet, and flip through several 1's, 5's, 10's, and even 50's before coming up on a massive stack of hundreds and handing me one like "ah, this should cover it." Bro. I have 60 dollars in my register. Give me a fiver. TheMusicJunkie2019
Party Over!
Had some super trashy neighbors come into some money through an inheritance and decided to spend it all. At one point they all had Harley Davidsons and parties for their degenerate friends.
They partied but forgot to pay on the mortgage. godbullseye
To be fair, getting s**tfaced on a 5 digit influx of money is bound to cause some memory damage never mind enough to buy multiple Harleys. mike_d85
Can I have his car?
In college we had a roommate who used to mock other people's student loan debt by saying things like, "20k? I could pay that off in a month.... 45k for a business degree? Please, my father could pay that off by selling his used car."
Not the most popular person in the building. Quixotic9000
Poor Girl...
GiphyA friend on Facebook complained how unfair it was that her father was not allowed to blow out some of the mountain next to the house, to make room for her marina. Antivora
Oh Terry!
Not as bad, but reminded me of my high school days when I was a grocery store checker. Guy came through my line to buy about ten bucks worth of stuff. Pulled out a one hundred dollar bill and made a big deal of kissing it before handing it to me.
The guy was Terry Bradshaw. CoconutMacaron
The Children will Follow....
I went to elementary school with a kid who constantly flexed his divorced parents money. Shamelessly. He didn't try to pass it off as his own, he gave each of his parents clear and loud credit for everything. Looking back, I do believe there might have been some instances of the parents competing with each other via expensive gifts, cars, homes, and vacations. Notable examples, all in 3rd/4th grade:
- Bragged about having his nails manicured weekly.
- Brought a laptop to school. In the mid 90s. 3rd/4th grade.
- Took friends on "tours" of his mom and dad's houses to show off all the things. AlreadyShrugging
Cheers to your Tackiness!
GiphyGuy who's one of my Facebook 'friends' but really I barely know him. His wife gave him a bottle of wine for Christmas that cost $4000. He posted that on Facebook-- nothing about the wine itself, but that it cost $4000. Strix780
Buy a Stylist...
My friend that fell into 100k. He started wearing brightly colored fluorescent clothes, spent 1000's of dollars on shoes and would constantly point out that people were staring at his shoes. Dude they're aren't staring at your shoes, they're staring at your goofy ass fluorescent clothes that scream look at me.
Dude dresses like a giant toddler now, all solid red clothes, or all bright orange clothes, or all baby blue clothes. Kalvasanortflampor
Just give it to the needy....
I had a snapchat friend who took a video of them burning a 10 euro bill ... It's not that much in money, but it's still such a waste of money to flex on. ValentineRunaway
Bye Boo!
So I used to work at a used videogame store where people could sell us their old stuff. Guy comes in, sells me an Xbox or something, not worth tons. I probably gave him $11 at most. While I'm checking out his console, he sees a mall security guard and whistles at him, then hides, and just kind of smirks like he's such a bada**. Does this a couple of times in a show off kind of way. When I'm done and hand him his money, he writes his number on the most torn up $1 bill and gives it to me and tells me "I can treat you good baby girl" before winking and walking out.
I just put it back in the register. I'm good thanks. aaiko42
Jordans ain't all that!
Ex S/O used to post photos with his expensive AK, posted a video about his "packing to Argentina" that were just his Jordans, called me to complain about his parents not wanting to buy him his dream shoes, literally said about my ex "He doesn't even have Jordans, that damn poor" and I can't remember much he has done, he was trashy. moetetchandonn
The 24/7 Showoff....
Don't know if this was trashy necessarily, but I had a girl sit next to me for one whole year during secondary school. (We had assigned seats). She used to mope about how her parents still hadn't finished to build her a swimming pool in the garden (which she got for her birthday). She also talked about her 2000+ Euro expensive dog every day, all day.
Just things like this. For a whole year. Catleidoscope
Do they live in the Mustang?
GiphyVery common in the south, when people get any kind of money they like to go buy new cars, specifically Mustangs, which they then like to park in front of their dilapidated trailers. Weird flex, but ok. DoctorDredd
Skip the Inventory please....
I work in restoration and I find myself in plenty of houses or condos worth millions of dollars around Atlanta with horrible plumbing or foundation issues. I'd say 3 out of 5 times, the homeowner will mention the $10k couch imported from Europe or $100k artwork that has nothing to do with the job I'm working on. I'm only there to detach a toilet and remove some moldy drywall. And I'd say 3 out of 5 times it's a job in Buckhead, GA. I can't stand that giant shopping mall of a city. 9937853
Curious to hear examples of these, Redditor lilac_cup asked:
"Which tv series has aged like milk?"
The handling of these controversial TV story lines seem so careless in retrospect.
Addressing Child Abuse
"The very first episode of Hill Street Blues has two cops breaking up a domestic disturbance caused by a woman finding her man f'king her 15yo daughter. The man is told not to be sh**ty, the woman is told to put out more and the child is told not to be so tempting. Then the cops leave, patting themselves on the back for a job well done."
– kifferella
The Teacher's Secret Relationship
"Pretty Little Liars. I think even at the time, the teacher dating his 16 year old student storyline was considered creepy, but in 2022 it’s honestly unbelievable that was ever portrayed in any kind of positive light. Also that her parents didn’t immediately just report him to the police."
– ColdFIREBaker
Forbidden Attraction
"Not the whole series but Ally McBeal. In one episode Ally found out her bf is bi and her reason breaking up with him was she afraid that one day her bf would be attracted to their son."
– thrussie
These reality shows would never fly in a "woke" world.
Racist Cringe
"There was a reality show on Fox called 'Black. White.' Where they put a white family in blackface and a black family in whiteface."
"Just reading about it, it turns out the white family wasn't even a real family. They were unrelated actors."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black._White.
– MichaelJAwesome
Extreme Makeover
"Extreme makeover. I remember watching this show as a kid and being like oh wow they’re fixing all these ugly people with plastic surgery and making them happy. I just think that caused a whole generation to think they could change their body with money. Show lasted like 4 seasons. Couldn’t imagine that show today."
– thenightshifters
Teen Exploitation
"Secret life of an American teenager."
"Just what…."
– carlirodriguez8
A Critique
"My god this show was terrible. My wife’s sister was into it and we ended up watching a lot of it when we were dating. I think they tried to make the banter like Gilmore Girls, but it ended up being the characters repeating their current plots and arcs over and over. I don’t remember the characters at all, but the main character was such a horrible person, and the audience is supposed to root for her."
"The main things I remember about it were the religious girl claiming she killed her dad by having sex with her boyfriend, and apparently you go to Bologna to get bjs."
– MachFighterG
So-Called Expert
"You Are What You Eat."
"Host Gillian McKeith (or to use her full medical title, Gillian McKeith) was an absolute quack with an online medical qualification from a Mickey Mouse university. She pretended to be a scientist by being recorded standing around in a lab wearing a white coat, spouted unscientific nonsense that anyone who had done a GCSE in science could see through, and was obsessed with getting people to shit in Tupperware boxes."
"It got cancelled after the final series when you had to have her move in with you. In the last few years she popped up again as a prominent anti-vaxxer once COVID vaccines became available."
– MattBD
These pageant shows glorifying good looks and talent would never be greenlit today.
Performing Pressure
"Dance moms- used to be entertaining, now all I can see is the psychological effects it must’ve had on those girls."
– KE789
"Americas Next Top Model has to be #1."
"From all the behind the scenes sh*t that went on in production to what the show actually shows. It’s all just horrendous."
– Nickster1619
From Ugly To Beautiful
"The Swan, was 2 women who are considered 'ugly ducklings' participating in a pageant against each other after undergoing a three-month transformative process aka having heaps of plastic surgery."
– twozedzed
Psychological Downer
"Right?! How were they allowed to do so many procedures in such a short time while completely isolating these women from their families? Making them diet and exercise while healing from a tummy tuck, breast implants, and veneers?! The 'therapy' sessions were a joke and were just for show while these poor women with low self esteem were preyed upon for entertainment. Just out of a safety and medical prospective…wow."
– Snoo-8746
Judging The Reflection
"Didn't they also not allow the contestants/patients to have mirrors the whole time so they were surprised when they saw themselves? Psychologically having massive changes like that and it being sudden is extremely bad for your brain, you can end up rejecting the reflection because it's not 'you.'"
– Delouest
As audiences evolve, so does the writing and development of all forms of entertainment.
But because the changes are gradual, it is jarring when looking back and noticing how offensive and isolating some of these shows can be.
Times sure have changed in the world of entertainment–mostly for the better.
Curious to hear experiences from strangers online, Redditor WallStreetDoesntBet asked:
"People who moved out of the parent’s house before 30, how?"
Most people can't afford to live on their own.
Roommate Is Key
"yeah this exactly. I've never lived by myself, was roommates until I got a serious girlfriend and now fiance. There's exactly 0% chance of me being in the same position I'm in financially if I had been paying full rent all those years."
– lick_me_where_I_fart
Not A Care In The World
"I was 17, we had 4 of us in a ghetto 2bd apt (bunkbeds) we had a beer bong on a lanyard screwed to the ceiling. We'd have keggers, party's every weekend and always had randoms crashing on the floor. Could barely afford to feed myself and pay bills but still not a worry in the world and it was the best time of my life."
– ApprehensiveAd6006
One inconvenience shared by many was the sacrifice of a good, home-cooked meal.
Change Of Scenery
"Just needed a little R&R."
"Roommates and Ramen."
– SudoPuff
The "Wild" Years
"This, lol. I was kicked out at 16 and after couch-surfing for a few months I moved into a studio apartment with 4 other people."
"When I say we were poor, I mean poor - most of us didn’t have jobs. I lived off the worst of the worst food. Knockoff ramen. Dollar store canned veg. Rice and terrible year old pasta."
"It was a wild few years."
– Vetiversailles
Rice For Life
"Or rice. I lived off rice for a full year. Fancied it up by adding some salsa, and then extra fancy by also adding ranch dressing."
"Those were hard times."
– Ok_Opinion_
Having work definitely makes things easier.
Saving Up To Leave
"Started working while I was in school. Got out as soon as I could."
– ReallyIdleBones
Not Much Fanfare
"Yep, moved out for college in 2006. Came back for the summer in 2007, but thereafter I got an internship so I just stayed in the city. Got a job at the same place after I graduated."
"It was never some big moment for me (my parents are fine, just annoying), just a natural progression for me."
– Zerole00
Building A Life
"At 18. Worked in construction. Lived on a couch with 6 buddies in one house paying for college. Bought cheap land during the recession. Then built my own house."
– ReubenZWeiner
Not moving out by choice seemed to be a common shared experience.
High Turnover Rate
"Got kicked out at 14. Finished high school sleeping on friends couches while serving tables. Had a ton of roommates for the next 10 years. At any given time I was living with like 3 or 4 people, it was never boring haha"
– herriotact
Different Parenting
"I am hearing that so many people are actually kicked out in the really young age is well."
"But i am not getting that why parents are so tough because in my country they try to keep them under their wings."
– wowoao
Tough Love
"My friends parents were going to kick him out immediately after he graduated high school simply because 'That's what their parents did when they were his age.' His Dad fully expected him to go out at 18 and buy a house because 'he was able to.'"
"Then his Dad got pissed when my friend did not buy a house and went to live with his uncle instead. Even after his uncle broke down the whole 'Your mortgage is $2200/month with taxes and you expect your son, who works part time at $7.25 an hour to afford a mortgage? With no credit history?'"
"Some parents do it out of tough love. Some parents do it because they shouldn't have had children. Some parents still think the world is the same as it was in the 70s-80s and think minimum wage part time employees can thrive."
– bangersnmash13
Placed Expectations
"My parents didn't kick me out, but there was definitely an expectation for me to be moved out and financially independent at 18. My mother walked into a job as a radio DJ at the age of 18 and then became a journalist with only a high school education a few years later (early 1970s), so she had this expectation that I could do the same. The thought of me being able to do anything like that in the 2000s was laughable."
– pie12345678
I moved out of my parents' house because I booked my first professional gig on a cruise ship.
It couldn't have worked out better. I was paid to perform on board in the shows while my rent was already taken care of since I lived and worked on the ship.
I packed one suitcase and traveled the world doing what I loved for about two years. It was the best way to transition into an exciting new chapter in my adolescent life.
What's your moving out story?