Someone Asks ‘What’s Classy If You’re Rich But Trashy If You’re Poor’ And These 39 People’s Replies Are Illuminating

In a world where the wealth gap is widening for more than 70% of the global population, people are becoming increasingly divided by income. And it all comes down to little things. What if refusing to clean your own house speaks volumes, but very differently depending on the dime you make?

This time, people on r/AskReddit are taking us on a valuable lesson on income inequality. You see, when someone asked “What's classy if you're rich but trashy if you're poor?” it was destined to resonate with many people out there. The answers started flooding in, like “an old car being the most expensive thing you own” and “having a lawyer’s business card in your pocket.”

We picked some of the most illuminating ones to reflect on down below.

#1

Being really into wine

#2

The most expensive thing you own is a really old car.

#3

Asking for money. When you're poor it's begging, when you're rich, it's a fundraiser

Chances are, you have seen this “Classy If You're Rich, Trashy If You're Poor” question surfing around the internet before. It turns out, the question which basically points out the troubling reality of income inequality has been going viral on and off for the past five years, giving us a lot to think about.

On September 25th, 2015, "What's considered trashy if you're poor, but classy if you're rich?" was first posted to r/AskReddit by user u/GreenAndPride. Know Your Meme reports that before it was archived, the post gained over 13K points.

In 2016, on June 5th, the same question was posted to Reddit and Twitter again. It gained 10K points, 24K retweets, and 14K likes on both platforms. According to Know Your Meme, some top answers included “having someone else raise your kids," "day drinking," "moving to a foreign country," and "multiple cars in front of your house."

In July 2020, the question went viral again after Twitter user Ana Samways posted it on the platform. The top replies included "speaking two languages” and "marrying a second cousin."

#4

Getting money from the government.

#5

Having a wedding in your yard.

#6

Police escorts

#7

Living at a hotel

#8

Walking around all day in a bathrobe.

#9

Not cleaning your own house

#10

Being on a first name basis with a judge

#11

Having many many pets.

#12

Cheese as a meal

#13

Having other people raise your kids.

#14

Making your own booze

#15

Trying to avoid paying taxes

#16

If you are weird and rich people just call you eccentric, but if you are weird and poor people call you crazy.

#17

Wearing hoodies/sweats/gym wear to work.. Especially in Tech.

#18

Rich guy buys fast food: "He's just like us!"

Poor guy buys fast food: "He should really make better choices."

#19

Having multiple kids with multiple partners

#20

Keeping a bottle of liquor in your office

#21

Rich people collect. Poor people hoard.

#22

Cocaine

#23

Biggest thing is leisure spending, imo. Somehow a billionaire wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on shit she doesn’t need and will use once is considered cool, but a poor person saving up and buying a nice purse or bottle of booze is seen as wasteful

#24

Showing up to a formal occasion in t-shirt and jeans.

#25

Stealing from the middle class

#26

Having a lawyer's business card in your wallet.

#27

Off-the-planet craziness. Think Kanye vs some poor regular guy who makes zero sense.

#28

Substance abuse. Rich people are ‘troubled’ whereas poor people are just junkies

#29

Filing for bankruptcy

#30

Having a big screen TV. I’ve had to do home visits with people often and they ALWAYS get so mad that these poor families would have one.

#31

Dressing provocatively. When you're rich it's a fashion statement, when you're poor you're a working girl

#32

Eating snails

#33

Having a bunch of kids

#34

Wearing “vintage” clothing instead of hand-me-downs

#35

Having a barren house. If you're rich, it's called minimalism. If you're poor, it's not being able to afford furniture.

#36

Not working a real job.

#37

Clothes with holes in them, apparently.

#38

Having fake teeth.

I see so many celebrities with those fake ass implants that are going to destroy their jaw bones in a decade, but have a legitimate dental problem that results in missing teeth and you can't even get a job anymore, oh and dental insurance doesn't usually cover it either because it's considered cosmetic. Like getting to chew your food is somehow a style choice.

#39

Going to the horse races

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