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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers "Bathing" in a tub full of gold coins and gleefully flinging handfuls of them into the air.

It helps if you're also a duck.

edbutler3 , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

205points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Uncle Scrooge?

75points

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Having a full on Barbie Dream House instead of just a doll and few accessories

sparkly_wolf , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

203points

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Manusha Kanis 1 year ago

Real Barbie, I got Sindy

51points

The most common indicator of wealth, even though it’s pretty deceiving, is, of course, the pool. Despite being an indicator of luxury, around 10% of US households have at least one. This number increases to around 17% for the cohort aged 18-29, which makes sense, as younger people tend to prefer more activities in the sun.

This number decreases to 16% in the next cohort, 30-49, but in general, this means more than one in ten households has this item of great luxury. Now, pools come in all shapes and sizes, and one can have a sizable, above-ground inflatable pool as well, but the idea of a pool by the home is obviously pretty attractive to a kid.

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Swimming pool.

topoftheworldIAM , Pixabay Report

Final score:

202points

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Mia G 1 year ago

In my Country is really something that only wealthy people can afford

86points

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Ferrero Rocher

Stew-Cee23 , P. L. Report

Final score:

198points

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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

They're so good tho

54points

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Going on vacation every summer

Parking-Bluehats-485 , Leo Rivas Report

Final score:

197points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago (edited)

I hadn't even left Canada until a few years ago. My mom took me across the country once and the rest of our vacations were just sticking close to home. Those who went to Disneyland I thought were rich.

56points

Summer vacation, as a kid, was a joyous, gleeful time, for the most part. Even more special were those times your family actually went somewhere, maybe abroad, or to a more exotic location within the country. National parks, resorts, and amusement parks are all staples, though some families also insisted on taking young children to old battlefields, museums, and other historical sights which they no doubt had zero appreciation for.

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Ice & water dispenser fridge.
Huge houses w pool -> come to find out it is still a rich people thing cuz its a money pit

Hperkasa7858 , Curtis Adams Report

Final score:

168points

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Karl 1 year ago

I was 14 before we had a fridge and a colour TV - I really thought we’d moved up in the world!

38points

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Canned soda in the fridge. Something about a friends parent offering an ENTIRE CAN TO MYSELF out of their own home fridge was just insane!

the_abacus_man , Jonathan Cooper Report

Final score:

158points

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AlexJ 1 year ago

There's a Chupa Chups soda!!!! I WANT THIS!

49points

Second home for vacations.

h2ohow Report

Final score:

144points

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Captain Kyra 1 year ago

Still a rich people thing

166points

frenchdipsandwiches Report

Statistically, most US adults went somewhere on vacation about four times over their whole childhood, so the idea of going every single year was absolutely a sign of wealth. If you have ever encountered a person who unironically asks you “Where do you summer?” then know you are in the presence of (mostly) inherited wealth. Nevertheless, most American adults do think a summer without a trip is a waste.

#10

Canopy beds. Like the entire girls bedroom set out of the sears catalog.

Final score:

133points

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ShyWahine 1 year ago (edited)

I would've thought your family was extremely wealthy - you were practically a princess! And more so, if you had a walk-in closet

49points

#11

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Cable TV. Especially if you have HBO.

diamond , Marques Kaspbrak Report

Final score:

124points

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Matt Smith 1 year ago

Now people are more likely to subscribe to 15+ streaming services than buy cable...

3points

#12

Country club memberships

Glum_Material3030 Report

Final score:

120points

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Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw. 1 year ago

Still is

95points

Gorf_the_Magnificent Report

Of course, some things were not so much a sign of wealth, but that the family had less impulse control or just a sweet tooth. Easy access to soda, particularly cans in the fridge is not actually that hard to do, but a child tends to overfocus on small luxuries, candies, video games, and, yes, soda, over larger things, like healthcare and housing. So sometimes a family just using a different brand may seem luxurious.

#13

When I was a kid in the early 1960’s, one of our neighbors had a doorbell that played a song whenever someone rang it. We little ankle-biters somehow came to the conclusion that this was a special doorbell that the police gave to rich people.

Final score:

119points

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Sarcastic and Proud 1 year ago

Also the best houses to play Ding-dong-ditch

29points

Dorothy_Zbornak789 Report

#14

Buying a new car. My mom always bought used cars so I thought only rich people could afford new cars. This was before I learned about financing - apparently my mom was just averse to car debt, which is okay too.

Final score:

118points

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sturmwesen 1 year ago

None in my family (parents, siblings) has ever bought a new car and my parents were absolut middle class (for reference: the house was a duplex payed with inheritance and a 25 year payment plan)

26points

#15

Phones in cars.

uguethurbina74 Report

Final score:

109points

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Zaach 1 year ago

In '88 I had a car phone for work - the first thing everyone said when using it was "I am calling from a car"

3points

In fact, this would extend to so many things. One respondent said that foreign holidays were a sign of wealth. Without additional details, we must conclude that they encountered a family from a minority that happened to be wealthy at the same time and the reputation stuck in their head. Others talked about juice from a carton instead of a can, despite cardboard being a less premium material. It seems that the grass really always is greener.

#16

Cars with sunroof

sam-sung Report

Final score:

107points

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Ace 1 year ago

Just cars in general, when I was a kid.

3points

#17

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Basically everything I saw at my upper middle class aunt/uncle's house, like name-brand Pepperidge Farm bread, getting an appetizer and dessert when going out to eat, or ordering takeout more often than once/week.

Hrekires , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

106points

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Ingrid 1 year ago

Having take out once a week is rich enough

4points

#18

I grew up in a trailer in a neighborhood of mostly trailers, so I thought that only rich people lived in houses.

haloarh Report

Final score:

101points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

I was a trailer park kid. Single wide, 60 foot trailer which housed my mom, dad, and 4 kids. Sad times? No. Unforgettable, action-packed times.

79points

#19

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers 2 story houses 😂

brit_brat915 , Curtis Adams Report

Final score:

98points

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MoMcB 1 year ago

Is this the US?

26points

IntelligentBakeryBoy Report

#20

Having one of those gigantic satellite dishes in your back yard. They look so ancient now.

Final score:

98points

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KDS 1 year ago

We had one of those satellite dish it was a pain when it snowed we had to go out and get the snow off of it before we had to turn it.

17points

#21

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers [Viennetta always seemed so decadent.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE9wVHjKWM8)

I grew up in a house that rarely, if ever, had ice cream. If we did, it was the Winn Dixie brand Neapolitan or some other nonsense. I never got to try Viennetta before it got discontinued, so I'll never get to have my expectations unmet. It will always be this lofty, high society treat my blue collar a*s would never be able to experience.

bolivar-shagnasty , cyclonebill Report

Final score:

96points

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MoMcB 1 year ago

Still have them in the UK, haven't had one in years.

37points

SomeGuyInSanJoseCa Report

#22

My parents were super cheap and were the type of people who didn't think spending money on kids beyond the basics was worth it.

Once a year, after like months of pleading, we would get to go to McDonald's. I thought it was the height of extravagance.

I thought people who could eat at McDonald's everyday were rich. I think I was like 25 when I realized it was the exact opposite.

Final score:

95points

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René Sauer 1 year ago

Spending money on kids beyond the basics isn´t worth it? Honestly, for clothes I agree. They don´t need super expensive name brand clothes if they will grow out of it in a year or so.

33points

#23

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Ice maker in the fridge oh and a garage.

Allenrw3 , HS You Report

Final score:

93points

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Zoe DiAnni 1 year ago

A fridge in the garage with extra beverages and food!

43points

#24

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Any of the big name cereals. Eating out. Nike(air max 90).

pinch_the_grinch , Phil Aicken Report

Final score:

92points

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David Paterson 1 year ago

Eating out, yes. Only rich people could afford to go to a restaurant, any restaurant.

20points

#25

I described them as 'plush houses' for whatever reason. No shoes, carpeted floors. Everything was clean looking and soft and organized and no amount of picking stuff up could make my house look that way. Bathrooms had little signs and clean little things on unused shelves, kitchen had ingredients in matching little canisters that were labeled. Ice maker on the fridge, big ol L shaped couch that was comfortable and clean.

spur110 Report

Final score:

92points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

Sounds like a house without children or pets.

75points

#26

Having pop up sprinklers in the yard

calebhasabeard Report

Final score:

90points

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Tuesday's child 1 year ago

The thing I hated the pop up sprinklers was that you could NEVER see it coming

13points

#27

Having two landline phone numbers, one for the parents and one for the kids.

abby-rose Report

Final score:

85points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

And separate listings in the phone book!

22points

#28

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Foreign holidays

LucyVialli , Alena Darmel Report

Final score:

82points

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Sedona 1 year ago

Any holidays.

36points

#29

More than one bathroom.

Ice maker in the fridge

Big screen TVs

KieshaK Report

Final score:

79points

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Annik Perrot 1 year ago

Not always true. When we were house hunting 30 years ago, I visited that nice little house that came on sale because the lady, à single mother of... many (bunk beds all over the place, 4 in a room) couldn't pay her mortgage. Yet they had big, brand new appliances, and in the living room, the biggest home-cinema I ever saw. And in the 90s those cost à mint. While we, with 4 kids, single salary... and à modest-sized, old-fashioned TV, were about to buy à house... Who was rich?

22points

#30

Being able to order what you wanted from a restaurant.

My parents always strongly encouraged us kids to choose the cheapest s**t on the menu.

alwaysmyfault Report

Final score:

75points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

Hamburgers.

12points

Content_Pool_1391 , Luis Quintero Report

#31

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Going back to school shopping at the mall.

Final score:

72points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

We shopped at Salvation Army for school clothes.

27points

Heretomessthingsup7 Report

#32

Actual Guess Jeans and the polo shirts with the alligator.. I wore Kmart clothes I was always so jealous…

Final score:

72points

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ShyWahine 1 year ago

I wore ToughSkins from Sears...

25points

Uncle Pato 1 year ago

In a "husky" size

3points

David Paterson 1 year ago

I was always so jealous of children who wore Kmart clothes, or any new clothes. I only ever got to wear hand-me-downs from elder siblings and cousins. Even "new" op-shop clothing was a big treat.

4points

PrettyJoyBird 1 year ago

Same

1point

The Shark Premium 1 year ago

I remember having 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants in middle school... I would plan out my school weeks to make sure I didn't wear the same combinations so it looked kinda like I had more clothes

3points

PrettyJoyBird 1 year ago

I did that too, planned "outfits" so didnt wear twice in one week. No name brands. All hand me downs 20yrs old by time i recvd from cousins.

1point

Kat Hoth 1 year ago

Not wearing homemade clothes.

3points

not your average weirdo 1 year ago (edited)

The rich kid thing in my elementary school school was the Claire’s at the mall, real Adidas, light up sketchers, and those spiky Justice earrings

2points

Realistic_Lemons (any) 1 year ago

Me too!

1point

ShyWahine 1 year ago

Attention Kmart Shoppers - There is a blue light special......

2points

A Happy Doggo 1 year ago

The Kohl’s clearance isle lol

2points

A Happy Doggo 1 year ago

I go to*

1point

Sonya Brannock 1 year ago

I thought the same thing. I remember I got a pair of guess jeans and they were one of my most prized possessions.

1point

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

The alligator... ah Lacoste. I remember my Dad bringing us a few Lacoste polos from overseas business trips. Pretty sure they were made in Thailand knockoffs but they were well made and lasted ages.

0points

Naomie Moore 1 year ago

My mom made my clothes. You were living high! I was a wreck in school. Youngest kid in the class yet at least a head taller than everyone else and my mom made my clothes. Thank goodness I have a wonderful therapist that I couldn't afford till in my 50"s. Parents have no idea how much psychological trauma that can be at an age when one is transitioning from child to young adult. I get the finances thing. When raising our kids, I gave in to a bunch of stuff because I remembered how miserable it was for me and wanted to break the cycle. There were still plenty of "no" - and they all turned out great. And none need a mental heath professional.

0points

Allan D 1 year ago

I'm gonna buy me a condo...

0points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

Sears outlet store.

0points

C scanlan 1 year ago

Jordache

0points

#33

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Juice that came in a carton instead of a can.

My coworkers and I were talking about this a few weeks ago, about how when we were growing up, our families always bought frozen juice from a can and then added water, and how we’d watch people buying juice that came in a carton and think “Wow they must be _rich_!”

cuntpunt2000 , Charles16e Report

Final score:

69points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago (edited)

I used to think any kind of bought juice was posh, because it was my task to squeeze the damn oranges. Funny how things change...

23points

#34

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Having a home computer with Internet. That was rich people s**t.

theprotomen , Skylar Kang Report

Final score:

68points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

We had dial up that took up the phone connection and I was never allowed on it. "Why do you need to use the internet? What are you wanting to search for?" If I needed to do research for homework my folks would make a huge deal about it like it was this major inconvenience to them. Whereas everyone else in my class had no problem getting access to the internet. One girl told me to tell my mom to get internet.

18points

#35

Going on vacations that required flying
Having stairs in your house
Buying the name brand foods

SheMarAsh Report

Final score:

68points

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Marc 1 year ago

My mom would get us store brand pop tarts which were no where near as good as the real ones. Little Debbie cakes and stuff didn't even compare to how much better Hostess treats were. Swiss Cake Rolls ARE NOT THE SAME AS HO-HOs, Mom!!!

16points

Beginning_Brick7845 , Elias Manik Report

#36

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Polo brand polo shirts. Fully finished basements. Entertainment centers with a big console color TV. New cars.

Final score:

64points

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cow_ 1 year ago

oh polo shirts are expensive, but not so necessary?

9points

#37

eating at red lobster

mideastqueen Report

Final score:

60points

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Jessica N 1 year ago

I went there for the first time at like 16, Mom made us wear our nicest clothes. I still dress nicer when going to a dine in restaurant and am amazed at people who will pay 60$ for supper in SpongeBob pj's. Idk.

0points

#38

Fridges with side by side doors

NatMorin1334 Report

Final score:

60points

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Robert T 1 year ago

I'll wait until I have a kitchen big enough to fit one in!

14points

#39

Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Grey Poupon

Scrantonicity_02 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

57points

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ShyWahine 1 year ago

But not the one pictured above in plastic squeeze bottle. It's only rich and high-class gourmet if it's in the glass jar.

13points

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#40

When I was a kid my parents ended up babysitting some other kid once. We were fed bagels for breakfast. The kid went off about how bagels are rich people's food and was incredibly impressed.

agreeingstorm9 Report

Final score:

57points

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David Paterson 1 year ago

I was incredibly impressed the first time I had croissants for breakfast.

15points

#41

Traveling by aeroplane.

SuvenPan Report

Final score:

57points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

Airplane travel was out of our league growing up. We covered our long distances in a Ford station wagon.

21points

#42

Cars with AC

Fun-Beginning-42 Report

Final score:

54points

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pjr 1 year ago

And electric windows

32points

#43

I live in a very wealthy area. My family is middle class at best and a pool (in the yard) or TV in someone’s room was a big thing but the biggest one was a person’s parents having enough free time to pick their kids up right after school.

Wii_wii_baget Report

Final score:

52points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

Depending on the distance we lived from school, my brothers and I either walked or rode the school bus.

19points

#44

Having soda in the pantry. What kind of Richie Rich fantasy is this?

BarefootKen Report

Final score:

51points

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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago

(See above) Knock off "cola" sucks.

8points

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#45

Drinking pineapple juice just by itself. Not rationing it for a holiday or recipe; Just buying it just because it is the nectar of the heavens and you want to drink it.

tamammothchuk Report

Final score:

50points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

I can hear my mother "if you're thirsty have water!"

44points

TrailerParkPrepper Report

#46

bringing you own lunch to school.

the rest of us poor folk eat the c**p in the cafeteria for free or reduced price.

Edit: Circa 1970s

Final score:

50points

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Leanne Hailes 1 year ago

Circa 2020's; it's the other way around

41points

#47

I always wanted to be rich enough to have a staircase that I wasn't allowed to slide down.

Otherwise_Ad_352 Report

Final score:

48points

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Debi Swing 1 year ago

We had a neighbor who had a two-story house. My best friend and I rang the doorbell and asked if we could see their staircase. We were about seven.

1point

#48

Matching bed sheets - gosh my family was so poor

FastGhostWarrior Report

Final score:

46points

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Susan Stead 1 year ago

And matching towels

18points

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#49

Owning a house and going on holidays

Mercury2468 Report

Final score:

45points

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Hugh Crawford 1 year ago

Still is

14points

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#50

I used to think that rich people spend all their spare time counting their money. Putting the money in stacks of coins.

ConstProgrammer Report

Final score:

40points

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ShyWahine 1 year ago

♫♪ The king was in his counting house.... counting out his money,

24points

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#51

Clothes that fit

dw87190 Report

Final score:

10points

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Karl 1 year ago

I had hand-me-downs from the lad over the road. He was much broader than me so everything looked baggy. “Baggy” was my nickname at primary school because of it.

5points

#52

Nutella

dmgilberto Report

Final score:

9points

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Jan Rosier 1 year ago

Once you've tasted actual 'choco' (= Flemish word for chocolate spread - basic household breakfast item since the sixties over here) you would not want Nutella. Make your own : melt black chocolate au bain marie, equal amount of melted butter or quality margerine (whichever you prefer) and mix in sugar (start with 250 gr chocolate + 250 gr fat of choice + 100 gr fine sugar and then see from there if you want more or less sugar). Stir the whole lot and pour into a jar. Take out of the fridge half an hour before using, it tends to solidify too much in the fridge.

3points

ConstableBlimeyChips Report

#53

Viennetta ice cream. My mom only bought it for special occasions like birthdays or Christmas so I naturally thought it most be some kind of luxury thing that's way too expensive to have regularly. Turns out it costs like €4 at most for the fancier versions!

Final score:

9points

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#54

Living in the same apartment for more than a year.

Packed lunches

Dad being around (jimmeny crickets that’s sad)

Cable

Ipods

WickedWasteoid Report

Final score:

8points

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David Paterson 1 year ago

Cable, iPods, cripes. I've never met anyone rich enough to afford those.

1point

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#55

finished basements

ContributionFun395 Report

Final score:

8points

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ShyWahine 1 year ago

Yes! This! My parents bought house with an unfinished basement in the 70's

2points

#56

Full fridge.

hquer Report

Final score:

7points

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Leanne Hailes 1 year ago

This just makes me sad 😕

5points

#57

Having a fire pit 😂. Then things literally cost like $70

Phixiq Report

Final score:

7points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

What do you mean? An old barrel or washing machine is practically free!

0points

#58

Having more than one video game console

mind_blight Report

Final score:

7points

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Mia Black 1 year ago

Pff. I had to work two days counting items in a store at 15 to get 80 bucks to buy a used, first generation Gameboy (Gameboy advance was available at that time) which was the first video Game Thing in our whole household...I had my first console (Wii) just like ten years ago with over 26years old because for me it's still expensive

3points

DetectiveAnitaKlew Report

#59

Air conditioning and satellite TV

Final score:

7points

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ROSESARERED 1 year ago

Air-conditioning and a colour TV. We had Air-conditioning installed when I was 15, and our TV was grandma's old one that the colour tube had gone in, so was black and white

0points

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#60

House cleaning, good food, being able to buy stuff for hobbies.
Turns out that's middle class things, and rich people things are big houses, expensive cars, not working too much and like more expensive things than i expected

Ok-Factor-4838 Report

Final score:

6points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

If you are poor, middle class is still rich for you. I would say most of these apply to middle class.

0points

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#61

Meals with processed food like hamburger helper. Having soda all the time.

Killer-Barbie Report

Final score:

6points

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Celia McReynolds Tinsley 1 year ago

This! I grew up thinking Hamburger Helper was for rich people only!

4points

goodgollymizzmolly Report

#62

Going away on vacation

gdyank Report

Final score:

6points

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#63

Breyers ice cream. The only time I ever had it as a kid was at a rich kids' house. To this day, I still unconsciously believe the stuff is 100$ a gallon.

dot5621 Report

Final score:

6points

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Nonesuch 1 year ago

I love Breyers! Their strawberry ice cream is so good.

2points

#64

Hiding the kitchen trash can

Final score:

5points

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TheBlueBitterfly 1 year ago

Yes what is with all the "hiding the kitchen trash under the sink/in a random cabinet" like they were embarrassed to show that they threw things away? (Turns out it wasn't rich people but middle class trying to act snobby rich, too. At least that I saw.)

3points

Maleficent_Scale_296 Report

#65

A dad that lived with you.

Final score:

5points

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TomCat 1 year ago

😞

4points

#66

High earning household things in general - think nice off-the-lot cars, the expensive grocery store, mall-nice clothes. Moving to MA from TX, then going to school there and being in white collar circles transformed my view on wealth.

High earner, probably up to $500k household ain’t s**t in the scheme of wealth.

juanzy Report

Final score:

4points

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panther 1 year ago

It is you you make less than$40,000.

7points

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Mark Fuller 1 year ago

Am I alone in thinking this is still entirely relevant?? I for one still reckon swimming pools, holiday homes, affording new cars and country club membership are still pretty elitist. I can't afford any of them...

27points

Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago

Depends a lot on where you live

5points

Molly Whuppie 1 year ago

I agree, especially these days when some people can't afford a main home let alone a holiday one.

2points

JOHN DOE 1 year ago

You not being able to afford is not elitist. Having all might take a solid income up I think your average middle class family has one which makes the, more or less, affordable.

-1point

Death’s Entropy 1 year ago

1. Clothing that no one else has worn. 2. Brand named food/shoes/soda. 3. McDonald’s. 4. Birthday Parties. 5. AC in summer, heat in winter. 6. Movie theater popcorn. 7. Movies in the cinema.

12points

David Paterson 1 year ago

Yep. All of those.

0points

Michelle A 1 year ago

People that had credit cards and could charge their kids clothes and take them home the same day! We had to use layaway! Back in the 70's and 80's credit wasnt as easily obtained like is now.

7points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

So true!

1point

Fabian Bernard 1 year ago

Owning a boat, classic cars, and a banger just for the city. Solving any problem just signing a check or giving a single phone call

5points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

What is a banger in this context?

0points

Dee 1 year ago (edited)

The rich kids saw all the Disney movies/cartoons that came out in the theaters. My loathing of Disney started then.

4points

Sarah Schumm 1 year ago

I hated Disney for years because I worked at a $2 cinema and the distributors made us charge $3.50 for anything Disney or Buena Vista. People would he so mad about the $1.50!

1point

Michael Largey 1 year ago

Judging by the lady who lived in the mansion across the street from our housing development - servants, an in-house elevator, a limousine with chauffeur, and not a worry in the world.

4points

Shawnna Clement 1 year ago

The biggest difference is that technology is less expensive, but experiences are more expensive now. A giant console TV in 1990 cost more than what a giant flat screen TV costs today. Take a family of four to an amusement park and it's going to cost $500 for admission. Who could afford the food after that?!

3points

DBear 1 year ago

Hot lunch at school. Yeah the poor kids all got it for free but if your parents could actually afford it you had to be rich.

3points

the quickening 1 year ago

Would like to add "paper towels". Not having to clean cat puke with toilet paper is really nice. Also: decent quality toilet paper, with which you don't end up fingering yourself when cleaning/drying yourself.

2points

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago

Once you reach a certain age you get the good tp or you get hemorrhoids.

0points

Shawnna Clement 1 year ago

One pair of shoes per school year and once outgrown, here's a pair of $.99 Kmart "Keds".

2points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

I thought that school friends who had chips for snacks, especially Pringle’s were rich folks.

2points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Me too. We were only allowed to choose one of the bought snack options a week, otherwise it was homemade ones.

0points

Valdemar 1 year ago

Well the vast majority of the posts are still that way, even on my salary that's $60K there's much of this that I can't afford because of the region I live in and it's the only location to get a good paying job.

2points

Brittany Copeland 1 year ago

Someone has a personal laptop? A PDA? They have THEIR OWN INTERNET without tons of cords? That was some rich business dude stuff right there. Or a vacation that isn't purely to visit family or lasts more than a day or two? Staying at a hotel/motel that WASNT a Motel 6? A cruise! Living in Florida. Owning hardback books. Virtually any clothes that didn't come from Walmart. Perfume/cologne. And only rich people had houses on top of hills. I was very impressed when mom scored one such house (it was a run down little place, we were so far from rich it wasn't even funny).

2points

Brittany Copeland 1 year ago

Not to say I didn't have a VERY nice childhood. It was a happy well rounded one that gave a me a good understanding of the world and a huge appreciation for the little things. Most of the "rich person" stuff is stuff I don't really want and can only see the downsides to. I'm pretty happy with my lower middle class life.

0points

Exotic Butters 1 year ago

I feel bad for all the moms and dads that did their freaking best to provide for s****y,ungrateful kids. Most times, not always, but mostly mom and are doing the best they could

2points

Scrolling Panda 1 year ago

Gotta love ppl who take every opportunity to s**t on the people who point out that they needlessly suffered through extreme poverty as children. I guess they should just be "grateful" that they got to watch the rest of society have all these wonderful things around them and to have just been born, right? 🙄 Get a life, dude.

0points

Staci bigBolden 1 year ago

I just learned that people thought I was rich growing up.

2points

David Paterson 1 year ago

I just learned that people thought I was poor growing up.

2points

Coyote Osborne 1 year ago

When you had a house that you didn't have to fear losing, food whenever you were hungry, and nobody could just take that away from you.

2points

Angela C 1 year ago

A huge house is definitely still a rich person thing and it's one that I honestly wouldn't want unless I was also rich enough to afford to pay someone else to clean it for me

2points

Shir A Stan 1 year ago

A new car or one that didn't break down.

2points

WildHoneyPie 1 year ago

If you had your own room. I shared with two sisters.

2points

Scrolling Panda 1 year ago

Most(but not all) of these are in the USA. I recognize them having grown up here. Take a good look international ppl. THIS is the quality of life of the average citizen.--having to look up at basic things that the rest of the developed world can afford in wonder because we can't possibly imagine being able to have them ourselves. Anyone selling the American dream to you is lying. Most of us are poor. Only a fraction of our population get to live well.

1point

Scrolling Panda 1 year ago

The BTW, anyone who isn't super wealthy and is living like this is doing so by going into extreme debt to do it and is one bad week away from losing it all. 99% of our people don't realize that they are one single accident or illness or just one real bad week away from homelessness.

1point

Sarah Schumm 1 year ago

I always wanted a professional popcorn maker like from the movies at home and that was my rich person thing. When I reached my savings goal and decided to treat myself I found out they were only about $70.

1point

lonesoul 1 year ago

This made me realise that for someone from a Low Income Country and according to Bored Panda standards, I am rich.

1point

Mila Preradović 1 year ago

Apparently I'm rich even to US standards 😳

1point

Auntriarch 1 year ago

I thought only the Queen and Beatrix Potter had exposed beams in their houses, not ordinary people.

1point

Tammy 1 year ago

Healthcare, tutors, brand name foods, allowances.

1point

Manusha Kanis 1 year ago

What I remember as a 'I don't like this difference' was when school went to a castle in prince and princess wear and I didn't have a store bought cone hat but homemade paper one. https://static.nationalgeographic.co.uk/files/styles/image_3200/public/10-hat-archive-gallery.jpg?w=1190&h=1587

1point

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago (edited)

About 20 minutes from where I live is a community clustered with mansions. There are no amenities, and it’s ten minutes by open highway outside the nearest town. That’s my idea of luxury. These people are living large in the middle of nowhere.

0points

Bobbo 1 year ago (edited)

Heat and hot water.

0points

Janus Wrangel 1 year ago

Nutella

0points

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Mark Fuller 1 year ago

27points

Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago

Depends a lot on where you live

5points

Molly Whuppie 1 year ago

I agree, especially these days when some people can't afford a main home let alone a holiday one.

2points

JOHN DOE 1 year ago

You not being able to afford is not elitist. Having all might take a solid income up I think your average middle class family has one which makes the, more or less, affordable.

-1point

Death’s Entropy 1 year ago

1. Clothing that no one else has worn. 2. Brand named food/shoes/soda. 3. McDonald’s. 4. Birthday Parties. 5. AC in summer, heat in winter. 6. Movie theater popcorn. 7. Movies in the cinema.

12points

David Paterson 1 year ago

Yep. All of those.

0points

Michelle A 1 year ago

People that had credit cards and could charge their kids clothes and take them home the same day! We had to use layaway! Back in the 70's and 80's credit wasnt as easily obtained like is now.

7points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

So true!

1point

Fabian Bernard 1 year ago

Owning a boat, classic cars, and a banger just for the city. Solving any problem just signing a check or giving a single phone call

5points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

What is a banger in this context?

0points

Dee 1 year ago (edited)

The rich kids saw all the Disney movies/cartoons that came out in the theaters. My loathing of Disney started then.

4points

Sarah Schumm 1 year ago

I hated Disney for years because I worked at a $2 cinema and the distributors made us charge $3.50 for anything Disney or Buena Vista. People would he so mad about the $1.50!

1point

Michael Largey 1 year ago

Judging by the lady who lived in the mansion across the street from our housing development - servants, an in-house elevator, a limousine with chauffeur, and not a worry in the world.

4points

Shawnna Clement 1 year ago

3points

DBear 1 year ago

Hot lunch at school. Yeah the poor kids all got it for free but if your parents could actually afford it you had to be rich.

3points

the quickening 1 year ago

2points

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago

Once you reach a certain age you get the good tp or you get hemorrhoids.

0points

Shawnna Clement 1 year ago

One pair of shoes per school year and once outgrown, here's a pair of $.99 Kmart "Keds".

2points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

I thought that school friends who had chips for snacks, especially Pringle’s were rich folks.

2points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Me too. We were only allowed to choose one of the bought snack options a week, otherwise it was homemade ones.

0points

Valdemar 1 year ago

2points

Brittany Copeland 1 year ago

2points

Brittany Copeland 1 year ago

0points

Exotic Butters 1 year ago

I feel bad for all the moms and dads that did their freaking best to provide for s****y,ungrateful kids. Most times, not always, but mostly mom and are doing the best they could

2points

Scrolling Panda 1 year ago

0points

Staci bigBolden 1 year ago

I just learned that people thought I was rich growing up.

2points

David Paterson 1 year ago

I just learned that people thought I was poor growing up.

2points

Coyote Osborne 1 year ago

When you had a house that you didn't have to fear losing, food whenever you were hungry, and nobody could just take that away from you.

2points

Angela C 1 year ago

A huge house is definitely still a rich person thing and it's one that I honestly wouldn't want unless I was also rich enough to afford to pay someone else to clean it for me

2points

Shir A Stan 1 year ago

A new car or one that didn't break down.

2points

WildHoneyPie 1 year ago

If you had your own room. I shared with two sisters.

2points

Scrolling Panda 1 year ago

1point

Scrolling Panda 1 year ago

1point

Sarah Schumm 1 year ago

1point

lonesoul 1 year ago

This made me realise that for someone from a Low Income Country and according to Bored Panda standards, I am rich.

1point

Mila Preradović 1 year ago

Apparently I'm rich even to US standards 😳

1point