TikToker Asks “What’s Classy If You’re Rich But Trashy If You’re Poor” And Here Are 19 Illuminating Replies
InterviewWhen we start talking about money, a whole bunch of double standards start popping up. How people in authority positions treat you. What you're allowed to get away with both socially and legally. And how, suddenly, some of the things that were trashy when you're poor become classy when you're rich.
Well, it's not only us who've noticed the trashy/classy divide and the massive shifts in our perception that happen when we become aware that someone's rich. Entrepreneur Morgan, aka Cajunventures, posted a video on TikTok asking people to share the things that are considered trashy when you're poor but classy when you're rich.
She kicked things off by pointing out that the most expensive thing that you own being a really old car perfectly fits this category. Her video quickly went viral and others started sharing their own examples. Check some of the best ones out below, upvote the ones that you agree with, and let us know in the comments if you have any examples of your own.
Bored Panda had a chat with Morgan, who goes by her nickname Cajunventures online, about the importance of money, the American Dream, as well as financial independence. You'll find our full interview with the self-made millionaire below.
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Morgan pointed out that money plays a pivotal part in our lives: from giving people power and security to providing access to the experiences that we want, as well as being our way of valuing things.
"I think some people have nothing better to do with their time, and when people see someone living a different lifestyle than their own or doing better than them, they judge out of anger or jealousy. We should try empathy and understanding over criticizing and judging," the entrepreneur and financial independence advocate said about the trashy/classy divide.
The entrepreneur opened up to Bored Panda that she "grew up broke in a trailer park." However, this didn't stop her from starting her own company from scratch and becoming a millionaire by the time she was 30. "I am proof the American Dream is still alive and well," she said.
I personally find old cars really cool but this one is true.
Depends where you live, though. In Croatia, back when I was growing up, speaking 3 languages was very common, almost normal. Speaking 4+ usually means you're working in tourism, which, given it's a large sector there, again - it's considered normal, but people will think you're skilled and will find it a virtue. In Korea, speaking English is still considered great skill, although it's socially recognised as a necessity, and if you speak a language they haven't heard of, they'll have no particular feeling about that. Speaking Korean with a non-korean face will be very much appreciated, but there will be some people who will try and patronise you, forgetting you can speak 4 languages while they barely struggle with their 2nd and only foreign language. As for my European circles, we all go "wow" at merely the number and we have a common saying "the more languages you speak, the more people you're worth".
"The internet has an insane amount of opportunity, and I have been able to help thousands of people make money online for free. I started a million-dollar company with only $1 at Goodwill flipping books. It's possible if you are willing to put in the work," Morgan shared that hard work and perseverance really do pay off. And creativity and flexibility never hurt.
Like many other entrepreneurs, Morgan was hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. "During the pandemic, my small business was struggling so we had to really adapt to survive. I learned a lot and decided to start sharing how I was able to quit my corporate job I hated to work for myself online for free."
She continued: "As an Amazon seller and a real estate investor, I have been able to share various side hustles and help thousands of people make money online. It won't be easy, you won't get rich quick, but if you put in the work you can definitely become financially independent." she said that slow and steady wins the race and that nobody should expect to rush into wealth at the drop of a hat.
Tiny houses aren't always build on trailers, at least not in my country.
Morgan, who's behind the Cajunventures channel, is a full-time seller on Amazon, a real estate investor, and helps “women sell weird stuff online.” Having been self-employed for 4 years, her main goal in life is helping people learn all the different ways that they can make money working from home. The entrepreneur also claims to have made 7 figures selling things, so naturally, she's a bit of an expert when it comes to finance-related topics. Even lighthearted ones.
Economic inequality is a sensitive subject in the United States. The Pew Research Center points out that in 2018, the highest-earning fifth of families made more than half of all US income. “Over the past 50 years, the highest-earning 20% of U.S. households have steadily brought in a larger share of the country's total income,” the Center highlighted the trend.
What's more, data from the OECD shows that income inequality in the US is the highest of all the G7 nations. Not only that, but the black-white income gap in America has remained more or less steady since 1970.
When I was a single parent raising two sons, I always bought them brand new clothes. After doing that, I couldn’t afford to buy myself new clothes, so I always bought everything from consignment, or thrift stores. No big deal. Now that I can afford nice new, expensive clothes, I have never forgotten those times, so I still do shop in consignment and thrift stores some times. I will never feel that I’m above that.
No biggie! I sometimes do this too, if I don’t feel like cooking. It’s not trashy, and has nothing to do with how much money you have, or don’t have.
“The difference in median household incomes between white and black Americans has grown from about $23,800 in 1970 to roughly $33,000 in 2018 (as measured in 2018 dollars). Median black household income was 61% of median white household income in 2018, up modestly from 56% in 1970—but down slightly from 63% in 2007, before the Great Recession,” the Pew Research Center explains that the situation hasn't improved much.
Yeah, circumstances matter. If you can't afford to pay your bills, can't better your life because you're always high and spend every cent on your next hit, you can't compare that to a rich person (who don't always just inherit their money...) who occasionally does recreational drugs.
It's not just a minority of Americans who think that there's something wrong with the massive financial divide in the country. A whopping 61 percent of Americans believe there's too much economic inequality. However, Democrats (78 percent) are more likely than Republicans (41 percent) to hold this belief, meaning that there's a party divide there.
Hot take here. Yeah, sure, Elon Musk named his kid a weird name but let's be real: he was always weird to begin with. The guy is totally bonkers and has done all kinds of crazy things but people really care about the name of his son. 1. How does it even affect you? 2. You can name your kid whatever you want and still get the same amount of criticism as a rich person would.
The "stone-washed" jeans comes to mind as another example of fools paying a shedload of money to some conman for a pair of torn jeans.
Or, to put it bluntly, Democrats are nearly twice as likely to believe there's too much economic inequality than Republicans. What most likely won't surprise you either is that upper- and middle-class Americans with greater incomes are more likely to believe that there isn't much of an issue.
Being able to buy things because you have money is a privilege? I mean, everyone should be able to get basic housing, food and other necessities, but it's not privileged to be able to live a good (better?) life when you have money. That's what it's for.
According to the analysis done by the Pew Research Center, the wealth gap between the US' richest and poorest families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016. Not only have the 5 percent richest families grown their wealth from 114 times the median in 1989 to 248 times in 2016, but they were also the only ones to increase their wealth after the recession that started in 2007.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it also considered "trashy" if you are rich?
There's a shrinking middle class as well. The number of middle-income households decreased from 61 percent in 1971 to just 51 percent in 2019, highlighting the growth of the divide between the rich and the poor.
Sorry, but you keep complaining how awful the US is, yet nearly 50% of the votes in the last election were for an an orange baboon who just killed 500 000 US citizens by sitting on his hands and refusing to admit that there was a pandemic going on. The same guy also changed tax laws so that the richer you are, the less tax you pay. And let's not forget the millions he squandered on a useless wall, just to calm down his xenophobia.
Over the same period of time, the number of people in the upper-income tier grew from 14 percent to 20 percent. While the share of adults in the lower-income tier grew from 25 percent to 29 percent. In other words, if something doesn't change soon, we'll be seeing even more trashy/classy videos on social media as economic inequality continues to thrive.
For so many people they aren't trashy. They're a necessity because of whatever oral condition you may have, it's a necessity to have all Of your teeth removed. And it's not always from poor oral care. If you check it out the term dental implants like are advertised these days they're still dentures ie fake teeth. They're simply snapped in instead of glued in.
Would you please stop sharing TikTok content, when it's only a lot of screenshots of people's faces with captions on them?
My go-to is rich people being blessed with large families, but the poor breeding like rabbits.
This article is a little depressing: I miss the light hearted cat videos on Bored Panda. While many of these points are accurate, I feel we should instead focus on solving these issues and not putting a personal attack on anyone in any financial situation.
Agree. There is a lot more that is either divisive or "look how crappy we are as humans" content than there used to be. We can get that kind of thing anywhere... Most come here for something that isn't depressing.
Load More Replies...Smoking too! if a rich person smokes it's posh and elegant, but if a poor person smokes they ''have a problem''
For some reason I’ve seen tiktok thought of as a hotbed of social justice, but only by the people that use it. Personally I think it seems vapid.
Load More Replies...I would also say 'flipping' things for profit. When you're rich flipping cars, stocks, businesses and houses, this is "expert trading" and "shrewd dealing", but when you're poor flipping cheap cars, unwanted goods, store return items and used electronics, then it's "scamming" and "trying to make a quick buck"
Not obeying the law. From the perspective of the rich, the law is to keep OTHER people in line, not themselves.
They didn't include: 1. Multiple kids from multiple wives 2. Cheating to get into college 3. Spousal abuse 4. Infidelity 5. Bleaching your *-hole 6. Being rude to others, especially in positions lower than yourself economically
It's pretty disturbing how hypersensitive Americans are to class distinctions. I find it ironic, since they're supposed to be this "classless" society, and yet they are the most class-divisive people I've ever encountered. It's like they spend all their time looking for things to resent, and when they can't find anything, they just imagine it. I mean, 99% of the things on this page are things I've *never* heard anyone look down on, but these people somehow think the opposite...? Is this just some kind of paranoia, where they have such an inferiority complex that they literally imagine that all the "rich people" are sneering at them for some little thing that's completely innocuous? It's bizarre.
"I have to spend a lot of money to look this trashy" -- Dolly Parton "You can't dress trashy 'till you spend a lot of money" -- Billy Joel, "It's Still Rock'n'Roll" "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" -- song title from "Finian's Rainbow"
Not paying your bills. My husband worked in a computer repair shop. Rich people would argue and whine about paying the same bills that the poorer college students and locals had to pay. The college students and locals were just grateful they have their computer back.
So much bitterness and baseless judgement, though. Why should anyone care about how much money people have, or what they do with it? Also, how entitled can you be to decide what's consiered trashy or not, based on your own idiotic prejudice? Really?
What matters is what you do with your money. Your actions are what count, not your wealth. There are people on welfare I respect and people living the high life I don't.
Load More Replies...People without money complaining about people with money. Welcome to Bored Panda
Would you please stop sharing TikTok content, when it's only a lot of screenshots of people's faces with captions on them?
My go-to is rich people being blessed with large families, but the poor breeding like rabbits.
This article is a little depressing: I miss the light hearted cat videos on Bored Panda. While many of these points are accurate, I feel we should instead focus on solving these issues and not putting a personal attack on anyone in any financial situation.
Agree. There is a lot more that is either divisive or "look how crappy we are as humans" content than there used to be. We can get that kind of thing anywhere... Most come here for something that isn't depressing.
Load More Replies...Smoking too! if a rich person smokes it's posh and elegant, but if a poor person smokes they ''have a problem''
For some reason I’ve seen tiktok thought of as a hotbed of social justice, but only by the people that use it. Personally I think it seems vapid.
Load More Replies...I would also say 'flipping' things for profit. When you're rich flipping cars, stocks, businesses and houses, this is "expert trading" and "shrewd dealing", but when you're poor flipping cheap cars, unwanted goods, store return items and used electronics, then it's "scamming" and "trying to make a quick buck"
Not obeying the law. From the perspective of the rich, the law is to keep OTHER people in line, not themselves.
They didn't include: 1. Multiple kids from multiple wives 2. Cheating to get into college 3. Spousal abuse 4. Infidelity 5. Bleaching your *-hole 6. Being rude to others, especially in positions lower than yourself economically
It's pretty disturbing how hypersensitive Americans are to class distinctions. I find it ironic, since they're supposed to be this "classless" society, and yet they are the most class-divisive people I've ever encountered. It's like they spend all their time looking for things to resent, and when they can't find anything, they just imagine it. I mean, 99% of the things on this page are things I've *never* heard anyone look down on, but these people somehow think the opposite...? Is this just some kind of paranoia, where they have such an inferiority complex that they literally imagine that all the "rich people" are sneering at them for some little thing that's completely innocuous? It's bizarre.
"I have to spend a lot of money to look this trashy" -- Dolly Parton "You can't dress trashy 'till you spend a lot of money" -- Billy Joel, "It's Still Rock'n'Roll" "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" -- song title from "Finian's Rainbow"
Not paying your bills. My husband worked in a computer repair shop. Rich people would argue and whine about paying the same bills that the poorer college students and locals had to pay. The college students and locals were just grateful they have their computer back.
So much bitterness and baseless judgement, though. Why should anyone care about how much money people have, or what they do with it? Also, how entitled can you be to decide what's consiered trashy or not, based on your own idiotic prejudice? Really?
What matters is what you do with your money. Your actions are what count, not your wealth. There are people on welfare I respect and people living the high life I don't.
Load More Replies...People without money complaining about people with money. Welcome to Bored Panda