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25 Things Considered Classy If Your Rich, But Trashy If Your Poor

One double standard common in society is how a rich person wearing revealing clothes is considered acceptable. Meanwhile, a less affluent person is regarded in a more negative light. These biases can influence different situations and aspects of how people judge others based on financial status.

The issue received traction online recently when someone asked, “What’s considered trashy if you’re poor but classy if you’re rich?” Netizens eagerly shared their candid opinions on the matter, from which we’ve shared a few of the most popular in the gallery below.

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Just learned, a mattress on the floor. Or as the rich call it, a Montessori bed.

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Marrying your cousin.

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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.

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

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

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Knowing a judge by name. Living on a boat.

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Immigrant (if you’re poor), expat (if you’re rich)

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Government handouts (the poor call it social security. The rich call it contracts)

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Having a lot of kids. If you’re poor, it’s “irresponsible.” If you’re rich, it’s building a legacy.

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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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Someone else raising your kids

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

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Day drinking, speaking two languages, hard d**gs, tax avoidance.

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Riding a bicycle. No car if you’re poor; exercise if you’re rich.

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Rich people collect. Poor people hoard.

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Sadly, stealing. Or being corrupt.

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Not working

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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.

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Giving your kids odd names.

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Free stuff. It’s called charity if you’re poor, and swag if you’re rich.

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Invisible and/or revealing dresses; Red Carpet vs Street Corners and Florida

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One meal a day diet

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Eating “exotic” parts of the animal. Calf brains in France – okay. Oxtails in Jamaica, not so much.

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Multiple marriages/divorces Multiple fathers of your children “Container homes” Leasing vs buying Gambling

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A spouse who was born in a different country.

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.