Hey, I still regularly troll driveways for stuff they are tossing on trash days.
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How is the economy what anyone is freaking out about?
I bet you'd start freaking out too if you don't have a roof over your head or food to eat...
Using IASIP for this meme is pretty silly, considering everyone on that show (except for maybe Mac) has a seemingly unlimited amount of money via Frank.
The opposite of Nouveau Riche: Nouveau Pauvre. They lack the culture of people who were born into poverty.
I legitimately think this is a thing.
I suspect folks who grew up with door dash see it as a normalized service. I grew up poor before it was a thing, and even though I'm financially better now it's only used when we're absolutely pooped.
There are just... So many more entrenched predatory services now that only serve to extract money more efficiently. All that klarna "buy now pay later" stuff? Absolutely deadly if someone doesn't know how to budget.
Full blown shanty town
..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
Found a new poor.
That's gas station coffee. Talk about new poor.
oh so there is they also a chance they have a car
You can go to the gas station to get their coffee, you don't have to also get gas.
How so?
Quitting coffee has never make anyone rich. That's not a cost that kills you.
That's not a cost that kills you.
For real.
Some folks have a vice where they can't start a single day without a fancy grande latte or whatever, but mostly when I see that, it's middle-managey types that make more in a month than I'd ever see in my account at any given time.
How many skipped small vanilla cold-brews or boba teas (+a tip for my fellow working class ✊) buys an average healthcare deductible or car repair beyond my DIY abilities? Heck let's lower the bar...An oil change?
Just filling the tank costs like 8 enjoyable refreshing coffees. What a lame exchange rate!
Even if we struggle, it's still okay to enjoy things once in a while.
Are you implying that the poor should be denied luxury items?
Aren't luxury items supposed to be high quality?
Stole it.
those don't look like Starbucks cups? Aren't the only brown parts on a smaller sleeve? This cup looks mostly brown?
These Nouveau Pauvre can't tell a gas station French vanilla from a Starbucks caramel macchiato
You think old poor don't have crushing credit card debt?
Ironically poor people tend to put more emphasis on buying name brands, certainly for things that other people see, like clothes, vehicles etc.
Value signaling is a thing.
My dad grew up poor and he can't stand going to budget stores like Aldi and Lidl. It's almost a matter of principe for him, he can afford to go to the more expensive store so he will.
Man I'm the complete opposite. I grew up in the hood, if you had nice things, you wouldn't have them for long.
Driving nice cars and wearing name brand clothes just states "I have more money than you and I'm proud of it" which is a) universally a dick move, especially when you drive that fancy car past a dozen homeless every day, and b) makes you a mark. Oh you're driving a Benz? You've probably got valuables in it, let's take a look.
Nowadays I still drive a beat up old car and wear off brand clothes, both because I can't afford better but I also don't want to even look like I can afford better for the above reasons. It's just being an ass and also putting a target on yourself.
It’s the whole “couponing is only trashy if you’re poor” mentality.
For the rich, couponing is a game. See how much you can get, for as little as possible. You have the storage space for it, so you’re not worried about excess or waste. All you care about is gaming the system to see what you can get. You had to buy 18 months worth of laundry detergent to get the discount? That’s fine, cuz you have space for it at home. And your basic necessities are already covered, so the coupons don’t need to be for staples that you’ll use quickly or regularly.
For the poor, couponing is a necessary evil. You’re eating chicken every day this week; Not because you really like chicken, but because it’s what you had a coupon for. And now you need to eat it before it goes bad, because you need the space in the fridge for this week’s coupons and you can’t afford to simply toss it out.
Yeah but it's also: logos on clothes are huge on items marketed to poorer people. You won't find old money walking around in overtly branded clothes. They do buy better quality stuff, but the branding is less important.
This sounds like a Nouveau Riche thing because your dad now has money to spend. If he can go to Whole Foods over Aldi, he ain't pauvre.
It's not only my father in taking about