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Clothing with brand names all over the place
Military parades
Anything gilt in gold. Its a poor mans idea of wealth
Have you seen the new improved oval office?
Case in point
Food with gold leaf. It doesn't add to the taste, it doesn't add to the look, but rich people and wannabe alike love it because it has gold and they have trash taste. If i went fine dining and see a gold leaf covered food, imma send it back because it's aurum contaminated. And i said it as someone who won't ever set foot in fine dining restaurant.
Why is it an objectively trashy: it's a simplest way to appease those wealth chaser and showoff, yet it takes 0 effort to apply it and overcharging their food.
And gold leaf isn't even that expensive
A single leaf is so thin, that is costs only a little over a buck. The tiny piece of gold on your fancy food? Only a couple cents
But you can bet your ass that you will pay way more than that
fine dining's price is loosely coupled to the ingredient cost for everything but the most expensive ones
Gold leaf is cheap yes, but they are paying for 'the experience'
Is it stupid? Yes
But not even close to the moderately stupid spectrum of human idiocy
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Saw a thing about the world's most expensive pizza ($2k+) the other night. Squid ink pizza dough, caviar, truffles, gold leaf, etc. It looked revolting.
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Trump.
Clothes who's primary purpose seems to be to let others know what brand it is. As if I'm supposed to be impressed you bought a Jack Jones t shirt. Couldn't you just have bought a nice T-shirt without the branding? No because it's all about being a brand whore - trashy.
Most cars especially BMW, Cybertrucks, corvettes, cameros, Hummers. Chat gpt, caviar, phone ring tones, expensive weddings, store bought cakes/cupcakes, fake grass/colored rock landscaping, overpaying/over borrowing for higher education.
have you ever driven a BMW? Not one of the SUVs but like a 3 series?
it's considered something fancy for a reason, the cars are quality engineering and have a unique quality to the feeling of it's drive
a unique quality to the feeling of it's drive
I have to admit I'm skeptical, and not just because it sounds written by a marketing team.
Things like the subjective feeling of something are strongly socially determined. When we're told something is fancy or high quality we have a different and better experience of that thing.
As humans it's rarely possible to separate our experience of a thing from our judgements of the people and identities we associate with it.
I have had 2 BMW's, both 3 series. The feel of the road is something very different from all the other cars I have driven.
That is why I asked if this person had ever driven one. Its one thing to judge it because others think its popular, its another thing to experience and have an opinion based on that.
their steering wheels have a special feel to it, rarely have I felt it on other cars. They say you should be able to feel rolling over two stacked coins. IDK about that but the way you can feel the little things in the road while also not feeling the full impact of a pothole or something is really a truth.
I have never spent more then $15k to acquire one, so I am not suggesting you have to spend big bucks to get into the seat of one. But if you have the chance to test drive one, you should take it. You might have a full on different opinion afterwards.
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Hummers... I've rarely ever seen someone pull off the style you need to have to not look tacky.
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The Kardashains
Any clothing brand that is just expensive for most individuals to buy (ie. Gucci, Michael Kors, Lui Vutton, and others). These are all made incredibly cheap and flimsy, and you are just paying for the brand. Most of the wealthy will either buy the same brand but from their exclusive collection (not available to commoners) that are actually well made and durable, or will buy other brands (ie. John Lobb, Schaeffer’s, Frette) that actually last so long that they can be passed down if wanted. Lastly, when you see someone famous or wealthy appearing on the spotlight with something you can buy at a store (mostly super expensive like a Bellenciaga) they are lended to them for the publicity alone.
I just personally prefer to dress like Adam Sandler most of the time.
My grandma was wealthy as fuck. All her clothes were made for her. She'd have died before she bought any kind of label, she thought they were common.
The shear overwhelming amount of times I've seen this exact question posted.
MAGA apparel and flags.
Making champagne bottles pop.
To quote one of my old sommeliers, opening a bottle of sparkling wine should be "as quiet as a nun's fart in Mass".
For those who don't get the reference. Nun farts are very quiet because of all the butt sex loosening them up. It also keeps the priests away from the kids. It's a win win all around.
But...why? Popping the cork is fun and festive, and considering most people only have that experience a handful of times in their lives, why try to stifle that little joy?
It's fun and festive... if they "only have that experience a handful of times in their lives". If you do it on the reg, it's just wasting the product. That distinction is what the question is about.
You can buy a bottle of sparkling wine for $20.
Even less, a bottle of niceish Prosecco costs like 10 USD here(European country with fairly high alcohol taxes). If you just want any sparkling wine, there are stuff down to like 7 usd.
Maralago
Panther print. Gold lamé sandals. Lip filler. Spray tan.
And where I come from: expensive German SUVs, preferably Mercedes.
flashy, gaudy gold, or diamond encrusted rooms by rich people.
Full sets of matching cookware. Its almost always a bunch of display junk that never gets used. Buy your stuff as individual pieces, you'll likely have nicer quality. This goes for pots, pans, knives, silverware, spatulas, damn near everything cooking related.
Personal opinion, all-clad is overrated. Their skillet/saucepan handles are shit and hurt to hold for longer cooking sessions.
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Literally everything
Horse races
Arrogant behaviour
Lobster. It was originally poor people’s food. Crustaceans are just insects of the sea.
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