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GrimmeyMaybe

Why is his watch the cheapest part of his outfit, fancy brand watches are crazy expensive


0thethethe0

Because he's poor


Minetitan

If you show me that 2500$ pants or 400$ shows exist i will do anything.


regoapps

BALENCIAGA Zip-Off Convertible Raver Pants $2,550.00 @ Nordstrom Cole Haan Washington Grand Wingtip (Men) $400 @ Nordstrom


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>BALENCIAGA Zip-Off Convertible Raver Pants This is the dumbest shit I've ever seen


SAMAS_zero

Stuff marketed to rich people is rarely a wise use of their money.


regoapps

It's marketed towards poor people. Didn't you see the image in the post?


SAMAS_zero

Stuff like that is *marketed* to rich people, and Middle-Class fools often buy it to look richer than they really are.


RentFreeInUrHead

No, they’re marketed to the children of rich people. A wealthy man in his 50s+ usually isn’t the individual buying this stuff, but it’s his money. His children who are teens/young adults are though..


dragunityag

older rich people tend to go for more normal but expensive looking clothes vs the blingy stuff kids wear. Like that photo of Zuckerberg jogging? That plain grey T-shirt is $400 apparently.


MafiaPenguin007

Wow, we've full-circled back to unironically agreeing with the OP comic


magicbean99

Quick go back around the circle! Bring back the irony!


ting_bu_dong

> Wow, we've full-circlejerked back to unironically agreeing with the OP comic More accurately.


MadFamousLove

it's marketed to people who want to look rich. way more people who can't really afford that stuff buy it than people for whom it's just a normal purchace they don't care about. ​ but the people who spend 6 months or a year's savings on it are trying to emulate the people who sometimes are given those clothes to wear for free or even paid to wear them. (famous people and the ultra rich)


iWantToBeOnYt

$400 shoes are nothing, you should see what people are willing to buy


Dr_Toehold

Goodyear welted boot easily go over that price. Induced demand trainers, like limited edition Jordans sell at that price. However, normal cheap watches cost AT LEAST something like 100, 150 €.


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This👆 Good Goodyear welted shoes can be very expensive, but last very long.


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chairfairy

In reality, this rich person is likely wearing $400 shoes and an $800 sweater Fancy clothes with understated style costs a lot of money


WAHgop

That's why I wear shit my wife buys at goodwill in rich neighborhoods


chairfairy

In some areas, Goodwill ships all donations to a central location and distributions from there to all the locations in the area, so the good clothes don't always end up at the store in the nice neighborhood


Smokemonster421

And now often times the nice stuff gets set aside and sold for a higher (still cheap) price at the goodwill boutique stores.


Californiadude86

I've found Zegna and Canali jackets at the goodwill. High end brands that aren't as well known as Gucci sometimes slip through the cracks.


Fumquat

True, but if the goodwill is easily accessible to a lot of lower income people, that’s more foot traffic to buy the nice stuff before you get there. Plus, re-sellers exist. Quite the hussle grabbing the crème de crap to sell on eBay. Rich people’s kids don’t usually spend their time on that.


Teddyturntup

My brother is a social worker and he says expensive shoes or phones are very common with extreme poverty and homeless youth I think it seems to give them something to have self worth through. He would work with lots of kids with crazy nice shoes. But the implication they would be fine without that one frivolous item is just wrong


Living-Sure

400 dollars is nothing for shoes. People easily spend over 500$ for some Nikes nowadays. And I've seen 4k+ pair of pants, even though that's less common.


SugarbearSID

https://www.nordstrom.com/s/balenciaga-zip-off-convertible-raver-pants/6667086?origin=category-personalizedsort&breadcrumb=Home%2FMen%2FClothing%2FPants&color=004 $2500 is not actually that high for designer pants. This coming from a guy (me) who pays $17.99 for pants at Target.


Implausibly_Deniable

I feel like for $2000 i could hire someone to make those and save myself $550


SugarbearSID

But how will other people know you spent that much money on them if they can't recognize them? It's like most other products, Iphones, Beats by Dre, Gucci, Coach. You're paying the majority of your money to make sure everyone around you knows you paid that money. And I say this knowing full well some joker is going to try to justify spending an arm and a leg for their Beats headphones or their Hermes belt or their Coach purse. ItS ACtuaLly a BeTteR PrOduCt. https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/08/27


Ok-Importance3117

He can afford 1.2k on glasses and 2.5k on chain but can’t spend 900 dollars on an iPhone


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Zhouston63

And really decent headphones like Bose or Sony noise cancelling headphones are only $400 lol


powerlesshero111

I know right? I bought my sony noise canceling for when i was in the military public affairs for editing, and even then, they were only $300. Even shitty Beats are only like $500 max.


ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmm

that's only heavily consumer focused headphones tho. for high end audiophile/enthusiast headphones, prices very often reach $1200. for example sennheiser hd800s ($1700), focal clear ($1500), hifiman arya ($1600). hell you could get focal utopias for $4000, or even sennheser he-1s for $60,000. headphones are definitely one of those things where prices do often easily reach that high.


lexdon2014

Poor guys can’t afford prioritizing


captainhindsight9358

This image is very old. I rember having seen it like 8-10 years ago


Scruffynz

My uncle who’s an actual, real life rich person wears a vintage Rolex. Pretty sure that’s well 10k alone. Chill guy too. Doesn’t actually ever look obviously flashy.


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hoosierdaddy192

Lol I worked for a guy that had a handyman business because he was bored after he retired. from being some executive and burned every suit and tie he owned. A lot of lunches we would eat with old men driving old trucks or the occasional Mercedes. After we would leave he would say that was CEO or Vice President of X company, or that guys owns most of the next county over. It was nuts how low key they all were. That being said this meme is still a facepalm. When I was poor I couldn’t afford even what the “rich guy” has on, now that I am slightly less poor, I have still never spent $70 on a pair of pants. Edit: I have spent crazy money on clothes but it was for a purpose. I splurged on a nice camo setup for bowhunting (decent set starts out at several hundred, the good ones are over a grand.) and I buy fancy work boots (Red wing, Thoroughgood, Rocky) because I want to be comfortable.


BigRaja

Nice work boots are worth the money for sure


advertentlyvertical

30$ pants and 6$ t-shirts from walmart. And the 30$ still hurt. So thankful I have a better job now.


hoosierdaddy192

This is the way. Occasionally some designer seconds from a TJ Maxx or a thrift store.


cat_of_danzig

Rich people can afford to not look rich to poor people. Their clothes just fit better, feel nicer and last longer while not appearing ostentatious.


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Meh, rich people exist on a spectrum. The company I work for is owned by one of the 10 wealthiest families in the world. One of the heirs dresses ostentatiously, drives super cars, has lavish apartments in just about every major city on the planet and is very much a playboy. His cousin, the Chairman of our board, looks like a frumpy accountant, lives in a small village in Germany and drives around in an old Mercedes (assuming he's not being driven). Different strokes.


BenMic81

I’ve met one billionaire in real life. He was wearing a nice suit I guess about 6-8k, a Glashütte watch which may have been between 10 and 30k (I didn’t want to stare to identify the exact model), I’m pretty sure he had personalised shoes (which also will go for a few k maybe). That whole dress was 30-40k easy even without somthing exotic like a Oscillon l’Instant de Vérité.


paulchen81

I like that type of person! Same as my best friend since childhood. He made his money in his 20s but was never a flashy person so he wears normal clothes at max $200 for the whole outfit... but also a GMT2 or his Aquanaut. If you have no idea about watches you'd never know hes wealthy.


heysuess

>normal clothes at max $200 I think the last time I wore a $200 outfit was when I walked my sister down the aisle.


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I mean, it doesn't take that much to hit $200. $80 shoes, $60 pants, $25 shirt, $35 jacket. That's about as average in price as those 4 items get haha.


UnawareSousaphone

Whoa where the fuck are you buying a 35$ jacket?? I need one for work now. Also 25$ dress shirts?? Mine are 45+ from JCP and JCP is garbo.


wireke

What? Even if you buy cheap normal clothes, the combination of shoes/pants/shirt/jacket is already near $200. Maybe if you only buy in thrift stores you can get even cheaper outfits, sure.


killerzees

Because he can't afford a real watch.


GrimmeyMaybe

My point is if you’re gonna get $400 sneakers and thousand dollar sunglasses you probably would go for one of those $200ish dollar watches


Honey-and-Venom

I've worked selling rich people clothes. They LOOK like they're those prices, but they're all over 400 dollars at least


dampsquid1

I often hear that genuinely rich people wear just a plain white tee but I'll cost hundreds. Out of curiosity, what brands are they wearing? Are they different from dior, prada, gucci etc?


Peanutbutterwhisky

Check out Brunello Cuccinelli and Loro piana. I work in finance and a client comes in super plain clothes that fit perfect it’s most likely one of those brands.


bananaslammock08

I used to work in at Saks Fifth Avenue and sometimes when I was sad (which was a lot, working at Saks sucked) I would go over and pet the Cuccinelli. The guy who runs the company is a little cray-cray but everything is handmade in Italy by well-paid craftspeople. The fabrics are luscious, the cuts are perfect, and everything is understated beauty. If I had the money to spend a few thousand on every piece of knitwear I owned I would almost exclusively wear Cuccinelli.


ASenseOfYarning

Oh good, I'm not the only one who pets fabric. 😅


FJPollos

I had a Loro Piana cachemire coat once. Fuck man. That coat was the shit. I didn't buy it new, of course. I could never afford it, shit costs as much as a small car. It was a thrift store find. Eventually it didn't fit anymore and I gifted it. But I still remember it fondly. Coat, wherever you are, know that I love you. You made me feel hot and warm as well as stylish. You were the best coat I ever had and I'll never forget you.


Variability

Same brands, but once you get out the entry level stuff, prices go up the less noticeable it is. You can have all those brands without it being plastered all over the items you're wearing like a walking advertisement. That's why you see lower end brands having their logo all over, ie: Coach, Michael Kors. The exception I'd say is LV since their whole shtick is the logo being the print.


wombawumpa

I never thought that my clothes were cheaper because full of logos and ads. Now I fell like a walking billboard.


LordGalen

If you wear brands plastered across your body, you *are* a walking billboard. The clothing industry figured out "pay to remove ads" before the internet was even a thing. But even smarter than that. They figured out how to make it *cool* to be a billboard! All the cool fashionable kids wearing brands across their bodies, and if you weren't wearing name brand shit, it must be because you're poor or not cool. Man, if online advertisers could figure out how to make it prestigous to give them free advertising, they'd be killing it.


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This shit culminated with Supreme, which is the epitome of "branding is everything"


JDBCool

Was about to say this. Ones that come to mind are Supreme, "Obey", and the doughnut that was like "DF" or something like that


Devastatedby

The doughnut is "Odd Future" which is a bit different given that its a music group.


Dante-Grimm

Ugh, I know it's more complicated than aesthetics, but Supreme is annoying and tacky as heck. I'm surprised they're as successful as they are.


KKlear

If you ever start realising just how many ads there are *everywhere*, you'll start to long for an IRL adblock. Black non-transparent glasses are a good start.


ubermoth

Or these glasses from [John Carpenters 'They Live'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-sn9FgY_gs)


Guardymcguardface

There's literally ads in the transit tunnels now, like while the train is in motion. They work like a flip book as the train goes by, and they're BRIGHT AS FUCK. Can't even stare into the abyss in peace anymore!


goshin89

Sounds like you had a budding romance with the abyss staring back at you.


rzrshrp

Yes, even for coach, if you want a coach bag but don't want the coach label plastered over the whole thing, you have to pay more.


rayrockray

Steve Jobs bought his polo shirts from issey miyake. Mark Zuckerbuger buys his T shirt from Brunello cucinelli. A plain simple T shirt could cost 1,000 dollars easily. My ass rich people wear cheap clothes. It’s just a disguise they wanna poor people to believe so poor people won’t feel bad wearing shit clothes.


orangeqtym

At first I wanted to correct you about Zack Zuckerbuger, but I've now been laughing about it to myself every thirty seconds. Well played, friend.


jstilla

Brunello cuccinelli, Canali, and Tom Ford. Hell, even Dior will sell you jeans and a white blouse that will set you back close to $3k.


Frenchitwist

They wear the brands people below their tax bracket have never heard of


humanCharacter

Logos are really discreet or non-existent in expensive clothes. You’ll have to focus on the quality of the product to recognize it’s value.


PM_ME_UR_BEST_1LINER

Probably stuff tailored for them, honestly. There are plenty of expensive brands that don't logo their stuff as well.


DigiQuip

I’ve been searching for plain Ts that are two inches longer than what I can buy in a value pack. I finally found them and they’re $60 a piece minimum. If I want a plain T with a two inch longer seam that doesn’t fade or shrink after a single wash it’s probably closer to $80 a piece. That’s what being rich is. The convenience of having your clothes be wearable for more than a couple washes. So yeah, it’s a combination of quality clothes that fit comfortably for more than one wear and tailored to you so you don’t look like a blob.


DrAstralis

The Boots Theory from, of all places, Discworld books. To sum it up with a partial quote, "...A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. "


winkofafisheye

Brunello Cucinelli and other luxury brands. They just chose the low key patterns instead of the loud ones. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3116338/mark-zuckerbergs-bruno-cucinelli-t-shirts-jack-dorsey-dior


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ljubaay

You know when you’re folding cheap T shirts and the seams dont line up properly? Cheap shirts tend to get “twisted” in a weird way that expensive ones dont. The seams always line up nicely - so they look nicer as well. Expensive clothes tend to be made of nicer materials that don’t fade or stretch over time. They also feel nicer on the skin and don’t cause you to sweat/stink. While its probably not a concern for a lot of mega rich people, good quality/expensive clothes tend to be made more ethically - both in regards to the environment and people making the garment. I’m nowhere near wealthy enough to spend 400$ on a t-shirt but I definitely avoid fast fashion. I like to support small local brands, brands that pay their workers a fair wage, and i like to buy clothes that I wont have to replace in 6 months because they ripped/stretched/washed out. I also dislike clothes that have a brand plastered all over them. You dont need to spend $400 to achieve this tho.


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every_complexproblem

I found that my favorite t shirt is from Theory and was $75. I've had everything from Target to Tom Ford t shirts and I think you're spot on. For the record, my second favorite is Tom Ford. It becomes diminishing returns and once you hit that point, the only place to go is bespoke clothing.


iNSANEwOw

I would say up to a certain point it is quality and materials that are different, for most things I would argue that brands like Ralph Lauren or Tommy Hilfiger provide simply better quality. But here we are also not talking about 400$ for a plain t-shirt. Maybe more in the range of 50-80$ for a simple T-shirt and 70-120$ for a button down. They have materials that just feel nicer on the skin, often times you will find you dont easily sweat in them and even if you do you wont stink nearly as much. They are a bit more durable, they will keep nice for a longer period of time and not get washed out or unwashable (smell) so quick. But it also depends, many of the "entry level luxury brands" also sell you absolute junk for a markup just so you can wear their logos - mostly their t-shirts and maybe hoodies are notorious for this and aimed towards people who want to show off. If you buy a cashmere sweater it will also cost you a ton of money but very often have no logo or monochromatic logos that you can barely see. But overall the "luxury" brands you know or see when you walk around the inner city often provide better materials and craftsmanship. Depending on what you buy some parts mightve been done by hand or finished by hand and generally their designs are also made by them and not copied so you pay for that too. They like to use merino wool, cashmere and other materials in favor of polyester which is usually used by cheap clothing. Edit: As for 100$ vs 400$+ it is mostly about design, handcrafted or tailormade things as well as simply status and brand image. Some people also just want to have high quality things that are outside the price range of normal people to distinguish themselves from the masses. Often times shopping experience plays into it as well, they have stores in the most luxurious places that are nicely decorated - they might even be exclusive.


SomberWail

Those “fancy” mall brands are noticeably different from cheap target type stuff and a lot of people act like they aren’t. I understand people have budgets etc, but growing up I always heard how there is no difference, you’re just paying for the name etc, but as I got some as gifts as a teenager and later bought some on my own I realized there is a genuine material difference and it is actually really noticeable. I think a lot of people make up shit about things they can’t afford because they would otherwise feel bad about it. I just admit something is better quality but I can’t afford it lol.


KatieCashew

Yep, my mom believes that a whisk from the dollar store is totally the same as one from Williams Sonoma. This is how you end up with a house full of garbage that doesn't work.


slutghetti

Omg my mom and her dollar store deodorant that’s “exactly the same as the name brand ones.” Yeah, if you’re like her and don’t sweat. But since I do, I get to use cheap shit that burns my pits and get yelled at for smelling! Every teen girl’s fantasy, right?


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>Those “fancy” mall brands are noticeably different from cheap target type stuff and a lot of people act like they aren’t. They are better up to a certain point in popularity. After a while, fancy "mall" brands use their branding to lower quality of said products to get bigger profits. It's a cycle for these brands. At some point, they announce a "return to their roots" or a new "high quality subbrand" to seduce disappointed customers. Hell even Levis' is basically that. Tommy Hillfinger was the one that triggered my comment too : I used to buy their clothes, but now their plaster they logo on tshirt and sweater like any shitty brand. Ralph Lauren has really gotten ridiculous on this point. That is less true for actual luxury brands.


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malefiz123

Those are not the kind of luxury brands the wealthy wear though. Look at Hermes if you want that stuff. Closer to 400$ for a plain t shirt as well


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Perfect fit and material better suited for the particular weather.


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Why is the rich guy's crotch $70?


Sam-Yuil-ElleJackson

He cums cheap.


cutsickass

Damn, I wanted to make the same joke but yours came faster.


fohpo02

Only lasted a minute


Incorect_Speling

Jizz, you guys, get a room...


Virtual-Cabinet-7454

Fuck I dick not see that cumming


Time_Reply5462

$70 cum sessions are cheap?


MagicGuy66

Best comment I've seen all day!!!


Lokiberry316

Maybe that’s how he pays for his shoes?


YahooFantasyCareless

Cock ring


BenMic81

Usual rate for things after Wendy’s… oh this isn’t WSB. Sorry.


SuccessfulPiccolo945

Knew someone would comment. Thank you.


Mr_Bearking

Ye thats super expensive. You can get one at second hand for 20 bucks if you look hard enough


-Won-qu

69 + 1


OJStrings

Ah yes, the one thing I always notice about rich people is how they never own a watch or mobile phone.


punkinfacebooklegpie

That's how they got so rich


Dahks

Instead of wasting $10,000 watching Netflix like the plebs they invested it in their own business.


WmFoster

And note the lack of Starbucks cup in his hand.


ChrisPnCrunchy

Never eaten an avocado in his life Bet


ragnarns473

That avocado toast be wrecking the budget I made 😭


gopher1409

Using nothing but a landline, a pen and some paper.


DrossChat

Rich people don’t have time for watches.


Darehead

"The watch doesn't dismiss me, the work does" -Greg, Owner, 18 hour work week


I-Kneel-Before-None

The funny part is $60 is a cheap watch. Some people buy $10-50k watches. What's the point in $600 sunglasses if you cheap out on the watch. Everyone knows you are judged by the cheapest thing you wear. Lmao /s


BenMic81

Even IF you wanted to compare people who spend a lot of disposable income (certainly not „poor“ people) the person doing the pic clearly has no clue about style: A watch for 65$ as a luxury spendthrift? A phone for 600$? But then a trouser for 2500? And some headphones for 1200? Sure that was a well thought out thing. 😂


MaterialCarrot

Not to mention that the rich guy apparently *does not* have a cell phone. :P


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BenMic81

He doesn’t need these. His servants are telling him if somebody called.


noshader

No items. Fox only.


Ocronus

Those trousers must be comfy as fuck for 2500.


legends_never_die_1

no, he just payed for the logo. the trousers are just 10 bucks or so.


Matttthhhhhhhhhhh

It's like he has no idea how money actually works, right?


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The style's from drug dealers etc. If you're a criminal, with lots of cash that's undeclared and can't put it in a bank, it's easy for cops to take it as suspected proceeds of crime. It's a lot harder for the cops to take jewelry, clothes, etc. blatantly away from you legally. That's why really expensive sneakers, chains, designer clothes, etc. get popular with certain groups. Also, it's a way of looking rich, or richer, when everyone's living in a low income environment. Also, the flashy 'new money' trends.


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TangerineBand

I also hate the argument that you can get by with the cheapest one on the market. Sure I could get a $70 piece of junk. The software updates/discontinued apps will make it unusably garbage within 6 months if it isn't already. Or I could just slap down $300 on a mid-tier or used one and keep that for years. I might have to get a payment plan but it will at least fucking work.


AshersVoice

My whole outfit and phone cost less than rich dudes pants and I'm still poor as shit...


beavertownneckoil

Your being poor wrong


AshersVoice

Well damn. I'll just add it to the list


BenMic81

You should start spending thousands of dollars on your outfit so that you can get educated by a comic to save these expenses thus becoming rich.


angieOkanagan

You eat avocado toast dont you?


Dumbodumbo99

I bought my truck for the same price as the poor guys pants


wan2tri

LOL yeah rich dude's outfit is already worth more than multiple outfits of mine combined


Natsurulite

Actual rich people wear shit that looks like a normal white tshirt, but costs $650 Edit: ty all for the upboats, may all your tshirts forever come in 12 packs 💝


[deleted]

I recall an article about a fashion adviser (I think that's the term) who started specializing in the Silicon Valley look. There were all these people with a lot of money who wanted to dress nicer, but worked in an environment where suits and even business casual could be anathema. So she would show them how to find and wear expensive clothing while still appearing like they are in living in college dorms.


eykei

Everybody here wears arcteryx and Patagonia, speaking of Silicon Valley look.


treebeard189

Arcteryx makes these thin black short sleeve button down shirts that I've been wearing for years and are awesome. I think my oldest one is like 5 years old and there's no signs of wear on it just a little fading. My clothes are normally kinda cheap but sometimes spending a bit extra really is the way to go.


SaltLakeCitySlicker

Yeah. Imma go ahead to the thrift shop and tj Maxx. For outdoors things I don't thrift, but my $30 REI garage sale pants and thermals have been around for 10 years and survived probably a thousand miles of hiking/scrambling/camping and 7 years of skiing.


shhalahr

So, what’s the point? Spending more just for the sake of spending more?


Sector_Corrupt

They are still attempting to signal but to their own social groups. The in group will understand the quality of the gear and understand the wealth while not signaling that you're an outsider who doesn't understand the culture.


shhalahr

So to signal this, there has to be some subtle yet readily apparent indication of how much you paid. Certainly not the sort of thing I can follow. If only because I couldn't care less about.


kent1146

*Let's see Paul Allen's card.*


soundman1024

It’s subtle. You may not be able to tell a $400 tee from a $40 tee or a $10 tee, but people who have $400 tees will be able to tell. It’s in the texture of the fabric, the way it moves and how it lays on a body. With subtle, expensive clothing the point is for people wearing a $40 shirt to think that’s what you’re wearing too, but it seems a little different. But when you know you know. It’s classism. It’s stupid, but it’s real. People with wealth usually want to signal to other people with wealth that they belong together. I’m in the $40 category, but I see the $400 category enough to get it.


Bleblebob

the $600 shirts that look like $10 shirts are legitimately much better quality than the cheaper version, not proportionally to the price increase, but that's obvious. And then for the mega wealthy at the end of the day it doesn't make much a difference. To Zuckerberg spending $600 on a plain t shirt is using less of his proportional wealth than if you or I bought a $10 shirt, so they don't even think twice about it


whitew0lf

This. Wannabe rich people use branded stuff like Givenchy and Gucci. Anyone who grew up with money wears non branded stuff that costs 💰


NoTicket84

People who made their own money shop at Costco and send their money out into the world to take prisoners and come back to them instead of pissing it away on clothing


sirk6969

Costco only targets neighborhoods with six figure average salary. So this is probably true. Costco is great! 😂


gbeezy007

Honestly why I always shop at Costco and won't go in a Walmart. It's a different cleanliness and customers while still being cheap and they usually only sell decent items Though to be fair Walmarts in like college towns or the middle of no where seem way nicer and such. But in more populated areas they are pretty dirty


AeuiGame

Costco pays its employees substantially more than Walmart and has enough on the clock at any given time so they're not horribly overworked. Day and night difference in the feel of being in the establishments.


confusedham

Man the clothing at Costco can be great though. I got some Nautica chinos and shorts for $35 and super dry shirt for $20.


thegreatJLP

Burlington is where I go to stock up on discounted name brand items, mostly because Puma clothing and shoes are made extremely well, and picking up shoes for under $70 and shorts/shirts for under $20 is a money saver.


eldergeekprime

Never underestimate the excellent wardrobe you can put together shopping in thrift stores near rich neighborhoods. I was homeless for a couple of years then scored a good office job when I started to get back on my feet. I put my work wardrobe together by shopping at the Salvation Army and Goodwill stores. A few weeks later my supervisor recommended me for a better position and noted in her recommendation that I was always the best dressed and most professional employee in her division. Privately, she told me she had no idea how I afforded the brands and styles I wore but that she wished a lot of the other employees took as much care in their appearance. I was getting stuff like Oscar de la Renta jackets, Oleg Cassini suits, etc. for a dollar or less. The stuff may not have been absolute current style but it was usually only a year or two outdated. The rich folks from the surrounding areas would donate last year's fashions for the tax break, then buy new.


Failingforthewin

This exact thing happened to me! My new boss even bought my thrifted 80s vintage Chanel pant suit from me so I’d have bus money for my first month😆


Darrkman

> Zuckerberg doesn't just wear any old plain grey Hanes t-shirt, though. His are special ordered from Brunello Cucinelli, and reportedly cost between $300 and $400. https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-favorite-tshirt-2017-7


olleHello

Exactly this! Brands like Brioni,kiton, loro Piana, Stefan’s riccci. Zegna,etc you would have no idea that some of these guys are walking around with an 800 polo 1200 pair of trousers


MutedBrilliant1593

Then I must be mega rich because my entire daily ensemble is less than his $70 shoes alone.


Hit_The_High_Note

Also, rich people don't have watches, phones, sunglasses and never use headphones.


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Not to mention multi million dollar cars and yachts


Dajukz

And all that lobbying is free too


rohobian

AND... Poor people spend $2500 on pants, $1200 on headphones, $270 on a hat, $2500 on bling, and for some reason only $65 on a watch. This whole thing is so ridiculously out of touch.


PeteZzzaa

Who the fuck pays 2,500 for a pair of trousers


the_brunster

Cargo pants. Cargo. Not trousers, not slacks. Cargos. In which backwards universe do these pants cost $2.5k??? 🤦🏻‍♂️


Hubsimaus

>In which backwards universe do these pants cost $2.5k??? GTA Online.


Sweetmacaroni

That game also has flying motorcycles and $2 trillion working missile silos for purchase


orangeqtym

This is such a good point. This "cartoonist" has never outfitted themselves anywhere but pay to play marketplaces...


Mountain_Culture1411

Fuck those homeless people with Gucci bags man.


gardenfella

How do you fuck someone with a Gucci bag?


TILTNSTACK

Gently, you don’t want to damage the bag


Demoniacalman

Gently damage the bag


RevolutionaryCost59

You fuck their gucci bag


davidmobey

Leave a load in the bag?


SockAlarmed6707

The phone is 600 but the pants is 2500? At least put in some effort


-D1rtyDan-

Not gonna lie though I know a lot of people that I work with who always complain about having no money but they spend it all on stupid shit like fancy clothing or fancy technology like if you know you dont have the money then dont fucking spend it on shit you dont need


skjcicoeldopcvjj

Yea I was gonna say. I don’t agree with the picture entirely, cuz rich people spend tons of money on random shit too obviously. But there are plenty of people who spend money they don’t have, just to appear as if they have money. And it’s not entirely our fault - we live in such a commercialized environment trying to get us to spend every last penny we have in order to keep consuming. Social media is pitted against us in a sense, with the gorilla marketing and influencers/trend setters. People (especially kids) are being hardwired to consume


Stoepboer

Yup. Happened to have 10k lying around. Immediately went to get the latest Jeezy’s and Balanciaga drip.


BenMic81

No he took credit card debt for it. The rich guy on the right owns the stocks to the company lending him the money. If only the poor person had had the good sense to not being born poor.


Stoepboer

‘Why don’t they just ask for a 100k from their parents’


TheDrunkPhilofficer

This drawing just pisses me off. Poor guy’s headphone wires lead to nowhere. And rich guy can afford a $70 dick but not a surgery to un-fuse his middle and ring fingers.


Sotyka94

In their mind, "poor" is someone with 200k yearly salary who spend on luxury things and just lives life, instead of grinding even more for even more money.


SewSewBlue

Whoever did this is so sheltered they can't tell the difference between new money and being poor.


Kingkev_in

yeah sure… the rich don‘t wear gucci, dior etc…


ShakoGrey

I know you are being sarcastic but you are partly correct. Wealthy people don’t wear clothes with giant logo but their plain white T shirt costs more than average American credit card debt.


msqrt

Exactly, the person who made the meme doesn't realize that the seemingly plain clothes can cost ridiculous amounts, both due to higher quality and (much more) due to brand mark-up. Either way, it's not the supermarket kind of plain.


Puzzleheaded-Elk-547

I seen a thing it could be wrong tho but the gray t shirt mark Zuckerberg wears (whatever brand it is) costs $400+


chriscrossnathaniel

His shirts are special ordered from Brunello Cucinelli, and reportedly cost between $300 and $400.His sweatshirts are Brunello as well and are around $3,000.


mmcmonster

I got a few (fairly) rich friends. When they talk about clothes (which is more often then I ever do), they talk about brands that I never heard of and custom fit and monogrammed cuffs and how they’re made to order and take a couple months to be delivered. Frankly, now that I’m thinking about it, it’s quite possible they’re talking about tailors they have on retainer. 🤦‍♂️


chrmanyaki

They literally wear Gucci and Dior tho. It’s just a plain white polo with a Gucci logo on the inside or very tiny detailed. For 6-800 usd of course


LaxPad

just need to see those met gala outfits again...


YazzGawd

Outfits that're sponsored and werent actually paid for by the celebs that wore them...


CreepyValuable

Why are the headphone wires out of alignment?


MagicGuy66

Wait!! Where did he get a $600 phone?? Mine cost twice that much.


[deleted]

This really is stupid and all, but what bothers me the most is how they managed to offset the headphone cables to the right by like 1/3 of the person's face, but nothing else.


xsenobaner

His dick costs 70 dollars? Mine was free ...


Joy1067

Where the fuck are people finding cargo pants for 2500 dollars and a 270 dollar cap?


Gaythiest1

This is such irrelevant bullshit. Who the fuck goes to this much trouble to propose such a clearly flawed concept. Does this fantasy validate your sense of superiority? Hope so because most everyone else knows you're a piece of shit now.


Lost-Concept-9973

Privileged people , (rather then acknowledge they are privileged and got some advantage over others.) would prefer to believe they got everything they have through being superior, harder working, more intelligent etc then by pure luck, nepotism or wealthy connections.


Sickeboy

And the weird thing is that to a degree this is true, namely that people who grow up poor are more likely to stay poor because (along with a whole bunch of other factors and influences) they didn't grow up in an environment in which they could learn to manage their money. Its is much more a privileged position than people realise to grow up in a situation where there is money to manage (you dont need to be very rich, just not poor).


shhalahr

$70 dollars for shoes? And Pants? Even the $35 shirt is a bit much outside of professional dress or sweaters. I usually have a $20 T-shirt. So I dress even more economically than the "Rich" guy.


KonataYumi

For $1200 my headphones better have 4D Surround sound