Had a real waking up moment last week leaving one of my favorite venues seeing the band Chat Pile in a crowd of crusty, unwashed, punks, only to look at the parking lot after the show and see it filled with current model year Teslas, Mercedes, etc.
Trustafarians: When the Rich Pretend to be Poor
Submitted 6 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXqIvKC9Djc
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
scytale@lemm.ee 6 months ago
To be fair, there are also cases especially for older bands where their fanbase who were teens and young adults during their prime are now 40-50 year olds with families and are better off financially than they were back then.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How anyone can financially improve right now is beyond me
ThirdWorldOrder@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Describes every major festival since the 2000s
HubertManne@kbin.social 6 months ago
I mean give the price of tickets. I have went to like 3 concerts (paid for rock ones) in my lifetime and never to a festival that had admission.
spicethedirt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Love Chat Pile! Actually saw them on Saturday night in Chattanooga, on their new tour with Portrayal of Guilt. They always put on a fantastic show.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They’re phenomenal live, I’ve seen them twice in Asheville now and considered driving down to the Chattanooga show haha. Did he do the movie trivia bit with your crowd?
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
That’s just called Burning Man
purpleprophy@feddit.uk 6 months ago
You’ll never live like common people. You’ll never do whatever common people do.
AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This guy sucks.
Trustafarian is a word that has been used for at least 25 years.
Most trustafarians also suck, but this guy sucks for entirely different reasons.
xnx@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
I’m not familiar with him, why does he suck?
AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you listen to the first 3 or 4 minutes of this edgelords rant and don’t get why he sucks… and don’t see any red flags … well, if you’d like to pay me for my time, message me and I can send you my venmo, and upon receipt of $10, I’ll explain it to you.
HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We used to use the term in the mid 90s to describe the kids hanging out in Berkeley begging for cigarette money, then getting picked up in Mercs to get driven home in the hills. They were usually white kids with dreads.
They were dumbass kids. I’m sure the current batch are dumasses too I was never a fan, but in the scheme of things, there is a lot worse out there.
CptEnder@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah kinda weird people watch this tbh. Like who really cares?
Skanky@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Tell me you’ve never heard of Meat Canyon without telling me you’ve never heard of Meat Canyon
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They say you can always spot them by their teeth.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And their expensive dye jobs and tattoos. I saw a woman panhandling downtown the other day, wearing brand new Asics, with full sleeve tattoos and bright purple hair. Fuck that honestly, i wish I had tattoo money. Not only that, they see you pushing a stroller and beg for money. Every cent I have belongs to my kids, you entitled, fake poor pricks
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Reminds me of portrayal of societies “kinda like Middle East” in American sci-fi shows.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 6 months ago
this is the culture of most of my city. lots of people in very expensive clothes, beards, and etc that make them look like semi homeless bums. who work for a tech company and are banking six figures.
Behaviorbabe@kbin.social 6 months ago
I don’t give my money to anyone, usually. Except specifically some nader chasers I’ve
followed for years. They’re out there losing windshields for my enjoyment. That’s it tho.Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Now thats what I call appropriating.
TheHottub@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Papa Meat!!!
fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 6 months ago
like half of the Grateful Dead tour on the late 80s and early 90s
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There is one thing for uber wealthy people to act poor but I dont care if a wealthy person finds happiness in a frugal lifestyle. Sharing in cultures is vital to the human experience.
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 6 months ago
The crazy thing is that i i were filthy rich, the only thing that would change is that i wouldn't go to work anymore, and i'd probably invest in some sort of farm/weekly market where you can buy actually fresh and cheap veggies and things like that and i wouldn't have to care if it makes money. So i totally get that aspect of it. But pretending to be a complete hippie and selling that lifestyle while you're clearly not, just seems weird
ThirdWorldOrder@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Not trying to be a contrarian but a lot of hippies were from rich backgrounds which is why they didn’t have to work to begin with.
Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
See if there are any Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) orgs in your area, I used to go pick up a big box of produce every week at the farm where they grew them, was cool
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Farmers markets, there usually held on weekends around here, get fresh fruit and vegetables from local growers.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t disagree with your sentiment taken in a vacuum, but gentrification (of housing and activities in general) is 100% a real thing and is almost always due to rich people trying to live a “frugal lifestyle.” Idk man, shit just sucks all around
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I get that but the complaint that these people with wealthy parents get to focus on art and lifestyle is a failure of the system not the person.
We should all be able to do that but only the wealthy can, so spread the wealth yeah but dont hate on arts and independent thought, trying new things and seeking an environment you enjoy.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 6 months ago
you missed the point. they aren’t frugal.
they just look frugal.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think that is not necessarily true, just because they are wealthy does not mean they cannot then enjoy living frugally as a part of their chosen lifestyle.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There’s this weird in between that many sister in law lives in. She buys everything at thrift stores but it’s those trendy super expensive thrift stores lol
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
…antique shops?
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 months ago
Goodwill?