The Rich Kids of Instagram: A Worthy Disaster

From the G6 to the yacht to the private island. by samuelfastlicht

When you combine youth, unlimited cash and iPhone technology, you get braggadocios photographic evidence of a lavish lifestyle.  Also known as the Rich Kids of Instagram.  At first glance, this Tumblr is so ridiculously over the top it’s laughable. But a deeper look reveals for me some cultural sadness…privileged kids posting bar tab receipts that cost more than four years of college at a private university and talking shit about it. Depending on your mood – it can be entertaining or awful.

But if art (or curation) is aimed to send a message, make a claim, create a reaction, my take is that this tumblr is worthy of your time – even if it’s to feel the weirdness. 

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Side note, here’s an interesting article: On Raising Kids Who Seem to Have it All by Peggy Drexler. Peggy is writing a book about the impact of wealth on childrearing.  She has a more empathetic outlook on these kids:

As absurd as it might sound to many, it’s not easy being a rich kid. Their parents tend to have high expectations. There’s nothing wrong with wanting your daughter to go to the best school, but you also want her to learn to be a good person, and encouraging achievement over character-building can mean kids never quite figure out who they are. They think their money is their most notable quality. And so they learn to use it — to buy affection, or friends.

For the rest of us, peering in on this group of not just the “1 percent”, but the one 1/100 of a %, there is an escape to a life of private jets, yachts, and more…either as a dream, or a nightmare. In both cases – worth the look.

Off to London. by mohammedbinthani_70 #loadupthecar

Strategic pour by The Doc by joshpad

Mondays aren’t so bad. by seanmaicher #trustfunded

My dad on the left. I can hear his thoughts “who is this monster I created?” #christianlouboutin by kanel_k

350 gallon tank #hybridboat #fuelefficient #globalwarming by captaiinkevv

How was your Thanksgiving? by frankienastasi #ferrari

600 shots. #balltoohard by williamthewhale

Watch Wednesday, which should I pick? #rolex #hublot by vinideoebraganca

Irony at its finest. by nickchambon

#Gold #platinum Bars #Gift putting in the bank by yerayel

When my dad wanted to buy us dune buggies I thought he was kidding… Apparently not. by annabelschwartz