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.
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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
It is funny but It doesn’t bother me at all. They have money so they spend it. I have as much fun as them just doing different things, with much less money 🙂
Who cares. At the end of the day, if we had it, we would do the same thing. Self-righteousness is horrible. If you can not pay your bills, it is not these rich people’s fault. Just because they are buying these expensive things doesn’t not mean they are not helping the needy. Geez people. Would it be better if they showed how much they’ve given to charity? Then, they would be classified as not humble. Wealth is fractional. Some of you shop at Whole Foods, have a tv, had a tree full of gifts this past Christmas, had a drink, a table full of food and guess what: all posted on Instagram flaunting to those in least developing country who don’t even have running water.
Sorry but I doubt they are truly happy people. Things don’t make you happy. You have to be happy without the things to appreciate the things. Been there done that. Ex GF was a multi-millionaire. She had everything you could want money, houses, two great kids etc but she was a closet alcoholic for 20+ years. Money doesn’t buy happiness it buys things which don’t make you happy for very long. What happens when the money runs out or in my case you break up with your rich GF?
Amen.
Most of you people are asleep. Most of the uber-rich did nothing but steal their wealth. It’s not enough that they are unbelievably wealthy, they get off on you LOSING. Don’t take my word for it, read the Pulitzer Prize winning author on the subject David Cay Johnston. Read his New York Times best-sellers: “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill” and “Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich—and Cheat Everybody Else”
Oh, and just for some perspective… if a man or woman worked a hard 60 hrs a week making $40 an hour with NO breaks, ever, he or she would need to work EIGHT THOUSAND (8,012) YEARS to be as valuable as just ONE billionaire. THAT is the real problem.
I am pretty sure those gold bars are chocolate gift boxes :/