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
Lots of people in America talk about meritocracy, about how the rich became rich because they’re more skilled and work harder than ordinary persons. These kids clearly haven’t had the time to create their own wealth, they’re just inheriting it — so how can that be meritocratic? To me this shows just how out of balance the American economy is these days. We don’t reward people for working hard anymore; we reward them for already being rich, powerful or famous.
I don’t want to rain lon your parade but plenty of these pictures are fake… The yellow car is related to a Qatar Airways communication on airliners.net, the gold and platinum bars are chocolate boxes and the guy in his jet cockpit flying to abu dahbi and vancouver is in a flight simulator.
Otherwise, plenty of funny pictures !
Yeah- i kinda have all those but the ‘normal’ middle class version. So not too terribly jealous. LOL Just a little. ^^
Some parents of these kids do breed monsters with self entitlement issues but some are humble and down to earth.
IMO it’s too strong to judge with a broad brush.
Great to have some money to avoid the depression of not having it to pay the bills. The freedom to travel anytime. Daylight daydreaming. 🙂
Being judgemental works both ways it seems.
Some rich judge the poor to be lazy, some poor judge the rich kids to be lazy. Neither know one another, so which baseless accusation and flow of hate is worse than the other?
Exchange the “item” in each photo for a less expensive one and I have nearly all those pics in my teenage album. Commercial jet, not private. Same with the boat. Beer not champagne. “Collection”? Sure, toy cars. etc. Shots of youth are the same if you’re not blinded by the dollar value of the items.
Let them grow up like we did, I didn’t understand life then either, not to myself and CERTAINLY not how it relates to others. They’re kids playing adult, much like all kids at that age.
What a selfish bunch of vermin. This display of overconsumption is disgusting. They may have plenty of money, but they don’t have any class.