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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Getting money from the government

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was gonna say illegal drug use but yeah, there are lots of TV shows where rich people are like, "Welp, we're indoors, time to pour drinks."

[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

And white wine

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having a dozen children all by different mothers.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And calling them shit like X EA 12.5

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

No, that's just trashy. No one is rich enough to untrash that

[–] trinsec@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago
[–] a14o@feddit.org 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

"Gambling problem? Oh no no, I'm a Venture Capitalist. I'm a productive member of society. My cousin Ernie is the gambler in the family. Maybe one day he'll pull himself up by his bootstraps, cuz I sure ain't gonna give him any handouts"

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Dana White, is that you?!

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How are drugs NOT everyone's first answer?

Exhibit A: Elon Musk

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is a great example of being trash(y) despite being rich though. Including the drug abuse.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Now he is a perfect example of being trashy, but that is precisely what makes him the best example because the public perception used to be VERY much that Musk was "classy", Musk was a genius, a super smart engineer and businessman, somebody that could be seen as an expert on almost anything and can point to their extensive resume to back up their boisterous persona.

Look to someone like Bill Gates or insert other billionaire here and think about how you might bristle if I insulted him that way, and think about how the only real difference between the two is how effective their PR handlers are and how much they listen to them.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

[...] and think about how the only real difference between the two is how effective their PR handlers are and how much they listen to them

I mean... I've got no major love for Gates, but a dozen kids from as many mothers and a public ket habit say otherwise. Gates is a businessman and conducts himself like one, i.e. professionally. Musk is an unloved child and conducts himself like one.

Say what you want about Gates being a billionaire or how he was a ruthless and unempathetic businessman in the 90s, but you would never find him firing the entire customer support team at his business and setting it to auto-reply to all incoming communications with the poop emoji. You wouldn't find him publicly lambasting his daughter on social media about her gender preference. You wouldn't find him throwing Sieg Heils at a pep rally. PR team or not, these are not things that Bill Gates does. PR team or not, these are all things that nobody was able to prevent Elon Musk from doing.

I like Bill Gates an awful lot more than I like Elon Musk and I kind of don't like Bill Gates. But he is interested in presenting and maintaining decorum. These men are not the same.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

When I do it: Gross, incest

When rich fucks do it: Preserving the royal lineage

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

Many cars in the driveway.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago

Welfare from the state

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Considering recent events the last few months, being a Nazi apparently

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

unemployment

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago
[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Reposting one of the top posted questions from askReddit on lemmy?

[–] SovietyWoomy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Getting money from the government

Not paying taxes

Killing people

[–] wideopenarms@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago
[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Naming your kid after you.

[–] a14o@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Oversized cars

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 1 month ago
[–] londos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Stealing from the community.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Cocaine and Crime

Invading other countries.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Almost literally anything called classy, "classy" is a way of saying "something a rich person does". It's got additional meaning beyond that, but to say something is "classy" is at the very least to say "it is something the upper classes do".