Let's say you're a rich young adult or teen who lives in a mansion, drives a Ferrari, travels by private jet, and vacations at the most exclusive resorts in the world. Oh, and let's say you don't pay for any of it -- your parents do. Would you a) thank your lucky stars for your freak of birth and keep your mouth shut about it, b) photograph your freakishly luxurious lifestyle and share it with the world. Well, if you're the "Rich Kids of Instagram," you of course do the latter. Because there's no point in being a member of the one percent if the other 99% don't know about it!
The Rich Kids of Instragram is a tumblr page dedicated to, well, filthy rich kids. They take pics of themselves with the accoutrements of the wealthy -- their gold iPhones, their helicopters, their receipts for a dinner totalling over $100,000, even a gold-plated AK47 -- and upload them to Twitter and Flickr via Instagram. It's like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous without Robin Leach. Only these spawn of the filthy rich did squat to earn their wealth. (#nojobnoproblem is a popular hashtag.)
Nor do these real life Richie Riches show off their lucre anonymously -- Twitter handles and hashtags let you know exactly who they are. Not the safest thing in the world. Most of their parents probably spend a lot on security. In fact, billionaire Michael Dell recently shut down his daughter Alexis' Twitter account after she repeatedly blabbed about her family's plans and locations via Tweet even though her Dad (the CEO of Dell Computers) spends millions trying to keep that stuff secret. Hey, you can buy planes, but not brains!
Social media is all about oversharing, and this has got to be oversharing in its most grotesque form. The country is still in a recession, millions have lost their jobs, their health care, and their homes, and struggle daily just to put food on the table. It's one thing if you've made billions and want to show it off for some reason -- but when you're just showing off the money you had zilch to do with earning, then it's gauche, tasteless, and vomit-inducing.
The only positive thing I can see coming out of this is perhaps the country will wake up and tax the rich as they deserve! Clearly, they are not hurting for cash. Wanna get a little irate? Go check out Rich Kids of Instagram.
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Hi all you out there who think the writer is jealous. Oh please. These twits are going to be the assholes you work for someday. These overpriviledged spoiled "kids" are being taught that they can have anything they want at anytime. They clearly lack empathy and a sense of social responsibility. Expecially the asshat who is bragging about his 100K dinner and the future rich twit with the Gold Gun. These kids clearly are not being taught to earn thier own money, nor are they taught that great wealth comes great responsibility. I see ODs in many of these kids futures, lonliness, unhappiness and emptiness. What bothers me is they act like this money is theirs, unearned and undeserved. I blame the parents for not instiling any sense of decorum or even the slightest sense of humility and clearly they were not taught a work ethic. Sad.
I'd take the pictures, if I had that life. Everyone else takes pictures of their new stuff, or even their stuff so why cant rich kids? Yes these kids were freakishly lucky to be born into such a life but their parents worked hard so who cares. People have what they have and in the end does their luxury really affect you? Learn to be happy with what you have and stop begrudging others for what they have. If you want a life where everyone has the same thing and the same amount of money, join a cult!
Um...hate to break it to you but every teen does this, rich or not. We just don't notice as much if they are showing off things we think of as normal - iPhones, computers, cars.
It is obnoxious either way, but we only care when its someone showing off stuff we don't have. The middle class kids who show off online probably didn't "earn" their toys either. Isn't it horrible that they do that when there are kids in homeless shelters all over America? If you have a problem with the 1%, don't take it out on their kids for doing the same things your kids do but with nicer stuff.
Let's face it - we are all entitled, and enjoy bitching about people who we percieve as more entitled because it makes us look better.