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People Break Down The Best Examples Of 'Money Can't Buy Class'

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Reddit user microcrisi asked: 'Who do you think best represents the idea that “money can’t buy class”?'

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Extravagantly wealthy individuals can obviously afford luxuries most people can't have.

But those with money burning holes in their pockets can certainly afford to have humility.


Curious to hear examples of affluent people who are sorely lacking in the personality department, Redditor microcrisi asked:

"Who do you think best represents the idea that 'money can’t buy class'?"

People started by sharing familiar high-profile names and references.

Andrew Tate

"I was waiting for someone to mention him. I watched a documentary about him and they showed his house and cars and that... I kept thinking is that what people want? Like how can you make expensive lifestyle look so unappealing?"

– gin_in_teacups

"I remember him responding to someone on Twitter telling him that he could easily pay for the medical care the guy's child needed to live but he wanted the guy to beg for it. And then talked about how he could just flaunt that kind of money, how it meant nothing to him.

"He's such a self indulgent piece of sh*t."

– TheArcReactor

Reality TV Women

"90% of the real housewives."

– Most-Lavishness9541

"Elegance is learned my friend."

– keytarsandcadillacs

"Even Louis Vuitton makes mistakes."

– stonedandlurking

Can't Keep Up With Them

"Any of the Kardashians. The others who came to mind have already been mentioned."

– California_Sun1112

High-Class Cringe

"Jeff Bezos lacking anything resembling class when he returned from space with William Shatner. William Shatner is giving a heartfelt and spiritual reflection of what he just experienced directly to Jeff Bezos, who gets distracted by the women in the back screaming like adolescents and pouring/shaking up champagne, then proceeds to cut him off and ask him he, a sober man who lost his wife to alcoholism, 'want some?'”

"So much cringe and secondhand embarrassment in the video."

"So this is my nominee for the amount of money he has to the low level of class he displays ratio."

"Imagine being as rich as Bezos and getting that excited about champagne whenever you see it like some college kid."

– The_Peregrine_

Gold Gag

"Have you seen a picture of the interior of Trump's apartment?"

"Trump lives in an apartment done in a poor man's idea of how a rich man lives. Trump's apartment looks like Midas had had too much and vomited gold leaf all over the walls, ceilings, and bathroom."

– Americano_Joe

A Lost Founder

" Elon Musk. It's like he's just the privileged son of a South African apartheid-era Emerald mine owner."

– Nematode_wrangler

The discussion sparked a lovefest for Dolly Parton, for she is the antithesis of classless rich people.

In Contrast

"It’s funny because Dolly Parton is always making this crack about herself, saying it takes so much money for her to look that cheap. But I think she’s the embodiment of deep-down class: not ‘designer clothes and elegant style and refined manners’ class, but ‘shining talent and diamonds in your soul’ class."

– hilarymeggin

"Its also a disguise. Her husband hates the limelight. Apparently, they go out in public all the time and get to be normal people because no one recognizes her without her wigs and makeup.

Her voice is unmistakable but maybe part of that is a get up too."

– No-Customer-2266

Her Philanthropy Knows No Bounds

"I can always get behind Dolly. She puts her money into things like her Imaginary Library to get kids reading and a bunch of other stuff. That's class."

– I_hogs_the_hedge

Role Model For The Ages

"Dolly is a f'king SAINT bro."

"She's done TONS of good things and is a GENUINE role model."

"While a lot of Americans disagree on a LOT of thingS....I'm pretty sure if someone did something to Dolly...we'd ALL be up in pitchforks and screaming for heads to roll TOGETHER."

– WhatsTheAnswerDude

Redditors continued sharing examples of tasteless trends exhibited by the filthy rich.

Insane Investments

"Putting gold in food and other places where it makes no sense."

– satsugene

Can't Buy Taste Either

"A Ferrari in a leopard print wrap."

– BLUE_Selectric1976

Ultimate Manipulators

"Successful influencers as a group. If you look at what they're peddling and how they went about doing it, a lot of them have a predatory take on behavioural science - they gamed the human mind to gain influence and followers, rather than by the strength of their ideas."

"That screams to me an unprincipled person with low integrity, so no class, yet many of them are outrageously wealthy."

– MordaxTenebrae

It Was A Choice

"Sagging your skinny jeans around your knees with an $800 Gucci belt to flex your branded underwear. Source: everyone at my high school circa 2010."

– Rare_Try4732

Bad Indulgence

"Rich people taking ozempic creating a shortage that effects diabetics when they have the money to afford delicious, healthy food and a personal trainer."

– offbrandbarbie

Having all the money in the world can surely make one feel almighty and powerful.

That doesn't mean they get a free pass in life due to their financial status.

But the rich can definitely stand to get a reality check by learning that being a good human person can be vastly rewarding than all the earthy riches money can afford.

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