It's one thing when you've worked hard for something and you're proud of it so you want to show it off. It's a totally different thing when you're given everything on a silver plater and you're still showing off. If you've ever scrolled through TikTok you see tons of young privileged bourgeoisie showing off their expensive lifestyle. You have “artists” who are able to fully concentrate on their art and not have a job never seeing their privilege. You have travel bloggers who have been exposed to traveling since they were little because their family could afford to do that. So, TikToker @shabazsays started a series he called I'm Rich You're Poor.
He hilariously duets videos of people showing off their riches and gives them a new narrative that exposes the rich-people blinders the original creator must have been wearing.
"Have a look at all the decorations you could never afford… Cause you’re poor."
‘Imagine having your crying baby on your lap [flying] economy while our's has got a first class bed."
“If you're ever stuck in traffic just drive in the bus lane and pay the £125 fine.”
The series is a strange mixture of funny and cringe. Shabaz's narration is spot on and absolutely hilarious, but the sheer magnitude of how many videos he is able to do this with is disheartening. Just another reminder that the bourgeoisie have better things than you and don't even need to think about your poverty—or how Shabaz says it, “povo." (Povo or povvo is slang for poverty.)
Though the nihilism can't help but set in when you see the luxury 1% of the world lives in and you can hardly afford gas for the car ride home from work, these videos are still very entertaining. We can at least make fun of how delusionally unrelatable the rich are, that brings a bit of comfort. And maybe it'll wake some of these rich people creating this original flashy videos up to the real world.
“I've got some syrup there. You don't need to know the flavor, you can't afford it anyway."
“Not only do we have enough money, time, and a giant freezer to make flavored ice, we now have enough space in our giant freezer to make Christmas flavored ice. Why? Cause we'er not poor like you.”
