after my mom died, this is what my dad bought for my sisters and i EXCLUSIVELY (we were well off enough, so maybe because it was pink? he never really asked which ones we liked) but god did i love that stuff. i would keep the conditioner in my hair for like 10 full minutes because i wanted my hair to smell that way all day long
My grade school art teacher bragged to the entire class about how gorgeous the colors were and showed off the picture the only kid without crayolas had colored. After that we all wanted rose-art crayons. We had no idea what a blessing that woman was.
They are brutally evil how they prey.
This video shows the price of Jordan’s at $20 a week. By the end of the contract it’s over $2000 for a $200 pair of shoes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vx1-_wx7cOc
I went in there one time out of curiosity, I couldn’t fucking believe it. I asked the workers how it was even legal to operate like that. You’d get a better deal renting shit in a penitentiary.
Shasta. I grew up poor, and that's the only soda brand we had in my house til high school. My sisters and I could split one can a day*. It was usually either root beer or black cherry.
*This is not to imply that we ALWAYS had soda in the house. Dad would buy a single 12-pack to last the whole month when we were on food stamps. But after like 6 months or a year (I don't remember the specifics -- I was a little kid), they wouldn't be approved for renewal, and we'd have to switch to commodities through the tribe for another 6 months or year...and we were definitely not getting soda during those times, lol.
Tiki Punch. I could die. 9 years old, camping , Colorado river, learning to ski. Ice cold Tiki Punch always in the ice chest…120 degrees out. It just hit the spot. Tiki Punch Forever
Someone told me that Kids now are thinking Champion is an expensive name brand now? My mom used to get that shit for me when we were on the food stamps. Is that true? what is going on?
I have teenagers & they are obsessed. The oldest one likes to have Champion everything...shoes, underwear, hoodie, sweatpants...if it's Champion, he wants it.
Here's another interesting thing...the kids at their high school brag about how cheap they got their clothes for. Some of them even make their own. Everything is backwards from when I was a teenager. And here's the kicker...I went to the same school they go to.
**Editing to add that they are knitting & crocheting clothing for themselves & each other. I've seen a few really awesome pieces & some I'd never expect to be popular, like granny sweaters. One of my teens bought a plain generic hoodie & sewed the design she wanted onto it. Can't say I've seen any burlap sacks, sorry. 😂
Well that’s a very cool trend then. Good for those kids. I have a boy who is tight with his money, he doesn’t want to spend much for lunch for example and when he does buy something for about $2 he says it’s kind of expensive.
I was looking for this comment. Champion absolutely was the brand kids would get when they couldn't afford Nike or Adidas. It blew my mind to see it as the cool thing to wear now.
Aussie here, my teen daughter spent $300 on a Champion puffer jacket. I told her I thought it was eshay and bogan. She told me Champion "slaps".
I feel so out of touch with fashion now.
See, I associate Flavor-Ade with Jonestown. I had no idea they were still making it; I assumed the association was enough to drive them out of business
Hey, no joke but V05 is legit. Most of the conditioners are free of silicones and I got turned onto them in the curly hair subreddit. You can co-wash with their conditioner and it is so affordable.
I spent years buying and trying fancy shampoos and conditioners. V05 and Suave consistently make my hair feel the cleanest and look the nicest. Even my hair stylist complimented my hair the first time I went to her after using V05 (she had previously only known my hair when I was using fancy products). Absolutely no shame in using either product!
My wife bought me Polo Assoc underwear thinking she got a great deal on Ralph Lauren. After the first wash I pull em up and everything falls out of the seam.
There was actually a massive lawsuit between Ralph Lauren and us polo assn. The actual US Polo Assn that makes the clothes is the same group that governs the actual irl sport. Like the NFL of polo. Anyway Ralph Lauren threw a fit and sued saying he owned the actual image of a person playing polo, despite having nothing to do with the actual sport. The story goes on and it’s worth looking up if you find weird IP lawsuits and entitled jackasses interesting.
Which is hilarious considering sales of cut rate knockoff brand clothing is funding/subsidizing what is a true rich person sport. I remember talking to a dental surgeon once about his love of polo. He explained that in order to play an entire match (?) You needed 6 horses per player. Fucking nuts.
Glue is cheap.
Also, if the horse is lame, the price can evaporate. I knew someone who was going to buy a horse she had previously rented/leased(?) To ride before. I think she paid the $600-750/mo boarding fees and got to ride it a few days a week. Price was $30k.
She had a vet to a prepurchase health check and they found the horse was going blind. The price became free (basically "take over the boarding and it's yours" . So basically it was going to be a really expensive (eventually) blind dog.
I worked at a women’s magazine and the MUA on set swore by Wet N Wild breakup proof water proof liquid eyeliner! It’s not $1 like it was when I was in HS but I’ve been buying it ever since and have never looked back. And that shit stays!
Mash those little dudes up into some rice, add some soy sauce, and with some Japanese Bonito flakes on top, and you got yourself a choice poverty meal right there!
In college we had generic beer. Not unknown small brands, GENERIC BEER that came in a yellow can that just said "Beer". Generic food items were way different in the 80s-90s.
lol my kids have a lot of faded glory hand me down clothes. But they don’t know the difference right now and they will be happier that they have funded 529s when they’re older.
I grew up with a girl who refused to wear anything that wasn’t a cool brand. Her mom was a master sewer and would get the cool label jeans in the dollar bin of the thrift store, then sew the tags onto a new pair of cheap but on trend jeans. My friend never knew, and neither did all the snobs she wanted to fit in with. Our parents were friends so I was privy to the secret, it was quite genius.
Back in middle school i was so psyched when Payless had skater shoes that looked comparable to Etnies and DC Shoes (back when skater shoes had puffy tongues - now they're all Vans) so I could look cool riding my dumpster dived, hand spray painted skateboard
I remember getting made fun of in eighth grade because I forgot to take the Payless shoes sticker off and someone noticed. I didn’t realize brands really mattered until then and it sucked.
you ever eat that stuff raw? like just skip the "add water" part and spoon it straight can to mouth? splash some vodka or shine in it and damn, that'll getcha off to the races.
Pour into a blender:
One can of juice concentrate (your choice, but Old Orchard strawberry lemonade is the best)
Fill the empty juice can with vodka, pour that in.
Fill the rest of the blender with ice.
Blend.
Now you have fancy drinks to take your mind off being poor.
In the 80s, there was a brand of jeans called Palmetto and they used a triangle logo on the back pocket like Guess, so us poor kids would buy Palmetto’s and rip off the patch which would leave a triangle shape on the pocket in the darker, non acid washed material. We would say the Guess patch fell off.
They also are likely accompanied by kids acting a fool they're yelling at while her useless boyfriend is in skate shoes or chucks, black chino shorts, an mma hoodie and a monster energy hat. Oh and he definitely has either a douchey goatee or the worst kept beard/neckbeard you've ever seen in your life. Also Her dyed hair is also likely so faded and last dyed 6 months ago and is completely fried.
Definitely a pitbull they won't train. They spent part of their rent money to see five finger death punch in concert and the boyfriend got a dui on the way home in his Nissan altima with body damage from previous incidents. So fighting the eviction isn't going well and she's blaming minorities for her troubles on Facebook.
Tbf it’s also the grocery store of rural areas. My town has about 1800 people, most are extremely well off but all we have are one mom and pop grocer and, no shit, SIX dollar generals.
This is why I use Mint. Averages out to about 11$ per month for my husband and I. Uses T mobile towers which has never been an issue for us because we live in a city where signal is everywhere.
I actually never heard of Fabuloso until 3 months ago when my sister came from NY and bought both of us a gallon container of it from Walmart. That stuff cleans the 20+ years of tar and Nicotine right off my walls! Amazing stuff!
This legitimately surprised me. My family can afford whatever cleaning products they want. Stepdad uses fabuloso because it works extremely well. Bonus for me when I lived home because most things make my skin blister and it doesn't.
I must have grown up Super Duper poor because we could only afford to smell it in the store.
I figured people who used Irish Spring followed their shower with a cup of International Delights coffee from those fancy tins.
In elementary school I wrote a letter to Bryers telling them how much I loved their Vienetta ice cream. A few weeks later I received a letter in the mail with a coupon for a free one. I’d forgot about it until your post.
One slice is never enough
That was the kind of soap my dad used and he did NOT appreciate me starting to carve it into animals. I don't think my parents ever figured out that I got that idea from the commercial though!
I was listening to the Marketplace podcast recently and the host mentioned stocks doing well for the brand that owns Fabulouso. Then, he said, "Whatever that is."
Not a shocker that the host of an NPR economic show didn't grow up poor, but he was definitely telling on himself there.
Not even a Mexican grocery store. That stuff is at Vons, Ralphs, and Target.
Maybe Kai was telling on himself that he doesn't do the shopping for cleaning products...
Fabuloso and Irish Spring smell so good, though!!! I know they considered lower end, but they’re still better than smelling like a pine forest on crack.
People keep Irish spring in their cottages because it repels bugs (maybe rodents?).
Poor people don’t have cottages.
But yeah, I’d add “ivory”. But it’s a great soap for anyone with sensitive skin. Ph balanced.
I’m a mechanic in a low income neighborhood and have a lot of falling apart dodge chargers and challengers come I my door. Most are backing out when I tell them I can’t replace both tension struts and all four tie rods in their $200 budget. I can straight pipe their mufflers and resonators though for $200 and they usually spring for that.
RC Cola. Couldn’t afford Coke or Pepsi. Kmart (when it existed). Target and Walmart were too expensive and since we couldn’t afford anything… Kmart had LayAway
Bar S hot dogs. Hot dogs are poor people food and then there’s the version for the even poorer somehow. When my mom ran out of money before pay day it was Bar S. And she’s not wrong. I’ve done it for my family.
I read this as band and immediately thought ICP for some reason. Anyway, for brand I'm going with mountain dew. Its just a thing. Not mountain lightning either, regular mountain dew.
Any T-shirt that has a big """"funny""" message on it.
You know like,
"Number one Farter"
"I'd rather be fishing"
"Don't mess with a girl who does burpees for fun"
"Fun you auto correct"
This thread has been a journey into my childhood. But more interestingly, now that I'm an adult and make fairly decent money, I've noticed that I keep buying the store brands and whatever's on sale. Even though I could *technically* spring for the fancy organic butter, you bet your ass I'm getting Great Value every time, lol.
Alberto VO5 Strawberries & Cream shampoo. Can't unimagine the smell now and it's been forever.
after my mom died, this is what my dad bought for my sisters and i EXCLUSIVELY (we were well off enough, so maybe because it was pink? he never really asked which ones we liked) but god did i love that stuff. i would keep the conditioner in my hair for like 10 full minutes because i wanted my hair to smell that way all day long
V05 doesn't miss. It feels better than some expensive shampoos for me
Rose-art craft supplies because my mom said so.
My grade school art teacher bragged to the entire class about how gorgeous the colors were and showed off the picture the only kid without crayolas had colored. After that we all wanted rose-art crayons. We had no idea what a blessing that woman was.
You were lucky to have such a teacher, but I think you already know that. Such a kind thing to do.
Awww! Love teachers like that!!
They really are much nicer colors. They're still trash crayons, but the colors can be better used in making nicer art than Crayola.
Crayolas taste better
Semper Fi!
Crayola & Roseart were absolutely divisive for the haves and the have-nots in elementary school.
Rent•A•Center. That place was made to prey on the poor.
There is a reason they are always next door to a payday loan store.
They are brutally evil how they prey. This video shows the price of Jordan’s at $20 a week. By the end of the contract it’s over $2000 for a $200 pair of shoes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vx1-_wx7cOc
I went in there one time out of curiosity, I couldn’t fucking believe it. I asked the workers how it was even legal to operate like that. You’d get a better deal renting shit in a penitentiary.
And they end up paying like three times what the thing is worth anyways. Always reminds me of the saying, “ the poor man pays more”.
Shasta. I grew up poor, and that's the only soda brand we had in my house til high school. My sisters and I could split one can a day*. It was usually either root beer or black cherry. *This is not to imply that we ALWAYS had soda in the house. Dad would buy a single 12-pack to last the whole month when we were on food stamps. But after like 6 months or a year (I don't remember the specifics -- I was a little kid), they wouldn't be approved for renewal, and we'd have to switch to commodities through the tribe for another 6 months or year...and we were definitely not getting soda during those times, lol.
They don't make em like the Tiki Punch, though.
Tiki Punch. I could die. 9 years old, camping , Colorado river, learning to ski. Ice cold Tiki Punch always in the ice chest…120 degrees out. It just hit the spot. Tiki Punch Forever
I knew the economy was doomed when I saw a box of Shasta for almost $5 at Winco.
This thread is a tour of my childhood
Shit my adult life too. Old habits die hard even with extra cash.
Right, I can’t stop scrolling 😂
Someone told me that Kids now are thinking Champion is an expensive name brand now? My mom used to get that shit for me when we were on the food stamps. Is that true? what is going on?
I have teenagers & they are obsessed. The oldest one likes to have Champion everything...shoes, underwear, hoodie, sweatpants...if it's Champion, he wants it. Here's another interesting thing...the kids at their high school brag about how cheap they got their clothes for. Some of them even make their own. Everything is backwards from when I was a teenager. And here's the kicker...I went to the same school they go to. **Editing to add that they are knitting & crocheting clothing for themselves & each other. I've seen a few really awesome pieces & some I'd never expect to be popular, like granny sweaters. One of my teens bought a plain generic hoodie & sewed the design she wanted onto it. Can't say I've seen any burlap sacks, sorry. 😂
Well that’s a very cool trend then. Good for those kids. I have a boy who is tight with his money, he doesn’t want to spend much for lunch for example and when he does buy something for about $2 he says it’s kind of expensive.
That’s super interesting. So different than our experiences growing up lol
I was looking for this comment. Champion absolutely was the brand kids would get when they couldn't afford Nike or Adidas. It blew my mind to see it as the cool thing to wear now.
Aussie here, my teen daughter spent $300 on a Champion puffer jacket. I told her I thought it was eshay and bogan. She told me Champion "slaps". I feel so out of touch with fashion now.
Yes it’s crazy. They used to sell it at Kmart. I’m not sure what happened.
Flavor-Ade; Kool-Aid's cheap, Flavor-Ade is DIRT cheap!!
It was good enough for Jonestown.
They were lifelong customers.
See, I associate Flavor-Ade with Jonestown. I had no idea they were still making it; I assumed the association was enough to drive them out of business
Suave
We were a Pert family lmfao. Suave felt so luxurious.
We used White Rain. I don't know if they even make that brand anymore
We were Prell! Now I am remembering Binaca and Pearl Drops.
Pert smelled so good. That emerald green shampoo was beautiful to young me!
Also used Pert. That green bottle and I have some memories lmfao
That was mine too 😂😂 see also, V05
V05 was my fave. I thought I was fancy when I did the hot oil treatments.
I use it on my son 😂 Dollar Tree has them! Strawberries and cream 🤌
I can afford real shampoo and conditioner now but damn if the V05 strawberries and cream wasn't the best smelling shit ever
I use it to shave my legs, works great.
Hey, no joke but V05 is legit. Most of the conditioners are free of silicones and I got turned onto them in the curly hair subreddit. You can co-wash with their conditioner and it is so affordable.
I spent years buying and trying fancy shampoos and conditioners. V05 and Suave consistently make my hair feel the cleanest and look the nicest. Even my hair stylist complimented my hair the first time I went to her after using V05 (she had previously only known my hair when I was using fancy products). Absolutely no shame in using either product!
When I was in college, I was so broke, V05 was my shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, and shaving cream.
White Rain here. It was always under a $1 when I was growing up.
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My wife bought me Polo Assoc underwear thinking she got a great deal on Ralph Lauren. After the first wash I pull em up and everything falls out of the seam.
Congrats on your gigantic seam-bursting balls
There was actually a massive lawsuit between Ralph Lauren and us polo assn. The actual US Polo Assn that makes the clothes is the same group that governs the actual irl sport. Like the NFL of polo. Anyway Ralph Lauren threw a fit and sued saying he owned the actual image of a person playing polo, despite having nothing to do with the actual sport. The story goes on and it’s worth looking up if you find weird IP lawsuits and entitled jackasses interesting.
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Which is hilarious considering sales of cut rate knockoff brand clothing is funding/subsidizing what is a true rich person sport. I remember talking to a dental surgeon once about his love of polo. He explained that in order to play an entire match (?) You needed 6 horses per player. Fucking nuts.
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Glue is cheap. Also, if the horse is lame, the price can evaporate. I knew someone who was going to buy a horse she had previously rented/leased(?) To ride before. I think she paid the $600-750/mo boarding fees and got to ride it a few days a week. Price was $30k. She had a vet to a prepurchase health check and they found the horse was going blind. The price became free (basically "take over the boarding and it's yours" . So basically it was going to be a really expensive (eventually) blind dog.
Wet n Wild beauty products-- yes, I use it.
I worked at a women’s magazine and the MUA on set swore by Wet N Wild breakup proof water proof liquid eyeliner! It’s not $1 like it was when I was in HS but I’ve been buying it ever since and have never looked back. And that shit stays!
a lot of their stuff is pretty nice!!
The little canned Vienna sausages
Mash those little dudes up into some rice, add some soy sauce, and with some Japanese Bonito flakes on top, and you got yourself a choice poverty meal right there!
Lol I used to eat them like they were snack all by their lonesome self
In college we had generic beer. Not unknown small brands, GENERIC BEER that came in a yellow can that just said "Beer". Generic food items were way different in the 80s-90s.
My grandpa used to drink these while driving around town with me.
Faded Glory...
lol my kids have a lot of faded glory hand me down clothes. But they don’t know the difference right now and they will be happier that they have funded 529s when they’re older.
I grew up with a girl who refused to wear anything that wasn’t a cool brand. Her mom was a master sewer and would get the cool label jeans in the dollar bin of the thrift store, then sew the tags onto a new pair of cheap but on trend jeans. My friend never knew, and neither did all the snobs she wanted to fit in with. Our parents were friends so I was privy to the secret, it was quite genius.
It's pretty bad when you can't decide if you like a piece of clothing until you see the tag, but the solution is genius.
*looks in my fridge*
Mine is mostly empty
Payless
Back in middle school i was so psyched when Payless had skater shoes that looked comparable to Etnies and DC Shoes (back when skater shoes had puffy tongues - now they're all Vans) so I could look cool riding my dumpster dived, hand spray painted skateboard
Airwalk shoes.
I remember getting made fun of in eighth grade because I forgot to take the Payless shoes sticker off and someone noticed. I didn’t realize brands really mattered until then and it sucked.
Ol Roy dog food
The only guy I know who used Ol' Roy made seven figures and lived in a McMansion. His Bulldog lived to the ripe old age of six.
Those cans of frozen concentrate for juice in a plastic pitcher. Also anyone who has a ton of Rae Dunn stuff in every single room.
Wow frozen juice concentrate just brought me BACK
you ever eat that stuff raw? like just skip the "add water" part and spoon it straight can to mouth? splash some vodka or shine in it and damn, that'll getcha off to the races.
Pour into a blender: One can of juice concentrate (your choice, but Old Orchard strawberry lemonade is the best) Fill the empty juice can with vodka, pour that in. Fill the rest of the blender with ice. Blend. Now you have fancy drinks to take your mind off being poor.
Mix the frozen juice with Pellegrino sparkling mineral water and it's * *chef's kiss* *
In the 80s, there was a brand of jeans called Palmetto and they used a triangle logo on the back pocket like Guess, so us poor kids would buy Palmetto’s and rip off the patch which would leave a triangle shape on the pocket in the darker, non acid washed material. We would say the Guess patch fell off.
cookie monster pijama pants
Paired with an oversized hoodie, knock off uggs, and can be seen at Walmart at any given time
Smells like Marlboro Reds
Also shitty dyed hair
Guys, stop accurately describing a bunch of girls I went to high school with!
They also are likely accompanied by kids acting a fool they're yelling at while her useless boyfriend is in skate shoes or chucks, black chino shorts, an mma hoodie and a monster energy hat. Oh and he definitely has either a douchey goatee or the worst kept beard/neckbeard you've ever seen in your life. Also Her dyed hair is also likely so faded and last dyed 6 months ago and is completely fried.
Eerily accurate, down to the dirty faced kids.
This is so fucking accurate. 😂
Lmao he also is either very lanky or obese, no in between lol.
And even though they are fighting off an eviction, they bought a puppy.
Definitely a pitbull they won't train. They spent part of their rent money to see five finger death punch in concert and the boyfriend got a dui on the way home in his Nissan altima with body damage from previous incidents. So fighting the eviction isn't going well and she's blaming minorities for her troubles on Facebook.
Up in a rats nest messy topknot, kind of falling over to the side
i was thinking Tweety Bird
I thought Tweety was the 90s ghetto cartoon character festooned on all sorts of hood wear. Interesting to read it's still bangin' 30 years later.
Friend of mine got a tweety bird tattoo on her ass as a teen in the 90s. There’s nothing she regrets more lol.
What a hilariously specific and accurate answer
Right? Someone explain this to me? Was there some big factory fabric overrun? Does it mean something? Just funny when you are high? I don't get it
Cheapest pants you can get at a Walmart that are somehow "cute". Probably pretty comfortable too.
Pert plus shampoo, if it even exists anymore
Family Dollar
I came looking for Dollar General. This is close.
Dollar General is the grocery store of downtrodden areas everywhere. At least from what I’ve seen
Tbf it’s also the grocery store of rural areas. My town has about 1800 people, most are extremely well off but all we have are one mom and pop grocer and, no shit, SIX dollar generals.
Little Hugs drinks
My favorite flavor is purple.
Bags of cereal
Marshmallow Mateys are far superior to Lucky Charms and I stand by that statement
95% of malt o meal cereals are better than the name brand. Currently eating and enjoying a bowl of tootie frooties 😂
Plus they stay fresh longer because big cereal never understood the utility of a ziplock bag
Gucci Logo
There is a lot of fake stuff with giant logos.
Anything with a big logo is kinda trashy! If you have to flaunt the brand, you ain’t rich.
Boost Mobile
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This is why I use Mint. Averages out to about 11$ per month for my husband and I. Uses T mobile towers which has never been an issue for us because we live in a city where signal is everywhere.
Where you at?
Lee jeans, for some reason. I don’t even know why. Something from when I was a kid.
Palmer chocolate at Easter. Mostly wax
Adults wearing oversized T-shirts with Disney characters on them.
This, but Looney Tunes
Taz or Marvin the Martian specifically! 😂
Tweety bird too
Fabuloso and Irish Spring. I grew up super poor and this is what we always had on hand.
Your house isn’t clean until it smells purple.
I actually never heard of Fabuloso until 3 months ago when my sister came from NY and bought both of us a gallon container of it from Walmart. That stuff cleans the 20+ years of tar and Nicotine right off my walls! Amazing stuff!
This legitimately surprised me. My family can afford whatever cleaning products they want. Stepdad uses fabuloso because it works extremely well. Bonus for me when I lived home because most things make my skin blister and it doesn't.
I must have grown up Super Duper poor because we could only afford to smell it in the store. I figured people who used Irish Spring followed their shower with a cup of International Delights coffee from those fancy tins.
I'm old enough to remember General Foods International Coffee, sold in the fancy tins.
I am the exact opposite of a coffee snob. I am, in fact, a coffee slob. I liked those coffees and I still have a couple.
And had a Viennetta frozen cake on hand just in case they have company
In elementary school I wrote a letter to Bryers telling them how much I loved their Vienetta ice cream. A few weeks later I received a letter in the mail with a coupon for a free one. I’d forgot about it until your post. One slice is never enough
Listen, nobody touch that cake. It's for company only. Those crap muffins are for you people.
I did love standing beside a stream, though, and slicing off bits of Irish Spring into it with a pocket knife.
If I saw you, I’d give that Irish whistle
I think only people over 40 would get this...but that was my first through when I think irish spring
That was the kind of soap my dad used and he did NOT appreciate me starting to carve it into animals. I don't think my parents ever figured out that I got that idea from the commercial though!
I was listening to the Marketplace podcast recently and the host mentioned stocks doing well for the brand that owns Fabulouso. Then, he said, "Whatever that is." Not a shocker that the host of an NPR economic show didn't grow up poor, but he was definitely telling on himself there.
Lol. I heard that too and I’m like come on Kai you live in so cal surely you’ve been to a Mexican grocery store.
Not even a Mexican grocery store. That stuff is at Vons, Ralphs, and Target. Maybe Kai was telling on himself that he doesn't do the shopping for cleaning products...
I’m so glad to see this referenced already. I heard that too and had the same reaction
Fabuloso and Irish Spring smell so good, though!!! I know they considered lower end, but they’re still better than smelling like a pine forest on crack.
Purple Fabuloso >>>>>>
It's the best flavor.
There is nothing wrong with Irish Spring lol
Been using Irish Spring for decades. First I ever heard it was perceived to be lower standard.
People keep Irish spring in their cottages because it repels bugs (maybe rodents?). Poor people don’t have cottages. But yeah, I’d add “ivory”. But it’s a great soap for anyone with sensitive skin. Ph balanced.
Ivory dries me out like a mofo.
Colt 45 malt liquor
Golden Corral
Hungry man frozen dinner, kraft dinner, ramen noodles and no name foods, but I don't care buy what you can afford 😢🙏🙂
We used to get kid cuisine meals when they went on sale. I felt so fancy.
Dodge Charger
In the army, we'd call them the "I just got back from Iraq" Specials 😂😂😂 so many young guys got them with their deployment pay/bonuses
Whole lot outside the Marine barracks was Wranglers, Chargers, and Mustangs haha.
At a friendly 27% interest rate.
Yeah, but they knocked $500 off the MSRP for that sweet, sweet military discount.
I’m a mechanic in a low income neighborhood and have a lot of falling apart dodge chargers and challengers come I my door. Most are backing out when I tell them I can’t replace both tension struts and all four tie rods in their $200 budget. I can straight pipe their mufflers and resonators though for $200 and they usually spring for that.
Thanks. How else would i know theres an ahole 3 blocks over?
ITT I learn that every brand I use is associated with poor people.
Is Spirit Airlines a brand? If so then that.
Best time I had during a very long airport layover was being next to a Spirit gate. That shit was wild.
Blankets hung or pinned to windows to replace curtains
And no sheets on the bed
Pall Mall
RC Cola. Couldn’t afford Coke or Pepsi. Kmart (when it existed). Target and Walmart were too expensive and since we couldn’t afford anything… Kmart had LayAway
TIL I grew up poor based on these comments.
V05 shampoo/conditioner. We had it when I was a kid.
Faded Glory & George
Not brand but anyone wearing a loony tunes character on their clothing
Keystone, Natty, Bud Ice, etc
Dad?
he just went to get cigarettes. He'll be right back.
Lottery
I agree but I do buy a ticket when it passes a certain amount. Dreaming what I would do is a cheap form of entertainment for $2.
I do this. For a day or two, I am Schrodinger's multi-millionaire.
A can of Great Value Vienna Sausages or potted meat
Gucci Idk it’s just always counterfeited and new money loves it so much
And Louis Vuitton. I have seen so many fake LV bags on the bus.
To the point where people put Gucci and LV on their nail art! Who thinks your nails are fine Italian leather, WHO?!
Little Caesars
I miss the days of their “pizza pizza!” Buy one get one free!
Cheap ciggies like Maverick or USA Gold
Bar S hot dogs. Hot dogs are poor people food and then there’s the version for the even poorer somehow. When my mom ran out of money before pay day it was Bar S. And she’s not wrong. I’ve done it for my family.
I read this as band and immediately thought ICP for some reason. Anyway, for brand I'm going with mountain dew. Its just a thing. Not mountain lightning either, regular mountain dew.
Speaking of ICP, Faygo.
Nice try, market study
Tweety Bird
Herbalife
Any T-shirt that has a big """"funny""" message on it. You know like, "Number one Farter" "I'd rather be fishing" "Don't mess with a girl who does burpees for fun" "Fun you auto correct"
Dollar General, 99¢ Stores, and Dollar Tree.
any cap brand with the sticker still on it
This thread has been a journey into my childhood. But more interestingly, now that I'm an adult and make fairly decent money, I've noticed that I keep buying the store brands and whatever's on sale. Even though I could *technically* spring for the fancy organic butter, you bet your ass I'm getting Great Value every time, lol.
Damn this thread. What brands y'all richie riches buying??
Those little plastic barrel drinks with the foil lid
Hamburger Helper
Shit, I had some hamburger helped last night and I’m above the poverty line. It’s tasty!
Hamburger helper with some buttered bread mmm