Hey everybody! I realize this is a bit of a departure from my cheapskate content last week. This week we are looking at people who are doing the exact opposite. But, why tho?? Be sure to follow me on Twitter! @kelgoretrout
yeah the TH-cam tax write off issue is very confusing! My content doesn’t involve many products so most of my expenses are just equipment but I’ve always wondered how much lifestyle, beauty, fashion, or vlogger type creators are able to write off. It is wild. I think the current tax code doesn’t really know how to treat the grey area of these kinds of expenses, things that are used for ~content~ but also regularly used in the creator’s personal life
only mildly related but an individual i’m close to is an adult entertainer and they can literally write off *anything* that has to do with their appearance on their taxes. Clothes, makeup, cosmetic surgery, haircuts, nails, literally anything. My guess would be that there’s a lot of secret things you can write off too if you’re crafty about it.
In Australia even if you buy something for work (my laptop for example) but use it for personal expenses you have to calculate the percentage cost of the work use, so if they use a top for 30 seconds in a video, they should not be able to write that whole thing off but I highly doubt anyone is policing the grey- my friend works in outdoor recreation and even though work provides everything for him he can write off all his recreation stuff as it is for 'training' outside of work time- including a $5000 mountain bike, climbing gym membership etc. He doesn't get paid much but most of his big expenses are tax deductible so his take home is pretty much the same as mine (my gross pay is $20,000 more than him).
@@saggguy7 I doubt this is actually 'allowed' but rather that they justify it themselves and feel they have a case if it went to court- this wouldn't fly in most countries.
The thing is, these people aren't spending 200$ at Ulta EVERY SINGLE DAY. Like, if you "what I spend in a day" your trip to Costco, it's obviously going to be more than the day you eat in with groceries you bought at that trip to Costco.
I think the feminist household comment was a joke. I noticed influencers will try to put their own spin on a joke they see on social media but execute it Terribly (recall the plague of nonblack people using aave for the first time back in 2019). I watched a bunch of this type of content before moving to LA and I picked up when influencers try to tell a joke there’s hardly any change in tone/inflection because they’ve only read that type of humor on a screen and not delivered out loud. Apologies for the essay. Influencer humor is fascinating to me because you have people delivering jokes with vocal fry, parroting something that’s cycled online or appropriating experiences from cultures they have no connection to.
Lol! Same! I took as it as joke and was loling. The 50’s had women trapped for lack of access to money (credit card without a man’s permission wasn’t possible until 1978!!!!!!!) but this woman turned it around! Makes up for the “pink tax” (taxing and/or overpricing products for women)! I also have dated men who have more expensive taste in food than I can afford~so he’s gotta pay for it.
I think the feminist thing was just a joke but it's weird to me to make a "What I Spend in a Day" and then it's just "Nothing, my boyfriend pays for everything :)". To me, that was just flexing and flaunting how nice it is to have someone to pay for her stuff.
Part of the reason why I find this content so fascinating is because it allows me to live vicariously. I'm from a middle class family, and living in Vancouver working minimum wage makes me someone from the lower class. I have never lived like this and considering the institutions in place right now, I don't think I'll ever have the chance to. However, I do agree that this kind of content can be rather harmful. For instance, I've noticed that it's been driving me to make impulsive purchases that I can't afford just because I know it will make me feel/look/ resemble the people in these videos.
You know, I struggled with groceries for a good while. There were months I only ate biscuits and frozen french fries, which, since I couldn't afford oil, I baked in the oven. Even when I could afford a variety of cheap foods, I thought I was left with no money because I was bad at budgeting. That it was my fault. Now, years later, having a good job with a good salary, being able to put money towards my savings... I realise it wasn't because I couldn't budget. It was because I was poor af. And these tiktoks really would have triggered so much shame and guilt in that old me. These are harmful and serve nothing but to show others how much more money they have than their viewers.
I'm so sorry that you feel that shame, it's not okay. They're just flexing and that's not how the real world works. It's okay to have struggled. I make decent money and still struggle, I get it. I work in healthcare and we have a micro Mart at work that takes money from our checks if we don't have cash. So we can always have food, sometimes I get frozen meals from work to make sure I have breakfast. And on weekdays we have hot cafeteria food on night shift. I know the world isn't easy and I'm glad we get something like this at my hospital. I'm working on budgeting way better
@Cynnamon X thank you for your kind comment 💗 in the 5 months since my original comment, inflation kicked in so badly where I live, that despite a sizable raise, I'm no longer able to put anything towards my savings. Starting this week, I'll try a stricter budget and see how it goes. Good luck with everything and thank you for your efforts in healthcare!
Real talk, the coffee subscription is something that can be dope; no hate on that. The feminist household lady really frustrates me because capitalism is horrifically warping systemic problems like patriarchy into individual problems that can be solved individually and that message/propaganda is being blasted through social media. I like these What I spend in a day content to find out who's going after Bezos and Musk at the guillotine.
I think these videos keep my attention because there is so much happening in a 60-120 second video. I do often find their expenses to be outrageous, and their purchases mean nothing to me, but my ADHD brain seems to like that there is so much happening.
Sometimes my ADHD brain can be tricked into getting dopamine from other people spending money instead of me spending money, so it's "free retail therapy"
I also find this content so fascinating ?! It keeps getting recommended to me in TH-cam shorts and I feel like it’s always presented without any sort of nuance? Like the kids in college - do you pay for tuition yourself? How much aide do you have? Etc? Anyway - another great video !
I hope these are flexes because the biggest thing I notice in these videos are how easily people spend money. I'm probably on the other extreme of the spectrum because I over analyze every purchase I make. I'm continuously asking myself: Can I afford this? Can I buy it used? Can I make it myself? Was it ethically produced? Does it have an unnecessary amount of plastic waste? A perfume in my house would last 3+ years so that's not an impulse buy for me. I feel bad when I order a plastic cup from Starbucks, let alone 3 everyday! Again, I realize I'm on the total opposite side of the spectrum from these people but maybe some other broke, environmentally conscious Kelgore viewers can sympathize
As someone who lives in NYC and pays for a $127 monthly metro card so I can commute to work. . .the New York Influencers tm of tiktok annoy the fuck out of me. If you're constantly ubering around the city you're not actually getting the experience of the average person living here.
This also blends into the illusion of wealth. A lot of the flexing ones deliberately go out of their way to spend as much money in the video to convince the followers that THIS is normal, you SHOULD spend hundreds of dollars a day. It sucks especially for the college ones because I (a college student not in NY) certainly can’t spend that much and it creates this image of what life should be like. Heck, I remember a couple of years ago watching uni DITL’s and being excited to have the freedom to just do whatever - at this point I had no concept of financing that lifestyle so it was a trap to begin with. Or even just the NYC ones in general, to just EXIST in these places is expensive and I already know these influencers flocking there are going to gentrify the fuck out of it even more
This video articulated all of the reasons I’m personally against making any capitalist flex type contents and haul vids but also underpins some of my personal struggles with internalized consumerism ahhh
I can't stand exuberant public displays of wealth. It's tacky. I think at least some of my feelings on this come from being from the UK and a general feeling of like 'money can't buy you class.. the whole old money/new money thing'. I was shocked when I came to America for a year and people were saying 'once you earn this amount of money you're middle class or upper class'. Saying Kim K is upper-class and things like that haha. In the UK 'class' isn't quite as clear-cut in that it is based purely on earnings, it has more of a feeling that you are wealthy but you're also 'CLASSY'... whatever that means. I suppose it kind of means not flashy. Anyway, I'm rambling. Either way, eat the rich. Classy or not. New money or old. xoxo
Also, I do hiking content and I watch other hiking content and in the past it has really got to me HOW ELITEST the hiking industry is. The content is just people dropping 1k on a tent and 100 quid on hiking poles and £500 on a bag. There are huge communities of people buying 'Ultralight' (expensive af) gear and telling new hikers that their gear is trash and they may as well not bother attempting a thru hike because their cheap gear will make them fail. I did make a video on it but I got so attacked I hid it lol. I wasn't feeling mentally stable enough that month to deal with people's bullshit. Even though I rationally knew it was just push back from elitist people...
ooo I’m gonna subscribe and watch your stuff! also that sucks so much. I bet if you just instead pivoted to “how to do xyz hiking CHEAP” people would love it and the search results would love it tooo
@@Kelgore I'm buzzing you responded haha. Its probably funny to you when people say that because you're like 'its just me!'... which is how I feel when people OCCASIONALLY say that to me. Anyway yeah, there are definitely budget people out there. The issue with hiking gear and tech is that it is by nature marketed at an elevated cost in comparison to like gymwear or something.. because it's 'engineered'. Also it's one of the only industries I can think of where you pay more for lightweight stuff aka LESS STUFF 😂. I've saved and collected over years 'entry level' gear that is like £100-400 for items at times. I realise that is SO EXPENSIVE to some people too, I totally acknowledge that. But you so many hiking vloggers buying tents made for Everest costing like £1500 to go on a local trail, because they're affluent, and then tell people their cheaper gear probably isn't going to cut it. Then don't even get me started on the videoing equipment and drones etc that they use it's just insane. I added up like 10 grand in someone's filming Equipment to film a semi-long distance hike. That's a deposit for a house. Just listing it in the details like it's standard.
@@appalachiangirluk9960 "in the past it has really got to me HOW ELITEST the hiking industry is". This is how all things under capitalism end up. Massive wastes of money to create anxiety that other people are missing out in hopes they're go bigger next time. It's, depressingly, not exclusive to anyone hobby :[
This is one of those things I don't like watching but can't stop? I think there's something "humanizing" about seeing the decisions people make in their lives. Sometimes I feel guilty because mine are "worse" decisions, sometimes I feel proud that my decisions are "better". But none of that makes any sense since I don't actually get the full context of each person's life. Even on longer form TH-cam videos, it's tough to get the full picture! On the flip side, I do think we should talk more about money and personal finance in general. So it's a positive to me when people are open about it.
I have no idea why but there's something about living vicariously through these videos that kinda scratches an itch for me where I don't ever ever plan on spending anywhere near as much as they do but the aesthetic feels comfortable to watch but not personally aspirational??
that corporate tax lawyer one was so cringe what a bad start to my day😂 this content also does not sit right with me either (also because i’m poor) because why would i want to watch someone spend what i make (or more) in 2 weeks just in one day
Sometimes I’ll have a bunch of errands to run, but after 2 or 3 stops, I’ve spent too much money and I’m ready to go home. And I do. These vids give me anxiety.
Omg i've always been intrigued by youtube tax write offs. Like "i bought 800$ worth of art supplies 😱😱😱😱" and they review it but they also bought it for themselves.. Maybe it's just cynicism or something but I always wonder how much money they're given back at the end of the day by the government.
There is usually a $600 limit to clothing for “business expenses”. I doubt she’s able to claim all her purchases if she’s spending like this regularly.
I think at the end of the day for viewers of this content it all comes down to living vicariously through these influencers. i imagine a lot of people would like to be able to afford spending 200 dollars in a day without thinking about it
i definitely agree its a write off thing lol. i always thought it was funny that these videos are always posed as like a "daily" thing even though almost all of them buy groceries which, unless im the odd one out here, isnt something bought daily lmao
To me, this stuff seems like the Least Common Denominator for "Aspirational Lifestyle" content. Literally its just content that says "Wouldn't you like to spend $800 in a day and not blink?" And frankly, a lot of people would. I don't even see this as that far removed from "That Girl" content. This seems like this is your end-goal if you want to be "That Girl." Who has it together, and has money to burn.
According to my accounting class about prepping taxes, you can write off certain clothing that you buy for work if you are a) the owner AND b) its clothes you would not be able to wear outside of work. So in the case of those influencers, no, they would not be able to write off all the cute clothes they buy without having to worry about getting audited BUT people always find loopholes 🤷🏽♀️
I totally agree with the difference between these videos of TH-cam vs on TikTok. There’s usually some reflection in the TH-cam versions. And also more inclusion of that day’s portion of rent or car payment or utilities or whatever. And they often try to be either average days or cheap days. These are clearly not trying to be helpful in any way. 🥴
Nothing to be jealous of. But I lived in NY for years. Honestly anyone can do it. Wages are higher there, the state health care is comprehensive. They have reduced fare for certain income brackets. You eliminate car costs. You might have 2-3 roommates but it’s doable and you don’t have to spend that much
so true. I hope he knows what he did. ya I purposely hid her @ username in case it’s a joke. not trying to get anyone harassed but I had to include it lol
This is literally insane. I decided to binge generation hustle since you recommended it and suddenly I see mountains and a college that looked familiar, literally filmed some of an episode in my hometown. I’m waiting to watch it with my mom later but just insane. Thanks so much, love the channel! Have an amazing day! And thanks for the recommendation it’s been super good so far.
@@Kelgore Yes definitely a good episode. Really interesting to see some of the culture around swiping and fraud. I’m excited to finish it and see what other crazy cons people got going on haha.
Can you talk about the white collar trend of working two full-time remote jobs? I've heard people are making $200,000 to $600,000 doing this! Is this good, is this bad, is this ethical, is this okay because we hate corporates, is this okay because most office jobs have so much downtime???
You’d get a kick out of the book “how money works.” I found it in one of those neighborhood libraries and it’s super cringe. The description on the back says “Financial illiteracy is the #1 economic crisis in the world. Stop being a sucker, start being a student.” It’s a short read- it would make for good content!
Thank you for the content you make Kelgore! I vibe with all the topics you cover at the moment! Also, none of the tiktokers mentioned how this is representative or not of their regular spendings... It's my first thought for every clip you included.
More Blueberries please. Cat cameos welcome and also how did you come up with the most adorable name ever?? Fan status officially locked in. Well played, Kelgore.
she was a stray cat living in our backyard and she would always sleep under our blueberry plant in our little garden 😭 💕 so my kids named her blueberry lol
this content pisses me off as well, I don’t watch tik tok but it’s inevitable to see tiktoks on ig when I go on it. the resentment makes me tell people it’s giving them worms for brains lmao. Also that Saudi prince thing you brought up reminds me of the Anna Delvey story! You should do some type of video on it, kinda like flex culture and people giving the illusion that they’re wealthy even though they’re prob in debt doing it.
It's unbelievable to me that this is how people spend... How do you just keep buying and buying? Are kids seeing this content and thinking this level of consumerism is normal and/or aspirational? Idk it all seems kinda gross to me
Idk I sometimes watch them to realize how unrealistic these lifestyles actually are so I don't feel as bad about not living up to it. It is also fun to imagine yourself living that extravagant life. Then again I'm in my 30s not a teenager who might not understand how unrealistic this is.
There might be an interesting conversation to have about the “aspirational” aspect of this content: like do people like it because they want to wish to have a life similar to those of these people? Idk, I don’t have the bandwidth to come up with anything solid right now but there’s something there. The first girl didn’t seem like a snob about it; like she was pretty normal about it and her expenses were realistic. Even though she might not have the experience nor the wherewithal to notice how good she has it. Be nice guys she’s just a kid (I don’t think KELGORE is being inappropriate or rude, I should point out) I think she’s just following a trend which might be the more prolactin part. Also 15 out of 10 cat
ya the first girl isn’t too bad it’s just kinda boring content (in my opinion) but I think you’re right about people living vicariously through the shoppers!
I kind of prefer the what I spend in a month or in a week videos because I like to see how other people budget stuff kinda like in millennial money or something similar
I did kind of like the first one, I like how she showed how cheap it is to use bike sharing as a daily transportation option. And the $1/day pret membership for coffee was pretty cool too, like those both seem like legit money saving tips if you live in a city. That one more than any of the others makes me jealous of living in a big city, I live in a small city near Seattle and I wish I was just in the middle of downtown with everything at my doorstep like that. The other ones all bothered me though. I hate how influencers are regularly going to all these clothing sales and dropping money on fast fashion on a weekly basis, it's such a blatant display of overconsumption that is unsustainable and not realistic for most viewers. Like I get paid decently well at my job and still bring home less than $200/day including tips, I could not be spending this much money daily. I feel bad for all the young people jealous of living in NYC, because I know people who live in NYC and it's certainly not that glamorous when you make average wages. My friend has to live in a shitty apartment with a shitty landlord and is always struggling for money. It's so expensive to live there.
i think the one where she was talking about him making up for her oppression by buying her stuff had to be satire... right?? maybe i just interpreted it that way but i dunno
people like sharing about their lives on social media, of course they do. and if you want to share videos like these you're obviously allowed to. just because others may not have the same lifestyle as you for whatever reason doesn't mean you shouldn't share these things. the first girl genuinely seemed like she just wanted to do a "what i spend in a day" just because. the third woman came off as joking to me.. i don't think it was meant to be taken so seriously. the other two however.... were obviously meant to show off and brag, and those do lean into the issues you were talking about. the others imo are just harmless. honestly i think it's kind of interesting to actually see how much you spend so you're more aware of it in every day life. i'd probably do this out of mere curiosity. i did notice something throughout this video though... you said "these videos are pointless and just open you to criticism so why would you even post them", but aren't most things people post online? someone could easily say many youtubers are making pointless videos and opening themselves to criticism with what they have to say as well. just food for thought.
8:41 that one was a joke tho right?? it's gotta be. it sounds like satire but i cant tell! 😂😂 she sounds super serious 😳 concerning... like, yeah i'm obviously all for feminism, but i dont think she understands what it means??
Hey everybody! I realize this is a bit of a departure from my cheapskate content last week. This week we are looking at people who are doing the exact opposite. But, why tho??
Be sure to follow me on Twitter! @kelgoretrout
yeah the TH-cam tax write off issue is very confusing! My content doesn’t involve many products so most of my expenses are just equipment but I’ve always wondered how much lifestyle, beauty, fashion, or vlogger type creators are able to write off. It is wild. I think the current tax code doesn’t really know how to treat the grey area of these kinds of expenses, things that are used for ~content~ but also regularly used in the creator’s personal life
someone pointed out that they like some of this content because it destigmatizes conversations about money which I think is a good point!
PLSS do a video that includes an explanation/analysis of this omg
only mildly related but an individual i’m close to is an adult entertainer and they can literally write off *anything* that has to do with their appearance on their taxes. Clothes, makeup, cosmetic surgery, haircuts, nails, literally anything.
My guess would be that there’s a lot of secret things you can write off too if you’re crafty about it.
In Australia even if you buy something for work (my laptop for example) but use it for personal expenses you have to calculate the percentage cost of the work use, so if they use a top for 30 seconds in a video, they should not be able to write that whole thing off but I highly doubt anyone is policing the grey- my friend works in outdoor recreation and even though work provides everything for him he can write off all his recreation stuff as it is for 'training' outside of work time- including a $5000 mountain bike, climbing gym membership etc. He doesn't get paid much but most of his big expenses are tax deductible so his take home is pretty much the same as mine (my gross pay is $20,000 more than him).
@@saggguy7 I doubt this is actually 'allowed' but rather that they justify it themselves and feel they have a case if it went to court- this wouldn't fly in most countries.
I personally blame all of patriarchy on David
Yeah why didn’t he buy me tacos or pay for my manicure? I’m a woman waiting on my womanly reparations
I had no ideas these were a thing but honestly with the way tiktok rewards people who flex, I can absolutely see why this is so big
The thing is, these people aren't spending 200$ at Ulta EVERY SINGLE DAY. Like, if you "what I spend in a day" your trip to Costco, it's obviously going to be more than the day you eat in with groceries you bought at that trip to Costco.
I feel like a what I spend in a month might make more sense because then you'll see the rent and other expenses too for a fuller picture
@@Shannon-gz9pg definitely, but they want quick content. I don't know if doing a tiktok over a month is interesting for them
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I think the feminist household comment was a joke. I noticed influencers will try to put their own spin on a joke they see on social media but execute it Terribly (recall the plague of nonblack people using aave for the first time back in 2019). I watched a bunch of this type of content before moving to LA and I picked up when influencers try to tell a joke there’s hardly any change in tone/inflection because they’ve only read that type of humor on a screen and not delivered out loud.
Apologies for the essay. Influencer humor is fascinating to me because you have people delivering jokes with vocal fry, parroting something that’s cycled online or appropriating experiences from cultures they have no connection to.
I thought it was so obviously a joke that I didn't understand why the maker of this video didn't catch it tbh 😅
ever heard of sarcasm?
@@Kittikee10 are you a dumbass? my comment literally implies she was using sarcasm, it was just delivered badly.
Yh it was obviously a joke but the way she said it was so dry and dull
hell yeah i wanna live in a feminist household if it means i don’t have to pay for shit
that’s how feminism works
Seems legit
Lol! Same! I took as it as joke and was loling. The 50’s had women trapped for lack of access to money (credit card without a man’s permission wasn’t possible until 1978!!!!!!!) but this woman turned it around! Makes up for the “pink tax” (taxing and/or overpricing products for women)! I also have dated men who have more expensive taste in food than I can afford~so he’s gotta pay for it.
I think the feminist thing was just a joke but it's weird to me to make a "What I Spend in a Day" and then it's just "Nothing, my boyfriend pays for everything :)". To me, that was just flexing and flaunting how nice it is to have someone to pay for her stuff.
I hope that's what it was. If it wasn't, there's so much wrong there and someone needs to check that David is okay.
Part of the reason why I find this content so fascinating is because it allows me to live vicariously. I'm from a middle class family, and living in Vancouver working minimum wage makes me someone from the lower class. I have never lived like this and considering the institutions in place right now, I don't think I'll ever have the chance to. However, I do agree that this kind of content can be rather harmful. For instance, I've noticed that it's been driving me to make impulsive purchases that I can't afford just because I know it will make me feel/look/ resemble the people in these videos.
You know, I struggled with groceries for a good while. There were months I only ate biscuits and frozen french fries, which, since I couldn't afford oil, I baked in the oven. Even when I could afford a variety of cheap foods, I thought I was left with no money because I was bad at budgeting. That it was my fault. Now, years later, having a good job with a good salary, being able to put money towards my savings... I realise it wasn't because I couldn't budget. It was because I was poor af. And these tiktoks really would have triggered so much shame and guilt in that old me. These are harmful and serve nothing but to show others how much more money they have than their viewers.
I'm so sorry that you feel that shame, it's not okay. They're just flexing and that's not how the real world works. It's okay to have struggled. I make decent money and still struggle, I get it. I work in healthcare and we have a micro Mart at work that takes money from our checks if we don't have cash. So we can always have food, sometimes I get frozen meals from work to make sure I have breakfast. And on weekdays we have hot cafeteria food on night shift. I know the world isn't easy and I'm glad we get something like this at my hospital. I'm working on budgeting way better
@Cynnamon X thank you for your kind comment 💗 in the 5 months since my original comment, inflation kicked in so badly where I live, that despite a sizable raise, I'm no longer able to put anything towards my savings. Starting this week, I'll try a stricter budget and see how it goes. Good luck with everything and thank you for your efforts in healthcare!
the observation about how people aspiring to be influencers are over sharing was super astute
Real talk, the coffee subscription is something that can be dope; no hate on that. The feminist household lady really frustrates me because capitalism is horrifically warping systemic problems like patriarchy into individual problems that can be solved individually and that message/propaganda is being blasted through social media. I like these What I spend in a day content to find out who's going after Bezos and Musk at the guillotine.
My pret subscription single handedly kept me sane in 2020
Killing random tiktokers is the true anticapitalism
I think these videos keep my attention because there is so much happening in a 60-120 second video. I do often find their expenses to be outrageous, and their purchases mean nothing to me, but my ADHD brain seems to like that there is so much happening.
ooo okay that makes sense. yes some of them are very fast paced for sure
Sometimes my ADHD brain can be tricked into getting dopamine from other people spending money instead of me spending money, so it's "free retail therapy"
I also find this content so fascinating ?! It keeps getting recommended to me in TH-cam shorts and I feel like it’s always presented without any sort of nuance? Like the kids in college - do you pay for tuition yourself? How much aide do you have? Etc?
Anyway - another great video !
I hope these are flexes because the biggest thing I notice in these videos are how easily people spend money.
I'm probably on the other extreme of the spectrum because I over analyze every purchase I make. I'm continuously asking myself: Can I afford this? Can I buy it used? Can I make it myself? Was it ethically produced? Does it have an unnecessary amount of plastic waste?
A perfume in my house would last 3+ years so that's not an impulse buy for me. I feel bad when I order a plastic cup from Starbucks, let alone 3 everyday! Again, I realize I'm on the total opposite side of the spectrum from these people but maybe some other broke, environmentally conscious Kelgore viewers can sympathize
As someone who lives in NYC and pays for a $127 monthly metro card so I can commute to work. . .the New York Influencers tm of tiktok annoy the fuck out of me. If you're constantly ubering around the city you're not actually getting the experience of the average person living here.
Interesting that the proposed reparation for patriarchy recreates the exact financial dependency on men as patriarchy.
feminism is when the man pays for everything
This also blends into the illusion of wealth. A lot of the flexing ones deliberately go out of their way to spend as much money in the video to convince the followers that THIS is normal, you SHOULD spend hundreds of dollars a day. It sucks especially for the college ones because I (a college student not in NY) certainly can’t spend that much and it creates this image of what life should be like. Heck, I remember a couple of years ago watching uni DITL’s and being excited to have the freedom to just do whatever - at this point I had no concept of financing that lifestyle so it was a trap to begin with. Or even just the NYC ones in general, to just EXIST in these places is expensive and I already know these influencers flocking there are going to gentrify the fuck out of it even more
Kelgore, you're wrong. I feel personally oppressed by David. 😂
This video articulated all of the reasons I’m personally against making any capitalist flex type contents and haul vids but also underpins some of my personal struggles with internalized consumerism ahhh
I think the feminist one was a parody of the “what I spend in a day” trend and once I realized that it was hilarious 😂
I can't stand exuberant public displays of wealth. It's tacky. I think at least some of my feelings on this come from being from the UK and a general feeling of like 'money can't buy you class.. the whole old money/new money thing'. I was shocked when I came to America for a year and people were saying 'once you earn this amount of money you're middle class or upper class'. Saying Kim K is upper-class and things like that haha. In the UK 'class' isn't quite as clear-cut in that it is based purely on earnings, it has more of a feeling that you are wealthy but you're also 'CLASSY'... whatever that means. I suppose it kind of means not flashy. Anyway, I'm rambling. Either way, eat the rich. Classy or not. New money or old. xoxo
Also, I do hiking content and I watch other hiking content and in the past it has really got to me HOW ELITEST the hiking industry is. The content is just people dropping 1k on a tent and 100 quid on hiking poles and £500 on a bag. There are huge communities of people buying 'Ultralight' (expensive af) gear and telling new hikers that their gear is trash and they may as well not bother attempting a thru hike because their cheap gear will make them fail. I did make a video on it but I got so attacked I hid it lol. I wasn't feeling mentally stable enough that month to deal with people's bullshit. Even though I rationally knew it was just push back from elitist people...
ooo I’m gonna subscribe and watch your stuff! also that sucks so much. I bet if you just instead pivoted to “how to do xyz hiking CHEAP” people would love it and the search results would love it tooo
@@Kelgore I'm buzzing you responded haha. Its probably funny to you when people say that because you're like 'its just me!'... which is how I feel when people OCCASIONALLY say that to me.
Anyway yeah, there are definitely budget people out there. The issue with hiking gear and tech is that it is by nature marketed at an elevated cost in comparison to like gymwear or something.. because it's 'engineered'. Also it's one of the only industries I can think of where you pay more for lightweight stuff aka LESS STUFF 😂. I've saved and collected over years 'entry level' gear that is like £100-400 for items at times. I realise that is SO EXPENSIVE to some people too, I totally acknowledge that. But you so many hiking vloggers buying tents made for Everest costing like £1500 to go on a local trail, because they're affluent, and then tell people their cheaper gear probably isn't going to cut it. Then don't even get me started on the videoing equipment and drones etc that they use it's just insane. I added up like 10 grand in someone's filming Equipment to film a semi-long distance hike. That's a deposit for a house. Just listing it in the details like it's standard.
@@appalachiangirluk9960 "in the past it has really got to me HOW ELITEST the hiking industry is". This is how all things under capitalism end up. Massive wastes of money to create anxiety that other people are missing out in hopes they're go bigger next time. It's, depressingly, not exclusive to anyone hobby :[
@@malonshammer correct
This is one of those things I don't like watching but can't stop? I think there's something "humanizing" about seeing the decisions people make in their lives. Sometimes I feel guilty because mine are "worse" decisions, sometimes I feel proud that my decisions are "better". But none of that makes any sense since I don't actually get the full context of each person's life. Even on longer form TH-cam videos, it's tough to get the full picture!
On the flip side, I do think we should talk more about money and personal finance in general. So it's a positive to me when people are open about it.
I think that’s a good point!!
I have no idea why but there's something about living vicariously through these videos that kinda scratches an itch for me where I don't ever ever plan on spending anywhere near as much as they do but the aesthetic feels comfortable to watch but not personally aspirational??
Oh gosh.
Also - Blueberry
that corporate tax lawyer one was so cringe what a bad start to my day😂
this content also does not sit right with me either (also because i’m poor) because why would i want to watch someone spend what i make (or more) in 2 weeks just in one day
oh nooo I’m sorry I hope the rest of your day is better
All these examples are alarmingly stable and come off as bragadocious, imo. Great content!
thank u for making youtube videos that i actually want to pay attention to for the whole length
she doesn't miss
lol thank you ro!!! yours are like that, too!
i absolutely adore your content !!!
Thank you so much!! this one is light & easy breezy, next week I’m gonna hit you all with a hilarious but heavy episode of my new show Trout Tank :)
Sometimes I’ll have a bunch of errands to run, but after 2 or 3 stops, I’ve spent too much money and I’m ready to go home. And I do. These vids give me anxiety.
yes i needed this… also blueberry 🥺
It plays into the “if you pull yourself up by the bootstraps hard enough one day you’ll be this person” propaganda
Thank you so much for making sure you had the choker on before starting
it’s very important
I love your content. I found your channel while looking up antiwork content and have watched all of your videos.
Omg i've always been intrigued by youtube tax write offs. Like "i bought 800$ worth of art supplies 😱😱😱😱" and they review it but they also bought it for themselves.. Maybe it's just cynicism or something but I always wonder how much money they're given back at the end of the day by the government.
I know logically that people in the world spend more in a day than I make in a month, but somehow seeing it gives me some "eat the rich" feelings.
There is usually a $600 limit to clothing for “business expenses”. I doubt she’s able to claim all her purchases if she’s spending like this regularly.
I think at the end of the day for viewers of this content it all comes down to living vicariously through these influencers. i imagine a lot of people would like to be able to afford spending 200 dollars in a day without thinking about it
Wow Kelgore kinda disappointed in this one.
Patriarchy is absolutely David's fault.
yeah! he WOULD defeat patriarchy if he bought every woman food.
Blueberry is an absolute delight btw ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
If buying clothes and make up for content creation is a business expense then me buying food as a grocery store worker is a business expense
i definitely agree its a write off thing lol. i always thought it was funny that these videos are always posed as like a "daily" thing even though almost all of them buy groceries which, unless im the odd one out here, isnt something bought daily lmao
To me, this stuff seems like the Least Common Denominator for "Aspirational Lifestyle" content.
Literally its just content that says "Wouldn't you like to spend $800 in a day and not blink?"
And frankly, a lot of people would. I don't even see this as that far removed from "That Girl" content. This seems like this is your end-goal if you want to be "That Girl." Who has it together, and has money to burn.
According to my accounting class about prepping taxes, you can write off certain clothing that you buy for work if you are a) the owner AND b) its clothes you would not be able to wear outside of work.
So in the case of those influencers, no, they would not be able to write off all the cute clothes they buy without having to worry about getting audited
BUT people always find loopholes 🤷🏽♀️
Shhhhhhh 🤫
i think most people watch this content cause they can't afford to buy those things, so they live vicariously through influencers
I totally agree with the difference between these videos of TH-cam vs on TikTok. There’s usually some reflection in the TH-cam versions. And also more inclusion of that day’s portion of rent or car payment or utilities or whatever. And they often try to be either average days or cheap days. These are clearly not trying to be helpful in any way. 🥴
OMG BLUEBERYY IS SOOO CUTE!!
Nothing to be jealous of. But I lived in NY for years. Honestly anyone can do it. Wages are higher there, the state health care is comprehensive. They have reduced fare for certain income brackets. You eliminate car costs. You might have 2-3 roommates but it’s doable and you don’t have to spend that much
The woman who is getting 'reparations' is a fucking genius though. 🤣
I like the little video cuts (plus the content) 😂
I think feminist reparation girl was mostly joking?¿ kinda hard to tell. Maybe the patriarchy is David’s fault, we don’t know David
so true. I hope he knows what he did. ya I purposely hid her @ username in case it’s a joke. not trying to get anyone harassed but I had to include it lol
The word obscene comes to mind.
Ohhhh, my cat is named Myrtille, aka Blueberry but in French! Your Blueberry is absolutely adorable 😍
My sister is a tax accountant and she wouldn't even let me write off my desk I bought to wfh bc sometimes I sit there to play d&d
lol, financial masturbation meets tax write-offs
This is literally insane. I decided to binge generation hustle since you recommended it and suddenly I see mountains and a college that looked familiar, literally filmed some of an episode in my hometown. I’m waiting to watch it with my mom later but just insane. Thanks so much, love the channel! Have an amazing day! And thanks for the recommendation it’s been super good so far.
omhg yessss the one with the credit card swipes in Detroit is my favorite episode haha
@@Kelgore Yes definitely a good episode. Really interesting to see some of the culture around swiping and fraud. I’m excited to finish it and see what other crazy cons people got going on haha.
Bruh this is killing me LMFAO
2:47 Annual membership of BicikeLJ bike sharing in Ljubljana, Slovenia is 3€ per year.
Blueberry is an amazing baby and I want to draw her and try to capture an 1/8th of her cuteness
i need to look into that coffee suscription bc what the hell that might be worth it
Can you talk about the white collar trend of working two full-time remote jobs? I've heard people are making $200,000 to $600,000 doing this! Is this good, is this bad, is this ethical, is this okay because we hate corporates, is this okay because most office jobs have so much downtime???
"What I spend in a day as a college student"
*You assume I have money?????*
My what I spend in a day: literally nothing because I work at home and eat what's in my fridge
You’d get a kick out of the book “how money works.” I found it in one of those neighborhood libraries and it’s super cringe. The description on the back says “Financial illiteracy is the #1 economic crisis in the world. Stop being a sucker, start being a student.” It’s a short read- it would make for good content!
7:42 she mindlessly captures him as he picks a hair off his burrito, wtf
so nice to see Blueberry
Thank you for the content you make Kelgore! I vibe with all the topics you cover at the moment!
Also, none of the tiktokers mentioned how this is representative or not of their regular spendings... It's my first thought for every clip you included.
More Blueberries please. Cat cameos welcome and also how did you come up with the most adorable name ever?? Fan status officially locked in. Well played, Kelgore.
she was a stray cat living in our backyard and she would always sleep under our blueberry plant in our little garden 😭 💕 so my kids named her blueberry lol
Blueberry is so cute!!
I LOVE BLUEBERRY!! Also this video is fantastic and I really appreciate the insight, as these kinds of videos also confused me.
3:32 Entrepreneurship class?🤔 Didn't know there was such a thing.
I totally missed that the first time I watched and when I was editing I rolled my eyes so hard lol
this content pisses me off as well, I don’t watch tik tok but it’s inevitable to see tiktoks on ig when I go on it. the resentment makes me tell people it’s giving them worms for brains lmao. Also that Saudi prince thing you brought up reminds me of the Anna Delvey story! You should do some type of video on it, kinda like flex culture and people giving the illusion that they’re wealthy even though they’re prob in debt doing it.
oh yes there was an episode about Anna! just the wildest stories out there lol
I feel like this type of content is a little bit interesting to me, the way a vlog or grocery haul is. But yeah there def is a lot of flexing.
It's unbelievable to me that this is how people spend... How do you just keep buying and buying? Are kids seeing this content and thinking this level of consumerism is normal and/or aspirational? Idk it all seems kinda gross to me
Idk I sometimes watch them to realize how unrealistic these lifestyles actually are so I don't feel as bad about not living up to it. It is also fun to imagine yourself living that extravagant life. Then again I'm in my 30s not a teenager who might not understand how unrealistic this is.
There might be an interesting conversation to have about the “aspirational” aspect of this content: like do people like it because they want to wish to have a life similar to those of these people? Idk, I don’t have the bandwidth to come up with anything solid right now but there’s something there.
The first girl didn’t seem like a snob about it; like she was pretty normal about it and her expenses were realistic.
Even though she might not have the experience nor the wherewithal to notice how good she has it. Be nice guys she’s just a kid (I don’t think KELGORE is being inappropriate or rude, I should point out) I think she’s just following a trend which might be the more prolactin part.
Also 15 out of 10 cat
ya the first girl isn’t too bad it’s just kinda boring content (in my opinion) but I think you’re right about people living vicariously through the shoppers!
I don't care for such a short snapshot but it is cool to see how people budget overall, Like how people live on $45k in New York and what not.
11:11 Piggy dippin
No she was right about the food thing!
I kind of prefer the what I spend in a month or in a week videos because I like to see how other people budget stuff kinda like in millennial money or something similar
literally spending your boyfriend's money to "dismantle the patriarchy", i'm deceased.
Loved the video!
I did kind of like the first one, I like how she showed how cheap it is to use bike sharing as a daily transportation option. And the $1/day pret membership for coffee was pretty cool too, like those both seem like legit money saving tips if you live in a city. That one more than any of the others makes me jealous of living in a big city, I live in a small city near Seattle and I wish I was just in the middle of downtown with everything at my doorstep like that. The other ones all bothered me though. I hate how influencers are regularly going to all these clothing sales and dropping money on fast fashion on a weekly basis, it's such a blatant display of overconsumption that is unsustainable and not realistic for most viewers. Like I get paid decently well at my job and still bring home less than $200/day including tips, I could not be spending this much money daily. I feel bad for all the young people jealous of living in NYC, because I know people who live in NYC and it's certainly not that glamorous when you make average wages. My friend has to live in a shitty apartment with a shitty landlord and is always struggling for money. It's so expensive to live there.
i think the one where she was talking about him making up for her oppression by buying her stuff had to be satire... right??
maybe i just interpreted it that way but i dunno
YES ANOTHER VIDEO!!!!!!!!
"reparations"
Bahahaha a corporate tax lawyer is oppressed?
it’s very sad
ok agree but also can we discuss how blueberry is perfect
So that is a findom thing
Also the activities could be from different days just to make their example day more exciting
Am I the only one who goes “days” without spending money 🤔
Nope
blueberry is so cute! in name and in face.
I would like what I spend in a day if it really was about budgeting
As a new York who works in a deli it really all like that lol
people like sharing about their lives on social media, of course they do. and if you want to share videos like these you're obviously allowed to. just because others may not have the same lifestyle as you for whatever reason doesn't mean you shouldn't share these things. the first girl genuinely seemed like she just wanted to do a "what i spend in a day" just because. the third woman came off as joking to me.. i don't think it was meant to be taken so seriously. the other two however.... were obviously meant to show off and brag, and those do lean into the issues you were talking about. the others imo are just harmless. honestly i think it's kind of interesting to actually see how much you spend so you're more aware of it in every day life. i'd probably do this out of mere curiosity. i did notice something throughout this video though... you said "these videos are pointless and just open you to criticism so why would you even post them", but aren't most things people post online? someone could easily say many youtubers are making pointless videos and opening themselves to criticism with what they have to say as well. just food for thought.
David, aka The Patriarchy.
Most of these are what I spend in a month or more 😭 like that’s my paycheck and then some
Yes Kelgore I am binging you
Life hack just have everyone else buy your shit
8:41 that one was a joke tho right?? it's gotta be. it sounds like satire but i cant tell! 😂😂 she sounds super serious 😳 concerning... like, yeah i'm obviously all for feminism, but i dont think she understands what it means??
More Blueberry content!
5:40 The "big tech" is probably a crypto MLM LOL....
Blueberry is the CUTEST BABY! 😍