Newsflash
The world's not fair. Some people have a lot more money than others. Some people get everything in life handed to them on a plate. Some of them aren't appreciative. Some people are spoilt. It happens irrespective of social class. Karmic retribution is not guaranteed. They will never learn what it's like "in the real world" because they'll never have to - with their mindset, they'll always find a way out and somehow people will magically enable this behaviour for no good reason.

As for the idea that people should feel guilty for having things that you don't have - why? I don't get it. Why be so damn resentful of the folks who drive the 4x4s or spend a grand on a handbag or go to the posh schools? Is it sour grapes? What mystical sense of indignant righteousness has decreed that because you don't have something, no one else can have it?

And why try to level out society so we all suffer the same amount of misery? Why the hell should we all minimise our spending and consumption so it fits with your ethical approval? Communist.

Why do some people buy into this Steinbeckian notion that through poverty comes nobility? Being poor sucks. Show me someone poor who actually wants to stay poor.

If spoilt = richer and has more things, then I snort indignantly.
If spoilt = unappreciative and lacking in manners, then yeah, absolutely, cunt them in the fuck.

Life's hard. Quit whining and buy a helmet.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:47, 30 replies)

I love you Mrs Ceilidhband.
When are we going to run away together?
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:51, closed)

I could do Thursday at 4pm?
You bring the lube.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:52, closed)

I'll be there
with bells on my cock.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:54, closed)

bring your dancemat
and I'll wear my dancing shoes
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:54, closed)

Shoes and socks are not allowed.
...and I know for a 100% of FACT that I could kick anybody's arse on those dancemats, especially to 'All Rise' by those hunky dreamboats, Blue.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:56, closed)

^this
so much

once again you've put your finger on the nub, crux and gist.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:05, closed)

I have absolutley no problem with some people having more than me.
It's the people who think they're better than the rest of us because of their wealth. They are the ones who need cunting in the fuck.
( girlinthehole, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:14, closed)

You sizable ladies chemise
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:24, closed)

hear here :)
I know people who believe that God put us on this Earth to serve them (regardless of financial commodities), and those people can royally go fuck themselves.

It's a bit harder to avoid them when they are family members, but hey ho :p
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:28, closed)

Hear here?
You bet-hedger, you...
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:32, closed)

Ghandi!
Ghandi LOVED being poor.
(Vikingheadache, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:24, closed)

yeah
but he was playing at being poor, wasn't he? His family were actually well-off.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:27, closed)

Jesus...
...he was a little rich boy slumming it. Pulp should write a song about him.

(Plus, you don't see many poor carpenters do you. At least not the bollix who is charging me a fortune to fix my bedroom.)
(Tugnut I got them all..., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:32, closed)

Err...
He probably changed after the Boer war, you know what those wars are like for changing people's perceptions on life.

I agree with your post btw, I do think people who have worked hard to get what they have are A-ok. I just hate ungrateful people of any social standing and I don't know if you're being satirical when you use Communist accusingly. Lets face it it's not an insult it's just a different form of government and economy and with the current economic state it looks like the path most of the Western world has taken regarding the economy is laughable.

Edit: This poorly written post was brought to you by the word of the day: 'Economy!'
(Vikingheadache, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:36, closed)

What about Gandhi?
Eh?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:33, closed)

Exactly!
What is the point of power if you can not abuse it?

Dignity of labour my arse.

Vote Quimby.
(Tugnut I got them all..., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:28, closed)

Pffffft
Quim.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:42, closed)

?
Was that a Beavis style 'huh huh you said 'quim' or was the 'pffft' a queef?
(Tugnut I got them all..., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:34, closed)

Helmet?
I can't afford a helmet...


*looks at worn woollen beanie protecting his head*

*cries*
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:41, closed)

I have a pattern for a tinfoil one
I'd email it to you, but 'they' are monitoring my bandwidth.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:45, closed)

CLICK
click, and click again.

And I thought it was just me.

Mwah! Have a big kiss
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:45, closed)

your idealism
is an inspiration to us all.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:50, closed)

I see your point, but...
This QOTW is not to moan about "rich people". It's specifically about spoiled brats: i.e. the second type of person you describe. People who have been given things, and don't appreciate it - then spend time crying about trivial matters.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:51, closed)

yes, that is my point -
around 70% of posts have been mere moaning about rich people. I'm not rich, but if I was I'd buy this QOTW and delete everyone.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:12, closed)

Brilliant idea!
That's actually a really good idea. How big a 'donation' to B3ta would it take to make a QOTW...go away?
(DoppelFrog Twice the frog, twice the fun, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:32, closed)

I'd buy a helmet
but I can't afford one...
(LickOutTheJamsMotherfuckers!, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:14, closed)

I couldn't agree more!
Clickity Click!!
( DUMBLONDE is a rubber lover girl, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:04, closed)

Posh schools engender privilege
Why should someone have a better start in life just because their parents are rich? See also inheritance tax. Guess who supports inheritance tax? Only the richest man in the world, that's who.
(Cuthbert Annihilator, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 18:20, closed)

Building The Wall
Hush now, capitalist running-dog, the revolution is coming for you and yours!

(c'mon Che, help me out here!)

:P
(EffinDoubt is breaking glass on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:31, closed)

I'm so vain I am going to reply to myself!
We carry the illusion that the UK is a meritocracy; "Work hard, study well in school, and you can achieve anything" - This is a LIE.

The truth is, "Get lucky by an accident of birth and you can buy anything, otherwise work until you die in a system designed to make the rich richer and you poorer and less free."

Only our bonnie prince charlie has dared to say this in public, and it was not well received.
(EffinDoubt is breaking glass on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:34, closed)