In light of this week's clusterf*ck of a news story involving a bunch of rich celebrities bribing their spoiled kids' ways into the nation's top colleges, people on Twitter are parodying the situation by highlighting the satirical ways that they themselves were admitted into college, without relying on trust funds from stupidly wealthy parents. Anyone who's endured the trials and tribulations of college applications, pulling study all-nighters, and crippling student debt will be able to relate to these tweets hardcore.
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Are y'all ready for a mess of a news story? Lori Loughlin, AKA Aunt Becky from Full House, was taken into custody this morning for participating in a huge college admissions sting to get her completely unqualified daughter admitted into the University of Southern California. Several other wealthy celebrities were involved, including Desperate Housewives' Felicity Huffman and her husband William H. Macy.
Charges so far include $25 million in bribes to university authorities and fabrication of credentials to be admitted into some of the top universities in the nation.
Some have pointed out that Loughlin's daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, would never have been admitted to USC on her own academic merit. Giannulli, a prominent beauty YouTuber, even admitted in a video back in August that she plans to focus more on college parties than her classes.
Under the monikers #FreeAuntBecky and #CollegeAdmissionScandal, many memers and Twitter users have expressed their frustration at the situation, pointing out that regular people have to get admitted to universities on actual academic merit and not absurdly rich parents.
It's official: Kylie Jenner is the world's youngest "self-made" billionaire ever at age 21, even younger than Mark Zuckerberg, who made his first billion at 23. There's no doubt that Jenner, who started Kylie Cosmetics in 2015, works incredibly hard at what she does, but the internet has been skeptical of whether "self-made" is an appropriate title for someone born into the already-wealthy Kardashian-Jenner empire.
Twitter users have been offering their spicy takes on the matter, which you can read below.
One of our favorite hobbies is making fun of the wealthy, as you can see from thishuge selection of Fyre Fest memes. As mocking the rich goes, though, we have a new hero. Twitter user @ClueHeywood went ham a few weeks ago on Peloton bikes, their absurd advertising, and the people who actually own said bougie bikes. The indoor exercise bicycles cost about $2,000 - a pretty penny, making it low-hanging fruit while roasting the 1%. It's safe to say we'll never own a Peloton, but it's probably more fun to make fun of them than to exercise on 'em.
We can officially say that if you haven't seen Netflix or Hulu's Fyre Festival documentaries you are woefully out of the loop. The disastrous festival in the Bahamas has inspired some serious schadenfreude-filled entertainment, as well as a healthy crop of memes that are begging to be shared with all your friends. Laughing at rich people is a quality pastime.
Sometimes dicking around and procrastinating is all that keeps us from letting the monotony drag us down. These memes, while of middling quality and of simple humor, are intended for just that purpose.
Airpods are still being meme'd and roasted for their obnoxiously affluent nature, mainly by those of us who can't afford to shell out nearly $200 for minor wireless convenience. Are we bitter about it? Maybe a little, but honestly the resulting memes have been way too good to hold a grudge about it!
Fashion is a weird, wild world that we don't fully understand. We'll never be able to afford any of these insane clothes, but at the same time, do we really want to...? Some of the looks are just plain ridiculous, which makes for the perfect recipe for meme-ing. Mazel tov!
Oh boy, Mr. Jeff Bezos sure is in the hot seat right now for his dramatic divorce from wife of 25 years, Mackenzie Bezos. Bezos, currently the world's richest man and Founder and CEO of Amazon, tweeted on Wednesday that he and Mackenzie would be seeking out an amicable divorce after a trial period of separation.
And if you thought that wasn't enough drama for today, economists are speculating that the high-profile divorce could potentially cost Amazon billions of dollars in stock and cause Bezos, who is currently worth $137 billion, to fall down the rankings of the richest people in the world.
But here's the icing on the cake: on Thursday, The National Enquirer released a story alleging that Bezos had had an affair with former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez, along with a text message to Sanchez in which he writes "I love you, alive girl. I will show you with my body, and my lips and my eyes, very soon." Add some risque selfies to the mix and we've got ourselves the perfect recipe for some golden memes and reaction tweets. Eat 'em up!
