A viral Twitter thread is asking what's considered trashy if you're poor, but classy if you're rich — and things like donuts, marrying your cousin, and being bilingual are all making the list

• A tweet from 2016 went viral again this week, prompting users to answer the question: "What's considered trashy if you're poor, but classy if you're rich?"
• Many responded to the post, commenting on how activities such as living with your family are frowned upon for poor people but are seen differently when rich people do them.
• The responses, and the fact that the tweet began to trend again, shows the tension Americans are feeling amid the recession and rising income inequality rates in the nation.

This week, a tweet shared in 2016 went viral again. The post, from a Twitter user named Ana Samways, asked people "what's considered trashy if you're poor, but classy if you're rich."

It's unclear why that tweet resurfaced four years later, and the user who posted couldn't be reached for a request for comment from Business Insider. But people have taken to commenting and responding to it all over again, pointing out the glaring differences in how rich people and poor people are perceived today.

And at a time when Jeff Bezos has reportedly made billions since the pandemic started while over 50 million Americans have filed for unemployment as the nation creeps toward another recession, the average person is feeling that inequality more acutely than ever.

Twitter users pointed out how even little things, like being bilingual or eating donuts from an artisanal bakery are considered aspirational for the wealthy, while bilingual people among the masses are often accosted for speaking another language and eating donuts from a gas station or Dunkin' is often considered common or cheap.

And those are only a few of the hundreds of thousands of responses. Here are some of the viral thread's other most noteworthy replies.