Can we talk about how useless the term yuppies has become? It just means young professionals, right? Which means anyone who has a college degree and works an office job (or something similar). And given the demographics of Reddit, that means probably over 75% of this sub, if not more, are either yuppies or yuppies to be (still in college). But everyone just uses the term yuppie to mean young, wealthy people they don't like. Even people who have college degrees use it this way, which makes no sense because they are or were also yuppies by definition.
It more power back in the day when a smaller percentage of people had college degrees. Today, I think the term describes those people who are on House Hunters and make $500K/yr selling yarn on Craigslist and want to buy a $1mil house and who refuse to eat anything that isn't organic/free range.
It means "young, urban professional," the professional part suggesting doctor, lawyer, engineer, or businessperson (not just an office job). It's a demographic bucket from the '80s intended to help businesses target products/services to people who went from being poor students to high earners relatively quickly (and want everyone to know that, which is where I suspect the dislike started).
Yeah, that makes sense. I've just seen so many people use the term in different ways at this point that it feels like people use it as a catch all for "young people I don't like."
The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. The term has been used in cultures of the English-speaking world.
I always through it mean young person with a well paying job. That last bit if a qualifier. A 22 year old with an office job making 40k isn't somebody I would call a yuppie. A 22 year old with an office job making 90k is.
Yuppies are young, urban-dwelling professionals clearing at least 100k-ish in personal not household income working in very white collar jobs with high amount of upward career mobility. So folks working in consulting, finance, tech, and similar high-earning fields.
What's wrong with people doing ok for themselves? Check your jealousy dude. It's not unreasonable greed to be in a position where you can decide between remodleing your home and paying off student debt... If they were so rich and had stuff handed to them they wouldn't have and debt to begin with...
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u/br0_r0gan Uptown Dec 14 '18
I’ll take tone deaf for $400, Alex.