among the extravagantly wealthy, status isn\u2019t earned just by having money; it\u2019s about mastering the lexicon of luxury \u2014 an exclusive vocabulary polished between michelin-starred dinners and summers on the cote d\u2019azur. 

i learned this firsthand when i shed my small-town roots for the sophisticated streets of manhattan, where i quickly realized my gossip girl binges hadn\u2019t adequately prepared me to navigate high society.

my new, well-off peers didn\u2019t flaunt their wealth with designer logos or private jet selfies. instead, they dropped subtle signals during dinner-table debates about which aman resort has the best amenities or whether soho house was becoming too plebeian. in this world, cultural fluency was the key to fitting in.

unfortunately, i\u2019d already racked up massive opportunity cost having spent my childhood at olive garden when i should\u2019ve been scarfing vanilla meringue cake at cipriani (rookie mistake).

i was ready to embrace my naivety as a charming quirk, until an unconventional lifeline emerged via an instagram post from @supersnake: a raunchy meme page dedicated to roasting the 1 percent.

what i stumbled upon wasn\u2019t just a collection of silly memes; it was a masterclass on the language of the ultra-wealthy. under a thick veil of irony, these memes revealed which brands, restaurants, events, and even career choices were deemed cool (more often, uncool) by rich kids around the globe.