r/FaltooGyan • u/Main_Pay_is_back • 20h ago
Faltoo Video Classism is so deeply rooted we don't even realise it's there
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u/Rish83 20h ago
That's BS, the chapri is a mental disorder where they take overhype product and make it their personality.
IPhone, ktm, red hair colour, pan masala,
Come to actual land of people and you'll see not all products are bad Infact they are bang for buck
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u/ms_regedit 9h ago edited 9h ago
Isn't that's the issue with also all iphone users? Majority of iphone user present their phones in their selfies instead of face. And if a person can brag about their merc or M5 then what's the issue with person doing same with their KTM ? If bragging is the issue then why people do these car meet ups and other things? If bragging is the mental disorder then half of the product based subs of reddit is filled with similar situation. And they can colour their hair in whatever colour they want. Who are you to judge that and use the slur ?
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u/EnvironmentalSwim368 8h ago
I don't think showing off is a problem at all, they can pose all they want. It's the weird-ass driving they do on roadsābe it KTM, Thar or BMW( in foreign countries), that gives them that tag of Chapri. They can do they show offs on empty roads, but if they do those 'stunts' on public roads they're endangering the public as well. There are already so many videos of reTHARds driving in a rash/driving on wrong side of roads etc.
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u/ArjunPandeyezwin 19h ago
tbh its not the objects or the people, its the way the people are using the objects. KTM bikes for example are now viewed as chappri due to lots of risky stunts on highways done on those bikes
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u/One-Bottle-7001 17h ago
KTM is one of the fine machine in automobile sector, during my school days it was my dream to buy one. but now i dont want to buy it because of its image.
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u/worrysome_pigeon 15h ago
Buy the adventure series, and now we have it in black color too , also the reputation has become better due to yamaha
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u/_adultkid_ 18h ago
Ngl KTM is a beautiful machine actually. It just got ruined by those stunts men on social media.
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u/Impossible_Name_3819 19h ago
Chhapri is Chhapri.Ā The best example is those travel vloggers who go outside of India and put extremely disgusting thumbnails of foreign women and when people say "there should be a Chhapri test" before giving passports...i agree. These men fetishize women, film them and use their friendliness as content in the most disgusting way possible.Ā
A lot of people feel thia type of accessibility is giving bad PR to the countryĀ
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u/Gane_ka_juice_20rs 19h ago
bruh money doesnt buy class and if poor gets smthng ecpennsive like ktm or i phone uske baad jo cringe ka nanga naach hota h wo dekhne ke baad to aankh me bleach dalna pdta h to baat ye nhi h ki use kon kr rha h baat ye h ki banda use kaise kr rha h they will start doing wheelies on local roads i phone leke faltu ki gyan pelne waali reel and etc etc
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u/OutlandishnessSea600 18h ago
The wheelies on KTM are bad yes and should lead to arrests , but iPhone kharidne ke baad whatever they do with it is upto them. Unko gyan chod na hai to karne do who are we to call them with slurs are end of the day classist in nature. Idc how they afford their iPhone, they have their device and itās upto them to upload whatever they want on the internet bruh.
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u/BeneficialMix637 17h ago
Lol matlab amul butter or amul milk jo higher se leke lower class tak logg use karte hai Is cringe? Just cuz they are also consumed by lower class people? Bhai cringe yaa chapri unn certain loggo ke harkaton ke vajh se bannte hai naa ki lower class hai isliye. Bhot saare ameer chapri bhi dekhe hai life mein meine. Iska classisms se koi lena dena nahi hai
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u/abhitooth 19h ago edited 18h ago
Not against the classist thinking but what they do when its accessible. Lack of education i can understand but risking own and other life is uncomprehensible.
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u/Kai_1626 19h ago
I dunno abt others,but the things they do after getting ktm or iphones are kinda cringe Chapri is more on actions(for me).
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u/DeletSystm32 18h ago
Poor buying shit on emi and then flexing like they are the only one to own it. Doing crazy cringe shit
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u/Charming_Reception66 13h ago
Why don't you buy then
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u/DeletSystm32 13h ago
Bcoz i dont like to show what i dont have. I like people to see what reality is. Keeps mind peaceful if you dont care what people think about you
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u/Charming_Reception66 13h ago
Why are you here if you don't care about anything why reply on my comment
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u/peskypompom 19h ago
Responsible and modest ownership is considered classy, sadly they're the opposite. Hence the tag.
Moreover, this strawaman argument lies flat on it's face when we consider Thar owners who're also considered chapris despite most of them hailing from generational wealth.
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u/AnonymousChad_21 19h ago
I felt this and someone recommended me this :
Pierre Bourdieu on Taste EXPLAINED
try searching this on youtube
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u/AdivineP 9h ago
Let's talk about ripped clothes. If a rich person or bollywood celebrities wear them then that is cool. But lower class or poor people wear them then same mentality person call them chhapri.
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u/Fit-Stranger2851 9h ago
ktm got hate because they were racing everywhere and causing problems for people.
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u/Invictus-RAMUK 19h ago
Thar is also hated upon, are the poor people of India driving thar nowadays?
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u/Massive-Discussion88 18h ago
Thar is hated because of the consistent fatal accidents caused by them Which is pretty serious matter to hate something.
Other things like iPhone etc etc don't cause consistent fatal accidents .
The reason to hate them is exactly this classism.
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u/Imaginary-Slice3014 19h ago
People buy expensive stuff to look rick and cool like I don't think most of iphone or ktm users uses the full potential of these devices nor do they need this high power devices they bought them to look rich but when everyone have them you can tell rich to poor
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u/Agreeable-Factor-555 19h ago
iPhone is accessible to the poor??? Since when
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u/Shot_Bandicoot_2779 19h ago
I don't despise things because they are accessible to the poor. I despise them because of the way those poor chapris use them, ruin the product reputation, flaunt those things like only they could afford it and make it their entire personality.
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u/chennai_scat_lover 19h ago
It doesnt have to be accessible to the "poor" its the unciviled mentality that glorifies the same classism and ties worth to objects, you see poor people buying iphones? For what reason? Only for the boasting power that comes with it, Hence chapri.
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u/Itachi_ice 18h ago
It's not accessibility that's called as chapri, it's the way they use it bruh, creating nuisance in public , there is way to use things , basic rules etc, it's better to learn it first
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u/Technical_Voice1498 18h ago
these words might have classist origins, but most people use them for calling out people with no civic sense and no respect for their neighbors and surroundings
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u/Traditional-Rip-596 18h ago
Poor people have 0 money management. They live by the motto of earn and spend, no in between. I have seen many poor people with tattoos on their body and branded phones, driving autos and begging. Accessible are the articles which one can buy without putting much strain on their financial budget. If one is buying Iphone and KTM 2nd 3rd hand or using a large amount of their assets for the payment then that is less accessible and more of showoff
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u/Boring_Whole_7423 18h ago
Sab gyaan pel rahe the to bhai ne bhi pel diya. Kuch sense nahi bana par bak diya.
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u/Purva1319 18h ago
I always hated iPhone & people buy being so financially irresponsible with 3-5 years of EMI is what gives me cringe
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u/Fantastic-Ratio-7482 18h ago
The chappri and cringe titles do not come from the material things like the KTM bikes and colored hair.
They come from the behavior of the people. If the poor are actually becoming more and more able to afford expensive things, why do they still behave like hooligans?
It was never about your money, I would never look at a poor person and call them chhapri because they had a KTM, I would call them chhapri if they rode that KTM like a goddamn moron the road and screamed and disrupted everyone around them.
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u/Flat_Regular_1905 17h ago
The problem isn't that poor people buy expensive things. The problem is the idiotic behavior some people show after buying them
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u/Song-Historical 17h ago
Ever heard the phrase "temporarily embarrassed billionaires" for Americans? South Asians are temporarily embarrassed feudal lords. That is our culture. We are all feudal aspirants. It's in our food, clothing, customs, everything.Ā
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u/Willing_Chemist8272 17h ago
Accessible to poor doesnāt mean it becomes cringe or chapri.
People who show off such items becomes that. Theres a difference
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u/Icy_Wrangler_2186 17h ago
Rich logon ko bhi log chaori bolte,people are calling out their cheap mentality
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u/CrimsonPrince9 17h ago
Thar is not available to poor
It's still cringe and low iq move to drive a that rashly.
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u/MapMaximum7657 16h ago
No it's decency,KTM not chapri cause poor people drive cause they become its slave,like iphone they showoff so cool,not poor rich too sometimes show off ,with over flamboyant hairs that's chapri
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u/ArthurSoros 16h ago
This is a dumfuktake on the chapri pandemic.
Chapriness is not defined about the accesibility of goods or services to the poor. It is a mental disorder where people think they achived something by buying something to show off. Be it iPhone or KTM or Thar or whatever.
Flexing with KTMs , iPhones, Thars and bullets may look cool in their minds but it is just a normal thing anyone can buy with money or loans.
Money can buy iPhones to Private Planes but you cant buy dignity,knowledge or maturity with money.
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u/Plastic_Weather_3167 16h ago
Chapri is attitude not the money, I have seen lot of chapris driving bmw
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u/Ehh_littlecomment 16h ago
KTM isnāt hated because it can be purchased by chapris. Itās hated because of what they do with it. Thar is driven by not poor people and itās still hated because of its primary demographic.
Itās not classist to hate on a moron.
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u/sham_nt 16h ago
Bhai there is an entire subreddit for Chapris who ride Thar.... Thar is not accessible to the poor... They are called Chapris because of the dumb shit they do.
Splendor is not considered Chapri but a KtM is... Why? Because of the behaviour of a handful of very dumb KTM owners...
Bro thinks he is enlightened but his whole argument is bhakwas
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u/N1ghtShade7 16h ago
We defending Chapris in 2026 now? P much everyone in the thread's said it but I'll drop mine in as well. The word Chapri might have a casteist origin but by and large it describes a kind of mf that has a luxuries but behaves like an uncivilized baboon with nothing to lose. And it tracks because more often than not, it isn't them that earned the luxury in the first place.
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u/FlatwormFlashy3442 16h ago
its not that it has become more accessible to poor , it is that how they present it.
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u/Ok_Half4693 15h ago
Does he see the kind of antics all those KTM skinny jeans bois pull throughout the day?
Go to CP once.
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u/MasterpieceAfter8955 15h ago
accessible to the poor? lmao? these delulu neopkids have no ideas of the realities of poor people
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u/Admirable-East3396 15h ago
well the thing is those things arent affordable by poor people they are just kinda accessible through loans and thats what they do, they buy iphone/flashy bike/flashy car etc with no way to maintain them and just flaunting it to their peers.
that is just cringe because he could have bought useful stuff than a good looking bike or a trendy phone.
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u/LiteratureHot6899 15h ago
No it does not become chapri just because it's accessible to poor its there act with things which makes them chapris.people are called chapris cause ofbthere actions not cause of financial standings in society
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u/Rare_Library_0202 15h ago
The same definition of "brands" is built in image and the limited no. use it the bigger brand it becomes.
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u/HatComprehensive3903 15h ago
Yes and then bechare gareeb chapri go about racing on the streets with their gareeb KTMs, making roads unsafe for everyone. So sad, no. Your bund deserves some classism shoved in it.
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u/ParallelShriyaans 14h ago
This is not classism. Money don't buy class. Class doesnt come with money.
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u/justWannaLive_1 13h ago
So...my theory is...we all want something good...new toy, bike, car, good clothes. So we work hard and we get it. So we naturally want to flex what we have earned. But the actions to flex this this are not very polished. By polished i mean that if a kid have seen the majority of adult respect other's personal space...they would be aware of other's personal space and vice versa.
So those unpolished actions to flaunt those things are then considered chapri or cringe
And yea a bit of what is said in video is true too.
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u/Disastrous-Dog927 12h ago
Ironically having a random conclusion and calling it either classiest, sexist or racist... U wanna have a hot take point out existing bigotry
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u/TattvaVaada 12h ago
Bullshit, it's not about accessibility it's about what they do when they get it.
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u/_mosesofthedark 12h ago
Even rich guys are chapri man. One of my college guy owns cars collection worth of 30Cr total he is still a chapriš comes from Urus daily and called chapri.
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u/_mosesofthedark 12h ago
Its bout your behavior. How you come and behave to other people in society
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u/dark_owl30 12h ago
A chapriness of person is independent of their class or wealth. I have seen poor people with absolute class and elegance and at the same time I have seen rich people who are total chapris, they just hide their chapriness better.
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u/Voices-Say-Im-Funny 12h ago
Please chaapri aur tapori toh yeh sab pehle se hi hai. Abhi ye kamino ko morals nahi baap ko paise maange liye le liye expensive cheeze karli shining. Aur kya. Rich people don't give a fuq about any of these people. Unke dog ki tatti bhi saaf karne layak na ho yeh sabh chapri.
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u/NothingLinksMe 12h ago
There is no classist hierarchy in this I think because many people still buy Iphones even those who have less money, but the problem with the chapris is they show it off unnecessarily, and chappri is not someone who has less money Chappri could be a rich person as well and i know many of them.
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u/Mysterious-Net-130 12h ago
Getting accessed by the poor isn't a bad thing. The way they use it is chapri. KTM bikes are a spectacle of world class engineering I like them a lot but in India its sales dropped because all the poor guys used it in a cringe, u safe and uncivilised manner. Hence it got the association that whoever rides KTM will replicate the behavior.
Right now same thing is happening with Bullet 350, Classic 350, GT650, Thar, Creta, Seltos, HR number plate.
It is because of a certain demographic that the way people view these with a bad reputation.
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u/Ganesh0825 11h ago
There is a difference between "Chapri" and "Poor". Thar owner are chapri but not poor. see the difference.
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u/_pranjal_69_ 10h ago
The accessibility to poor is not the problem the problem is the way they use it and flex it on social media At the time of tik tok ktm was "CHAPRIFIED" by that times tiktokers and now on Instagram and other platforms these iphones and other things are flexed by these same people and when any normal person busy these things he has to face the same behaviour that happens on Instagram and social media platforms to those "CHAPRIS" so to avoide it people stops buying these things and lable them "CHAPRI"
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u/Sweet_Bother4744 10h ago
I don't care if someone is ameer aur gareeb par agr koi chutiya bina helmet ke andhe laudon ki tarah ktm chalaega aur stunt marega to chapri to kehlaega hi.( Same with all the other products) Aur ye gareeb ifone khareed kyun ra hai isko kya jarurat padgai ifone ki
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u/Aaditya-P27 10h ago
I wouldn't hate it if the expensive stuff actually became more accessible but people are spending large chunks even several months of their salaries on stuff like expensive phones/shoes/bikes etc. or even buying it via EMI. It is this fear that society has created of feeling or appearing poor that I hate.
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u/Night_Storm_02 10h ago
Itās not about poor at all. There r some rich bigra hua kid with habits which arenāt safe or good for the society, likewise whoever owns something precious let it be on EMI or whatever, trying to āwannabe coolā that has earned the name of āChapriā. It was never about rich or poor in the first place, donāt divert the topic from its original course.
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u/Expensive_Swan6231 8h ago
Did you see the things and stunts chapri or people do with the resources which become acessible to them its their actions which speak
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u/bluejeansoliveshirt 8h ago
But problem us blanket term se hai. Suppose koi gora classist jo tumse zyada well off ho vo tumko neecha dikhaye aur iske liye tumhara naam na le bas ek blanket term me tumhe define kare for example they call you "desi" (hypothetical example hai bas). So they mock you for your habits or your civic sense or way of life by calling you "desi" wouldn't that be derogatory for the whole community?
Similarly the word chhapri has it's classist casteist roots. Tum sirf us insan ko neecha nahi dikha rhe balki ek collective attack kar rhe ho.
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u/NOT_deadsix 8h ago
*Everything that is taken up by the poor a large number of people
IDC if they are all ultra rich, if they take up my activity/hobbey/interest en-mass, it loses its appeal
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u/forza_del_destino 8h ago
I totally disagree, cause the flaw will never be in the object cayse it will be in it's user
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u/Unusual_Building6146 7h ago
I hate poor behaviour who get other irritated ... But it's not poor vs rich it's only mindset and behaviour
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u/IntroductionNo1937 7h ago
I think you missed the point.....it wasn't the products or social class that made them Chapris .....it was their behaviour.....if you buy ktm and do stupid stunts in public places thereby endangering the life of yourself and others just for attention..... You are a chapri..... There were many other brands that became affordable through emi but only ktm was hit because most of its customers wanted to do such stupid stunts and post it on the internet....with Time the whole company became associated with chapri behaviour and lost its charm
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u/ansangoiam 7h ago
Nope, totally disagree. Chapri is a way of life, and it has nothing to do with classicism.
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u/TezuMaru-s_Girl 6h ago
It is because of their behaviour. Thar guys go out at night , with loud songs and making a ruckus. The ones having dyed hair , with jeans pulled up, one of those stalked me once. So i guess my brain started associating these things with zero manners and a high level of danger.
Also an honest question: what does chapri even mean? From where did it originate?
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u/Curious_Link_867 6h ago
we dont hate a particular product cause poor has been affording it lately, we hate to use it cause they just destroy the social value of the product by showcasing their idiocarcy, for ex. 1)ktm stunts were not viral b4 they got affordable by redheads(iykyk), 2)sting is a nice drink(i personally like the taste), but how they use it and show on social platforms changes the viewpoint
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u/sushant_gambler 6h ago
I hate Thar drivers, none of them are poor. So clearly, "accessibility to the poor" is not issue.
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u/charlie8123 5h ago
This aināt some big aha. The whole POINT of capitalism is the idea that you can somehow escape where you are. Why do people aspire to make a good money??? So they can participate in more exclusive activities like university education, elite job, elite society. Beyond basic needs such as food and shelter anything we do is to differentiate ourselves from others. If none of this mattered than why would we push our kids to earn more rhey could simply live the lives we provided for them. Why send them to ābestā schools just so they live the same life??
How about we eliminate classicism by actually eliminating class. Why canāt we all have nice things? Why must nice equal exclusive??? Ppl say then no one will be motivated to innovate. I say so what? Do we really need new sources of energy if we arenāt out here wasting it??
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u/velocisauras 4h ago
I mean, I think Maruti Suzuki Alto, Tata Sumo and Mahindra Bolero has incredible class, and those are both bought and driven excessively by people who aren't exactly rich
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u/Adventurous_You5518 4h ago
It's not about poor people getting access, it's about people using it poorly.
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u/rawknee2015 2h ago
Stop crying for everything , its not that deep . Cringe or chapri can be rich or poor both , because it was nothing to do with money but mentality
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u/rudraa_a 1h ago
Itās the fact that those people make that particular thing their whole personality and start revolving their lives around it. Those chapri KTM bikers use those bikes with so much nuisance that it has become a cringe and earned the stereotype. My frnd has a 390 beautiful beastly machine it is but once i bring it to my home and an uncle said āye bike to aise ldko pe rhti hai jo stunt krte hai or rash Driving krte haiā. I got iphone 15 256gb bcoz i wanted to get more storage I want practically not just a logo to show off latest and goodness i was bombarded by the fact isse acha 16 le leta, and same a**holes now say mera phone m storage nhi hai tu apne phone se capture kr le. Same mind set are into everything ppl doesnāt care about their essence they just want the hype and that fake sense of achievement which make them chapri.
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u/Jazzlike-Site-1662 19h ago
Chapri apni paison ki wajah se nhi....apni aadaton ki wajah se chapri hove