Designer Zara Shahjahan started a thread on twitter sharing how life has been hard for the rich after the inflation in hopes to get to know the harsh realities that the poor face in Pakistan:
So I’m starting a thread, you have to start your tweet with let’s be honest. #letsbehonest life in Pakistan is hard for the rich so imagine the poor.
— zara shahjahan (@ZaraShahjahan) June 19, 2019
But the thread really didn’t go the way she expected it to go because we know how sarcastic the the Pakistani twitter is:
Let's be honest – Inflation is hitting hard. We can no longer keep all 5 A.Cs in our home on simultaneously. Bill jo itna aaraha hai.
— Baji Please (@BajiPlease) June 27, 2019
Oh damn, French cheese!
https://twitter.com/Fallibilist1/status/1144186706180096000?s=19
Some were also sad how the prices of their favorite cars went up:
Also the Toyota v8 land cruiser jumped from 3 crore to 4 crore rupees .. imagine how hard it is to live in pakistan now
— AkbaR (@Aakbar84) June 27, 2019
Nutella ko bhi nahi chhora:
What about Nutella? Do anyone even care about us? Life is soooo hard without it
— Ali Raza (@aliraza_ca) June 27, 2019
But people had alternatives for Nutella too!
https://twitter.com/AbdulAz17116454/status/1144518344797765633?s=19
McDonalds, why you do this?
I can confirm. McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder Cheese Burger is now Rs. 705. Things are getting out of hands.
— Baji Please (@BajiPlease) June 27, 2019
OH-EMM-JEEEE
#letsbehonest ab emirates ki jaga PIA mai travel karna paray ga
— the99thZ (@najeebz18) June 27, 2019
Many pointed out towards the price point of her dresses:
Let's be honest, not one poor or even a middle class can buy your dresses without thinking a thousand times of their budget 🤷 The worst part is they're beautiful af!!! 💔
— Colonel Almeida (@thincrustgirl) June 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/Biakhalidbutt/status/1144217699960152064?s=19
https://twitter.com/caremalfrappe/status/1144645969935552513?s=19
https://twitter.com/caremalfrappe/status/1144645477847187457?s=19
You sell your deadass boring plain clothes starting from 10k+. The audacity of you people I swear. IT IS hard for poor people, what are you doing in contribution to tackle that other than being so ignorant abt ur own privilege that you're complaining and comparing urself to them
— the misandrist next door🍉🇵🇰 (@amnaaww) June 27, 2019
People were concerned for their maids:
#letsbehonest My maid can't afford this dress anymore. pic.twitter.com/IzyMz9lu1r
— Abu Jim Ghafir (@AiQurated) June 27, 2019
Roti and caviar?
https://twitter.com/Pak25596097/status/1144202818775130112?s=19
People were sad that they couldn’t change their LEDs to OLEDs:
https://twitter.com/amirjalalpk/status/1144286152939188224?s=19
Petition for new roads for our Mercedes Benz:
https://twitter.com/Biakhalidbutt/status/1144208077144694784?s=19
People were with her:
https://twitter.com/ShaanMahmood/status/1144196574832205824?s=19
People were sad how they can’t go to Europe as often as they used to to de-stress themselves:
https://twitter.com/imasoodk88/status/1144629172930850816?s=19
People were even tagging Imran Khan for the problems the rich are facing:
https://twitter.com/alizah_hashmi/status/1144283833317187584?s=19
Many people advised thetweet be deleted, but it was too late…
— بسکٹ (@sarnakhao) June 27, 2019
Even Pringles? * cries *
https://twitter.com/Broiler_Choocha/status/1144276524897583104?s=19
People thought the tweet was showng her rich privilege:
"life in Pakistan is hard for the rich"
Gotta feel included somehow huh
— MJ 🇵🇸 (@TheJuniversal) June 27, 2019
Now it’s all sweaty in the bathroom:
Yaar bijli itni mehngi ho gayi hai hum nay washrooms k A.C utarwa diye hain
— 🇵🇰 (@bilal_raza24) June 28, 2019
Life really is hard:
My brother travelling in business class and spending holidays in Japan, is worried about inflation. Life is hard.
— smart ☢️ (@Nftdoc37) June 27, 2019
Life hard for rich wow that's a new one!
— Raja Akbar Ali (@Rmaaks) June 19, 2019
The word nashukrey was coined for people like you!
— pompous professor (@RSaeenbux) June 27, 2019
Some came to her defense because people were trolling her for being an elitist:
#letsbehonest your intention behind your post was not to be elitist – you kept it real and said it like it is. Life in Pakistan is hitting hard on every socio-economic group.
— Aamna Arshad (@AamnaArshad) June 29, 2019
Some couldn’t quite understand what she was trying to say:
#LetsBeHonest could you please elaborate what exactly you're trying to say?
— Maha Khan (@Maha13377468) June 28, 2019
Some didn’t even bother writing anything because the comments spoke for themselves 😂
Socha kuch likun but the comments are killing it!
P.S I thought this would be about let’s be honest about our blessings thread.— Hassan Ehsan (@h1ehsan) June 27, 2019
Oh, Zara really didn’t see this coming:
Let's be honest I'm sure this is not how you thought this thread would go
— N (@Nazyams) June 28, 2019
After being trolled with hundreds of comments, Zara finally realized how her tweet might have sounded elitist and she accepted her mistake. We stan a diva who accepts her mistake:
God you guys are savage ! So embarrassed to be privileged! You guys are damn right that tweet was so“elite” #whilesittinginmyairconditionedroom
— zara shahjahan (@ZaraShahjahan) June 27, 2019
She sure learned her lesson!
Really got a taste of twitter for the first time. Never again. 🙏🏼
— zara shahjahan (@ZaraShahjahan) June 28, 2019
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