It’s undeniable that there’s a preconception about international students — specifically, that they have considerable amounts of money at their disposal.And, considering the fact that many educational institutions require international students to jump through more rigorous financial hoops to gain acceptance into their programs, this makes a certain amount of sense.
Of course, this stereotype has since become something of a running joke online.
these international students are wearing outfits that cost as much as my quarter’s tuition bye
— ? (@lomnut) April 2, 2018
On everything the international students be dripping in Balenciaga and Gucci like how????
— Autumn ?? (@autumnasb) April 3, 2018
So much so, that when someone shared an image of this glitzy, gold Chanel lo-mein …
— femme fatale (@eliesaaab) March 31, 2018
… people began to crack wise about how it’s “what international students have for lunch.”
What international students have for lunch https://t.co/yYR0UahvLv
— শামীমা খাতুন্ (@bengalitrash) April 1, 2018
Of course, once the people of the internet saw the opportunity for a new meme, there was no stopping them.
rise and shine, international students pic.twitter.com/WFU5rJOwMm
— andy (@lighterature) April 3, 2018
Fruits for international Students ? pic.twitter.com/BFpv8qZtb9
— Mariam (@Maryftaddoh) April 4, 2018
International students water bottle pic.twitter.com/MsNvBhjAYG
— ??? (@DJ_InSanity) April 4, 2018
International students at breakfast pic.twitter.com/kPMfT6gT3K
— H (@hasanp_17) April 3, 2018
However, some international students were less than amused and reminded Twitter that not every international student is dripping with dough.
Find it so funny when I see tweets about rich international students, cause when I was studying abroad I was probs the only one living off bread and water lool
— nicsss (@nicss_lm) April 3, 2018
international students arent always rich like bruh some of us broke 99% of the time chill
— mallu papi (@shyxmm) April 4, 2018
Twitter was pretty much like, “Mmkay, yeah, sure, whatever you say.”
Everyone thinks international students are like hella rich…that ain’t true *starts eating gold covered chocolate* https://t.co/RULNkrl065
— Poet (@aminakalalam) April 2, 2018
Regardless, I think we can all agree on one thing: designer flavored breakfast cereal would probably taste positively disgusting.