When people post videos of themselves helping impoverished people for clout, validation, internet points, or money.
"Joey is kinda despicable, he posts poverty porn to youtube, and it makes him $1k in ad revenue per month."
"Becky tipped a $100 bill the other day, which was nice, but she posted it to TikTok as poverty porn and now I don't respect her"
"Becky tipped a $100 bill the other day, which was nice, but she posted it to TikTok as poverty porn and now I don't respect her"
by r i c o l a January 13, 2022
Maury, Jerry Springer, and any show that purposefully uses the extremely poor and/or desperate uneducated people to exploit them for the purpose of entertainment.
"Every time I see a show that involves poor people fighting, it just gives me the worst poverty porn vibe."
by Nenona571 October 19, 2013
A type of movie that claims to be Deep and Real when in reality it just a movie that exploits poverish people for cheap drama.
by Weirdo Sheep January 14, 2018
Porn that is made by people who wouldn't ordinarily do porn, but seriously need the money. This explains why some people who appear in porn but obviously have no idea what they are doing.
Dave: That chick Taylor is so hot. She made the whole DVD worth buying.
Sean: I heard she was doing poverty porn to get her transmission fixed.
Sean: I heard she was doing poverty porn to get her transmission fixed.
by james savik November 6, 2023