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Middle Class B*llocks
- Thread starter StrangewaysHereWeCome
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A few I work with are middle class and some striving to be.
They act shocked if you tell a story about the football or the pub.
One who I have known for a few years is now going out with a bloke for his money to put her in that bracket. Sad really but each to their own
Jarvis Cocker got it right with his common people song
They act shocked if you tell a story about the football or the pub.
One who I have known for a few years is now going out with a bloke for his money to put her in that bracket. Sad really but each to their own
Jarvis Cocker got it right with his common people song
gordondaviesmoustache
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Yes that's right. Middle class people don't routinely talk about football or the pub.mayo31 said:A few I work with are middle class and some striving to be.
They act shocked if you tell a story about the football or the pub.
gordondaviesmoustache said:Yes that's right. Middle class people don't routinely talk about football or the pub.mayo31 said:A few I work with are middle class and some striving to be.
They act shocked if you tell a story about the football or the pub.
Ha ha, I should not have bracketed them all but you need to meet these people to understand.
urmston
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There are two particular types of middle class b*llocks that I've noticed again and again over the years.
One is eco-madness. A lot of preaching about saving the planet doesn't stop lots of reasonably affluent alleged greens living life to the full on their decent wages, often entailing lots of holidays, a decent sized home that needs lots of heating, a large 4x4 for dad and perhaps mum too, cars for the kids when they hit 17, flights for weekend city breaks and gap years for the children etc etc. Energy saving in order to stop an eco-apocalypse seems not to be their personal responsibility but something they tell everyone else to do.
The other is 'celebrating diversity'. They tell the rest of us how wonderful it is that our city is so diverse, with so many languages and cultures represented especially in our rich and vibrant schools. But they tend to live in a largely white, monocultural area and make absolutely sure their kids attend a school with as little economic, cultural and linguistic diversity as possible.
One is eco-madness. A lot of preaching about saving the planet doesn't stop lots of reasonably affluent alleged greens living life to the full on their decent wages, often entailing lots of holidays, a decent sized home that needs lots of heating, a large 4x4 for dad and perhaps mum too, cars for the kids when they hit 17, flights for weekend city breaks and gap years for the children etc etc. Energy saving in order to stop an eco-apocalypse seems not to be their personal responsibility but something they tell everyone else to do.
The other is 'celebrating diversity'. They tell the rest of us how wonderful it is that our city is so diverse, with so many languages and cultures represented especially in our rich and vibrant schools. But they tend to live in a largely white, monocultural area and make absolutely sure their kids attend a school with as little economic, cultural and linguistic diversity as possible.
andyhinch
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urmston said:There are two particular types of middle class b*llocks that I've noticed again and again over the years.
One is eco-madness. A lot of preaching about saving the planet doesn't stop lots of reasonably affluent alleged greens living life to the full on their decent wages, often entailing lots of holidays, a decent sized home that needs lots of heating, a large 4x4 for dad and perhaps mum too, cars for the kids when they hit 17, flights for weekend city breaks and gap years for the children etc etc. Energy saving in order to stop an eco-apocalypse seems not to be their personal responsibility but something they tell everyone else to do.
Yea, that sums me up:)
The other is 'celebrating diversity'. They tell the rest of us how wonderful it is that our city is so diverse, with so many languages and cultures represented especially in our rich and vibrant schools. But they tend to live in a largely white, monocultural area and make absolutely sure their kids attend a school with as little economic, cultural and linguistic diversity as possible.
steviemc
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People who always mention their make of car in conversation: 'had to take the Merc for a service', 'went to put fuel in the Jag'. Using every opportunity to let you know what they drive, when simple use of the word 'car' would suffice.
dawlish dave
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steviemc said:People who always mention their make of car in conversation: 'had to take the Merc for a service', 'went to put fuel in the Jag'. Using every opportunity to let you know what they drive, when simple use of the word 'car' would suffice.
People who 30 mins after you have met them for the first time asking "what wheels are you running" its like N I were people are after your religion in the first 30 min. Wankers who call afters pudding even if its a slice of cake, pudding in Reddish was rice pud although these day they most likely call it rice puddin, feckin middle class wannabes.
BrianW
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Hebden Bridge is a great place to see stereotypical bourgeois Socialists. The sort who live on nut cutlets and lentil soup, insist that everything they buy is fair trade, but would react with horror, absolute horror, if they had to live among actual working-class people.
I suppose all I can say for these people is that at least they're better than Tories. A bit.
I suppose all I can say for these people is that at least they're better than Tories. A bit.
Prestwich_Blue
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White wine.