2. If anyone not in your car can hear the music playing in your car, you are low class.
3. Not returning your shopping cart to the stall in the grocery store parking lot.
4. Not washing your hands after using the bathroom.
5. Going shirtless in public.
Wrong. You’re born into class. It’s about pedigree. It’s about upbringing. It has nothing to do with your present circumstance. I can smoke, play my music loud and run around shirtless and still be high class. Nothing I do will take away my father's degree from Yale law school or affect my legacy status at my family's swim and tennis country club in Bethesda. Good manners are for peasants who can't afford to do whatever they want.
This post is probably part troll and generated many down votes, but this is actually how people from elite, privileged social strata think for the most part. It's always nice when the curtain is drawn back and the truth is revealed.
2. If anyone not in your car can hear the music playing in your car, you are low class.
3. Not returning your shopping cart to the stall in the grocery store parking lot.
4. Not washing your hands after using the bathroom.
5. Going shirtless in public.
Interesting. The number one thing that immediately came to mind when I saw this thread was smoking. Kind of amazes me that people still smoke in 2022. If someone has a cigarette or a cigar once in awhile, that's one thing, but daily smoking? Definitely says a lot about person and pretty much brands them as a bottom of society member.
Wrong. You’re born into class. It’s about pedigree. It’s about upbringing. It has nothing to do with your present circumstance. I can smoke, play my music loud and run around shirtless and still be high class. Nothing I do will take away my father's degree from Yale law school or affect my legacy status at my family's swim and tennis country club in Bethesda. Good manners are for peasants who can't afford to do whatever they want.
This post is probably part troll and generated many down votes, but this is actually how people from elite, privileged social strata think for the most part. It's always nice when the curtain is drawn back and the truth is revealed.
Most "generational wealth" only last 3 generations. So if you make a load of cash, your kids will live very lush easy lives, but your grandkids might maaayyybe have it easy, but your great grand kids will be just like everyone else.
This post is probably part troll and generated many down votes, but this is actually how people from elite, privileged social strata think for the most part. It's always nice when the curtain is drawn back and the truth is revealed.
Most "generational wealth" only last 3 generations. So if you make a load of cash, your kids will live very lush easy lives, but your grandkids might maaayyybe have it easy, but your great grand kids will be just like everyone else.
Absolutely. That's why classism makes me laugh. It's just the high school cafeteria, but on a grander scale.
Hold up everyone, there's nothing inherently wrong with being of a "low" social status. Being poor or born into a lower class isn't some sort of moral shortcoming. This sort of classist rhetoric ignores the fact that, as others have mentioned, people of all social standings can be total antisocial assholes
Most "generational wealth" only last 3 generations. So if you make a load of cash, your kids will live very lush easy lives, but your grandkids might maaayyybe have it easy, but your great grand kids will be just like everyone else.
Absolutely. That's why classism makes me laugh. It's just the high school cafeteria, but on a grander scale.
Not sure what you mean…. if someone makes good investments with the generational wealth it does seem to last a long time
Hold up everyone, there's nothing inherently wrong with being of a "low" social status. Being poor or born into a lower class isn't some sort of moral shortcoming. This sort of classist rhetoric ignores the fact that, as others have mentioned, people of all social standings can be total antisocial assholes
You are confusing socioeconomic status with class. Poor people can have a great deal of class; rich people can have none.
You probably could draw a Venn diagram with one circle being things low income people do and the other things low class people do (regardless of income) and the intersection might be fair game for discussion. People who do not make much money make a lot of choices on things like entertainment, food, culture due to the fact that things like classical music, art, independent film, etc. that can be accessible for little money are just reminders that their lives are lesser than people who have good, high paying jobs that are challenging and interesting. So, they just want a quick thrill and watch UFC, NASCAR, listen to country, etc.
That being said, I think there are definitely some things that are "low class" but are not exclusively based on income.
1. Loud motor vehicles. Harley, crotch rocket, Dodge Hellcat, Mustang, all the way up to a Lambo. People who like to blast the decibels by revving their vehicle as hard as they can are low class.
2. Being the loudest one at the bar/restaurant/party. My dad has a party laugh that makes a hyena sound like the coo of a morning dove. There is always one person who is louder than everyone else when people are just having fun. It is the same whether you are at Hooters or a five star steak house (might even be worse at the latter). Totally low class to have no self awareness and drown everyone else out whenever you talk.
3. Taking 15 minutes to buy your lottery tickets at the quikymart. My mom is solidly middle class and she always buys lottery tickets whenever powerball is up high. While more lottery ticket people tend to be working class, plenty are middle and upper middle. But it is the ones who come in with their winning tickets and spend forever cashing them out so they can get more tickets while a construction worker covered in sweat waits patiently to buy a bottle of gatorade so he doesn't pass out.
4. Saying something mean and expecting everyone to agree with you whenever there is a long line for anything. It is usually pretty obvious when people in service jobs at a restaurant, big event, etc. are overwhelmed. But there is always one person in the line who has to make a crack like "looks like they hired a bunch of people from the DMV to work the line!!" and then laughs and looks around trying to make eye contact to get people to join in a pile on. Shut up and be patient. Play on your phone like everyone else.
2. If anyone not in your car can hear the music playing in your car, you are low class.
This happened to me running tonight but as the car went past the music was Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Puccini - this is a genuine test for your rule.