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smartpatrol
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Topic: What Class Are You? Posted: April 16 2012 at 13:37 |
id say upper middle class. Like, a good paying IT guy's family.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 18:12 |
Awesome class.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 12:33 |
I own the Chase-Manhattan Bank but I work as a street busker for tax reasons.
Edited by Vibrationbaby - March 29 2012 at 12:35
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 11:27 |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Failcore
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 11:21 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
I was last option all my life, but recently upgraded one option above.
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You leveled up to the prestige class of bourgeoisie :P
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The T
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 10:57 |
Dean wrote:
The T wrote:
Class of 97
Oh, wait. I'm not sure. Please define boundaries and requirements. I might be upper higher class if we consider that most of my possesions are useless items that are mostly for leisure activities like a gigantic cd collection that few actual rich guys have. But I'll be quite low class if we check my bank account. Which is strongly related to my previous point.
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If non-essential possessions are the measure of a man, then class is inversely proportional to the size of flat-screen TV you own. |
Class is knowing when to turn the damn tv off when there are visitors in your house
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 08:14 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I didn't realise they had a class system in the States too. |
I'm not sure we do, or at least in the U.S. I think class is more a reflection of education and social maturity than one of lineage and wealth. I know a whole lot of poor people who are more educated, intelligent and have far more couth than many hyper-wealthy people such as athletes, celebrities and people who inherited their money rather than earned it.
BTW, I would put myself in the 'pulled myself up by the bootstraps' category - I lived in public housing (HUD) as a child and can remember standing in line with my mother for government cheese and milk and shopping at Goodwill and the Salvation Army. But thanks to a strong family work ethic, some encouraging teachers and friends, and a small amount of financial aid from Uncle Sam I now have several college degrees and a well-compensated professional career. In terms of class, I would say I now know it's best to cover one's mouth while belching, and preferably to do it discreetly and outside the earshot of others.
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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LinusW
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 08:06 |
The Bearded Bard wrote:
And you're doing a hell of a job at it |
Why, thank you, kind Sir!
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 08:04 |
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LinusW
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 07:55 |
The Bearded Bard wrote:
LinusW wrote:
The Bearded Bard wrote:
Lower Middle Class / Working Class, I guess. We don't have classes where I live, but I'm not exactly rich. |
I know we in the Nordic countries put some emphasis on equality, but still...Norway has done it properly!
| You know what I mean. We don't have defined classes in the Nordic countries, do we? Of course we have people who are richer than others, but how much money you have doesn't divide the people to that extent as I think it does in other countries (but I'm only guessing here, I don't presume to know how this affects the day-to-day lives of people in other countries).
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I figured that's what you meant. Just being an ass .
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 07:51 |
LinusW wrote:
The Bearded Bard wrote:
Lower Middle Class / Working Class, I guess. We don't have classes where I live, but I'm not exactly rich. |
I know we in the Nordic countries put some emphasis on equality, but still...Norway has done it properly!
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You know what I mean. We don't have defined classes in the Nordic countries, do we? Of course we have people who are richer than others, but how much money you have doesn't divide the people to that extent as I think it does in other countries (but I'm only guessing here, I don't presume to know how this affects the day-to-day lives of people in other countries).
Edited by The Bearded Bard - March 29 2012 at 07:53
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LinusW
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 07:35 |
The Bearded Bard wrote:
Lower Middle Class / Working Class, I guess. We don't have classes where I live, but I'm not exactly rich. |
I know we in the Nordic countries put some emphasis on equality, but still...Norway has done it properly!
Edited by LinusW - March 29 2012 at 07:37
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 07:33 |
Dean wrote:
If non-essential possessions are the measure of a man, then class is inversely proportional to the size of flat-screen TV you own. |
Oh, in that case I'm a Large Business Owner
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 07:28 |
Lower Middle Class / Working Class, I guess. We don't have classes where I live, but I'm not exactly rich.
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Dean
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 06:15 |
The T wrote:
Class of 97
Oh, wait. I'm not sure. Please define boundaries and requirements. I might be upper higher class if we consider that most of my possesions are useless items that are mostly for leisure activities like a gigantic cd collection that few actual rich guys have. But I'll be quite low class if we check my bank account. Which is strongly related to my previous point.
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If non-essential possessions are the measure of a man, then class is inversely proportional to the size of flat-screen TV you own.
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What?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 06:09 |
CPicard wrote:
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
I don't accept your class stratification system. I prefer Marx's analysis of class, which broadly speaking states that you are either a member of the ruling class (bourgeoisie) or you are a wage slave (proletariat). I do not own the means of production and I am not a capitalist. I have to work for a wage (I am a teacher) so therefore I am proletariat (or working class). | In case you haven't read the newspapers: Marx is dead. | And...? Darwin is dead but I still believe in evolution.
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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CPicard
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 03:10 |
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
I don't accept your class stratification system. I prefer Marx's analysis of class, which broadly speaking states that you are either a member of the ruling class (bourgeoisie) or you are a wage slave (proletariat). I do not own the means of production and I am not a capitalist. I have to work for a wage (I am a teacher) so therefore I am proletariat (or working class). |
In case you haven't read the newspapers: Marx is dead.
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The T
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Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:24 |
Class of 97
Oh, wait. I'm not sure. Please define boundaries and requirements. I might be upper higher class if we consider that most of my possesions are useless items that are mostly for leisure activities like a gigantic cd collection that few actual rich guys have. But I'll be quite low class if we check my bank account. Which is strongly related to my previous point.
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clarke2001
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Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:12 |
Middle-class. Oscillating from the edge of poverty to the upper middle class during my life.
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 28 2012 at 17:02 |
"Well I'm ever upper-class high society God's gift to ballroom notoriety And I always fill my ballroom The event is never small The social pages say I've got The biggest balls of all"
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