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[scbk]

[Retired Climber]

17 minutes ago, scbk said:

Is it all about money? There's some landed gentry (who are surely upper class) earning less money than a kfc wage

 

 

Either way, "you is what you is" we all came into the world screaming and naked, and some of us will leave in the same way too 

It's not all about money. Class is about influence. Money is often a by-product of influence, hence the link. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Getting bogged down in debates about class is a regular waste of time in this thread.

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Getting bogged down in debates about class is a regular waste of time in this thread.

Agreed, but when ones had a right night of it and someone is spouting bollox about it it wears a bit thin.

[sime42]

I don't think you can buy Class. Amazon weren't selling it the last time I checked!

 

Even if you earn over £60k and have enough money to have 3 exotic holidays, 4 brand new cars, 6 children in private school, a country mansion with an indoor and outdoor pool, etc etc; it doesn't make you upper class, or even middle class for that matter. (It could also be argued that all that wasteful extravagance won't even make you a happier or nicer person). Though I could be confusing class with cultural capital.

[trigger_andy]

4 minutes ago, sime42 said:

I don't think you can buy Class. Amazon weren't selling it the last time I checked!

 

Even if you earn over £60k and have enough money to have 3 exotic holidays, 4 brand new cars, 6 children in private school, a country mansion with an indoor and outdoor pool, etc etc; it doesn't make you upper class, or even middle class for that matter. (It could also be argued that all that wasteful extravagance won't even make you a happier or nicer person). Though I could be confusing class with cultural capital.

Your confusing social classes with personality traits. 

[Retired Climber]

25 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Agreed, but when ones had a right night of it and someone is spouting bollox about it it wears a bit thin.

If you take it to heart every time someone talks bollox on the internet, you are in for a rough ride. Why on earth does it even matter? 

[eggsarascal]

3 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

If you take it to heart every time someone talks bollox on the internet, you are in for a rough ride. Why on earth does it even matter? 

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter, but when people are spouting bollox, and more so, when they believe that bollox to be the truth it needs putting right. Or does it...

[Retired Climber]

2 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter, but when people are spouting bollox, and more so, when they believe that bollox to be the truth it needs putting right. Or does it...

No, it doesn't. You will never put it right, and it's only bollox from your perspective anyway. Technicalities can 'technically' be wrong, but stuff like this is just opinion, based on life experience and beliefs. My opinion is no more valuable than yours, and yours is no more valuable than anyone else's. To think someone's opinion needs 'putting right' seems a little egotistical. 

I certainly wouldn't let it bother you.🙂

[eggsarascal]

18 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

No, it doesn't. You will never put it right, and it's only bollox from your perspective anyway. Technicalities can 'technically' be wrong, but stuff like this is just opinion, based on life experience and beliefs. My opinion is no more valuable than yours, and yours is no more valuable than anyone else's. To think someone's opinion needs 'putting right' seems a little egotistical. 

I certainly wouldn't let it bother you.🙂

Opinion, hmm. Earning a decent wage does not change someone's class, would you agree?

 

Calling Aslef members out over an RMT strike isn't right, but people believe this nonsense. Yes, Aslef members have taken to the picket line recently, but that isn't what this RMT strike is about. Not egotistical, just the facts.