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I just peaked at middle class wankerism

913 replies

Buckarooo · 05/04/2025 11:47

At a farm café... naturally. And daughter is on special diet, so she was eating her packed lunch. And she went to eat her apple ...I found my self saying "oh darling, let me wash your apple, it's got brioche crumbs all over it"

What a dick I am 🤣

OP posts:
quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 18:32

Shetlands · 05/04/2025 18:25

A brioche is a sparkly thing your granny pins to her coat but baps are things you get out for the lads when you're on the cider.

😂

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:33

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 18:29

You know nothing about me or my social class

you also really know zero about social class in the uk. It’s quite an interesting subject, and very nuanced. It’s also about culture, family and background. It has next to nothing to do with going to university or the job you do.

Your literally a fool. Please go read up on what middle class means. Honestly you sound very very socially limited. Not able to navigate the wider world desprate to have something to signal to yourself or others that you have achieved middle class excellence.

godmum56 · 05/04/2025 18:33

I had a dog who was allergic to duck, does that count?

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:34

Yes pets with allergies is middle class

Sapienza · 05/04/2025 18:35

Big wave to The Daily Mail.😜

BlackStrayCat · 05/04/2025 18:37

I think to be mc you do have to have a minimum of GCSE English. Or at least the ability to express yourself clearly.

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 18:39

Sapienza · 05/04/2025 18:35

Big wave to The Daily Mail.😜

Edited

Do you think they'll name check you when they scrape this article for their online content?

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 18:40

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:33

Your literally a fool. Please go read up on what middle class means. Honestly you sound very very socially limited. Not able to navigate the wider world desprate to have something to signal to yourself or others that you have achieved middle class excellence.

Personally, I’ve been learning about social stratification for the last 5 years but you could easily find something to explain what middle class means with a quick google which would set you straight

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 18:40

BlackStrayCat · 05/04/2025 18:37

I think to be mc you do have to have a minimum of GCSE English. Or at least the ability to express yourself clearly.

Naughty! Some people get very passionate about class issues.

I do have 2 decent 'O' levels in English 🙂but language seems to have moved on a wee bit since then.

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:43

I don't know if your serious but really it's education and job that defines middle class. The only class defined by blood line is upper class. Working class describes limited finacial freedom less focus on education, manual job that's it. If you after 5 years don't know this go back and start again your doing it wrong.

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 18:45

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:43

I don't know if your serious but really it's education and job that defines middle class. The only class defined by blood line is upper class. Working class describes limited finacial freedom less focus on education, manual job that's it. If you after 5 years don't know this go back and start again your doing it wrong.

Have you seen the cost of tradies, most of them are more financially free than white collar workers these days.

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 18:46

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:43

I don't know if your serious but really it's education and job that defines middle class. The only class defined by blood line is upper class. Working class describes limited finacial freedom less focus on education, manual job that's it. If you after 5 years don't know this go back and start again your doing it wrong.

This is just bull. I can’t believe you’ve actually posted to say anyone who went to university is middle class. That’s hysterical

SassySusie · 05/04/2025 18:47

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:43

I don't know if your serious but really it's education and job that defines middle class. The only class defined by blood line is upper class. Working class describes limited finacial freedom less focus on education, manual job that's it. If you after 5 years don't know this go back and start again your doing it wrong.

That isn’t actually true. You could have a good education and job with six figure salary and be working class. You could leave school and work in a minimum wage job your whole life and be middle class. I know this might fry your brain, but it’s true☺️

LlynTegid · 05/04/2025 18:48

Sapienza · 05/04/2025 18:35

Big wave to The Daily Mail.😜

Edited

I bet if the said paper does cover this thread, my comment that they were The Paper that Supported the Blackshirts won't be included.

BarneyRonson · 05/04/2025 18:49

The take away I’m getting from this thread is that bacon sandwiches give you bowel cancer. Surely this is an anti British suggestion.

Brioche aren’t brilliant for the bowel but this hasn’t been mentioned because there’s always a bias in favour of French cuisine.

Iwantmyoldnameback · 05/04/2025 18:50

LlynTegid · 05/04/2025 18:48

I bet if the said paper does cover this thread, my comment that they were The Paper that Supported the Blackshirts won't be included.

Beat me to it.

threenaancurrywhore · 05/04/2025 18:54

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 16:45

Whys everyone being such a twat to the OP

It’s every thread today. A hive twatmind. Think we’ve all synched up and it’s day one of everyone’s cycle en masse.

stayathomer · 05/04/2025 18:54

Everyone talking about the apple is it not the brioche that is the middle class part? I don’t think op is saying middle class is eating fruit! And brioche crumbs are big and do stick to apples!!

godmum56 · 05/04/2025 18:56

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 18:34

Yes pets with allergies is middle class

Oh I am well in then, he had a shedload and they got worse as he got older.

BarneyRonson · 05/04/2025 18:57

godmum56 · 05/04/2025 18:56

Oh I am well in then, he had a shedload and they got worse as he got older.

Actually very posh of him.

orangedream · 05/04/2025 18:58

Is it really middle class to bring your own food to a cafe and take up space there while eating it? Genuinely asking. I would have thought that was poor form from any class?

Diydanny · 05/04/2025 18:59

Boreded · 05/04/2025 15:39

Would you like ketchup for the chip on your shoulder?

Only if it is BELBERRY SAN MARZANO TOMATO ROYAL KETCHUP

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 19:00

It's terrifying how uneducated people are the world we live in. Class is used by finances professionals and government to make assessing large groups of people quickly. Being a trader is a skilled professional job you are not working class. When you apply for job there is a reason you are asked if you were the first person in your family to go to university. Why do you think this question is asked, it's to profile people quickly. Please don't spread misinformation because your not very well off and can't afford brioche.@

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 19:01

orangedream · 05/04/2025 18:58

Is it really middle class to bring your own food to a cafe and take up space there while eating it? Genuinely asking. I would have thought that was poor form from any class?

It. Was. A. Funny. Thread.

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 05/04/2025 19:02

orangedream · 05/04/2025 18:58

Is it really middle class to bring your own food to a cafe and take up space there while eating it? Genuinely asking. I would have thought that was poor form from any class?

"Sorry, young child. Unfortunately your dietary needs that are completely out of your control mean you'll just have to sit and watch the rest of us eat. Hard luck".