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If you allow your kids to kick a ball at a joining fence repeatedly, you're a trash person.

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TesChique · 10/05/2025 15:26

It's 24 degrees

We all want to enjoy our outdoor spaces.

If you allow your darlings to repeatedly thump a ball at a fence because "kidz shud b allowd to play innit"

You're a trash human
.

Where has consideration gone in this country.

OP posts:
homelovingalme · 05/06/2025 21:14

AubernFable · 12/05/2025 11:13

Actually disgusting that people not only think like this but are proud enough to admit it publicly. I genuinely feel sorry for you.

The ‘underclass’, as you so kindly put it, isn’t a monolith. You can’t ‘behave like an unemployed person’ any more than you can behave like a postcode. That’s not how people work.

You talk about sinking into a bog of shite, but it seems like, you’ve already arrived- intolerant, judgemental, and steeped in ignorance.

You go on about those who ‘don't know how to behave’ yet here you are, spewing bile and swearing through a post laced with hate and entitlement. Is this your version of decency? Because if your idea of civilisation is built on exclusion and contempt, then I’ll proudly stand with the so-called “underclass” rather than be anywhere near people like you.

You've said you 'enjoy the chaos' of 4 boys next door to you - presumably causing lots of noise and damage. Ah, you're not bothered so that's alright then. Everybody else should STFU, put up and shut up. 😂 Nobody else has lives, needs or feelings.
I know who sounds reasonable and who I'd rather stand with - not you!

homelovingalme · 05/06/2025 21:20

AubernFable · 12/05/2025 15:10

I’ll start with some definitions to clear things up for you then.

monolith
/ˈmɒnəlɪθ/
a large, impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as indivisible and slow to change.

underclass
/ˈʌndəklɑːs/
the lowest social stratum in a country or community, consisting of the poor and unemployed.

When you talk about ‘the underclass’ as if they’re a single bloc of people who deliberately reject society and harm their neighbours, that is treating them as a monolith.

“Underclass” is a loaded term used to describe people who are economically disadvantaged and socially marginalised, usually with the implication that they are permanently outside of mainstream society. It’s not a neutral description, its very much rooted in classism and often used to dehumanise or blame people for systemic issues like poverty, lack of education, unemployment etc. You can’t change the definition to suit your argument and pretend it’s not just classism.

The way you’re using is actually worse as it suggests a group of people who are inherently immoral or antisocial, which is not only offensive but also wildly inaccurate.

And no—I’m not proud to associate with people who harm others. I’m proud to empathise with people who are constantly stereotyped, dehumanised, and treated as problems rather than people. There’s a huge difference between excusing antisocial behaviour (actual antisocial behaviour, not children playing) and refusing to tar entire communities with the same brush.

And let’s not forget: this entire thing started because of children playing in their own garden. You’ve taken that and leapt to ranting about the supposed moral decay of the lower classes. I live in a lovely, quiet area and my neighbours’ kids are loud, boisterous boys who kick footballs and spray water over the hedge all summer. I don’t have a stick up my bottom, so I don’t consider it a personal attack.

Typical hypocrite. There you are, tarring most people here as tightarses (clearly, with your bottom reference) and whatever else, just for wanting to be able to have peace and safety in their own gardens. ".. children playing in their own gardens..".
Take your own phrase and apply that to everybody f ing else.
You seem bizarrely not able to?

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