I am confused by the qtd tweet because salad tongs ARE middle class???
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Replying to @jillian_kern @HalstedMedieval
What... is middle class about eating salad? And like... yeah I’m sure you can get some Brand Tongs or something but mine were like $2 so...?
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Replying to @cemhend @HalstedMedieval
I just think a tendency to buy specialized kitchen utensils (even though of course many are cheap) is relatively middle class. Specialized items in general are IMO. Like buying water cups instead of using leftover jars & plastic freebies.
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water glasses (or really just...glasses?) are not a middle class thing, and my working class relatives all have them. They aren’t drinking water out of jam jars.
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Drinking out of jam jars strikes me as really NOT working-class... more like hipster/foodie aesthetic.
@jillian_kern, what’s a “plastic freebie”? Brain fart maybe but...??1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @cemhend @AdmiralHip and
I hear the “specialized cooking equipment” thing, but I’d only have applied it to unusual and expensive specialty items. Like... most homes are gonna have a cheese grater, tongs, a paring knife, a kettle.
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Replying to @cemhend @AdmiralHip and
Working class people cook. Working class people often *have to* cook. Most chefs are working class. Most classic dishes originate from working people feeding themselves. And we don’t drink from jars. The disinclination to associate working class with skill is beyond insulting
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @cemhend and
It’s not about spending money on things because we “don’t deserve” them. It’s because when you know where every dollar is going, it seems much more practical to use an old cool whip container as Tupperware.
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Replying to @mikkimetchel @cemhend and
working class people will also occasionally buy something fancy, or inherit items from other family members? Like yeah I get that there’s a frugality mindset, but it’s not like working class people who don’t use old cool whip containers are suddenly middle class.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @cemhend and
Class is complex. In my field, we usually use education as a good indicator of middle-class status. We’re not implying that there’s a clear line where you suddenly become middle class; how people identify is important.
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Lmao are you fucking kidding me. That is some classist shite right there. Wow.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @mikkimetchel and
I’m not being patronisingly told that ‘class is complex’ on a thread where I literally called for more nuance and fewer generalisations about class.
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