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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Replying to @mikkimetchel @AdmiralHip and
Using ‘education’ to define class is the most classist thing I’ve ever heard. What counts as education? Formal qualifications? Reading books? Learning skills? Jesus Christ so much implicit classim here, I’m out.
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @AdmiralHip and
Maybe there are cultural differences? I’m a first gen student studying rural poverty and environmental attitudes in a Sociology program, and formal education (holding a BA or BS) is a generally accepted measure of class in journals about this subject.
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Replying to @mikkimetchel @AdmiralHip and
This might be that UK/US divide again, at least judging by everyone's Twitter bios.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @mikkimetchel and
Ok so you're here with me in the "wait, what's a plastic freebie??" confusion camp I assume
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I assumed it meant just plastic cups gained from 7/11 or something.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @cemhend and
That’s exactly what they are! As well as the containers that other foods come in (whip cream in a plastic bin, etc...).
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