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 @cemhend and
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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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @AdmiralHip and
Fuck nuance. Some of these generalizations are true, and just because you misread
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Replying to @mikkimetchel @cemhend and
No, the generalizations aren’t true, nuance is important (which you were saying a few tweets back exists), and she came in making generalizations without stating initially it was her own experiences. And how the fuck does English degree = no knowledge on class? The fuck?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @mikkimetchel and
I dunno, I'm willing to believe her own experiences are probably broader than just her own family? I'm assuming everyone in this thread is responding based on ideas they have from more than just their own household.
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Replying to @cemhend @AdmiralHip and
Like, to recall the genesis of the thread here, it started with "salad tongs are middle class" and
@jillian_kern going "yep" and me going "???". It's not "did your specific family have x" or "are [class] families allowed to have x".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Saying “yes” to salad tongs are middle class is a generalization and okay, she clarified later but I think other wc people or people with wc families have the right to be salty about others saying that because it just perpetuates nonsense about class boundaries.
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