Oh this is a description of a model within a model, not reality itself. Part of elaborate thought experiment
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So, you know how people in business class wear polos and stuff, but at a fancy function, you will never mistake those people for middle class This same dynamic works for the intellectual model, I think -- in group settings, post-libs present as libs to blend in
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i’m upper class and am interested in the idea that people can somehow magically spot me at a party fwiw i wear yoga pants and a cuddl duds hoodie in first class.
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hmmm upper class upper class or upper middle class
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depends on from whose perspective. professional class tho
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you almost surely have upward of a dozen tells :)
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maybe the thing about status spotting is you have to be obsessed with it to spot those tells, and i don’t hang out with anyone who is, because i likewise am not
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this is an extremely UMC thing to say
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i told you my income class and now you can say everything is reflective of that.
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income class isn't quite the same thing as social class and yeah I *could* do that and its a good joke but in this case im serious partly the way you objected, partly the language you used in your objection hard to make legible
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fussell's a good read on this though out of date by 30 years this is just an intuitive expansion but as you suggest once you see it you can't unsee it https://smile.amazon.com/Class-Through-American-Status-System/dp/0671792253 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot @amyhoy and
ooh imagine programming a bot to sort profiles by word use and behavioral traits for social class/econ class.
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