Speaking of class.... [link]
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 28, 2008 10:31:09 am PDT #9963 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Jul 28, 2008 10:36:35 am PDT #9964 of 10003
A NANNY FOR A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
sarameg - Jul 28, 2008 10:37:18 am PDT #9965 of 10003
I'm sorry, I couldn't get past that part.
Trudy Booth - Jul 28, 2008 10:37:24 am PDT #9966 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
"historically-not-so-common" then?
And is the cousin greeted with open arms by Lord Such-and-such's family if she wants to marry him? (Its an honest question.)
DavidS - Jul 28, 2008 10:37:32 am PDT #9967 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not sure if "middle class" is a useful term.
As one social scientist noted, 85% of Americans consider themselves "middle class" but it means very different things to them. From well paid union labor to middle management to small business owners etc.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 28, 2008 10:38:30 am PDT #9968 of 10003
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A NANNY FOR A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
That was sort of my reaction, too. Also, if she wants someone young and pretty, which she seems to, wouldn't they be very close in age.
Trudy Booth - Jul 28, 2008 10:38:41 am PDT #9969 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm not sure if "middle class" is a useful term.
As one social scientist noted, 85% of Americans consider themselves "middle class" but it means very different things to them. From well paid union labor to middle management to small business owners etc.
I think that's due to the "American's don't HAVE social class" notion -- we almost all want to consider ourselves middle class.
It's only going to be useful if you give it an actual definition.
Jesse - Jul 28, 2008 10:39:10 am PDT #9970 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A NANNY FOR A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
I'm sorry, I couldn't get past that part.
Dude. I know. And then there's the part where she says it's a full-time job, but the person really only reliably gets one day off a month.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 28, 2008 10:39:52 am PDT #9971 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I'm not sure if "middle class" is a useful term.
Yes, I was pondering it in my own blog and I realized I don't know what the hell middle class actually is, let alone middle class values.
Therefore my pondering mostly focused on money rather than class.
§ ita § - Jul 28, 2008 10:40:49 am PDT #9972 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And is the cousin greeted with open arms by Lord Such-and-such's family if she wants to marry him?
She's Labour. Of course not. Not to mention black. But it it common for old American money to marry kids whose parents were dirt poor?