8MileBU Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 13:23, MONKMAN said: Too many people think they’re somehow middle class nowadays, as they’re mortgaged out their eyeballs on a new build estate and have a leased bmw in the drive. One month without a wage and a lot of these people would be in the shit. ^^^ Mortgaged out his eyeballs on a new build estate with a leased BMW next to her leased Fiat 500. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 10:50, ICTChris said: Thought I'd start a thread about snobbery, something that I've found increasingly interesting in the last couple of years. There's an image of Scotland that we are more equal and less stratified that other countries, specifically England, but I'm not sure it particuarly holds up. If you define snobbery in terms of social stratification then E'burgh is the most snobbish city in Britain. I can't think of another city where 25% of pupils go to fee paying schools, for example. You also have a clique around the West End/New Town/Stockbridge which is dominated by old money - Fettes/Loretto/Gordonstoun - types with a double upper in town and a shooting estate in Angus/Perthshire/A'deenshire. To the Old Money clique you have to add the legal types - partners in long-established law firms or QCs or judges ranging from PFs to the Court of Session wigs. Then add in those making a huge living in E'burgh's financial services industry - many of whom are the scion of the Old Money brigade and/or who went to school with each other. There is just nowhere in England which has a village for the privileged classes in the way that Edinburgh does. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 13 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: I recall simpler times when a snob was someone who got out of the bath to go to the toilet. 13 hours ago, welshbairn said: Or took the dishes out of the sink before having a pish. You only do either if you're having a shite... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) Snobbery is all I've got. I look down on people for, literally, thousands of reasons. Generally for not thinking and doing what I think they should. Clothes, music, lifestyle...everything. Everybody is wrong and I'm right and anyone who disagrees is an idiot, unworthy of my attention. Eta, I think everyone really has a similar outlook. Edited October 13, 2021 by Sergeant Wilson 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 In my experience inverted snobbery is more rampant in Scotland. The number of tedious c***s who love to brag that "mummy and daddy" didn't help them go to university is unreal. As if families supporting each other is something to sneer at."Didn't" help and "couldn't" help are different things though. You reckon these tedious c***s are more the former?Can't say I've ever experienced bragging of the latter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Snobbery is all I've got. I look down on people for, literally, thousands of reasons. Generally for not thinking and doing what I think they should. Clothes, music, lifestyle...everything. Everybody is wrong and I'm right and anyone who disagrees is an idiot, unworthy of my attention. Eta, I think everyone really has a similar outlook. I don’t. That’s the outlook of a pleb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Mark Connolly said: I don’t. That’s the outlook of a pleb. No, you're a pleb, everybody is. I console myself everyday by thinking "at least I'm not as bad as them, look at the state of him" etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Folk with money who adopt the eating habits of subsitence farmers as some sort of badge of honour. Cooking porridge with water and salt might be traditional but if you gave a 19th century crofter a bag of silver spoon he would be all over it. Same with people boring you that tikka massage and chips isn't authentic. So f**k. You think an Indian villager wouldn't take a tandoori mixed grill over a bowl of lentils given the choice? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: Same with people boring you that tikka massage and chips isn't authentic. So f**k. You think an Indian villager wouldn't take a tandoori mixed grill over a bowl of lentils given the choice? Think I’d prefer a Thai massage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: tikka massage and chips That's some happy ending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 21:55, The_Kincardine said: There is just nowhere in England which has a village for the privileged classes in the way that Edinburgh does. Virginia Water does a good impression. Wonder if they look down on folks from Woking? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkthebigclub Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 43 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: tikka massage Is that when she gets her nan to join in? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I think I have inadvertently invented the way I want to die 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Folk with money who adopt the eating habits of subsitence farmers as some sort of badge of honour. Cooking porridge with water and salt might be traditional but if you gave a 19th century crofter a bag of silver spoon he would be all over it. Same with people boring you that tikka massage and chips isn't authentic. So f**k. You think an Indian villager wouldn't take a tandoori mixed grill over a bowl of lentils given the choice?Tikka massage? Sounds kinky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: I think I have inadvertently invented the way I want to die A lot of guys riffing poorly on your typo but fair play you've flexed it out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Porridge with salt is just better than with sugar. Sugar in tea or coffee is also vile. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stimpy Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Pre pandemic I got a sunflower lanyard for my daughter because she's half blind but moves about seemingly without issue, they were a good idea that nobody knew about so didn't really work. 5 minutes into mask wearing word got round that you could get a free lanyard from Tesco and it meant you didn't have to wear a mask in shops. Now my snobbery kicks in because all the folk kicking about with the lanyards are the three remaining teeth and a walking stick for the social brigade cutting about in the same clothes for a fortnight and I firmly believe the majority are at it, abusing a lovely idea. Just know that my snobbery is bitter. On a lighter note, when I met my wife she lived in a two bed mouldy flat, we have moved a couple of times and now own a 3 bed bungalow in a nice bit of town and see if anyone dares walk past the hoose or park outside she's up like a meerkat twitching those curtains like a good one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 46 minutes ago, Detournement said: Porridge with salt is just better than with sugar. Sugar in tea or coffee is also vile. Both is the answer. In porridge not tea 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 10 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Same with people boring you that tikka massage and chips isn't authentic. So f**k. You think an Indian villager wouldn't take a tandoori mixed grill over a bowl of lentils given the choice? I've always argued that any food snob who drones on about authentic Indian or Thai food should be forced to squat over an authentic Indian or Thai toilet afterwards. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 hours ago, badgerthewitness said: Is that when she gets her nan to join in? Not getting enough greenies, this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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