NationStates Jolt Archive

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

*kills Ruffino and steals the life insurance payout*

I may not be cool enough, but I can always manipulate you into giving me money which you seem to have plenty of! :D

I regret to inform Il Ruffino that he is not cool enough to join my clique. If we lower the admission standards, however, we shall let him know.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

Tommy Hilfiger and loafers are so 90's.

Tommy Hilfiger and loafers are so 90's.

Oh oh. and I wear overpriced retro sunglasses.

Thank you for reminding me.

Tommy Hilfiger?
Loafers?
Second Home?

You sound like a rich snob.

And yet, I could care less.

Probably not.
COCKS
But my club has more guns. And guns are helpful in the surgical (and not so surgical) application of force.
COCKS
Ergo, I am not cool enough to join your club. But you shall lower your coolness and pay annual tribute to my club, or you will be dissolved in a most unpleasant way.

I regret to inform Il Ruffino that he is not cool enough to join my clique. If we lower the admission standards, however, we shall let him know.

Pah, I don't need a home owner's association to tell me how cool I am. You can keep East Egg, I will always prefer West Egg.

Oh oh. and I wear overpriced retro sunglasses.

Thank you for reminding me.

I hope you wear a V-neck sweater over your shoulders as well.

Très chic.

I hope you wear a V-neck sweater over your shoulders as well.

Très chic.

I have been known to do that, yes.

Carlton ain't got shit on me.

Tommy Hilfiger?
Loafers?
Second Home?

You sound like a rich snob.

And yet, I could care less.

Ah yes, "snob", even the sound of that word makes my whole body tremble with pleasure.

*kills Ruffino and steals the life insurance payout*

I may not be cool enough, but I can always manipulate you into giving me money which you seem to have plenty of! :D
*has some "friends" deal with you*
Probably not.
COCKS
But my club has more guns. And guns are helpful in the surgical (and not so surgical) application of force.
COCKS
Ergo, I am not cool enough to join your club. But you shall lower your coolness and pay annual tribute to my club, or you will be dissolved in a most unpleasant way.
COCKS
Don't make me sic Rosie O'Donnell on you.

I have been known to do that, yes.

Carlton ain't got shit on me.

From what I see of NSG, most are left-wing hippies with no respect for the people who made America, the same people who call themselves humanitarian yet offload the most vile abuse on a sweet kitten such as Paris Hilton.

Twisted minds.

Those that reject your clique the most are those who most want to join.

....but you could upgrade to the 21st century.

Don't make me sic Rosie O'Donnell on you.

Not even you are that evil!

From what I see of NSG, most are left-wing hippies with no respect for the people who made America, the same people who call themselves humanitarian yet offload the most vile abuse on a sweet kitten such as Paris Hilton.

Twisted minds.


The people who claim she's a "spoiled whore" deserve to be poor Wal-Mart brand clothes wearing trailer trash, as they are.
Those that reject your clique the most are those who most want to join.
Quite right.
....but you could upgrade to the 21st century.


I am. I'm getting the latest MacBook Pro soon. :)

I am. I'm getting the latest MacBook Pro soon. :)

Nothing says 'you're below me' better than looking at someone's Dell Inspiron while tapping away on a Mac.

Nothing says 'you're below me' better than looking at someone's Dell Inspiron while tapping away on a Mac.

*nodnodnod*

Not even you are that evil!

http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/4658/2870796560101083687S425x425Q85.jpg

Like I'd want to join your clique.

I'm so cool, you could keep a side of beef in me. I'm so hip, I can barely see over my pelvis. Now invite me to your clique before I blow it :cool:

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

Did I beat you up about 20-25 years ago...?

After reviewing your credentials, I fear to inform you that you do not have the appropriate qualifications to join my clique. For a start you are not wearing enough black.

Boy you don't know what cool is until you've rolled with me. In fact you should be asking if your cool enough to be in my clique.

Probably not, but the people in my clique get laid more often.

It's summer, of course I'm not cool!
Ask me again in january, or once I've moved to Greenland.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?
I do/have none of these things, and to be quite honest, never have or will. I mean, I'm a (public) university student for starters, so I can't afford a new phone every six months for starters, but even then, if it still works, to me it's just a waste of money. And I don't want a second home because I want to holiday somewhere different each year. Plus, getting stuff for phone batteries wrecks gorilla habitats each year, and second home owners are literally destroying Cornwall, which is such a charming place our side of the pond. If I want a cool car, I'll avoid SUVs and Mercadeses and head straight for the TVRs.

Each to his own, I guess.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

*shudder*

what was the name of that poster from a year or 2 ago who was sure that he was better than everyone else because his mom, dad and stepmom all had highpaying jobs?

and

are the great private universities in suburbs?

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

If I was cool in the sense that you describe, I'd fucking shoot myself. :p

No, I am not cool enough to be in your clique. Whoa is me!

No, it doesn't sound like I'm even cool enough to be beaten up by members of your clique. Maybe the servants would do it for you, but maybe even they'd be afraid of getting my cheap, cheap blood on their shoes.

You're boasting about being in a suburb? That's the soccer mom level of cool.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?


You eat lobster only once a month? You don't have a Mercedes or an Iphone yet? Also "we" meaning your parents doesn't include you. Sorry chap but I don't think you even belong to "your clique". :p

My clique consists primarily of loud ugly men who manage to balance athleticism and copious amounts of alcohol and enjoy such activities as tackling, badmouthing ex-girlfriends and finding new and interesting ways of launching objects and/or people at other objects and/or people. Oddly enough, half of us are professional scientists so figure that shit out. :p

My clique consists primarily of loud ugly men who manage to balance athleticism and copious amounts of alcohol and enjoy such activities as tackling, badmouthing ex-girlfriends and finding new and interesting ways of launching objects and/or people at other objects and/or people. Oddly enough, half of us are professional scientists so figure that shit out. :p

What do you expect? Scientists are trained to perform their specific function:

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Cad
Investing
Excessive
Nadpower
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Silly
Thoughts

Carlton ain't got shit on me.

:p

nah, i wouldn't want to join that clique thanks.

edit: i'm down with Geoffrey

I love it when people say "we have a second home", when it's actually their parents :p

No joining the cool people for me, I just don't care enough ;)

I'm so cool, you could keep a side of beef in me. I'm so hip, I can barely see over my pelvis. Now invite me to your clique before I blow it :cool:

cute :)

Get back to us when you've lost the dorky preppy "clique" that's not "cool" enough for the rest of us...

No, but I'm foreign enough to work for you, sir.

I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11.Your time is so worthless you're going to waste it waiting for some cell phone?

Loser.


Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car. And you don't have a car at all.

Loser.


I eat lobster at least once a month. You remember when you have eaten lobster, and consider it worth bragging about?

Loser.

I think I see why you buy so many cellphones. After you buy one, there is an option to make monthly payments. Don't make any of the payments and then it won't make any noise except for when you want it to. (the way an alarm clock is suppose to work)

And you don't have a car at all.

Loser.

Actually, Ruffy can't drive.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

No, I am not (thank deity) cool enough for your clique. But, I can cook.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

I had no idea it was this bad, Ruffy. I'm sorry. It must be hard knowing you can never escape the veneer of privilege you had no choice but to be born into. Ensuring that you will never, ever have street cred, or be able to convincingly fight for social justice. I honestly have always felt sympathy for people in your position. You have it all, and are expected to be grateful and fulfilled, but that's nearly impossible precisely because you 'have it all'.

Also, I love that people don't get Ruffy.

I had no idea it was this bad, Ruffy. I'm sorry. It must be hard knowing you can never escape the veneer of privilege you had no choice but to be born into. Ensuring that you will never, ever have street cred, or be able to convincingly fight for social justice. I honestly have always felt sympathy for people in your position. You have it all, and are expected to be grateful and fulfilled, but that's nearly impossible precisely because you 'have it all'. People who complain about the rich are either jealous or incapable of elevating themselves to the same position.

Are you?

I am on the Forbes 500. You seem poor.

People who complain about the rich are either jealous or incapable of elevating themselves to the same position.

I don't think you understand that I am entirely serious, and that no complaints were uttered by me.

Nor do I think the lifestyle Ruffy just described is anything close to 'rich'. Rather, the lifestyle he has described is your basic suburban existence. The imaginary bubble the middle class live in, pretending that they aren't swimming in debt. Even if they own all of this straight out, they aren't rich.

There is no envy on my part to join them. I consider myself much better off.

People who complain about the rich are either jealous or incapable of elevating themselves to the same position.

People who post serious things in a thread started by Ruffy are doin it rong.

People who post serious things in a thread started by Ruffy are doin it rong.

Unless you're me. Then serious things are so right. :p

I don't think you understand that I am entirely serious, and that no complaints were uttered by me.

Nor do I think the lifestyle Ruffy just described is anything close to 'rich'. Rather, the lifestyle he has described is your basic suburban existence. The imaginary bubble the middle class live in, pretending that they aren't swimming in debt. Even if they own all of this straight out, they aren't rich.

There is no envy on my part to join them. I consider myself much better off. He may not be rich, but by N.E England standards he is fairly well off. You sound patronising towards him, and if I assume you aren’t as wealthy as him, you have no right to be as he probably has a ‘better’ life than you in terms of items and social position. But if you are better off than him, then say what you like.

He may not be rich, but by N.E England standards he is fairly well off. You sound patronising towards him, and if I assume you aren’t as wealthy as him, you have no right to be as he probably has a ‘better’ life than you in terms of items and social position. But if you are better off than him, then say what you like.

One could of course argue that giving all that money to charities could save thousands, if not tens of thousands of lives. Even that of cute little toddlers, now dying from hunger, thirst and lack of basic healthcare.

Would you not patronise someone who lets death happen on such a scale while perfectly able to prevent it ;) ?

*waits for Peter Singer to come and post*

Unless you're me. Then serious things are so right. :p

Indeed, your mystical lawyer powers protect you somehow. I suppose it could be the Cree thing, but it's probably the lawyer thing.

Cliques are so last century; I have a cabal.









And no, you can't be in it.

cliques Are So Last Century; I Have A Cabal.

Tinc.

Tinc.

:fluffle:

If Ruffy is cool, Bitchkitten is glad not to be.:p

:fluffle:

*wonders how many people here will know the meaning*

He may not be rich, but by N.E England standards he is fairly well off. You sound patronising towards him, and if I assume you aren’t as wealthy as him, you have no right to be as he probably has a ‘better’ life than you in terms of items and social position. But if you are better off than him, then say what you like.

Don't make assumptions. It makes you look foolish in front of everyone.

I can say what I like regardless of my subjective view of my 'better offness' than him. Wealth does not a better life ensure. At the risk of derailing this thread onto a serious topic, I'd like to point you back to my initial post.

Those born into privilege have some fairly unique issues they need to deal with beyond 'what cool new gadget should I buy next week'. I think Ruffy's pretty much captured the essence of it, but you've only seen the surface of it.

As a person born into privilege, you are expected to be grateful, and fulfilled. If you are instead filled with angst, you are seen as ungrateful, and spoiled because material wealth is inextricably linked with 'happiness' in consumer society. You will not be lauded for your successes because success is expected of you, and at worst, it will be believed that your parents 'bought' those successes for you. If you have a social conscience, you will forever struggle with issues of authenticity, and will be always looked upon with suspicion for having not lived through hardship and deprivation.

I believe I am 'better off' because I was born into a very poor, working class family, and am a member of a minority to boot. I have worked myself up to a pretty wicked standard of living, and it is simply accepted that I have earned it. My various successes are (barring the very few who believe that I succeeded because of some vague affirmative action edge) celebrated, and seen as victories over adversity. Ruffy and I can do the exact same things, but we will be always viewed differently as we do them because of where we come from.

I can succeed in spite of my background...Ruffy cannot. Not without rejecting it entirely, and even then he will always be tainted by the privilege he was born into. My sympathies are real...I think it unfair. Ruffy will have to work many times harder to be taken seriously in this world.

Indeed, your mystical lawyer powers protect you somehow. I suppose it could be the Cree thing, but it's probably the lawyer thing.

It's the vagina.

Actually, Ruffy can't drive. What a total loser, then.
Of course, the lobster thing gives him away as a loser already - lobsters are just cheap snack for imported ales for me, and he apparently sees them as some delicacy. But other posts reveal he's far from even well off, just a loser who happens to get driven in a truck by his dad to "feast" on a lobster once in a while.
Let me give you an example of what a non-loser life looks like.

I own two cars, and one of them is a large high-grade SUV.

I can drive, and very well. More than that, I have won enthusiast races.

My girlfriend drives a car with a nearly 700 horsepower engine.

I'm on the waiting list for a limited production supercar that is to debut yet, and that has recently dusted Bugatti Veyron by 11 seconds in a single lap.


By the way, I'm posting this through a satellite, because right now I'm sort of on a sea cruise.

But what's really important, there's no daddy's money involved; I wasn't born with privileges - I've achieved all of this by my own merit in just a few years. And this means that I'll achieve much more in the future.

And I'm not kidding. There are people in NS who know this. Nonetheless, the first person to guess any detail gets a cookie.

*wonders how many people here will know the meaning*
I had to think for a second. I was sure I'd seen it before somewhere.
It's the vagina.

That's a vagina?! Why does it have teeth!?

But what's really important, there's no daddy's money involved; I wasn't born with privileges - I've achieved all of this by my own merit in just a few years. And this means that I'll achieve much more in the future.

I present to you, Renner, exhibit A of what I was talking about.

Those not born to privilege...and even those that were...feel universally justified in looking down on and feeling superior to people like Ruffy. For essentially no real reason.

That's a vagina?! Why does it have teeth!?

Wrong end, dummy. Put your glasses back on!

I think I'll join LG's click.

Eventually, one of his scientist buddies is going to take the "launching people/things at other things/people" to the logical conclusion, that of a Directionalized Metabolic Waste Acceleration Drive. It will be a device that, when properly used, will allow any man to sign his name while urinating, and said urine will be shot towards the moon to embed itself as that person's signature on the lunar surface. Signing one's name in the snow is for beginners. This will be the true pinnacle of manly achievement.

I'm so cool I've got ice between my toes - and have Ruffy in my clique :cool:

:p

Wrong end, dummy. Put your glasses back on!

This explains the lipstick.

I wear Tommy Hilfiger polos and khaki loafers on a regular basis. I buy a new cell phone every 6 months, and will be buying an iPhone 3G the minute the store opens on July 11. We own a second home on secluded acreage up north where we hang out with our oil company owning friends. Father drives an SUV and mother is looking at a lovely Mercedes for her next car.

In Autumn I will attend a private university in a very affluent suburb.

I eat lobster at least once a month. I chat on private forums.

I am cool.

Are you?

so which campus of ITT TECH are you enrolled at?

no.

so which campus of ITT TECH are you enrolled at?

Funny, I didn't know they had an arts program..

Funny, I didn't know they had an arts program..

you didnt mention the school or the program.

what are you majoring in?

Sometimes I borrow Ruffys pantyhose and instead of laughing at me he yells at me for stretching them out.

Which pantyhose brand does he wear, BTW?

depends


for the bank jobs he goes with the cheap things that come in plastic eggs

but for going out on the town he gets the nice expensive boutique ones with lacy stuff and bows

you didnt mention the school or the program.

what are you majoring in?
Photography. *nod*
Sometimes I borrow Ruffys pantyhose and instead of laughing at me he yells at me for stretching them out.

Would you stop doing that? If I bought you your own pair?

Photography. *nod*
Of yourself, obviously.

Do you use a mirror, or do "automatic shots"?



Would you stop doing that? If I bought you your own pair?
We all know you'll still keep the comfiest one for yourself.

No, I'm not. However, I am cool enough not to care.

Would you stop doing that? If I bought you your own pair?

I have several of my own pair but they last longer when I borrow yours.



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Don't make assumptions. It makes you look foolish in front of everyone.

I can say what I like regardless of my subjective view of my 'better offness' than him. Wealth does not a better life ensure. At the risk of derailing this thread onto a serious topic, I'd like to point you back to my initial post.

Those born into privilege have some fairly unique issues they need to deal with beyond 'what cool new gadget should I buy next week'. I think Ruffy's pretty much captured the essence of it, but you've only seen the surface of it.

As a person born into privilege, you are expected to be grateful, and fulfilled. If you are instead filled with angst, you are seen as ungrateful, and spoiled because material wealth is inextricably linked with 'happiness' in consumer society. You will not be lauded for your successes because success is expected of you, and at worst, it will be believed that your parents 'bought' those successes for you. If you have a social conscience, you will forever struggle with issues of authenticity, and will be always looked upon with suspicion for having not lived through hardship and deprivation.

I believe I am 'better off' because I was born into a very poor, working class family, and am a member of a minority to boot. I have worked myself up to a pretty wicked standard of living, and it is simply accepted that I have earned it. My various successes are (barring the very few who believe that I succeeded because of some vague affirmative action edge) celebrated, and seen as victories over adversity. Ruffy and I can do the exact same things, but we will be always viewed differently as we do them because of where we come from.

I can succeed in spite of my background...Ruffy cannot. Not without rejecting it entirely, and even then he will always be tainted by the privilege he was born into. My sympathies are real...I think it unfair. Ruffy will have to work many times harder to be taken seriously in this world. You have quite a twisted view of the world, people say I'm from a 'privileged' background and I most certainly don’t have any of those issues. Although this may be because I see my dad going out and working day in day out, farmers you see. I recon ruffy would be seen as just a normal kid with a good education, privilege is an advantage not a hindrance. Certainly far less of a hindrance than being from a 'minority group' or being poor, I know which I would rather be. As for people thinking less of someone because they had a head start in life, in the end they are still perfectly capable of because wasters or drunks on the side of the road, born into privilege doesn’t automatically mean you’re made. You still have to work to do well. In this modern day and age when the class and race barriers are coming down those things are beginning to mean less and less, and you just come across as a pretentious toss pot who thinks he is better because he came from a minority group and was poor. Coming from a minority you are still more likely to be viewed with suspicion and even hatred, which come higher on the list for me than ‘I worked harder than the white kid to get where I am, aren’t I brilliant and lets feel sorry for him’. So I would say he is still better off than you.

You're boasting about being in a suburb? That's the soccer mom level of cool.
Are we talking about the plain old regular soccer mom or the more desirable soccer MILF?

Also, I love that people don't get Ruffy.
I got Ruffy once, but a shot of penicillin cleared it right up. That day, I learned a valuable lesson: never fuck the creepy men you meet in truck stop bathrooms, insist on going to a motel room because those toilet seats apparently do transmit diseases.

You have quite a twisted view of the world, people say I'm from a 'privileged' background and I most certainly don’t have any of those issues. Although this may be because I see my dad going out and working day in day out, farmers you see. I recon ruffy would be seen as just a normal kid with a good education, privilege is an advantage not a hindrance. Certainly far less of a hindrance than being from a 'minority group' or being poor, I know which I would rather be. As for people thinking less of someone because they had a head start in life, in the end they are still perfectly capable of because wasters or drunks on the side of the road, born into privilege doesn’t automatically mean you’re made. You still have to work to do well. In this modern day and age when the class and race barriers are coming down those things are beginning to mean less and less, and you just come across as a pretentious toss pot who thinks he is better because he came from a minority group and was poor. Coming from a minority you are still more likely to be viewed with suspicion and even hatred, which come higher on the list for me than ‘I worked harder than the white kid to get where I am, aren’t I brilliant and lets feel sorry for him’. So I would say he is still better off than you.

youre from a family of rich farmers?

is your last name archer, daniels or midland?

youre from a family of rich farmers?

is your last name archer, daniels or midland?

I believe his full name is Archer Daniels Midland. I wonder why his parents named him Archer.

I am too cool to be a part of any organizaton that would have me.

You have quite a twisted view of the world, people say I'm from a 'privileged' background and I most certainly don’t have any of those issues. Although this may be because I see my dad going out and working day in day out, farmers you see. I recon ruffy would be seen as just a normal kid with a good education, privilege is an advantage not a hindrance. Certainly far less of a hindrance than being from a 'minority group' or being poor, I know which I would rather be. As for people thinking less of someone because they had a head start in life, in the end they are still perfectly capable of because wasters or drunks on the side of the road, born into privilege doesn’t automatically mean you’re made. You still have to work to do well. In this modern day and age when the class and race barriers are coming down those things are beginning to mean less and less, and you just come across as a pretentious toss pot who thinks he is better because he came from a minority group and was poor. Coming from a minority you are still more likely to be viewed with suspicion and even hatred, which come higher on the list for me than ‘I worked harder than the white kid to get where I am, aren’t I brilliant and lets feel sorry for him’. So I would say he is still better off than you.First of all...’better off than me’? You’re basing that on what information exactly? You see, Ruffy has given us a bunch of info about his status as a minor, living with his parents etc. I have told you only that I am a member of a minority group from a poor working-class family. You know nothing about my economic circumstances beyond that. If being born into privilege makes you inherently ‘better off’ without any facts to back up that claim, then you are no better than the people making foolish, derogatory judgments about those born into said privilege.


Race and class barriers coming down?

What deluded alternate universe are you living in? My view is a realistic one..yours is utopian. I'm talking about how people are viewed, and the suburbanites are almost universally viewed with contempt...even amongst themselves. To the point where they clamour for some sort of 'authenticity' by appropriating black culture, or the cool 'not us' culture of the moment.

Have you ever done social justice work? I doubt it, but if so, how seriously were you taken? I can speak from 15 years of experience that little rich white boys and girls don't get a lot of respect when it comes to activism, rightly or wrongly. Nor have you managed to notice that Ruffy isn't actually preening his feathers and lording over everyone. You fail at Ruffy threads.