What Class would you say you belong in?

[United-Clowgon]

My mum is in full time employment so i guess i would fall into the middle class category?

[hah]

there was a thread on this before :P
but yeah working class

[ifuseekamy]

My mum is in full time employment so i guess i would fall into the middle class category?
Full time what? There's a difference between being a full time toilet scrubber and a full time lawyer.

[United-Clowgon]

Full time what? There's a difference between being a full time toilet scrubber and a full time lawyer.

LOOOOOOOOOOL. :P

Full time Catering assistant Manager (M&S)

[jackass]

Middle/higher class i'd say. :)

My Mom is a teacher, and my Dad is a doctor.

[buttons]

working class i think. no, not the council flat, unemployed type:rolleyes:

[Circadia]

emm middle mums a accounts worker and dads posty

[Misawa]

Middle class.

[AlexOC]

Middle?

I think.

[danzooo]

Classes are sorted by something called socio-economic grouping, the groupings are

A - the highest, such as top civil servants, professionals and very senior managers
B - second highest such as middle managers in large organisations, local government principal officers and top managers or owners of small businesses
C1 - junior managers, owners of small businesses, other non-manual workers
C2 - skilled manual workers such as joiners, plumbers etc
D - semi-skilled and unskilled workers such as apprentices, cleaners etc
E - casual workers and people claiming long term benefits.

[AlexOC]

C1 Then.

[Misawa]

Classes are sorted by something called socio-economic grouping, the groupings are

A - the highest, such as top civil servants, professionals and very senior managers
B - second highest such as middle managers in large organisations, local government principal officers and top managers or owners of small businesses
C1 - junior managers, owners of small businesses, other non-manual workers
C2 - skilled manual workers such as joiners, plumbers etc
D - semi-skilled and unskilled workers such as apprentices, cleaners etc
E - casual workers and people claiming long term benefits.

I don't think anyone could care less about "official" economic groupings, in all honesty. Everyone, including the media, stick to three social/economic classes.

[Caution]

Working class.

[danzooo]

I don't think anyone could care less about "official" economic groupings, in all honesty. Everyone, including the media, stick to three social/economic classes.

I thought I'd post that to make it a tad easier for people to identify what class they are in seeing as a bit of confusion seems to be arising as a result. This is the groupings businesses go by when segmenting the market and I find it a good indicator of social class.

[AlexOC]

Yeh that one is easier, the c1/e one, defines them more clearly.

[Soy]

if theres a pimp class i'll take that

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[AlexOC]

if theres a pimp class i'll take that

In that case i come under 'GORRRGEEOOUSSS!!

[FlyingJesus]

Paladin because I like horses and cathedrals.

Also middle class

[clueless]

my dads very working class whereas my mum came from a more middle class background

i guess i live in a middle class area
but id say we are working class

confusing

[AlexOC]

my dads very working class whereas my mum came from a more middle class background

i guess i live in a middle class area
but id say we are working class

confusing

Very.

Just count yourself as Widdle class.

[-:Undertaker:-]

None, you only belong to a 'class' if you choose to.

[FlyingJesus]

That's Dan's way of trying not to admit to being working class like the rest of Liverpool. I don't get why it would be anything to be ashamed of (being working class obv, I can totally understand being ashamed of being from Liverpool) and there are plenty of working class people with a lot more spare money than most middle class households

[clueless]

Widdle class sounds good

[-:Undertaker:-]

That's Dan's way of trying not to admit to being working class like the rest of Liverpool. I don't get why it would be anything to be ashamed of (being working class obv, I can totally understand being ashamed of being from Liverpool) and there are plenty of working class people with a lot more spare money than most middle class households

LOL :P

Sorry babe but if I had to fit into one section i'd be middle class, theres no such thing really as the lower class and classes don't exist anyway as shown by your example. Now run along for a day out on the seaside with your Gran and her mates on the [i'm sure] delightful Worthing coast.

[Niall!]

LOL :P

Sorry babe but if I had to fit into one section i'd be middle class, theres no such thing really as the lower class and classes don't exist anyway as shown by your example. Now run along for a day out on the seaside with your Gran and her mates on the [i'm sure] delightful Worthing coast.

Actually lower and all social classes do exist and help researchers decide where to put an ad. Like, some newspapers are working class, so obviously you're not gonna see a ferrari advert in there, and vice versa. Whether you choose to belong or not isn't the case, you DO belong to a class, you have no choice in the matter.

[Arch]

Id say im middle class

[GommeInc]

I fall under C1 and C2 with my family, though my dad retired young and my mum stopped working when she had children, so we rely on a trust fund which puts us in the high earners category (where tax is crazy). So not sure if that differs anything :/

[Mickword]

Middle Class.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Actually lower and all social classes do exist and help researchers decide where to put an ad. Like, some newspapers are working class, so obviously you're not gonna see a ferrari advert in there, and vice versa. Whether you choose to belong or not isn't the case, you DO belong to a class, you have no choice in the matter.

No you do not 'belong' in a class - you are an individual, a family. Classes create divide which is not needed, you do not 'belong' to any groups such as middle class or working class. You can broadly use it to describe a group yeah, but you are not strictly either. You do have a choice, just as you have choice in life to better yourself and 'move up classes'. You do not aim to move up classes, you aim to better yourself and your family.

The same with the concept of 'society'.

[dirrty]

middle class

[Jordy]

Actually lower and all social classes do exist and help researchers decide where to put an ad. Like, some newspapers are working class, so obviously you're not gonna see a ferrari advert in there, and vice versa. Whether you choose to belong or not isn't the case, you DO belong to a class, you have no choice in the matter.Technically not the case, you could be a millionaire and still working class. Lots of people would claim it's impossible to change from the class you were brought up in.

Class is a rather ridiculous thing to be fair, there's Working Class and Middle Class. Which is basically poor, and then everybody else. Seeing as there's hardly any upper class. Middle Class is no indicator, it's incredibly varying.

Class is also based on so many variables it's near enough impossible to work out anyway, it depends on wealth, jobs, where you live, where you go to school, your house, your morals, your political alignment and your families history etc.

[Black_Apalachi]

Not this again, everyone just argues about what the classes are. I (my family) would be C1 on that list so, middle?


Actually lower and all social classes do exist and help researchers decide where to put an ad. Like, some newspapers are working class, so obviously you're not gonna see a ferrari advert in there, and vice versa. Whether you choose to belong or not isn't the case, you DO belong to a class, you have no choice in the matter.

Pretty sure anybody can choose to buy any newspaper though

[Rozi]

Middle middle middle.

[Tash.]

Working Class I guess.

[Seatherny]

Middle.

[clueless]

Technically not the case, you could be a millionaire and still working class. Lots of people would claim it's impossible to change from the class you were brought up in.

Class is a rather ridiculous thing to be fair, there's Working Class and Middle Class. Which is basically poor, and then everybody else. Seeing as there's hardly any upper class. Middle Class is no indicator, it's incredibly varying.

Class is also based on so many variables it's near enough impossible to work out anyway, it depends on wealth, jobs, where you live, where you go to school, your house, your morals, your political alignment and your families history etc.

this

if you look at someone like alan sugar he is very rich obviously but you wouldnt say he was upper class would you?
i would probably still count him as working class

[Niall!]

Technically not the case, you could be a millionaire and still working class. Lots of people would claim it's impossible to change from the class you were brought up in.

Class is a rather ridiculous thing to be fair, there's Working Class and Middle Class. Which is basically poor, and then everybody else. Seeing as there's hardly any upper class. Middle Class is no indicator, it's incredibly varying.

Class is also based on so many variables it's near enough impossible to work out anyway, it depends on wealth, jobs, where you live, where you go to school, your house, your morals, your political alignment and your families history etc.

I never said you couldn't be a millionaire and working class, considering it's based on income mostly, and if you aren't earning any wages then your class won't change.
It's not THAT hard to workout and has nothing to do with morals, political alignment or family history. Don't know where you got that from.

[Immenseman]

middle, i guess.

[Technologic]

Higher-earning middle i guess, my dad's a senior doctor and mum's a psychiatrist.

[FlyingJesus]

if you look at someone like alan sugar he is very rich obviously but you wouldnt say he was upper class would you?

Nope because in England "upper class" is something you inherit as opposed to in the US where it's just the social and financial élite

[Stryderman]

I guess im lower seen as ive got my own place and im not that well off moneywise but it doesnt matter to me got a good job a good place an a good life.

[Immenseman]

also - dan - social classes do exist. just not as clear as they were.

[-:Undertaker:-]

also - dan - social classes do exist. just not as clear as they were.

Social classes do not exist as classes, they are merely generalisations to group people together. As shown by what Jordy and others have said about the likes of Alan Sugar. Classes are and always have been a peddled myth ran by the left to attempt to group people together (hence the slogans; workers of the world unite! etc). You are yourself, an individual and you choose what you make of your life and where you go with it. Again, the same reason why society doesn't exist.

[Tash.]

Social classes do not exist as classes, they are merely generalisations to group people together. As shown by what Jordy and others have said about the likes of Alan Sugar. Classes are and always have been a peddled myth ran by the left to attempt to group people together (hence the slogans; workers of the world unite! etc). You are yourself, an individual and you choose what you make of your life and where you go with it. Again, the same reason why society doesn't exist.

Yes they do. You are saying you would argue that a person living on a council estate and living solely off benefits is not working class? That's stupidity because of course they are. Obviously there are different levels of each class (for example you don't need to be living in a council house and living off benefits to be working class) but they are often quite accurate.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Yes they do. You are saying you would argue that a person living on a council estate and living solely off benefits is not working class? That's stupidity because of course they are. Obviously there are different levels of each class (for example you don't need to be living in a council house and living off benefits to be working class) but they are often quite accurate.

No I would argue that they are a person who is living in a council house and is on benefits, whether or not they are capable of working is another matter. Class is only used to group people together by the left to use in class wars. I don't belong to a class, i'm just me. Its my choice if I work or not, my choice if I spend my money and be skint or save it up and so on. Again, the same with society. If you lose your job who do you depend on? - the state or 'society' - the state.

[-Xiangu-]

I'm probably B and middle-high class.

[alexxxxx]

B on that scale.

[Zak]

Middle/higher class i'd say. :)

same, mum doesn't have a job but me and dad do. + we own 9 houses

[FlyingJesus]

we own 9 houses

Can I have one I did vote for you in the beauty contest so I think it's only fair


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[leah]

middle class