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jacktellslies ([personal profile] jacktellslies) wrote2006-03-30 09:38 am

Ride on the pants triumphing.

Class feels like this impenetrable divide. It is not, I don't think, that I cannot bridge the gap, but that it is difficult to maintain a relationship with people who do not realize that the chasm is there at all.

The porn was disappointing, but a friend revealed that she thought that a seven inch long dildo was huge, and I was just fascinated. I fell asleep with the remains of a teacup of bad red wine next to my bed.

I think that I am in love with Caesar.

Let the old ruffian know
I have many other ways to die; meantime
Laugh at his challange.


Teach me to be cruel, and to lie. I've never been half as good at it as I've wanted to be.

[identity profile] marnanel.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I never used to understand what people meant by class-consciousness. Now I want to scream at people, "There is an elephant in the room! Why can't you see it?" I think it's kind of recursive. If you don't believe the class divide exists, you also won't understand the other division between you and people who can see the class divide.

[identity profile] swirl-girlx.livejournal.com 2006-03-30 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreeing with marnanel. Class is one of the most insidious, prevalent and difficult to fight social ills human have concived of yet.

[identity profile] koikuri.livejournal.com 2006-03-31 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
i don't particularly hold with economic-class consciousness; i don't think it says much about a person, and it is possible, albeit not easy, to move between/among the levels no matter which you start from.

social(?) class, though, is unavoidable to me. some people put me at ease, while others make me distinctly uncomfortable, and it really does seem that there's a divide -- across sense of humor, social behavior, etiquette, education, just about everything -- between the folks i like and the ones i don't. it makes me feel a bit of a snob, but i can't seem to not discriminate based on that sort of class...

i really don't see it as a social ill, though. social class just strikes me as people flocking to other people with whom they feel comfortable. no one likes everyone she knows equally; why should anyone be expected to pretend she does?

sorry ^_^;