class prostheses

[padraig (u.s.)]

This is why swimming is the ultimate sport

rowing

an activity so unpleasant it it was literally performed only by slaves or prison labor because no one would do it willingly

remade into the pinnacle of athletic elitism on both sides of the Atlantic

the only college sport the Ivy League still dominates

 

[linebaugh]

Infinite Jest and A People's History of The United States as class prostheses

 

[shiels]

Lots of rowers pass my house every saturday morning around 9am with coaches screaming at them from a bike. why?

 

[version]

Those black and white versions of films like Logan and Mad Max: Fury Road.

 

[linebaugh]

I knew someone who walked around with unread copies of Lolita or Slaughter House Five on them at all times just to plop it out on the table when looking for cash at the bar

 

[linebaugh]

a well placed pack of cigarettes

 

[version]

Coffee table books.

 

[catalog]

I keep getting ads for a startup called "Grammarly," which promises to fix your bad prose and make you look like a respectable and well-educated member of society. An arbitrage for capitalizing on the intangible benefits accorded to the cultured classes, without having to go through the process yourself. Remarkable in that you rarely see appeals to a sense of injured dignity.

Are there other clear examples of class-augmenting prosthetics? Expensive clothing is obvious, no posting that.

I get those grammarly ads too. I've been getting one recently when I look at twitter for some kind of tinnitus limiting pods? Calumer or something.

People who correct your pronunciation of things are pretty insufferable.

I was at a birthday party a few years ago and for some reason thd word 'oxymoron' came up, and I said it or repeated, this other guy was like 'oh, you mean OKsimmeron', really weird way to pronounce it I thought. But more to the point, why would you ever bother correcting anyone, who gives a fuck.

 

[catalog]

Coffee table books.

Oh that reminds me

 

[version]

Any condiment other than ketchup.

 

[catalog]

I did rowing at school and pissed the rowing teacher off so much he made me get out the bus and walk

 

[shiels]

These threads are better if we talk about our own class performativity like @WashYourHands did. It's easy to poke fun at working class/middle class/posh people but when did you augment yourself for an audience?

 

[linebaugh]

These threads are better if we talk about our own class performativity like @WashYourHands did. It's easy to poke fun at working class/middle class/posh people but when did you augment yourself for an audience?

When I was working in gov. buildings I would wear my doc martens despite them not being the most comfortable work shoes.

 

[linebaugh]

gotta let the man know I get down

 

[catalog]

I code switch all the time, every setting, work, family, mates, I change how I speak, words I use. My wife noticed it first and told me, said my voice completely changed when around my family

 

[shiels]

when I am threatening people with violence my accent gets the broadest belfast

 

[catalog]

You definitely know who you really are when you are in fight or flight mode

 

[Leo]

I code switch all the time, every setting, work, family, mates, I change how I speak, words I use. My wife noticed it first and told me, said my voice completely changed when around my family

I've caught myself speaking differently at the local Italian deli, run by this old couple who speak passable English. it's unconscious, probably don't want to come off as posh or a yuppie. but it's also condescending, as if I have to be more rudimentary in order for them to understand. I don't feel good about it when I catch myself doing it.

 

[catalog]

I know a lot of very quiet people, especially at my work, who say very little ever, and you think they know everything and you respect them so much for keeping quiet. They just nod along sagely with what others say. But recently I've had to work with someone quite closely who's like this, csays nothing, and it turns out that they are not sage at all and don't know how to do owt and have just been getting away with it for ages

 

[Leo]

I correct typos when I see them but rarely capitalize words, so I guess I'm part way there.

I think there's a part in "Wall Street" when gordon Gekko explains to a prodigy that he never looks back into the toilet after he shits and flushes, because he doesn't care if he's left a clean bowl for the next person. same theory as typos, signifies alpha male. the big swinging dick.