Define your class.

by **Potarius** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:49 am

I make $8.50 an hour working about 35 hours a week at a supermarket.

My net worth is around $15,000. I've got about $2,400 in credit card debt, and my mom gives me $700 a month in support plus whatever i need should troubles arise. All things considered, I make about $1,500 a month, and in a year, I come out with something like $16,000. It's not much, but I've lived on far less for many years, so I get by reasonably well. I'm unfortunately not in college yet, but I will be shortly.

I have great expectations for a few years down the road, of course. But today, I'm hardly well to do.

by **Angleter** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:58 am

Lower middle class, my father's worked at Land Rover for over 25 years and my mother, before she had me, was an optical assistant. No blood, as far as I can tell, outside England and Ireland.

I think that it is ultimately not initial class that determines our potential, but the morals and values instilled in us by our parents. My parents, working class themselves, have moved up and put me in a very good place through middle-class values. However a rich man with no sense and typically benefit-class values will slide downwards.

by **Greed and Death** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:06 am

poor broke college student in between under grad and grad school.

by **Robarya** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:04 pm

Anarko-Punx wrote:Waiting for my rich parents to die... Why oh why are they so damn healthy?

Rich you say? Well, maybe I could help you...

by **Ordo Mallus** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:07 pm

Lower Middle Class

by **Hairless Kitten II** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:16 pm

Define your class.

Class: Mammalia

Species: Homo Sapiens.

It's weird to see that I'm the only one in this thread.

by **Czardas** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:34 pm

I'm part of the class of all classes that do not contain themselves.

... Oh god, am I turning into a nerd? Damn you Hofstadter!

by **EvilDarkMagicians** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:37 pm

Czardas wrote:I'm part of the class of all classes that do not contain themselves.

... Oh god, am I turning into a nerd? Damn you Hofstadter!

Except your still part of a class because 'society' says you are.
No matter much you say you aren't.

by **EvilDarkMagicians** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:39 pm

Anarchic-Marxist wrote:I'm Underclass aka Lower class aka The poor. $16,000 a year and 3 kids. fun fun

Apparently it 'working' class.
Wooooo Three kids. Fun.....

by **Conserative Morality** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:41 pm

The job you work + the amount of wealth you have defines your class. There is a line, but it tends to be a bit blurry.

by **Robarya** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:59 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:The job you work + the amount of wealth you have defines your class. There is a line, but it tends to be a bit blurry.

So does one's family and their wealth, because you can presumably take part in it. Since you are 12 and going to school you have to live off your parents. You could get a job, but at least here in Sweden it is a complete waste of time getting a job before you are 18, because you will then often earn ~50% less than a legal adult (18+). I'm not sure if that's the case in the U.S., though.

by **Kim Sung Nam** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:40 pm

Natapoc wrote:
Kim Sung Nam wrote:Upper Middle Class

South Korean Mechanical Engineer
Making: 200,000 USD

You suffer from the condition of having to much money.

What is a healthy income?

by **Zeppy** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:44 pm

Natapoc wrote:
Kim Sung Nam wrote:Upper Middle Class

South Korean Mechanical Engineer
Making: 200,000 USD

You suffer from the condition of having to much money.

So, pray tell, what is the normal amount of money that a human being must have to survive?

by **Kim Sung Nam** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:46 pm

Zeppy wrote:
Natapoc wrote:
Kim Sung Nam wrote:Upper Middle Class

South Korean Mechanical Engineer
Making: 200,000 USD

You suffer from the condition of having to much money.

So, pray tell, what is the normal amount of money that a human being must have to survive?

If you want to look at it that way, 0.

by **H N Fiddlebottoms VIII** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:00 pm

Zeppy wrote:
Natapoc wrote:
Kim Sung Nam wrote:Upper Middle Class

South Korean Mechanical Engineer
Making: 200,000 USD

You suffer from the condition of having to much money.

So, pray tell, what is the normal amount of money that a human being must have to survive?

Depends on the place ($1 a day can go pretty far in a lot of the world. In New York ... not so much), but $50,000 should be well more than sufficient for any place for one person to go on.

by **Barzan** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:52 pm

H N Fiddlebottoms VIII wrote:
Zeppy wrote:
Natapoc wrote:
Kim Sung Nam wrote:Upper Middle Class

South Korean Mechanical Engineer
Making: 200,000 USD

You suffer from the condition of having to much money.

So, pray tell, what is the normal amount of money that a human being must have to survive?

Depends on the place ($1 a day can go pretty far in a lot of the world. In New York ... not so much), but $50,000 should be well more than sufficient for any place for one person to go on.

Indeed. If you had 50$K a year in India, you could have a full-time maid. People can get milk for the equivalent of about 7 cents US or so, and a full healthy meal for about a buck or less. It all depends on where you are.

by **Tunizcha** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:54 pm

Barzan wrote:
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII wrote:
Zeppy wrote:
Natapoc wrote:
Kim Sung Nam wrote:Upper Middle Class

South Korean Mechanical Engineer
Making: 200,000 USD

You suffer from the condition of having to much money.

So, pray tell, what is the normal amount of money that a human being must have to survive?

Depends on the place ($1 a day can go pretty far in a lot of the world. In New York ... not so much), but $50,000 should be well more than sufficient for any place for one person to go on.

Indeed. If you had 50$K a year in India, you could have a full-time maid. People can get milk for the equivalent of about 7 cents US or so, and a full healthy meal for about a buck or less. It all depends on where you are.

Damn. I really wish there was somewhere else that had the same perks of the Bay Area, while not taking and arm an leg to get by.

"Skallvia" · by **Maurepas** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:02 pm

Tunizcha wrote:
Damn. I really wish there was somewhere else that had the same perks of the Bay Area, while not taking and arm an leg to get by.

Ive always thought Richmond and Baltimore looked pretty nice...

by **Barzan** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:18 pm

Maurepas wrote:
Tunizcha wrote:
Damn. I really wish there was somewhere else that had the same perks of the Bay Area, while not taking and arm an leg to get by.

Ive always thought Richmond and Baltimore looked pretty nice...

Of which Richmond do you speak? I live near a Richmond, but it's just a giant suburb with an airport and a whole hellava lot of people who speak only Chinese. It's not particularly cheap, either.

"Skallvia" · by **Maurepas** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:33 pm

Barzan wrote:
Maurepas wrote:
Tunizcha wrote:
Damn. I really wish there was somewhere else that had the same perks of the Bay Area, while not taking and arm an leg to get by.

Ive always thought Richmond and Baltimore looked pretty nice...

Of which Richmond do you speak? I live near a Richmond, but it's just a giant suburb with an airport and a whole hellava lot of people who speak only Chinese. It's not particularly cheap, either.

Richmond, VA
Ive never lived there, but, I was just saying I thought they were nice when I drove through...Presumably itd be cheaper than California, lol...

Besides, I live in a giant suburb, with alot of people who only speak Vietnamese, how different could it be? :lol:

by **Barzan** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:35 pm

Maurepas wrote:
Barzan wrote:
Maurepas wrote:
Tunizcha wrote:
Damn. I really wish there was somewhere else that had the same perks of the Bay Area, while not taking and arm an leg to get by.

Ive always thought Richmond and Baltimore looked pretty nice...

Of which Richmond do you speak? I live near a Richmond, but it's just a giant suburb with an airport and a whole hellava lot of people who speak only Chinese. It's not particularly cheap, either.

Richmond, VA
Ive never lived there, but, I was just saying I thought they were nice when I drove through...Presumably itd be cheaper than California, lol...

Besides, I live in a giant suburb, with alot of people who only speak Vietnamese, how different could it be?

Meh, it's nice, but it's in Virginia. I don't care to have self-righteous nosy women spying on me in my home.

by **Pope Joan** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:41 pm

In America you can have high school dropout plumbers who earn up into six figures a year.

So by economic class they're middle, but by education they're low.

And thereby hangs the state of the union.

As for me, I have two graduate degrees, and my wife makes a good living.

So my class is "academic gigolo".

by **Mad hatters in jeans** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:48 pm

Sumamba Buwhan wrote:
Mad hatters in jeans wrote:
Sumamba Buwhan wrote:I'm in a class by myself.
All of the other special ed students were smart enough to remember that we had today off.

ouch that's low.

Yeah, I really shouldn't insult special ed students by comparing myself to them.

very sharp. :lol:

nah you don't compare because you are probably smarter than most of them, hell i should know i was one.

by **Mad hatters in jeans** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:49 pm

RAHIT RA wrote:well im for sure middle class. But then im a snob, so its gotta be upper middle class. However, we aren't rich enough to be in the higher echelons of upper middle, so lower upper middle it is.

So you might have very little, but you have pride over what you have right?

by **Mad hatters in jeans** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:53 pm

Anarko-Punx wrote:Waiting for my rich parents to die... Why oh why are they so damn healthy?

because the more wealth you have the more healthy you will be, This can be evidenced by plenty of research but some basic ideas are...
They visit their GP more often, because they aren't intimidated by them.
They are more likely to understand the medical jargon used by health professionals.
They have in most cases a higher standard of education, thus better knowledge of how to avoid illnesses and such.
Can afford the more expensive treatments for whatever illness may ail them.

Course you can get poor upper class people, i know it's fairly biased against the rich, but well what do you expect from researchers who will be middle class at the wealthiest?

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