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SAT Scores And Musical Taste
imapiratearg:
Culture is relative. Rich people have rich people culture and poor people have poor people culture. Everyone in the middle takes part in either both or neither, probably.
Hat:
Johnny I do not want you to think I am getting up in your grill or anything about this, but I am basically just trying to say that this class warfare bullshit is really unbecoming of a smart dude like you.
--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 11 Mar 2009, 21:24 ---Culture is relative. Rich people have rich people culture and poor people have poor people culture. Everyone in the middle takes part in either both or neither, probably.
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Middle class people lack the hardship and authenticity to create folk culture but do not have the free time and resources to create high culture so their culture is making their houses look nice and raising multi-lingual children who learn instruments and appreciate music so they can either regurgitate classical music or co-opt the folk music of the poor.
I know you guys can't see me but I am laughing so fucking hard right now
Johnny C:
Oh man, Hat brought up something in Meebo that stopped me in my tracks.
--- Quote ---[23:03] DJ Weight Problem: the SAT doesn't just discriminate against poor people because of the way the test is written
[23:03] Johnny C: no shit
[23:03] DJ Weight Problem: it discrimintes against poor people because poor people are so much less likely to finish high school
[23:03] Johnny C: ahh i thought you were going to mention how it discriminates against people from other cultures too
[23:03] DJ Weight Problem: there's no actual way you can take the data from SAT scores and extrapolate any legitimate opinion about the poor demographic because they're not part of the test pool
[23:03] Johnny C: hahaha man
[23:03] DJ Weight Problem: in any signifigant way
[23:04] Johnny C: that is really funny
[23:04] Johnny C: like in a grim, depressing way
[23:04] DJ Weight Problem: I know
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Incidentally I wasn't aiming for "poor people know all the good shit" which is kind of disgusting cultural (economic?) tourism, but instead "rich people, who are basically disconnected from normal society by virtue of their socioeconomic status, kind of don't know shit."
Hat:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 11 Mar 2009, 22:16 --- "rich people, who are basically disconnected from normal society by virtue of their socioeconomic status, kind of don't know shit."
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To be fair we invented white guilt for the specific purpose of dealing with this.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 11 Mar 2009, 20:25 ---take a look at a rich white person's iPod
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Leaving aside the racism in using 'white' there, what is 'rich' anyway? Comfortable, Well-off, Stinking rich? Am I richer than the builder who earns more than me but blows the lot on expensive holidays every year? How many millions is the gateway to richness? Are you really talking about class? C'mon, it's an entirely pointless thing to say, really.
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