Re:The Three Bay Areas (2017)
by pkkim on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:13PM
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There are two reasons I'm guessing the author doesn't see himself as part of the working class.
1. He doesn't make fun of the working class like he does to the other two. Either because he doesn't know them well enough to do so, or because he doesn't want to insult them.
2. The UAW locals in the Bay Area represent graduate students, postdocs, and nonprofit workers. No one in "service jobs or government jobs" or "nurses, teachers or craftsmen."
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Many journalist types are the first group playing in the second group. It's hard to make it otherwise.
Re:The Three Bay Areas (2017)
by Ericson2314 on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:59PM
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Or just the second group. It is described as downwardly mobile already.
Tons of UAW members see themselves as teachers. That’s essentially what a humanities PhD or post-doc have to do to attend university.
Re:The Three Bay Areas (2017)
by whatshisface on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:17AM
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3. Oil is not something that you can change in your own car unless you're ready to permanently ruin whatever concrete you do it on. Sounds like the author gets their car maintained with an app. ;)
What?
I’ve changed my oil on the side of the road many times. (No garage) If the car is raised enough, you don’t even need a jack. Oil drain pan and some paper towels is all you need beyond basic tools.
If anything - you sound like you get your oil changed with an app...
Re:The Three Bay Areas (2017)
by GhettoChild on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:34AM
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Thats just not true at all. All that means is that you're slow and forget to move your oil pan from underneath your oil drain to underneath the filter.
Then again I was raised by a single immigrant mom. I was taught to pinch pennies in ways many people cannot relate to.
Four Yorkshiremen.
Re:The Three Bay Areas (2017)
by rectangleboy on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:55AM
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just put some cardboard down and you're fine