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What social class are you - BBC test

Started by Martinus, April 05, 2013, 07:35:46 AM

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Caliga

I answered "no" to that one, or rather didn't check it.  However, I do go to the theatre (not lately though) so that seemed to have helped a lot on that portion of the test.
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derspiess

Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 05, 2013, 10:29:08 AM
Quote from: derspiess on April 05, 2013, 10:26:13 AM
:huh:  What's that?

Jazz, opera, orchestral.

Don't play innocent with me.

Some of it-- I guess enough to warrant checking those boxes.  But the bulk of my listening is ska, rockabilly, and 90s alternative. 
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katmai

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 05, 2013, 08:39:17 AM
God emperor of mankind. Okay, good test.
bullshit

If it doesn't say you are hitler the test fails.
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Valmy

Established Middle Class.  That makes me feel smug.
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merithyn

Quote from: Valmy on April 05, 2013, 12:49:58 PM
Established Middle Class.  That makes me feel smug.

Don't. That's what it said I was. :P
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Sheilbh

Quote from: Zanza on April 05, 2013, 08:41:30 AM
Emergent Service Worker - whatever that is
Same. It means you're not necessarily financially secure, but you are culturally and socially engaged.

It's from a British perspective though, so I really doubt it would work in Germany (or anywhere else) given the prevalence of renting there.
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Ideologue

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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 05, 2013, 07:45:50 AM
I'm American so I have no class. (Saved Brain the trouble of making that joke).

But the quiz described me as "emergent service worker".

Me too.

QuoteEmergent service workers

This class group is financially insecure, scoring low for savings and house value, but high for social and cultural factors. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

Quiz = 100% accurate.  Maybe I should visit more stately homes (is this a euphemism for burglary?).
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katmai

Quote from: Ideologue on April 05, 2013, 07:41:43 PM


Quiz = 100% accurate.  Maybe I should visit more stately homes (is this a euphemism for burglary?).

No is not ,and i doubt I'm Elite (what quiz said i was) either :P
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garbon

So here's what we got on Languish:

Elite
Katmai
Marti
Garbon
Rasputin
Derspeiss
Crazy Canuck
Caliga

Established middle class
Legbiter
Ulmont
Viper37
Valmy
Merithyn

Technical middle class
Liep
Grey Fox

Emergent service worker
Zanza
Ide
Teach
Grinning_Colossus
Sheilbh

:hmm:
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