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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Is this a joke?

    Anybody who does not have to work is not working class. That’s how it works.

    Chris Pratt wouldn’t suddenly be “working class” if he quit acting and became a plumber.

    He’d be a hobbyist plumber. Perhaps a professional plumber. But he iwoukd not suddenly become working class.

    Guy in my city got bonkers rich off of software in his 20s, fucked off to Thailand to idk appease his cultural fetishes, came home with a wife, and now they run a restaurant. He’s in his 50s.

    They do not need that restaurant. They never did.

    Dude works hard. And if I were to ask him if he were working class, he’d laugh, say absolutely not, and buy me a beer.

    Is he a restaurant owner? yes. Businessman? Yes. Entrepreneur? Yes. Chef? No, but his wife, yes. Restaurant manager? Yes. Otherwise retired? Yes.

    Working class??? No.

    If Christian Bale donated all of his assets and money, got arrested and out in jail, and then slummed around auto body shops to legitimately get by, would he be working class? Yes.

    If it was all for a role, and he secretly had $3m tucked away in case it didn’t pan out, is he still working class? NO.