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If you thought snobbery was reserved for wine tastings and fancy cars, think again. Even the size of one’s trailer (as in, a trailer in a trailer park) can cause someone to turn their nose up at you. People are endlessly creative when coming up with niche reasons to act like they are better than someone else.
Someone asked “What’s the strangest snobbery you’ve encountered?” and netizens shared their most bizarre stories. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the most truly unhinged examples and be sure to add your own tales to the comments section down below.
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#1
I live in a very, very small house. And have a simple lifestyle.
When I started a job in a nearby office, a lady from another department (let's call her Mrs Snob) asked me where I lived.
"Oh, you poor dear!" She says,"Maybe one day you will be able to afford a proper home!"
After this, every time I met her, Mrs Snob would come out with snide little digs at me and how poor and common I am. And how lucky I was to work with "quality" people like her.
I chose to ignore it, though it did rather grind my gears.
Then, one day, we were both having lunch at work. Another colleague asked me if I knew whether "Lord X was doing a local history talk in the near future".
Mrs Snob instantly butted in, "Lord X? He and I are great friends, you know, I could ask him if you like. "
"I don't know," I said, "He usually does them in the warmer months, so he is probably starting them again soon. "
"I can call him tonight to ask!" Mrs Snob says, glaring at me, "Seeing as I actually know him. "
My colleague laughed, and Mrs Snob looked confused.
"What's so funny?" She asks.
"That.." my colleague says, pointing to me, "is his daughter. "
And from then on, Mrs Snob tried to be super nice to me!
Oh, and yes, my dad did know her. He described her as "that snobby cow" :)
They were definitely not "great friends".
Earonn - 1 month ago
Why is it so hard for some people just to let others do as they please? What's so impossible in saying "Oh, that sounds very small to me, but as long as it makes you happy, it's great!"?
Papa 1 month ago (edited)
Because they are insecure, and looking down on other people makes them feel superior.
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#2
Breastfeeding over bottle feeding. It's a massive flex that hurts so many new mums. My wife couldn't produce milk, so we didn't have a choice. There was a number of women who looked down on her.
StrangeOne 1 month ago
Fed is best. I've come across this snobbery online. Someone told me my kid has problems because 9 months of breastfeeding wasn't enough, and that I'm selfish for prioritizing my own health and medical needs over breastfeeding.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
Look them in the eye and repeat after me: "Were you born an obnoxious c**t or did you take classes?". Repeat as often as necessary.
Multa Nocte 1 month ago
And now RFK, Jr. has jumped into the fray, touting breast feeding as ALWAYS superior. Wish he either had functioning breasts or some scientific data to back it up, but he is just shaming women who can't/don't breastfeed. He is such a pox upon humanity.
Dirk Daring 1 month ago
A friend of mine couldn't produce adequate milk after giving birth. Whenever any other random mom would shame her for bottle feeding, she'd look at them and say, "I had a double mastectomy. I can't make any milk, but at least I'm alive to feed my baby." (NOTE: In most cases, it's not cool to lie about cancer, but you got to give her this one. She said the nosy ladies would absolutely WITHER)
Annik Perrot 1 month ago
I breastfed for the first three months. Gave each of my kids à whole year of my body, then took back custody of it. My daughter and one of my DILs chose the bottle, my other DIL breastfed hers til almost 1 year old. And you know what? My four kids and six grandkids are all healthy. Do as you feel, ladies, and don't let any talibans dictate your behavior. Breastfeeding can be a great expérience, or à miserable one for both mother and baby. Better a happy, replete bottle-fed baby than an unhappy, hungry breast-fed one.
Ge Po 1 month ago
Yes, it is wonderful that the female body provides a way to feed the baby. It is also wonderful that the human brain provided a substitute if the natural way fails. Just like the brain came up with crutches and wheelchairs if the legs don't work well, and painkillers and other medicines if the body chemistry fails or fall short.
Pittsburgh rare 1 month ago
The breastfeeding talibans can kiss my a*s. Had life threatening anemia after birth and those sanctimonious c***s without a medical degree were insisting there wasn't an excuse to not breastfeed.
pandamonium 1 month ago
Can't upvote enough. Met many women deeply convinced they are not good mothers because they couldn't breastfeed and had long term psychological issues.
#3
To me it's "Oh, you had a c-section? You're not a REAL mom unless you pushed that baby out of you." Like what??
M Whee 1 month ago
Well I guess I'm not a real mom of three, because they were all c-sections. My bones are shaped wrong and not long ago I would have died in childbirth, because no amount of pushing would get a baby through them.
Ms.GB 1 month ago
"No I didn't push them out I was cut wide open like a taun taun in winter. Call me back when you go through that for your babies!"
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Alexia 1 month ago (edited)
This is sheer stupidity. C-section is usually the solution to avoid complications that may put baby's life and mother's life in danger.
Ge Po 1 month ago
Right. The real moms will choose c-section over funeral anytime.
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David Morgan 1 month ago
Absolutely right. C-section is totally painless, and involves no physical risks whatsoever. Anyone having one is using a 'cheat'. /s This is so stupid. This is like saying you're only a real food eater if you grew/hunted the food yourself. There are other, rather more significant indicators that someone is a mother.
Crystalwitch60 1 month ago (edited)
I’ve never had one , thankfully didn't need one , , but loads of women have no choice if ,they want to live n have a live baby to , so all them, as come out with that can shove it where the sun don’t shine !
Blackmoon The Dragon 1 month ago
Well, my mom had a c-section for me, so I'm guessing I'm not a real kid and my mom's not my real mom lmao
Mike Beck 1 month ago
I often hear "only a step-parent". Usually from my step-daughter's great-grandfather. And every once in a great while, you can see it in his eyes that he just realized what he was implying.
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Emilu 1 month ago
Like the freebirther who was in our news because her baby died a completely preventable death because she insisted on freebirthing (no midwife or doctor, into a pool at home). Anyone who doesn't subscribe isn't getting the 'real birthing experience'. Good to know you had that 'real', 'authentic' birth experience only to kill your own child. Best thing? She claims she'd do it all over again.
veirdbuttrue 1 month ago
What? OMG NO! Has logic completely left the building???
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I used to have a chicken as a pet. Just 1 chicken. I rescued her from my university dorm roommate who stole the chicken from.... god knows where one night when she was drunk and was too ashamed to return it. One day she just packed her bags and left without telling me, leaving her chicken in our apartment. Well, the chicken became my chicken.
Later I moved into my aunt's house temporarily with my new pet chicken. She lived in a very nice gated community. My aunt's neighbor had a mini chicken coop with like... 5 chickens iirc.
That neighbor took one look at my chicken and just... shook her head saying, "You poor ugly thing." to my chicken.
Then she bragged about how good looking her chickens were. She also made a deliberate comment how people "like my aunt and I" don't know how to choose better chickens?? She called my chicken a "pedigree-less mutt".
Ge Po 1 month ago
Well, you know, pedigree isn't always best anyway, due to inbreeding. Mixed breeds are often more healthy, with less behavioural problems.
Crystalwitch60 1 month ago
This , n the same goes with dogs , to over breeding to keep em at kennel club rules ie pugs , and old English bull dogs , to name but a few , it’s cruel n unhealthy totally
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#5
The strangest snobbery I see is people being proud of being ignorant.
This can vary from making fun of people for doing well in school or for going to college - to being proud of not knowing anyone who likes a popular show, musician, etc.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
Sort of like a fellow I know. Very proud of not being in a union. He is almost 70 and afaik is working on the freedom 97 plan. His boss is doing well though.
Peripheral Visionary 1 month ago
Getting in a union was one of the best things that ever happened for me.
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Child of the Stars 1 month ago
It is odd, isn't it? I rarely care for the super popular stuff, but it doesn't bother me that others do.
Kid Murray 1 month ago
Several years ago, people who hate and resent well-educated people discovered that if they made fun of and ridiculed those people, they'd feel better about themselves. That's why Charlie Kirk, who couldn't even get a diploma from a community college, always went to universities to cause trouble debate students with bs and gotcha questions. The same with that Kaitlyn whatever her name is, Tobi Lahren, and all the rest that go to college campuses to stir up trouble.
Earonn - 1 month ago
The weird, "haha I hate maths and never was good at it" pride mixed with provocation I've seen in Germany. People who said that knew that it's stupid, but they were doubling down because - well, who knows? Because it's easier to double down than to sit down and learn how percentages work? This was decades ago, and IMHO it was the beginning of the current anti-science, anti-knowledge movement that will stomp its feet and expect to be taken seriously...
Wonnie-Cookie713 1 month ago (edited)
Bullies bully other people bc they are insecure. 😞 I wish they would just go to a counselor or something.
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Lazy Panda 2 1 month ago
This! People who boast about not knowing things. We can't all know or be interested in everything, but to be actively proud and boast about it just amazes me. A simple, "not something I'm into," will suffice.
#6
I had a friend that lived in a trailer park. Her next door neighbors wouldn’t talk to her because she lived in a single-wide trailer. They lived in a double-wide trailer.
Ace 1 month ago
It's th American Dream. Doesn't matter how badly off you are, as long as there's someone worse off than you who you can look down on. It's why so many poor and deprived Americans vote for politicians and policies that will keep them poor.
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Lilybdcsa 1 month ago
Actually not all mobile home parks are "trailer trash". Our park is a very well maintained, gated community. We have a pool, laundry room, and exercise room. It gripes me that people look down on mobile homes. I love our little community. We're not rich by any means. But not dirt poor either.
Mike Beck 1 month ago
Not that your comment is at all relevant but I've also lived in an HOA trailer park and they were probably more stuck up than a similar fixed-home community.
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Emilu 1 month ago
Postbox red redneck vs sunburnt red redneck vs salmon red redneck... 😂
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#7
My mother-in-law is of the opinion that all walls must have wallpaper, because paint is for poor people.
She has also been extremely disappointed in me because I don't own a gravy boat or a cream ladle.
Reemerger 1 month ago
I have suggestions on where she can store all those items *raising and waving hand furiously*
Vinnie 1 month ago
Only one suggestion needed, but that still leaves the question: is it wallpapered?
Load More Replies... Chich the witch 1 month ago
I helped someone wallpaper a room once. I would now rather pull my spleen out my nose than do it again.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 month ago
I have a puking cat gravy boat. Does that count? AM I NOT FANCY ENOUGH FOR YOU!?
Lee Gilliland 1 month ago
My father was disappointed I had no interest in having Sunday dinner every week with fine China, crystal, and Sterling silver. Every week. All that work.
roddy 1 month ago
Wallpaper can be extremely expensive if you want really nice stuff, like they have in stately homes. I don't know where she got the idea it was for poor people. The Tzar had wallpaper. Bourgeois obsessions about place settings and so on drive me nuts. My grandmother was like that. She was a regular Hyacinth Bucket.
Auntriarch 1 month ago
We have wallpaper because the walls are not smooth, but we've painted the wallpaper (anaglypta) so Mrs Snob wouldn't know whether to approve or despise.
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I met my now ex-husband's parents a few months after we started dating. They lived several states away, so we stayed at their house for the duration of our trip. They lived in the northeast US, whereas I grew up in the midwest.
At dinner one night, I got myself a paper towel for my hands, not noticing that there were paper napkins on the table. His mother offered me a napkin, and I showed her that I had already grabbed the paper towel. She looked at me at me and said, "Oh, I guess some people were just raised differently."
What? Anyway, my kids and I still randomly use this phrase and laugh about the absurdity of it!
Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
I live in the northeast US, and don't even buy napkins. Paper is paper, and a paper towel actually works better, given what it was designed to do.
UnclePanda 1 month ago (edited)
"'Some people' is pure passive aggression when I'm standing right here. Bring on your passive aggressive parade, B. I'll make coffee."
Wonnie-Cookie713 1 month ago
The paper towels absorb better anyway, but it depends on the brand. Napkins are for food debris.
#9
When I was pregnant and so many people told me about their daughter or friend’s cousin etc who was also pregnant but was tiny and you could barely tell she was pregnant. I don’t know why the size of baby bumps is such a captivating topic! I’m growing a human y’all, there’s gonna be some signs, and that’s the least of my concerns.
Ms.GB 1 month ago
I would just be like "Oh really!? That doesn't sound good..."
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David Morgan 1 month ago
"You can barely tell they are pregnant" could = "The baby is going to be severely underweight and may not make it without intensive care". Not a brag.
Lee Gilliland 1 month ago
My husband was a football player, there was no way our baby was gonna be small.
The Big Bad 1 month ago (edited)
For my first you almost didn't see anything for a long while. With the second I was a whale within the first few months. My second pregnancy was way easier. Love them just the same.
#10
Someone was trying to set up a puppy playdate at the local dog park for CORGI PUPPIES ONLY. No other breed, no hybrids please.
Man, people JUMPED on him but he still didn’t get how it sounded so elitist.
Nikole 1 month ago
It IS elitist, but I also want to see a bunch of corgi puppies frolicking in a park.
UnclePanda 1 month ago
I don't see any elitism here - lots of people own Corgis. I think he was trying to set up cute footage for his influencer page.
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WalterWhiteSavannah 1 month ago
This one is weird to me not seeing the issue. Some people do get weird at dog parks though. I used to bring my savannah to the dog park and make sure to ask if everyones dogs were good with cats before I took him in. Never had an issue for months hom and the dogs loved to play and argue over who owned the fake fire hydrant. Then one day a lady showed up and completely lost her mind over a cat being there. No one else cared a bit but she was apoplectic. Full on rage melt down so I never took him again.
Stephanie Did It 1 month ago
I'd guess he was probably afraid of accidental breeding, except he specified puppies only...? On the other hand, some can breed fairly early in life.
Crystalwitch60 1 month ago
That’s why people get their dogs castrated or spayed lol
Load More Replies... Jaya 1 month ago
I don't see that as elitist or snobby, it's just someone who wants to see a bunch of corgis play together, or who wants to meet other people who have the exact same hobby as him, instead of people with a similar hobby (other dog breeds). Lots of people bond over having the same dog breed as each other.
#11
I had a coworker who refused to use a library, because “other people have read those books”. Like, it was somehow gross to touch a book that someone else had checked out and read.
DrBronxx 1 month ago
I wonder how they would feel if they were gifted a first edition of a book they loved.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
I can hear a "What? you couldn't afford a NEW one?"
Load More Replies... Lara Verne 1 month ago
My distant relative wouldn't buy anything secondhand, because " what it this item belonged to someone who's now dead? I throw used things out!" I reminded her that her house once belonged to the elderly lady, who died 10 years ago. Apparently houses don't count.
Blackmoon The Dragon 1 month ago
Hey guy, wanna know how that shiny new book got into YOUR hands? It touched SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDS. Like exactly what happens when people CHECK OUT LIBRARY BOOKS. Like cmon
Spencer's slave no longer 1 month ago
I love ferreting about in my favourite second hand bookshop and finding new authors to read. I've passed the ferreting to my two oldest grandkids, who will happily spend time looking for "new" books to read. They're both getting vouchers to spend there for Christmas.
The Big Bad 1 month ago
I read a lot of library books and got to say... Sometimes I come across a stain I don't love the look of.
#12
The "oh, *I* don't watch TV" people come to mind.
Daisydaisy 1 month ago
I feel like everyone looks down on me because I don't watch TV - I am missing out on the shared popular entertainment or information. But I am an odd sort of person and I find noise hard to tolerate and don't have the patience to sit and look at a screen. What I do love (apart from Bored Panda!) is to read books, which I do a lot. Please don't sneer at people who don't watch TV - we might be a bit different but still love to talk about stuff with you!
Nikole 1 month ago
I'd don't sneer at people who eschew television; it's just that those who make a proud declaration of it tend to look down on people who do watch TV. I'm an intelligent, well-educated, well-read person, but more than once I've encountered someone who had at most one of those attributes (ha, I can be snobby too) look down on me for my television habits. I'm not at all saying this is you, because it really doesn't sound like it is, but people are much more prone to judge others for watching television than not.
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Pittsburgh rare 1 month ago
Many people only watch YouTube or streams. The real snobbery is flexing they don't OWN a TV and expecting you to be impressed at their superior intellect.
Mera 1 month ago
That’s so funny to me, actually. I don’t watch, but I wouldn’t exactly call myself a scholar 😂 I’ve been putting the milk cartons in the pantry by mistake long as I could walk.
Load More Replies... Jaya 1 month ago
If they say it in a "I'm better than you" way then it's stupid. But otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just people who have other interests, or a different idea about how they wanna live their life. And I wonder if some people automatically assume that someone who says they don't watch TV, is being snobbish, when some really aren't.
quentariel 1 month ago (edited)
I lived five years without a tv after moving to live on my own, but it never even came into my mind to brag about it or see it in any brag-able way. It didn't even come up in conversation almost at all. I watched shows on laptop (some of them illegally, naughty me), and learned not to even miss a tv much. I got a tv eventually when my grandma died and my father insisted I got her tv, because I was the only kid/grandkid to not have one.
David Morgan 1 month ago
I don't watch 'broadcast' TV, because most of it is filler shite or adverts. I am perfectly happy to watch TV shows, on a schedule that suits me, and free of irritating intrusions, or endless reruns of edited movies.
Child of the Stars 1 month ago
I've heard both sides: the "I don't watch tv" and the "I don't read books." The former are sanctimonious a.s.s.hats and the latter are just idiots (excluding those who struggle due to disabilities or are illiterate through no fault of their own).
Nikole 1 month ago
The "I don't read books" crowd (minus the caveats you mentioned) baffle me.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 1 month ago
It's funny when they think it's some sort of flex, like they're saying they're better than you. Yet, all you wanted to do was relate to them about a show you like.
Panda McPandaface 1 month ago
As I get older, with access to online streaming, I watch more and more nostalgia TV (I just started on 'The Return of the Saint'). There is so very little that I see trailers for or hear about from friends that is currently being broadcast that interests me one iota. So I do watch TV but I don't.
#13
A friend always has to one up whatever level of spice I choose, and claim that mine isn't spicy enough for her through swollen lips while blowing her nose between every bite. Not really sure what point she's trying to prove. Personally I tend to not order the absolute maximum level of spice I can swallow, because, you know, I actually like being able to taste my food.
DrBronxx 1 month ago (edited)
Just take comfort in the fact that they have a glowing red ring for an a.n.u.s.
Jan Rosier 1 month ago
Yeah, that's what Johnny Cash already sung about... 'the burning ring of fire'...
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StrangeOne 1 month ago
That's when you get Carolina Reaper hot sauce you pretend to sprinkle in your food and let them grab at it to dump it on their food. Then watch the carnage.
Earonn - 1 month ago
"I can endure more pain than you" is such a weird flex. What good is that for? And if you want to impress, why don't you endure the pain of self-reflection and think about why you feel the need to one-up others?
Mike Beck 1 month ago
I do sorry of say that sometimes but it's less a flex and more an explanation of how I get hurt and don't notice or start using a damaged limb faster than others. I was on my feet after a broken pelvis about two weeks in and almost completely off the crutches before four weeks. It did hurt but I don't register pain exactly correctly.
Load More Replies... Mike Beck 1 month ago
I like spicy food but I can't answer your question. Best I can think is that it's like the people that enjoy the soreness after exercise; it releases endorphins. Also like exercise, you need more and more as your body adjusts.
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Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
I like spicy, but I also like to taste the food. If the flavor profile is spicy and nothing else, I'm not interested.
nottheactualphoto 1 month ago
Exactly. Spicy is fine, but I want to taste the food. I don't need my head torn off.
Load More Replies... veirdbuttrue 1 month ago
I do like hot food but it is definitely not a competitive sport to me, always seemed so silly
#14
When I first got together with my boyfriend, I was repainting my apartment and he and I went to Home Depot to get paint. His mom was also at Home Depot, surprisingly, so I got to meet her and small talk in the paint section, where she told me that the color of gray I picked out for my walls was a “trashy color of gray”.
Ms.GB 1 month ago
"Oh it is? I wouldn't know, I'm not usually in trashy homes.."
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 month ago (edited)
"If I didn't like trashy, a member of your family would never had had a chance with me."
Jaya 1 month ago
I'm gonna be super snobby I guess: all gray is trashy gray. I don't get why people paint stuff grey, it's so ugly and boring. But hey, it's their lives.
monsieur mabel 1 month ago
....agreed.....the black gray white trifecta is nauseating....but yes, to each his own.....
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KatSaidThat 1 month ago
Ha, I told someone on the phone this morning that the London sky today is 50 shades of grey. Got a laugh out of that.
Load More Replies... Cougar Allen 1 month ago (edited)
All those colors have names, you know! There's Trashy Gray, Frijid Pink, Hoity Toidy Gray, British Racing Green, Fiddler's Green, Mellow Yellow ...
Robin Roper 1 month ago
Hope OP responded with, "I don't agree with this." It's a pun for those who know.
Troy Parr 1 month ago
Not being snobby but... I never choose grey/gray (however you might spell it) simply because it always strikes me as "cheapest". You see, if you take all your left over paints. A bit left in one can, a bit left in another can, etc and you mix them all together. You end up with grey. Which is something people have done in time of austerity so it seems strange to choose grey to start with.
#15
My mother in law shamed me for buying a Walmart birthday cake for my son’s first birthday.
veirdbuttrue 1 month ago
If she were that concerned she should have offered to bake one herself. And its not like the kid's gonna care
Sam Trudeau 1 month ago
I was sent my baby cousin's second birthday video once. As he's being sung the song, he's saying "Let me eat it!"
#16
I know people who rent or bought a place with a dishwasher and who proudly proclaim “Oh, I only wash dishes by hand!” Dude, there’s nothing noble about washing dishes by hand. The machine does a better job, and you could even be using the saved time to do something productive for society, if you were so inclined.
Auntriarch 1 month ago
Mr Auntriarch said we didn't need a dishwasher for just the two of us. I fixed him with a hard stare, so he said he would do the washing up. Six weeks later we got a dishwasher.
Karl 1 month ago
We don’t have a dishwasher - mainly because our kitchen is too tiny to accommodate one. besides, there’s only two of us and it only takes a couple of mins to do them by hand.
Robert Trebor 1 month ago
Always the temptation to just leave them in the sink
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 1 month ago
Personally, I'd give up my dishwasher to have a washer/dryer in my townhouse.
Nikole 1 month ago
You have my sympathies, for real. I know I can be sarcastic but I am absolutely not right now.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 1 month ago
I sometimes like doing the dishes. And I enjoy doing laundry. But I know better than brag about something which is clearly stupid
StrangeOne 1 month ago
I would ask them if they're just as glad to own a laundry washer but always wash their clothes by hand.
David Morgan 1 month ago
SOME glassware etc is better to wash by hand, otherwise the machine is better and uses less water (than a bowl) to do an equal quantity of dishes.
Mike Beck 1 month ago
Not always. My dishwasher uses about two gallons no matter what cycle you run. I usually use less than that to hand wash the same dishes. Where the machine excels is in using much hotter water than my hands can handle.
Load More Replies... KatSaidThat 1 month ago
I rarely cook so don't use a lot of stuff and tend to clean as I go. However if people around and there are a load of dishes, we do have a dishwasher in the house. Not sure if it has been used since any of us moved in.
#17
When I had first bought my current house, my neighbours on the one side were this elderly couple. He was lovely & she was gossipy, opinionated & bossy & yet she could often be this way in such a fashion that not only did you not see it coming, you might not realize she had stuck the knife in & twisted it until after you walked away. She had a gift!
She would get in her bedroom window & criticize where I put my garden statues or plants & demand that I move them to places of her choosing, -so she could see them better from her window.
One day after purchasing some rather expensive, decorative, ornamental, garden lights,she says to me,” I see you got some new lights for your garden.” “Yes, I am so happy as I’ve wanted them for so long , found them on sale & knew I had to get them.” Here I am thinking that she will want me to move them so she can get a better view of them from her window & she hits me with one of her zingers. “ Well, they are pretty & suit your garden, Rick & I thought about buying some, but now that we’ve seen them we’ve decided that they’re just too tacky.”SHA-POW!
They have long since moved away, however, every time I bring my “tacky” lights out for the season, I chuckle & think of Ethel.
#18
San Francisco farmers market, working booth for mushroom stand, the gourmet variety.
Man approaches and is helped by my now ex wife, who is born and raised in France. He said is making a meal and is looking for a mushroom that pairs. She asks what he’s making. With his nose up high replied, “ you probably wouldn’t know what it is!”
Feisty as she is, she essentially is like, try me.
He replies all high and mighty, “Coq au vin”, rooster in wine basically. But says it incorrectly. My ex puts on her thickest French accent and corrects his pronunciation and explains that her family made it basically every year for the 16+ years she lived in France and then recommended a mushroom.
He was mortified, he went pale, bought the mushrooms and left a generous tip. Never saw him again!
nicholas nolan 1 month ago (edited)
Oh, you mean a dish that became so popular by the end of the 80s in the US that people got sick of it? That Coq au vin? Never heard of it.
Peripheral Visionary 1 month ago
Who hasn't heard of cow au vin? I make it a few times each winter.
#19
One of my husband’s cousins poured out the hot chocolate I made for her. According to her it wasn’t “real” because it wasn’t *Swiss Miss*.
Reemerger 1 month ago
How anyone can take pride in one processed food item over another is beyond me.
Lady Eowyn 1 month ago
I use Swiss Miss just because it's more convenient and quicker. And it does taste pretty good.
#20
When I was learning to knit colorwork (notoriously difficult to get the tension correct), I did it inside out. That way, I could see what needed to happen and how to do it.
This elder knitter said I was a CHEATER! That I was cheating at knitting, in front of a class of beginning colorwork knitters!
Knitter hazing. LOL, WTH??
Earonn - 1 month ago
I knit at work, and so a lot of people asked for lessons. One of the first thing I teach them is: There. Is. No. Knitting. Police. Do what you like. Sure, there might be a better method to achieve what you try do get, but never worry about how you do stuff. Inside-out knitting is the standard in Peru (IIRC), so it's not even "wrong" in any way.
Blackmoon The Dragon 1 month ago
"Youll learn it the way I learned it and no way else... or ELSE."
#21
I think it's weird when people are verbally mean about small dogs. I had a pomchi, aggressive little guy but he was making great progress. Loved him. My parents felt inclined to call him a rat dog, useless, blah blah blah.my mom called him a rat dog in a group chat and I told her not to because it's rude. I don't go around saying the rottie is a baby killer. I didn't get very long with him, lost him to parvo. It just makes me sad that for the short time they knew him they called him names. Rip Chauncey I miss you. The last walk we went on before he got sick he didn't bark at anybody and I was so proud.
Stephanie Did It 1 month ago
I'm so sorry for the loss of your little companion. Grief for a pet is real and can be so hard.
Child of the Stars 1 month ago
I suppose this would depend on the tone for me. It bothers me when people refer to my children as c****h fruit with a sneer, but I also find the term funny when it's used as a joke.
Papa 1 month ago
Like I'm joking when I refer to one of those yappy little dogs and say "He thinks he's a real dog"?
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
I personally prefer medium to large dogs for myself, but if you have a tiny dog and I see you, I will coo and gurgle over your little guy's cuteness.
Mera 1 month ago
I’ve been bitten by way too many chihuahuas to ever trust them. However, I met a really sweet toy poodle breed that softened me up a little.
Mike Beck 1 month ago
I'd keep him away from you but my wife's half-Chihuahua would probably dull your fear a bit. He's pretty sure all people are friends but is cautious until they start petting him. Give him a treat or two and he'll bring a toy for you to throw. Sit still for five minutes and he'll probably be on your lap.
Load More Replies... veirdbuttrue 1 month ago
Parvovirus can be vaccinated for, dogs get vaxxed for it every year. So it s***s that he died of parvo
K Barnes 1 month ago
It's too bad that they aren't fully vaccinated until 4-5 months. We chose not to walk our dog until he was fully vaccinated, but many owners think it's important to walk their puppy even before they're fully vaccinated (but at risk).
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My friend got a PhD at the same time I got my BA and my parents and grandfather hosted a graduation party to which PhD friend and his mother were invited.
At this party (at my grandfather’s house, he lived in the university city) I met PhD friend’s mother for the first time and I mentioned that we were all very proud of friend.
“*You’re* proud of friend?!” she sneered at me, with an air of absolute contempt. It took me a moment to understand that she thought I, a mere friend, didn’t have the right to be proud of PhD friend’s achievement. That was reserved for her, the family member.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
I have a phd in the shed. Post hole digger, used it for putting up my fence.
Michael Largey 1 month ago (edited)
"Well, I'm proud of his achievement, just not of his family."
Earonn - 1 month ago
It's a pity that it's so hard to express the different meanings of "being proud of". We should have "being proud of" for one's own achievements and "being proud for" (or a completely new word) for this feeling of admiration and well-wishing that feels similar to pride and that we feel for someone else's achievements.
David Morgan 1 month ago
I suppose it's like when someone says that they have had some bad luck, and you say "I'm sorry". You mean, "I'm sorry that this thing happened to you", not "I apologise for causing this bad thing to happen".
Load More Replies... Wonnie-Cookie713 1 month ago
Im pretty sure a lot of ppl reading this *would* be proud of this too lol
#23
My mother kept a meticulous house. Once when we had visited with one of my aunts (a SIL to my mom), my mother with disdain informed me that my aunt had a "cleaning lady" like it was the most shameful thing any woman could do!
Wonnie-Cookie713 1 month ago
Fr! It feels royal, like you are a queen/king.
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BrownEyedGrrl 1 month ago
My husband hired a maid when I had cancer. I still cleaned & straightened things before she'd show up.
Pferdchen 1 month ago (edited)
From a historical perspective, this is an interesting one. Although I grew up in a modern suburban environment near a major city, my grandparents (born in 1902 & 1903) lived in a small town in Kentucky. Women didn't have many domains to demonstrate their excellence, so they could get rather competitive about things like their biscuits (rolls) and cakes made from scratch, casseroles, or how immaculate their homes were. People would always compliment my grandmother on her biscuits, which I found odd because they were horribly dry (I never commented on this, btw). That all being said, it was rude of the woman in this story to verbalize her disdain.
veirdbuttrue 1 month ago
Well to be fair, she was probably of that stay at home wife generation, where the expectations on women to provide a clean home & hearth were considerable.
#24
Door County WI. lol.
For real, my husband and I are fairly well off and we were staying in a hotel. This couple seemed nice enough at first. However, we didn’t own a lake island (no freaking joke) and this guy was like “you don’t know what you’re missing out on”
Yeah ok, I’ll go casually buy an island. Thanks man.
It was such a weird thing to be snobby about.
UKGrandad 1 month ago (edited)
Reminds me of one of Harry Enfield's sketch show characters, a self-made millionaire from Birmingham. His catchphrase (which is funnier if you can read it in a 'Brummie' accent) was 'Excuse me. I couldn't help but notice that I appear to be considerably richer than you'.
#25
I was 8 miles in on a strenuous part of the AT in my preferred hiking sandals. They're made for hiking, they're insanely grippy, and I can just careen through streams and other water crossings like it's nothing. I love them, and they're great for temperate rainforests like where I live. An AT thru-hiker stopped me and asked 'are you seriously hiking in sandals? Gross. Can you even hike in those?' I just stopped and looked around. Girl, I am in the exact same place you are. I don't get it.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
A lot more popular among hikers than the Andes Turnpike.
Load More Replies... Earonn - 1 month ago
I'd question not so much the aeration but low temperature and ankle-stabilisation, but then, I'm hiking more in mountainous areas. Other than that, if they work for OP, what's the issue?
Robin Roper 1 month ago
The AT, or Appalachian Trail, is through the Appalachian MOUNTAINS.
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 1 month ago (edited)
Mate of mine trekked through jungles in Thailand in sandals. Everyone else wore boots and got trench-foot (footrot). He recommended them to me and I bought a pair. Lasted 20 years. Mud, rocks, water, cowdung, absolutely everything in those!
Auntriarch 1 month ago
Went to the Lake District with my walking mad sister and brother in law. Walked everywhere in birkies.
Peeka_Mimi 1 month ago
I am an experienced hiker and sandals are great for some hikes, and you will know what's best for you. Personally I have hiking shoes, hiking sandals, and hiking boots. I wear according to the conditions and what is comfortable for me.
#26
My husband’s brother’s wife (my SIL) loves to tell me how SHE “got the pick of the litter.” Um, ok? Obviously I disagree but I just stare at her blankly every time. She still hasn’t gotten the hint so maybe next time I’ll respond, “I’m surprised you feel comfortable saying that out loud to me.” The brother is a lovely human who married a miserable woman.
Michael Largey 1 month ago (edited)
"The pick of the litter? So you're saying you got a real dog, is that it?"
#27
I sent a pic of my new bedroom to a friend bc she asked to see it. “No sheets on your bed?” I had just moved in and was getting everything set up. She brought up me having no sheets on my bed for a long time after. That was weird. We aren’t friends anymore for multiple reasons but I still sometimes hear “No sheets on the bed?” in my head haha.
David Morgan 1 month ago
If I were still setting up a new room (provided it would only take a day), the sheets and other bedding would go on last so they didn't get dirty. If it takes longer than a day, then put the sheets on just before you plan to sleep.
KatSaidThat 1 month ago
When I moved 5 zones across London, I had marked my boxes very clearly so literally only unpacked a few clothes, made my bed and then went grocery shopping.
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LilliVB 1 month ago
I understand OP being put out by the comment as the place was going to be set up, so it wasn't like they weren't going to have sheets on the bed. But to me an adult that choose to sleep without sheets is just plain weird. I can understand if you are to poor to afford them, you have all my sympathies and probably I would you you one set, but having the meaning to do it and instead just sleeping on a bare mattress? Weird AF.
#28
I'm bilingual. Spanish is my mother tongue. I was born in Argentina and hold Italian citizenship, from my Italian great grandparents. I currently live in the UK.
I was in Valencia, Spain, last December. At the airport, I handed my Italian passport to the woman at the airline desk, and she asked me, in Italian, how many pieces of luggage I was checking in. I replied in Spanish (I did understand the question, Italian and Spanish are similar after all) and she replied in Italian "what, you don't speak Italian?" while waving my Italian passport at me and shaking her head. You know.. the Spanish woman I was speaking Spanish to
I was explaining what happened to my British husband, who was there but kind of missed what happened. Basically, I was language shamed 😄.
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 month ago
My mother, who grew up in Salzburg, took me to Vienna. Almost all cafes and restaurants we went to, they refused to speak 'Austrian' to her (a dialect of German, basically), and only spoke in 'high' German. Basically they considered her a rube because she had a Salzburg accent, and they were obviously more sophisticated in Vienna!
Katharina Sei. 1 month ago (edited)
As an Austrian, living in Austria, let me tell you: Lots of people here are not able to speak or understand the different austrian dialects anymore. And yes, someone of Steiermark or Tirol or Wien will have a different dialect from each other. (Often dialects differed even from district/valley to district/valley) Therefore most people speak Hochdeutsch and often even the local dialect isn't spoken at home.
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DrBronxx 1 month ago
Maybe the reaction was s****y, but it would be weird to come across someone with a passport for a country whose language they didn't speak.
Sarah 1 month ago (edited)
Similar happened Colleague in gift shop who was from one of the English counties in Northern Ireland. A tourist wanted to hear Irish spoken to get a flavour , when colleague told tourist she didn’t speak it, tourist gave a rant on how it’s my colleagues national language and she should. Colleague didn’t take it well and have very very heated response about not being part of the republic and our education system
Billo66 1 month ago
This girl that worked as cashier at a local small store Once randomly told me she was Bi. I mean, I knew her, saw her every day at the store, but like, where did that come from? I said.. "That's cool. I know two languages too." lol. She looked at me all crazy and I laughed and said "I get it man, just fuckin with ya. Anyway, you should go talk to my wife, just call me when it's safe to come home." lol
#29
I get that snobbery a lot for some of my choices.
Second hand shopping. I buy just about everything second hand. Saves money, reduces waste and my entire house has a very distinct vintage vibe. Pretty hard to buy “new” vintage. I also make money from it and in the first ten years in my house it paid the mortgage, so I could use my day job to pay off student loans and a car loan.
Still got a lot of the ick reaction from people who would never consider used things.
Along the same lines. My house is a colourful eclectic zone without anything truly matching or what most would consider mainstream. I’m also in my 40’s so I sometimes get the reaction of its a fun vibe but not the expected adult neutral staged look most people seem to aspire to.
Again to each their own. I love it and never judge other people’s homes but unfortunately I don’t always get that back.
I also don’t use social media outside of Reddit or drink (never have) So many people have such strong reactions to those two things alone. It’s absolutely nuts have passionate people get about your life choices that have absolutely no bearing on their life.
Child of the Stars 1 month ago
When some friends of my parents were having their first baby, I still had quite a few baby clothes, toys, and books my oldest had outgrown. I offered them to the parents, and the wife laughed and said, "Oh no, we're getting everything brand new!" I don't get it. The baby's just going to outgrow it in a week anyway; except for a car seat (for safety reasons) and maybe a crib (also for safety reasons depending on how old it is), most baby stuff doesn't get used long enough to justify brand new.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
The kids were expecting and we were going to pick up some baby clothes for them from a chainstore. "Oh,no. ick! We're only going to buy finest kind for the baby". That lasted about as long as it took the child to outgrow the first few $$$ baby clothes they bought.
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Earonn - 1 month ago
I'm absolutely convinced that the people who sh*t on adults for not dressing / hobbying / reading / decorating "adult" enough are just jealous that the person had the guts to do what they like, while the snobs slavishly followed the trend and do as told and now live a life that isn't really theirs.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
Ironically, slavish conformism is a sign of not really being an adult.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
I'm a 60yo woman. None of my dishes match, and I like it that way. I'll buy a plate or bowl because I like it, but I wouldn't like having 8 of the exact same one.
Robin Roper 1 month ago
The whole not gracefully accepting that a person chooses not to drink alcohol baffles me. My husband doesn't drink alcohol. He is Japanese and has the mutation (ALDH2*2) that hinders the breakdown of acetaldehyde from alcohol. That's what he tells people "I have the mutation ALDH2*2 and can't breakdown acetaldehyde." They, of course have no idea what he is talking about but it shuts them up.
L.V 1 month ago
I do buy a lot of second hand stuff, or from charity shops. Why pay full price when there are good stuff for cheaper, even if a little worn? However I draw the line at underwear!
David Morgan 1 month ago
Does ANYONE sell second-hand underwear? No charity shop I know in the UK will take them, and no high-street store will accept underwear for return. Properly washed it would be fine, but there is just no way to guarantee washing except for doing it yourself and they don't have the facilities or inclination.
Load More Replies... KatSaidThat 1 month ago
My bedroom is an explosion of colour and has glowies all around as well. My housemates were quite surprised (we were all strangers moving into a MOH). I discovered everything5pounds (RIP) when looking for a one-off dress for a wedding. Most of my clothes came from there until they stopped being £5. I've had some of those dresses for 10 years and yes, they have been machine washed many times. So far the damage has been one button falling off and that was not in the machine. I work for someone who does telly appearances, turns out half her wardrobe is from Temu. Game changer,
#30
Snobs in any of my hobbies is always strange. Like, aren't we here to have genuine fun? I think the weirdest was when I tried to get into telescopes. I was on a budget (especially as a college student) and I said I wouldn't mind a few quirks in my first telescope. Was swiftly told "no, you do mind, buy an expensive one". Sigh.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
TBF, many cheap scopes have the name "hobby killer" for a very good reason.
Earonn - 1 month ago
Unfortunately, saying that doesn't put any money into the pockets of the person who wants to buy one.
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 1 month ago
My dad paid about 40% extra for good tools because he'd always get the cheap one first, and then soon replace it with a good one.
David Morgan 1 month ago
Sometimes it can be sensible to do that - if you are trying a specialist item (cookware, hobby equipment, car gedget or whatever), then buying a lower-grade version to see if it will actually get used or be of benefit is not a bad idea. If it's general-pupose items that you WILL use, then buy the best you can at the time, because they should last longer.
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Daniel Atkins 1 month ago
I had a bike shop owner do this to me while in college. I had one that had sat for a while and I thought it would be cheaper to replace the cables instead of an upgrade. In talking to him it became clear That upgrading the bike was the best. What irked me is he was wanting to sell me one that cost hundred of dollars. All I wanted was a reliable transport across campus so I bought a cheap one at Wal-Mart. Later some jerk stole my rear brake. Went to the bike shop to buy one from him. He argued again i needed an super expensive bike and that that brake would not fit my bike (it would). I also needed the bolt to hold it on the bike and didn't know which size I needed he gave me a small box with different sizes in it and told me to bring back what I didn't use. I'm not proud to say I neve retuned the un used bolts, but i was tired of being talked down to because I didn't buy an expensive bike.
#31
My sister makes a career out of being a snob (I don't talk to her anymore). She was talking about watching a movie in the theater with her friends. When the love scene came on, she got emotional and cried. She looked over at her friends, who were dry-eyed. She said "I'm not going to a movie with them ever again." Because she was superior to them, you know. I saw the same movie and didn't cry, either. The love scene really wasn't that romantic IMO.
Upstaged75 1 month ago
I have a former friend who when I told her I didn't really like the movie we just saw replied with "because you didn't understand it on a spiritual level like I did". 🙄 Oh OK.....
Nix 1 week ago
Lol, that reminds me of the guys who got a hard on over Interstellar and then tried to convince everyone that anyone who didn't enjoy it like they did just didn't have their level of genius 🤣
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#32
I was in a cigar/tobacco shop in a college town. It was not a “smoke shop” but a proper cigars and pipe tobacco only shop.
I was waiting to be helped while a group of 3 college aged kids were asking the man behind the counter, “what’s the difference between these two tobaccos?”
To which the man behind the counter responded with a tight lipped smile, “now how would you describe the difference between the delicate flavors of a T-Bone steak and a buttered lobster tail to say…an Amazonian wild person?”
The translation of this being: how the f**k can I explain the difference between two things that you could never understand?
I did not come back to that place again.
camomooey 1 month ago (edited)
I went into a shoe shop in our local mall, asking about a pair that was on display. She asked me what size I wanted, and when I told her size 8, she stuck her nose in the air and said "we don't carry anything that big". Not "we're sold out of that size" or anything like that. "We don't carry anything that big". Size 8 isn't really big! Forty years later I still laugh and shake my head about that one. It's not even like I was in a ritzy shop in NYC or LA or somewhere like that. The town I live in is mostly blue collar, down to earth. I don't know where she got her attitude, but wow...
Ashtophet 1 month ago
I would have walked my size 10 shoes right out of the store laughing about the sale they lost.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 month ago
Reply "If I really knew about the subject, I could surely explain it clearly and simply. But not if I was just posing."
#33
When I was in England a woman asked me where my accent was from and I explained I'm Australian.
She replied, "Well none of us can help where we are born dear".
Ouch and ouch again..😁.
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 month ago
It's true. English people wish they could have been born in Australia 🤣
Michael Largey 1 month ago
"Ma'am, your ancestors were the ones who sent my ancestors there, right?"
#34
My step grandmother was kinda horrible.
I'm not even sure it's snobbery or her just being a B. No one in my family liked her, except my grandfather.
Whenever my grandfather and her would take me out for an excursion she was always making little comments about stuff.
At a craft fair, she would say how pretty a crochet blanket was, but how she was sure she could do it better. She did this everywhere she went. Little comments that what others did or had wasn't up to her standards.
She was one of those people who has their entire house covered in plastic. Couch, chairs, runners down the hallway.
She once told me to be super careful and not step off the plastic runner in the hallway because it kept her carpet clean. Um am I that dirty?
I looked down and there was maybe an inch of carpet on either side.
My ten year old self really wanted to walk down the hall sideways hugging the wall like I was trying to edge myself along the ledge of a building just so I could step on that inch of exposed carpet.
She was a really snobby hateful person. I know one of her children didn't even like being around her and didn't go to her funeral.
#35
When I was in college, we got assigned partners for a project. The girl I was supposed to be paired with refused to work with me because I was a “GDI” which I later learned stood for God dammed independent meaning I wasn’t part of a fraternity.
Michael Largey 1 month ago (edited)
I really appreciated the fraternity/sorority system in my college. It concentrated in a certain place a certain type of people with whom I would have been in much more contact otherwise.
Upstaged75 1 month ago
Sororities too. My mom was in one so when I got to college I figured I would give Rush a try. The whole thing just felt wrong to me. Like Stepford Wives in training or something. 😂 I did get a bid to one sorority (2 friends from the riding team were members so I assume that's why) but I dropped out. It really wasn't me.
Load More Replies... Blackmoon The Dragon 1 month ago
So what? I'm going to college next year and I don't plan to be a part of fraternity at all, honestly most of the time the people there are part of this elitist POV or just aren't very welcoming in general, or at least what Ive heard. I prefer to hang out with roomies and chill, not go out partying all night. Smh
Bartlet for world domination 1 month ago
That's what I thought when I left for uni. Didn't turn out that way at all :)
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I have narcissistic middle class conservative white Southern parents. Ask me what I haven't been snubbed over, lol.
Maybe the time they gave me c**p about eating sushi. Yes, generally considered a fancier dish to some people, but to them eating something raw is disgusting. They will burn their burgers. I got the evil eye that entire meal.
David Morgan 1 month ago
"Shame you have to buy such low-grade burger meat that you have ot burn it instead of cooking it so you can taste it..."
Robin Roper 1 month ago
Not all sushi contains raw fish. Some does but most doesn't. Saying you are eating sushi is sort of like saying you are eating pasta - there's a huge range of options. Sashimi is raw.
Mike Beck 1 month ago (edited)
I've heard that sushi actually means rice. Is that accurate?
Load More Replies... Arcady Royzen 1 month ago
actually, i doubt this story in its entirety. i spent many years here in the South. Southerners are well known for their fried chicken and other fried goods but when it comes to steaks and burgers they will NEVER cook them well done or even medium well. Most have to be pink or bloody on the inside
Michael Largey 1 month ago
Down-home rare is one thing. "Furriner" raw is entirely different.
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The strangest snobbery I encountered was someone commenting about another person saying that he probably buys his socks in threes. I didn't realise you needed to buy individual sock pairs or you were as common as muck apparently.
David Morgan 1 month ago
Sounds like a joke about intelligence, not social status. What use would three socks be?
Load More Replies... camomooey 1 month ago
That sounds like an insult, not snobbery. Saying someone is so stupid they don't even know how to buy socks.
Upstaged75 1 month ago
No, they're saying they only buy expensive socks as individual pairs - rather than in a pack, which is cheaper.
Load More Replies... Panda McPandaface 1 month ago
You mean you don't have left-footed socks and right-footed socks? Oh deary me...
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Back around 2000-2004, I did a lot of paintings/illustrations and even sold a lot of them on ebay. At the time I was in my 20s. I had a couple people say things like, "Oh, my 6 year old loves to draw, too." when they found this out about me.
Child of the Stars 1 month ago
I'm not sure why this would be offensive. My friend is one of the best known local artists, and she LOVES when my kids (12 & 7) make art for her.
Earonn - 1 month ago
I guess, it's this weird habit of treating making art as if it wasn't something serious, just child's play. I mean, we don't go around and say "oh, so you are an accountant? Yeah, my child loves scribbling numbers on just everything, too!"
Load More Replies... Panda McPandaface 1 month ago
So tell her to encourage them and one day maybe they'll make money off it like OP did.
Stephanie Did It 1 month ago
This reminds me of a gift I received for my first wedding. I was a teen aged bride, and the family was not happy but grudgingly supportive. One set of grandparents gave me a set of dishes with an awful scrawled flower motif, incredibly ugly, because "they reminded us of the pictures you drew as a toddler." I hated those dishes!
#39
I am used to car snobbery. At least if I was driving a junker around I could understand it better. I managed to purchase a nearly pristine condition 25 year old Lexus. It had only 20k miles on it. The condition was incredible with nothing but some miner wear on the leather seats, otherwise perfect. The gal I was dating refused to be seen in the car simply because it was old. Really? A perfect condition 25 year old car is embarrassing? OK, pretty shallow but whatever.
Arthur Waite 1 month ago
I was going to make some comment about the "miner" wear on the car seats, but then I decided that would be beneath me.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
25 years old is too old? Was this Leonardo DiCaprio in drag, by any chance?
nicholas nolan 1 month ago
Oof. Less that 1k miles per year. That's a red flag, but not for snobbery purposes. Welcome to Dryrot Town.
#40
Snobbery is awful here in the UK and anything will be seen as lower class if you put your mind to it! The most unusual thing I’ve seen is window snobbery - some people here see plastic window frames as tacky.
David Morgan 1 month ago
Compared to a high-grade wooden one, they don't look great. But guess which one takes a ball-aching amount of maintenance to KEEP it looking good.
Pferdchen 1 month ago (edited)
I have an acquaintance from England who is sometimes intent on flexing his superiority. I don't how it even came up, but he casually mentioned how his credit rating took a hit and was down to 800. I, on the other hand, had made it to my mid-fifties without ever knowing what my credit score was. Eventually, one of my accounts started displaying it and it was an "excellent" number. I wish I had known it when my acquaintance brought his up so I could express sympathy for his abysmal rating 🤣
3muddypaws 1 month ago
In fairness, if you own a historically important house or live in an area where appearances are legally protected such as a Conservation Area, there will be restrictions on the type of windows you can have. Plastic windows in historic houses is generally a no.
#41
A neighbor asked my boyfriends mother, "why can't your son find a white girlfriend?"
She had no reservations at asking, not thinking at all, how rude it was.
#42
My mom is snobby about 2 things: Heinz ketchup and aluminum foil. She keeps her own name brand foil in her car, just in case. It's because she doesn't like when people tear it "wrong" or when it gets crinkled up in the container. She will not use anything different than Heinz ketchup.
Those are her demands and will always make time to criticize foil or ketchup.
Wyrdwoman 1 month ago
To be fair (and it might be imaginary) but Heinz does taste better. Same with their beans.
Pferdchen 1 month ago (edited)
Agreed. Heinz ketchup is one of the very few product lines I'm loyal to. I may be mistaken, but I think I received some Heinz ketchup packets in Europe and it tasted very different than the stateside product (less sugar, probably).
Load More Replies... Blackmoon The Dragon 1 month ago
Here's an idea! Take your bottle of normal ketchup and pour it into an empty Heinz bottle, see what happens hehe
Mike Beck 1 month ago
Depending on the brand, I would definitely be able to tell. I prefer vinegary ketchup and not sweet catsup.
Load More Replies... KatSaidThat 1 month ago
I too am a ketchup snob and it has to be heinz. I also deplore my housemates buying cheap dish soap - they go through so much of it that I now hide my fairy liquid because they use tons of that too. Anyone who has used fairy knows you only need a tiny bit.
Panda McPandaface 1 month ago
Much better than 'curses, ketchuped again'.
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I’m gen X, and was over at the house of a friend, gen Z, helping her with cooking prior to the delivery of her 3rd child. She had a few other friends over that were her age too. One of them commented on her Mrs. Meyer’s hand soap container. You know Mrs Meyer’s has blah blah blah in it, right? She responds, oh yes, we won’t use it anymore because of that. I just keep the container and refill it with blah, blah, blah, to which the other person nodded in agreement.
Y’all…it’s hand soap.
Robin Roper 1 month ago
The brand sells itself as "natural and good for the environment' but some say this is "greenwashing" and that the products contains bad for you chemicals including carcinogen 1,4-dioxane.
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I once went to a posh glass shop and asked for a set of glasses from a brand called d'Arque. The gentleman who served me gave me a withering look when i mis-pronounced the name, then sarcastically corrected me, followed by an even more sarcastic "we don't do that brand Sir"
Ouch.
Ace 1 month ago
Well yeah, if you go to a posh shop then you will find pretentious assistants. I do wonder how they pronounced it, but in any case it's cheap mass-produced stuff that you would never find in a posh place. (Cristal d'Arques, BTW, not just d'arque).
Panda McPandaface 1 month ago
Oh yes, CRISTAL D'Arques if you uplease - get it right you low-life pleb.
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My MIL told me one of the flowers (pink tulips—in a bouquet with white and pink roses and greenery for a spring wedding) I chose for my wedding bouquet would be ugly. I was only telling her so she could chose her corsage in context. She chose a color and flower (purple orchids) that were not in any of the other wedding flowers.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
Purple orchids always look great with a white dress, so be happy she stopped there.
#46
There was this woman who stopped our family from leaving a restaurant, who insisted on asking my mother, "What do you DO in my fair city?... But what do you *do?*"
I don't remember the entire back and forth that happened in that conversation, but it closed with my mom informing her that we had to leave so she could bury her brother.
"Oh, you have fun with that!"
And that's on Small Town, USA.
What do you think ?
UnclePanda 1 month ago
"All I hear are your insecurities. It's very sad, because your value is more than you think. You should pay a professional to help with that."
roddy 1 month ago
This is brilliant! Yes these rude snobs are bolstering their egos because they have no confidence in themselves and can only feel good by tearing other people down however they can. And anyone priding themselves on their high class, has no class, because nobody with class would make snide, rude remarks. They would be gracious.
Load More Replies... Sarah 1 month ago (edited)
I have two . The first a friend, who was unemployed for abit, refused to apply for the dole, unemployment benefit . It was beneath her to queue up At council office with the ‘lowlifes’. Daddy gave her money. Second.. met a family who used to live across the field. They moved to a well off location in foothills of Dublin mountains.. literally 2 miles away. We were chatting how my mam tuaght her daughter . She turns to everyone else and says.. yea we used to live in Firhouse.. we so lucky to get out of there… as I’m Just sitting there. Right now I’m in firhouse… beautiful view of Dublin mountains, huge green in front of all the houses where kids play..
highwaycrossingfrog 1 month ago
Kind of the reverse experience here. I work in a well-paid job, but because I work short-term freelance contracts I have very little job security. A couple years ago there was a massive downturn in my industry and almost no-one was working. I heard of colleagues losing their homes, having huge mental health issues. Anyway, I'd depleted my savings so I went to sign on (as I had previously done during Covid), and when I told the lady taking my application how much I usually make per hour she made me feel *so* bad for even stepping foot in the office, not in so many words but in the looks she gave me. I was supposed to come back with ID but I never went in there again.
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 1 month ago
A colleague was talking about her childhood, they had servants. Everyone else was looking at her like she had two heads so I felt a bit sorry for her, and mentioned about having maids as a child. Her reaction was "yes but you were in Africa, EVERYONE had servants there"...
KatSaidThat 1 month ago
Music fans are the worst. Getting annoyed that their previously obscure little band that they knew had suddenly become popular and doing bigger gigs - "sell outs!!". Mate, the dream when being a musician is literally to sell out. Sorry your band became big. We had a weird thing at Royal Blood - some girls turned fandom into a competition of sorts. I don't GAF how much longer you have known them, it only matters that I now know them and like them too
Tobias Reaper 1 month ago
the worse ones for me are the oh you dont work a manual labour job you shouldnt be tired. Almost like there is only one way to be tired
KatSaidThat 1 month ago
You've not travelled deep on London underground and blown your nose after. Black snot.
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 1 month ago
"All I hear are your insecurities. It's very sad, because your value is more than you think. You should pay a professional to help with that."
roddy 1 month ago
This is brilliant! Yes these rude snobs are bolstering their egos because they have no confidence in themselves and can only feel good by tearing other people down however they can. And anyone priding themselves on their high class, has no class, because nobody with class would make snide, rude remarks. They would be gracious.
Load More Replies... Sarah 1 month ago (edited)
I have two . The first a friend, who was unemployed for abit, refused to apply for the dole, unemployment benefit . It was beneath her to queue up At council office with the ‘lowlifes’. Daddy gave her money. Second.. met a family who used to live across the field. They moved to a well off location in foothills of Dublin mountains.. literally 2 miles away. We were chatting how my mam tuaght her daughter . She turns to everyone else and says.. yea we used to live in Firhouse.. we so lucky to get out of there… as I’m Just sitting there. Right now I’m in firhouse… beautiful view of Dublin mountains, huge green in front of all the houses where kids play..
highwaycrossingfrog 1 month ago
Kind of the reverse experience here. I work in a well-paid job, but because I work short-term freelance contracts I have very little job security. A couple years ago there was a massive downturn in my industry and almost no-one was working. I heard of colleagues losing their homes, having huge mental health issues. Anyway, I'd depleted my savings so I went to sign on (as I had previously done during Covid), and when I told the lady taking my application how much I usually make per hour she made me feel *so* bad for even stepping foot in the office, not in so many words but in the looks she gave me. I was supposed to come back with ID but I never went in there again.
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 1 month ago
A colleague was talking about her childhood, they had servants. Everyone else was looking at her like she had two heads so I felt a bit sorry for her, and mentioned about having maids as a child. Her reaction was "yes but you were in Africa, EVERYONE had servants there"...
KatSaidThat 1 month ago
Music fans are the worst. Getting annoyed that their previously obscure little band that they knew had suddenly become popular and doing bigger gigs - "sell outs!!". Mate, the dream when being a musician is literally to sell out. Sorry your band became big. We had a weird thing at Royal Blood - some girls turned fandom into a competition of sorts. I don't GAF how much longer you have known them, it only matters that I now know them and like them too
Tobias Reaper 1 month ago
the worse ones for me are the oh you dont work a manual labour job you shouldnt be tired. Almost like there is only one way to be tired
KatSaidThat 1 month ago
You've not travelled deep on London underground and blown your nose after. Black snot.
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