# PBS game- what social class are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474 "2007-12-18T18:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/41 "2007-12-18T21:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] Here’s why… [ul] [li]Frayed Persian Rug \> Old Money [/li][_I also thought this meant “poor”_.] [li]Best Sellers and Art Pottery \> Middle Middle[/li] [li]Collage of New Family Photos \> Working Class [/li][_Not necessarily family, but other stuff_.] [li]Ethan Allen Convertible Sofa Bed \> Middle Middle [/li][_Duh. Used_.] [li]Projection Screen TV \> Working Class [/li][\*Ok, say I am. But I can’t afford one of these _now[/I_].] [li]Aquarium with Tropical Fish \> Working Class[/li][_It could not be salt water. Shudder_.] [li]Labrador \> Middle Middle[/li][_There was no option for mutt (which is what my Zen is), so this was as good as it got_.] [/ul] [/QUOTE] I’ll give my breakdown: [ul] [li]Wall-to-Wall Pile Carpet \> Working Class.[/li]_Low-maintenance and nice to walk barefoot on. Won’t be ruining an expensive rug if I sit in there and eat and spill food, or if I track mud in._ [li]Best Sellers and Art Pottery \> Middle Middle[/li]_This was the closest I could get to the “lots of books on a wide variety of subjects” that I have._ [li]Collage of New Family Photos \> Working Class[/li]_Again, the closest I could get to the “photos of cool castles and such that I got at sidewalk art fairs” that I have (I still have to put them up in the new house…sigh)_ [li]Ethan Allen Convertible Sofa Bed \> Middle Middle[/li]_I actually have an Ikea sofa bed. I like it because it’s comfortable, but not so nice that I have to worry about putting my feet on it or letting the cats get on it_ [li]32" color \> Trailer Park[/li]_I actually have a 27" color TV, and no plans to replace it until it dies. I know I’d never use the living room if the TV weren’t there, but there are lots of other things I’d rather spend money on than a fancy TV._ [li]Grandfather’s Civil War sword \> Old Money[/li]_(How old are these people supposed to be? It would be my great-great or great-great-great grandfather’s, if I had one) Swords are cool. A fish tank would be nice, too, but requires maintenance and worrying about the cats getting at it_ [li]Elk hound \> Old Money[/li]_I babysat for a family that had a Norwegian Elkhound once. It was a cute dog with a nice temperament and such a soft coat. I do want a dog, but the kind I’d most like to get is a corgi._ [/ul] I guess all we can conclusively say is that I am not Nouveau Riche… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/42 "2007-12-18T21:23:32Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] For those of you who have a sign-in for the New York Times (and if you don’t- _sniff,_ how _common_😉 ), you may find it interesting to compare your class from Chintz or Shag to your class from [this calculator](http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html). [/QUOTE] Thanks for the link. This was more accurate for me and my family of origin. You know, the no-television-in-the-living-room, unmatched saki cups, edumacated type. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/43 "2007-12-18T21:24:46Z")
I was all over the place in the first game. If you play the game further it gives you a quiz and I was almost completely new money there. I generally refer to myself as a hippie-yuppie, so it works. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/44 "2007-12-18T21:31:45Z")
I came out as middle middle, with a couple working class things and the “trailer park” TV (I hardly watch TV; why should I have a really expensive one?). I guess “cheap student” isn’t a recognized social class. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/45 "2007-12-18T21:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=ErinPuff] I came out as middle middle, with a couple working class things and the “trailer park” TV (I hardly watch TV; why should I have a really expensive one?). I guess “cheap student” isn’t a recognized social class. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that would probably be me, too, or rather “in 30s and has Real Job™, but still lives like cheap student”. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/46 "2007-12-18T22:01:02Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] I was all over the place in the first game. If you play the game further it gives you a quiz and I was almost completely new money there. I generally refer to myself as a hippie-yuppie, so it works. [/QUOTE] Huppie? ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/47 "2007-12-18T22:22:49Z")
Apparently I’m old money with some down class tendencies. Can’t hang Great-great -grandfather’s sword because it passed to another branch of the family generations ago (really, he helped burn Columbia, SC, when he went through there with Uncle Billy in‘65). I like Labrador Retrievers, although they need to stay out side. I like original art though not many people would recognize the artist. Like recliners and big TVs, too. But the quiz says I’m an elitist. Maybe so, I’m on this board, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/48 "2007-12-18T23:07:53Z")
Middle middle class…all the way. But then, I knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/49 "2007-12-18T23:17:09Z")
Apparently I’m an individual with breeding. Definitely old money. Funny, 'cause my grandparents were immigrants and I grew up in an apartment in Queens. Wonder where I picked it up? ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/50 "2007-12-18T23:24:03Z")
5 middle middles and 2 old money. That nails it pretty well, since precious little of Gram’s money made it to us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/51 "2007-12-18T23:28:37Z")
“Eclectic” Apparently Elkhounds and gunracks don’t go together in PBS land. More importantly, that was the single worst representation of the beautiful [Norsk Elghund](http://www.britannica.com/eb/art/print?id=10017&articleTypeId=0) I ever did see. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/52 "2007-12-18T23:30:07Z")
Middle middle, but confused. …And I have 2 Labs - WHERE’S THE BLACK ONE? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/53 "2007-12-18T23:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] “Eclectic” Apparently Elkhounds and gunracks don’t go together in PBS land. More importantly, that was the single worst representation of the beautiful [Norsk Elghund](http://www.britannica.com/eb/art/print?id=10017&articleTypeId=0) I ever did see. [/QUOTE] I have a suspicion that they really meant wolfhound, but someone confused the two. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/54 "2007-12-18T23:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] I have a suspicion that they really meant wolfhound, but someone confused the two. [/QUOTE] I mentally replaced it with [a Scottish Deerhound](http://i24.ebayimg.com/06/i/08/c9/1d/0d_1.JPG), thus securing my upper-custiness. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/55 "2007-12-18T23:55:54Z")
Middle middle. With individual choices ranging from trailer park to old money. I wanted a goofy mutt, and the closest I could get was that bloody lab. And while I didn’t particularly want my great-grandfather’s Civil War sword (mainly because he didn’t have one - the closest would be that guy from my grandmother’s side of the family who was captured at Yorktown with the other Hessian troops.) it was the least objectionable of the available choices. And 32" TV are cheapos? What on earth is a 20", then? ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/56 "2007-12-19T01:13:20Z")
All middle middle, except the no TV option. Those choices seem to be the most utilitarian. I’d also take a German Shepherd or collie over a lab any day. A pit bull would work as a guard dog, but they just give me the creeps. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/57 "2007-12-19T01:44:52Z")
Middle middle, but I have a trailer park TV. Actually, my TV is smaller than the 32" one. If 32" is trailer park, then a 19" is homeless. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/58 "2007-12-19T02:04:09Z")
Middle-middle with warnings not to get “too uppity”. I am unsurprised. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/59 "2007-12-19T04:58:27Z")
Smack dab in the middle middle class. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/60 "2007-12-19T05:04:13Z")
The dog choice is funny. For me, the Lab is the closest to random mutt they had to offer. This is much different than purchasing a ‘Labrador Retriever,’ Lab mutts run amok about here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474.md?page=4)