What's the best way to turn a laddish guy into a middle class man?

its_steve116 · 24-08-2020 05:21PM #1

Was listening to this song last week. It's about a laddish, working class guy who suddenly develops a love of things that are middle-class and unladdish. He is also a more open minded person, who doesn't mind the fact that people are gay and who doesn't read the Star any more because he "prefer(s) a boring article to a bird in pants and bra".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnuepN9EvTw
What I wanna know is... how would you transform a laddish guy into someone more sophisticated?

Man with broke phone · 24-08-2020 05:23PM

Middle class is sophisticated now is it? Somebody read the latest Dan Brown and is full of culture.

24-08-2020 05:24PM

I didn't know we had classes in Ireland.

Gregor Samsa · 24-08-2020 05:25PM

"The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plain." Repeat ad nauseum.

https://youtu.be/xmADMB2utAo

Pawwed Rig · 24-08-2020 05:26PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I didn't know we had classes in Ireland.

I did loads of them at school

An Ri rua · 24-08-2020 05:32PM

1. Read 'As a Man Thinketh' or a précis of it.
2. Practice delayed gratification. Re-wire your brain.

An Ri rua · 24-08-2020 05:32PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I did loads of them at school

That was way back then. Before the new normal...

Alejandro68 · 24-08-2020 05:33PM

I never heard of that word Laddish.

odyssey06 · 24-08-2020 05:34PM

Wine, french or italian food (not pizza) and BBC4.

Gregor Samsa · 24-08-2020 05:36PM

Alejandro68 wrote: »

I never heard of that word Laddish.

That's such an upper class thing to say. You've taken it too far.

odyssey06 · 24-08-2020 05:38PM

Alejandro68 wrote: »

I never heard of that word Laddish.

It's very 1990s... Loaded, Maxim, FHM magazine territory.

Errashareesh · 24-08-2020 05:46PM

Do people still think middle-class men can't be laddish?!

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 24-08-2020 06:03PM

A boring soul destroying desk job, will eventually tame even the wildest of men!

When you put on a suit and tie in the morning, just remember you don't own that suit... that suit now owns you!

Cushtie · 24-08-2020 06:06PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

A boring soul destroying desk job, will eventually tame even the wildest of men!

When you put on a suit and tie in the morning, just remember you don't own that suit... that suit now owns you!

Ain't that the f****ING truth.

Alejandro68 · 24-08-2020 06:06PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

That's such an upper class thing to say. You've taken it too far.

I am nowhere near upper class(I wish).Just never heard of that word since English isn't my native language.

road_high · 24-08-2020 06:07PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I didn't know we had classes in Ireland.

You can be sure we do and they’re very evident!

twowheelsonly · 24-08-2020 06:08PM

Bottles, not cans.
FG, not SF.
Polos, not tees.
Erotica, not porn.

That's about it really...

AMKC · 24-08-2020 06:12PM

its_steve116 wrote: »

Was listening to this song last week. It's about a laddish, working class guy who suddenly develops a love of things that are middle-class and unladdish. He is also a more open minded person, who doesn't mind the fact that people are gay and who doesn't read the Star any more because he "prefer(s) a boring article to a bird in pants and bra".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnuepN9EvTw
What I wanna know is... how would you transform a laddish guy into someone more sophisticated?

Lol a bird in pants and bra just imagine that bird flying over you lol. That would be funny. Besides it's a bit strange being into a bird in a bra and panties but not for me to judge lol.
As for different classes that's just a load of bull.

IAMAMORON · 24-08-2020 06:19PM

I am profoundly middle class. I am only polite to working class folk as a courtesy. But quite deep down I cannot bring myself to trust them and secretly hold them in contempt.

It is the climbers who phucked everything all up. I find that most working class climbers ( especially successful hard working types ) are literally no craic anyways or either. They smell a bit sometimes too. I hate their smell and their fake smiles. I love it when they put on a posh accent though, I like to see them trying at least, even though I know they are bores and a waste of time. The biggest indicator of a climber is overpriced new cars, always trashy. Don't forget old money = old cars, it is a simple formula.

I also seethe at Culchies. That includes posh types from Cork City or Killkenny, thats right, I just see a culchie.

On a final note I looooooove working class women. Especially foul mouthed inner city Dublin types. They turn me on, I love a bit of rough. Also culchie climbers. I love women from Roscommon who are trying to score a rich guy in the "big schmoke", I love it when they adopt the posh accent, instant turn on.

Church on Tuesday · 24-08-2020 06:49PM

You need to get a PA called Karl.

Greyfox · 24-08-2020 07:02PM

its_steve116 wrote: »

how would you transform a laddish guy into someone more sophisticated?

You would start by asking him if he wants to change as changing him might make him boring

JasonStatham · 24-08-2020 08:15PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I am profoundly middle class. I am only polite to working class folk as a courtesy. But quite deep down I cannot bring myself to trust them and secretly hold them in contempt.

It is the climbers who phucked everything all up. I find that most working class climbers ( especially successful hard working types ) are literally no craic anyways or either. They smell a bit sometimes too. I hate their smell and their fake smiles. I love it when they put on a posh accent though, I like to see them trying at least, even though I know they are bores and a waste of time. The biggest indicator of a climber is overpriced new cars, always trashy. Don't forget old money = old cars, it is a simple formula.

I also seethe at Culchies. That includes posh types from Cork City or Killkenny, thats right, I just see a culchie.

On a final note I looooooove working class women. Especially foul mouthed inner city Dublin types. They turn me on, I love a bit of rough. Also culchie climbers. I love women from Roscommon who are trying to score a rich guy in the "big schmoke", I love it when they adopt the posh accent, instant turn on.

Stay classy.

McGinniesta · 24-08-2020 08:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I didn't know we had classes in Ireland.

where have you been your whole life?

BalcombeSt4 · 24-08-2020 11:56PM

When a poor working class man from Galway who could only speak Irish, his name was Maolra Seoighe was wrongly (known) convicted of murder & hanged in 1882 & was pardoned by president Higgins in 2018.
During the trial a London based paper published this very un-biased & not at all bigoted article on class.

"The Tragedy at Maamtrasna, investigated this week in Dublin, almost unique as it is in the annals of the United Kingdom, brings out in strong relief two facts which Englishmen are too apt to forget. One is the existence in particular districts of Ireland of a class of peasants who are scarcely civilised beings, and approach far nearer to savages than any other white men; and the other is their extraordinary and exceptional gloominess of temper. In remote places of Ireland, especially in Connaught, on a few of the islands, and in one or two mountain districts, dwell cultivators who are in knowledge, in habits, and in the discipline of life no higher than Maories or other Polynesians." http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/18th-november-1882/7/the-tragedy-at-maamtrasna

This was during the time of the rise of the Home Rule movement & the IPP, over 130 years ago. Unfortunately lots of people still hold these views of poor working class people.

F5500 · 25-08-2020 12:01AM

Become hesitant to buy a car unless it's the top spec of that model.

Optional extras like leather upholstery, reversing cameras and other trinkets really help separate the wheat from the chaff.

ILoveYourVibes · 25-08-2020 03:13AM

its_steve116 wrote: »

Was listening to this song last week. It's about a laddish, working class guy who suddenly develops a love of things that are middle-class and unladdish. He is also a more open minded person, who doesn't mind the fact that people are gay and who doesn't read the Star any more because he "prefer(s) a boring article to a bird in pants and bra".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnuepN9EvTw
What I wanna know is... how would you transform a laddish guy into someone more sophisticated?

My fair lad.

I charge 50 euro an hr. Its expensive but worth it. He'll being saying his th's in no time.

Word of warning though. They all change back into their true selves at midnight.

Seriously though ....you just give him more money. When you have money you don't need a personality.

Pkiernan · 25-08-2020 05:11AM

its_steve116 wrote: »

Was listening to this song last week. It's about a laddish, working class guy who suddenly develops a love of things that are middle-class and unladdish. He is also a more open minded person, who doesn't mind the fact that people are gay and who doesn't read the Star any more because he "prefer(s) a boring article to a bird in pants and bra".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnuepN9EvTw
What I wanna know is... how would you transform a laddish guy into someone more sophisticated?

Make him get a job, then force him to pay 53% tax on his income.
Bingo...now he's middle class.

Montage of Feck · 25-08-2020 08:15AM

twowheelsonly wrote: »

Bottles, not cans.
FG, not SF.
Polos, not tees.
Erotica, not porn.

That's about it really...

Oh ****, what have I become?

Mad_maxx · 25-08-2020 08:23AM

its_steve116 wrote: »

Was listening to this song last week. It's about a laddish, working class guy who suddenly develops a love of things that are middle-class and unladdish. He is also a more open minded person, who doesn't mind the fact that people are gay and who doesn't read the Star any more because he "prefer(s) a boring article to a bird in pants and bra".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnuepN9EvTw
What I wanna know is... how would you transform a laddish guy into someone more sophisticated?

Give him a social democrats membership card for his birthday

Be a feminist by Christmas

Jimbob1977 · 25-08-2020 08:25AM

Rugby

University

25-08-2020 08:35AM

A girlfriend who is like whatever you want him to turn towards.

What's the best way to turn a laddish guy into a middle class man?

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