this annoyed me

KellyMRocks · June 2011

I had to put it somewhere...

A friend of mind from high school and her husband are both artist...that don't make money on their art. He has started a business as being a general handyman, which I think is great and I admire him for doing that for his family.

However, he has a blog called, "blue.collar.with.a.brain". And I think that title is kinda c-rappy! I realllllllly don't like the insinuation that other blue collar workers are not smart or that he is *better* than other blue collar workers.

would that annoy you?

soon2Bkranz · June 2011

Depends on who it is...I would look at that like its a play off of the preconcieved notions people have about blue collar workers. But really it would depend on the person

SportyMrs.23 · June 2011

Yes, that would annoy me. I just don't like that better than everybody attitude.

futrkingsley · June 2011

It would annoy me too.

amyfelice · June 2011

Yes, it's judgmental. It's implying that normally blue collar workers are dumb, which is a bogus negative stereotype. so yes!

danandkelly · June 2011

That would annoy me. I wouldn't like the pretntiousness of thinking he's better than others...other blue collar workers or others in general.

But this the exact reason I had to stop reading the popular blog of a former bumpie's husband. Huh?

MommySteph2009 · June 2011

Very annoying to me as well.

I have a great admiration for hard working blue collar men and woman, having worked for a general contractor for almost 10 years. My grandfather was a mason.

dirtbikemom · June 2011

It would because my DH is a blue collar worker. Yes, there are dumb people in every field of work but in my DH's profession being dumb can get you killed.

mommy2jay · June 2011

YES that would really annoy me too!

scrapmama2201 · June 2011

Yes, the holier than thou tude would bother me and has in the past. I am also not a fan of the blog belonging to the CEO and founder of the Me, Myself, and I Club.

KellyMRocks · June 2011

danandkelly:
That would annoy me. I wouldn't like the pretntiousness of thinking he's better than others...other blue collar workers or others in general.
But this the exact reason I had to stop reading the popular blog of a former bumpie's husband.

I was actually so annoyed by the title that I didn't check to see if the actual content was pretentious. :

and ditto.

tiki_t · June 2011

soon2Bkranz:
Depends on who it is...I would look at that like its a play off of the preconcieved notions people have about blue collar workers. But really it would depend on the person

I agree with this. The name could be in jest. You'd have to read on and see if the blog is based on humor or not. Sometimes people poke fun at themselves while using stereotypes to do it. Unless you see the whole context, it could be taken wrong.

Carolee · June 2011

It would annoy me.

Mrs.K&C · June 2011

KellyMRocks:
danandkelly:
That would annoy me. I wouldn't like the pretntiousness of thinking he's better than others...other blue collar workers or others in general.
But this the exact reason I had to stop reading the popular blog of a former bumpie's husband.
I was actually so annoyed by the title that I didn't check to see if the actual content was pretentious. :
and ditto.

Yes, it bugs me. Maybe because my family is all blue collar workers and smarter than most of the dipshits I've worked with/for in corporate life, but mainly because of the pretentious crap.

And lolz. Ditto, although I never got past one post because of that.

MadameD517 · June 2011

It sounds super condescending to me, so yes it would bother me.

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