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I like the show but it's mostly a slice of American upper middle class who are reasonably well and educated. I don't think the writers can connect to working cl
by vjvjvjvjghv 1y ago
I like the show but it's mostly a slice of American upper middle class who are reasonably well and educated. I don't think the writers can connect to working class people. In a sense it's the typical democrat voter
- 010101010101 1y agoI don’t have any empirical evidence to refute you, but it connected with me as a 17 year old kid living in a mobile home in Mississippi. Almost 25 years later, and in a much different socioeconomic state, it still does. Stories steeped in humanity aren’t biased - less confident about you to be honest.
- monkeyelite 1y agoWhat socioeconomic group did you become from which you are now viewing the material? You’re already describing yourself as having some kind of secular redemption from that life.
- 010101010101 1y agoI described myself being poor (“working class”) and not being poor any more, whatever you’re attempting to read between the lines beyond that isn’t there.
- monkeyelite 1y agoYou claimed this very specific entertainment has universal appeal, and I’m just not sure that’s true. You framed your own experience as the show would.
- 010101010101 1y agoI framed my experience in contrast to the parent’s assertion, and no, I did not make any claim about universality. Be sure that not everyone loves this or any show all you want. You’re continuing to project some sort of nonsense gotcha logic onto a straw man that doesn’t exist.
- monkeyelite 1y ago> Stories steeped in humanity aren’t biased - less confident about you to be honest.
- ethbr1 1y agoThe thing that's unique about This American Life is that the star of each episode is usually someone just doing their usual job, or going through a situation. If someone can't empathize with that, it says more about them than the show.
- thunderfork 1y ago[dead]