Overheard in Berlin, Part Idontactuallyknow

[herzverstreut_bu]

In line at the grocery store, two... I'm not sure what to call them. I guess in Germany the word you'd generally use for people like that would be "Proll". My friends and I tend to refer to them as (and this really doesn't translate well) "members of the education-resistant classes" (since "low education classes", as used by politicians and media, doesn't seem quite enough). I'm pretty sure they are or come close to what Brits call "chavs"? Basically, the type of person that wears track suits all day, gets all of their news from tabloids and spends the evenings watching bad reality TV. Or, to quote "Special Topics in Calamity Physics", which I'm currently reading and enjoying, a "post-pubescent wasteoid who imagines the Khmer Rouge to be makeup and Guerrilla Warfare to be that rivalry which occurs between apes". Anyway. Let's just settle on "plebes" or something. They stood in line behind me.

Plebe #1: "Yo, dude, we need drinks for tonite, yo. Go get some."
(Plebe #2 wanders off, returns a minute later with three bottles of... carrot juice.)
Plebe #1: "What the fuck, dude? Why didn't you get the cheap stuff?"
Plebe #2: "But man, this stuff is not from concentrate! Not from concentrate, dude! It's like the best!"
Plebe #1: "But..."
Plebe #2: "No, man, *not from concentrate*! I swear, it's like, every bottle you drink tastes different! Totally the best."

Thing is, they didn't even appear to be high or anything. It was kind of cute.

P.S. Hi, I'm being a bad friend AGAIN, so belatedly the very bestest birthday wishes to flimsy, sideshowkat, spike_wtb and musictoyourlips! ♥

ETA: Oh, hey, I'm a meme sheep, also AGAIN.

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Although I might be going to bed soonish, I've been having this annoying nagging headache all day. It's all the weather's fault. But questions are fun! I like talking about myself too much.

Comments

[sideshowkat.livejournal.com]

Thanks! XD

[musictoyourlips.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥

[aurora]

Plebe #2: "No, man, *not from concentrate*! I swear, it's like, every bottle you drink tastes different! Totally the best."
DYING.

[mojokid.livejournal.com]

Ha. I think I know a few people who actually says 'Prolls' here as well. But yes. Would probably translate as chavs. Mmm, classism! ;) 'Not from concentrate' boys sound adorable though. It's so true! Not from concentrate is so much better!