Social Class Flashcards
(23 cards)
Describe Ozzy’s class psychology…
“I’m too broke for the people. I admire too proud for the people who understand too messy to be saved and too loyal to admit it.”
His entire identity is shaped around defying the visible symptoms of poverty even as he falls into them.
Tell me about Ozzy’s class background
Working class
Blue collar
Proud but restrained
The house was paid off by Jason’s 40s but repairs were always delayed. The front lawn was trimmed but the paint on the porch was chipped. It was clean but called both financially and emotionally.
We didn’t rely on food stamps, but we rarely went out to dinner unless it was a funeral or someone’s graduation .
There was always beer in the fridge, but soda was a treat.
I would Ozzy talk about his social class when he was a child?
We weren’t poor we just weren’t rich.
My dad was old school paid in cash never asked for help
We had just enough to pretend things were fine…
How did Ozzie learn to make up for wearing a hand down clothing or discount store brand clothes?
Charm, swagger, humour, deflection, body confidence
What’s one thing Ozzy did to pretend his family was better often than they were?
An elementary school, I would bring empty brown paper bags to pretend my mom packed me a lunch.
What was home environment like for Ozzy growing up?
The house was quiet. Jason didn’t speak unless it was necessary. Darlene was emotionally distant. The heat sometimes barely worked in the winter time. Ozzie would wake up to icy air.
What three reasons did Ozzie move to LA?
- Running from his past.
- Girls.
- The weather.
What was the neighbourhood like where Ozzy grew up?
Their area wasn’t dangerous, but it was tough and tired. A working class suburb where kids grew up fast and everyone knew each other’s business.
Ozzie never had to beg, but he always felt the difference between getting by and getting ahead and it created a quiet desperation in him that still burns.
What was the family’s attitude towards money and success, including Jason Ozzy Mom and Ozzy?
Jason believed earning everything with your hands he just trusted credit cards thought college was for rich people and taught Orsi that security came from grit not ambition
Darlene followed a more spiritual route. She believed that suffering built character and learned how to be content with what she had trying to be thankful for each day that God gave her.
Ozzy doesn’t want money he wants what money symbolises freedom validation and the ability to walk into a room without feeling like he doesn’t belong .
The ability to walk into a room without feeling like he doesn’t belong is what drives what three things?
Fitness obsession
Need for admiration
Reckless spending habit
How did Class affect Ozzy’s self-esteem?
Class was a quiet bully in the subtle constant reminders that he wasn’t enough
After learning that attention equals worth what did Ozzie double down on?
Humour flirtatiousness and fitness
When other kids bragged about ski vacations or new shoes, Ozzy learned to do what?
“You either become the guy with money or the guy who pretends it doesn’t matter.”
This left Ozzie deeply insecure but performative someone who constantly needs validation to be OK and interprets silence or indifference as rejection.
Despite Ozzy’s adult body and confidence with women, what does his inner voice tell him?
He’s just a kid who never quite measured up socially financially or emotionally
What were Ozzie’s first encounters with people from a different class socially?
In seventh grade, some of the wealthier kids from a nearby suburb or bust into his magnet program he noticed how clean their shoes were and how casually they pulled out iPhones how their parents volunteered at school and spoke with confidence.
What’s one embarrassing thing that happened as in seventh grade?
One time Ozzy got invited to a birthday party in a gated neighbourhood. He showed up in his best outfit which still look Thrifted and overheard another kid say who invited the gym teacher’s son?
What did Ozzy learn after the party? He went to in seventh grade?
He learned to overcompensate he started lifting weights, leaning harder into his looks and humour using masculine energy as a mask for class anxiety.
What does Ozzie identify with in present day pertaining to his social class?
He still thinks of himself as a working class adult however his lifestyle mimics a wealthier bracket designer sneakers sleek gym membership party scenes casual cocaine use his money is inconsistent but his image is curated. He’s not poor but he’s not safe.
Ozzie lives paycheck to paycheck not out of necessity, but because every extra dollar goes to drugs nightlife or impression management. But since he met Samantha, he stopped going out to clubs and instead invested in her in their relationship, including some love bombing in the beginning.
 what social class does Ozzie aspire to?
Ozzy is not chasing a corner office or investment portfolio, but he wants freedom from stress and shame, respect that doesn’t vanish when people find out where it came from the ability to walk into a room or a party or a woman’s life and feel like she can provide and he belongs there.
The way he pursue this is rooted an image and escape not long-term planning . So while he does aspire to move up, his methods are unsustainable drugs, charm, fitness women.
How does Ozzie relate to others across social class lines?
With working class guys, he knows how to talk shop joke about hustles and Bond over old school toughness.
With wealthier people, he plays up the charm body language and listens more than he talks letting others feel important while he reads the room like a survivor
How does Ozzy behave around women from more privileged backgrounds?
Ozzy tries not to let them see his fear even if he’s petrified he makes sure he’s always smiling standing up straight giving them a compliment and licking them straight in the eye sometimes he’ll say pardon me or I beg your pardon.
Ozzy tries not to let them see his fear even if he’s petrified he makes sure he’s always smiling standing up straight giving them a compliment and licking them straight in the eye sometimes he’ll say pardon me or I beg your pardon.
He may accidentally switch into a more British accent to sound more sophisticated.
What symbols of class does Ozzie care about?
Limited edition Nikes a watch even if it’s a knock off physique car upgraded phone social media.
“if I can’t be rich, I can at least look like I know what I’m doing.”
