From another thread...
What make a redneck a redneck? is it the car they drive? The house the live in? Jobs? Family size? Hobbies?
I wouldn't consider myself a redneck. I make a decent living as a network/server admin. I'm a geek. I usually drive a small car ('88 VW) but I do have a big, jacked up pickup (It fit my requirements/price, so I bought the truck, I didn't care what size it was) because I needed to pull a trailer. I don't wear a cowboy hat (or really any hat..sometimes a ball cap, usually a beanie, because I shave my head). I have a pair of cowboy boots, but they are reserved for when I am out working the horses. My work attire is usually a nice pair of jeans, clean T shirt, and sneakers. If I am dressing up, it's a nice pair of jeans (CK's today) (sometimes dockers) and a golf/button down shirt. I haven't worn a tie to the job since the interview. I own horses (fairly new addition to my hobby list) and ride 1-5 times a week, depending on schedule and weather. I live out of town (who wants to own horses in town?) about 30 miles. There is nothing but open land going up a beautiful mountain canyon in my back yard. My house is a southwesterny style home, with tile all through the house, 1' thick walls and adobe/stucco inside and out. I only own a single .22 rifle for target shooting, and may get a shotgun soon, but just for shooting clays.
contrast this with my brother, (who I think IS a redneck). He doesn't wear any "western" clothes, doesn't ride horses/own lifestock, has a stock pickup truck, lives in a trashy trailer, in a trailer park (that house has holes in the floor that he has nailed plywood over to cover them up). He is an oilfield roughneck, has enough guns to put a card carrying member of the NRA to shame (plus knives, bows, etc). Hunts about 6 times a year (not counting small things like quail hunts, etc). He lives in a rural city (not too rural, my HS graduating class was ~500 people, closest other high school was about 30 miles away).
Cliffnotes: I don't think I'm a redneck, but I think my brother is...or are we both?
What make a redneck a redneck? is it the car they drive? The house the live in? Jobs? Family size? Hobbies?
I wouldn't consider myself a redneck. I make a decent living as a network/server admin. I'm a geek. I usually drive a small car ('88 VW) but I do have a big, jacked up pickup (It fit my requirements/price, so I bought the truck, I didn't care what size it was) because I needed to pull a trailer. I don't wear a cowboy hat (or really any hat..sometimes a ball cap, usually a beanie, because I shave my head). I have a pair of cowboy boots, but they are reserved for when I am out working the horses. My work attire is usually a nice pair of jeans, clean T shirt, and sneakers. If I am dressing up, it's a nice pair of jeans (CK's today) (sometimes dockers) and a golf/button down shirt. I haven't worn a tie to the job since the interview. I own horses (fairly new addition to my hobby list) and ride 1-5 times a week, depending on schedule and weather. I live out of town (who wants to own horses in town?) about 30 miles. There is nothing but open land going up a beautiful mountain canyon in my back yard. My house is a southwesterny style home, with tile all through the house, 1' thick walls and adobe/stucco inside and out. I only own a single .22 rifle for target shooting, and may get a shotgun soon, but just for shooting clays.
contrast this with my brother, (who I think IS a redneck). He doesn't wear any "western" clothes, doesn't ride horses/own lifestock, has a stock pickup truck, lives in a trashy trailer, in a trailer park (that house has holes in the floor that he has nailed plywood over to cover them up). He is an oilfield roughneck, has enough guns to put a card carrying member of the NRA to shame (plus knives, bows, etc). Hunts about 6 times a year (not counting small things like quail hunts, etc). He lives in a rural city (not too rural, my HS graduating class was ~500 people, closest other high school was about 30 miles away).
Cliffnotes: I don't think I'm a redneck, but I think my brother is...or are we both?
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