That IS interesting. In effect, by her use of language she’s distancing herself from it - because she knows it’s not true.
That IS interesting. In effect, by her use of language she’s distancing herself from it - because she knows it’s not true.I find it really interesting that she always tells her fairytales in second-person. It's she can't commit to saying, "I did this", "I did that", "this happened to me".
I also found @Veronicaaa 's excerpt from the podcast interesting. Jack said 'there's a slight wrinkle in my story' and I just found it an odd way to talk about something that happened to you.That IS interesting. In effect, by her use of language she’s distancing herself from it - because she knows it’s not true.
I am absolutely REELING at Jack (correctly) identifying herself as middle class here, don't think I've seen that before.The Grandfather of the Cabal on Urban 75 is the gift that keeps on giving. Here, in a June 2013 Guardian article reposted on her blog, Jack says this:
“I had a £27 grand a year job. I’ve not been brought up on benefits and a tracksuit watching Jeremy Kyle. I’m a middle class, well educated young woman who fell a bit by the way side. You think it doesn’t happen to normal people, and you think we are all scumbags, eating burgers and watching day time TV. It can happen to anyone.”
No wonder she deleted her blog. Our Grandfather (who hopefully isn't DEAD) is right: she really does see herself as the deserving poor, and the working class as worthless stupid scroungers.
Why?? The stuff smells rancid, and reminds me of my childhood - and not in a good way
I noticed that too! The wording is just off.I also found @Veronicaaa 's excerpt from the podcast interesting. Jack said 'there's a slight wrinkle in my story' and I just found it an odd way to talk about something that happened to you.
That's exactly it.That IS interesting. In effect, by her use of language she’s distancing herself from it - because she knows it’s not true.
Finally! Proof that Jack IS telling the truth at last. She is a longtime fan of cold water therapyThat's exactly it.
Here's some weird bits from Hunger Hurts:
"Then you start to take lightbulbs out. If they aren’t there, you can’t turn them on. Hallway, bedroom, small boys bedroom, you deem them unnecessary, and then in a cruel twist of fate, the Eon man rings the doorbell to tell you that you owe £390, and that he’s fitting a key meter, which will make your electricity more expensive to run. So you turn the hot water off. Cold showers were something of the norm in my old flat, where the boiler worked when it wanted to, so you go back to them." <---- The switching from second to first person and back again is jarring.
"Tomorrow, my small boy will be introduced to the world of pawnbroking, watching as his mother hands over the TV and the guitar for an insulting price"
Why is she talking like this about something that hasn't happened yet? It's like she's narrating a movie.
Not sure if I'm getting muddled so excuse me if I'm wrong, but didn't she say they forced the door to fit a meter previously?That's exactly it.
Here's some weird bits from Hunger Hurts:
"Then you start to take lightbulbs out. If they aren’t there, you can’t turn them on. Hallway, bedroom, small boys bedroom, you deem them unnecessary, and then in a cruel twist of fate, the Eon man rings the doorbell to tell you that you owe £390, and that he’s fitting a key meter, which will make your electricity more expensive to run. So you turn the hot water off.
Someone mentioned before it's like she's star of Jack. The Movie, and it does come across a bit like that when you see it written down that way.That's exactly it.
Here's some weird bits from Hunger Hurts:
"Then you start to take lightbulbs out. If they aren’t there, you can’t turn them on. Hallway, bedroom, small boys bedroom, you deem them unnecessary, and then in a cruel twist of fate, the Eon man rings the doorbell to tell you that you owe £390, and that he’s fitting a key meter, which will make your electricity more expensive to run. So you turn the hot water off. Cold showers were something of the norm in my old flat, where the boiler worked when it wanted to, so you go back to them." <---- The switching from second to first person and back again is jarring.
"Tomorrow, my small boy will be introduced to the world of pawnbroking, watching as his mother hands over the TV and the guitar for an insulting price"
Why is she talking like this about something that hasn't happened yet? It's like she's narrating a movie.
I think that's the only time I've seen a receipt for it? So with that in mind, just plonking this screenshot here so it never gets lostI am absolutely REELING at Jack (correctly) identifying herself as middle class here, don't think I've seen that before.
https://giphy.com/swrTFeuOt2v6g
They forced the door much later, in a different home, after she was a bestselling author and her agent apparently stole loads of money from her.Not sure if I'm getting muddled so excuse me if I'm wrong, but didn't she say they forced the door to fit a meter previously?
By using tiny bowls she can give tiny cost per portion, the fact each person would require multiple portion to make a normal meal is beside the point, if she can quote pennies per portion she is happy. DisingenuousI've finally managed to catch up. I was busy OK? (I had a couple of days binge watching a few TV series, more of that later. )
I have tons of comments I could make on the topics covered, but you lot have said everything that needs to be said.
I will just add 2 things.
Why has she got a drawer full of old lost then found bank cards when the bank has reissued new ones? Surely you would cut the old ones up and throw them away. They are no longer of any use and would be easy to get mixed up with the newly issued one. She is a Liar.
Why are the soup bowls so small. The spoon gives some perspective and the bowl is hardly any larger than the spoon. And with all that cutlery she is using a dessert spoon and not a soup spoon. Why?
Yes, for Jack "normal people" means middle class people.Ugh. "You think it doesn't hapen to normal people" is such an awful and unsympathetic way (as is the rest of it) .Just because you might have previously thought like that about people on benefts doesn't mean others do Jack. She is such a snob.
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