Are Chavs/Charvas actually more likely to be dangerous compared to other groups of people (ie Goths/Nerds etc)?

Tealx said:
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Thekwango said:
Culture?? What culture, it’s a bunch on bell ends who most other people their own age don’t like so they band together wearing their rip off designer trackies and baseball caps and annoy the *** **** out of everyone else with their scummy behaviour. It’s not a culture, it’s a disease. I imagine it won’t be long till your reproducing for them - if indeed you even are a girl.
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My experience with them wasn't like this. My older brother is also one and he doesn't cause any trouble. It's a subculture like goths, punks, etc. a fashion and music sense. I just find the idea that someone wearing a tracksuit and baseball cap must make them more dangerous than other people to be a little weird. I understand there's people with bad experiences with them though.
 
Chavs are mostly all mouth, but only when they outnumber people. I guess they call themselves "roadmen" now and have a much more limited wardrobe, which only includes winter clothing.
 
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Emlyn_Dewar said:
I did not know charva was also a term for them... Every day's a school day.
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It's the commonly used term (or was, anyway) up Newcastle way funnily enough.

Regardless, every group is going to have its douchenozzles but I would say that chav's when they were more common attracted a disproportionate amount by comparison. Most of the goth/emo/nerdy types I knew at that age were just into music and wanted to keep to themselves, the "chav/charver" types liked to get into peoples faces a lot more. That said I'm talking about dynamics of 20 + years ago and I honestly couldn't tell you today, I rarely see any younger person I'd put into any of those groups.
 
Tealx said:
It's a subculture like goths, punks, etc. a fashion and music sense.
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No it’s not. It’s just a collective name given to scrotes. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing tracksuits, Burberry, Tomy Hilfiger or an Armani suit and listening to Mozart

If your mates happen to wear trackies, baseball caps and listen to crap music but don’t cause general mayhem everywhere they go then they aren’t chavs. They just dress like them :p
 
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Thekwango said:
No it’s not. It’s just a collective name given to scrotes. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing tracksuits, Burberry, Tomy Hilfiger or an Armani suit and listening to Mozart

If your mates happen to wear trackies, baseball caps and listen to crap music but don’t cause general mayhem everywhere they go then they aren’t chavs. They just dress like them :p
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They all proudly self identify as chavs/charvas though. They're a bit rough around the edges but in a way that is protective. ngl, I was scared of them at first but I thought to myself it's wrong to judge a book by its cover. They're just normal people but some people are scared of them just because of how they look.
 
Tealx said:
They all proudly self identify as chavs/charvas though. They're a bit rough around the edges but in a way that is protective. ngl, I was scared of them at first but I thought to myself it's wrong to judge a book by its cover. They're just normal people but some people are scared of them just because of how they look.
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So they aren’t chavs then - do they shop lift, drink buckfast/cider/gut rot booze. Do they take drugs - and I don’t mean smoking a bit of weed. Are they prone to carry knives. Do they randomly terrorise people, especially the more vulnerable eg older folk?
If you can answer yes to some or all, then yes, they are chavvy McChaversons and you need better friends. If no, then they’re just a bunch of young uns with crap dress sense :p
 
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Thekwango said:
No it’s not. It’s just a collective name given to scrotes. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing tracksuits, Burberry, Tomy Hilfiger or an Armani suit and listening to Mozart

If your mates happen to wear trackies, baseball caps and listen to crap music but don’t cause general mayhem everywhere they go then they aren’t chavs. They just dress like them :p
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This. Chav isn't a culture, it's a state of mind (tm)

Tealx said:
They all proudly self identify as chavs/charvas though.
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Nobody does this.

Unless your mates happen to be called Goldie Lookin' Chain?
 
Tealx said:
They all proudly self identify as chavs/charvas though. They're a bit rough around the edges but in a way that is protective. ngl, I was scared of them at first but I thought to myself it's wrong to judge a book by its cover. They're just normal people but some people are scared of them just because of how they look.
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A middle aged bloke like you can come across as quite intimidating Shirley?
 
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