Chavs were made up by a middle/upperclass newspaper in 2004 to paint the working class as all animalistic thugs. They never actually existed, and like with The Loch Ness Monster, the stories of run-ins with them were always too ridiculous to be true

  • Durian@lemmy.cafeOP
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    12 hours ago

    Most young working class people wear tracksuits. The “Chav” appearance is literally just your regular working class person, except they’re normal people, not savages.