re: What’s something you think is trashy but seems to be common place in society today

No care in appearance. My family migrated to this country in the 30's without a dime to their name, no English, and they died as millionaires. My grandfather maintained that as poor as he was he always took pride in his appearance, and after his shower in the morning, he dressed in a clean cut outfit the rest of the day. He believed that when you leave the house you are presenting yourself to society, so why tell society that you are a bum when you actually want to be a stud?

I do the same thing now. I get respect everywhere I go, probably because I give respect first by polite behavior, appearance, dialogue, and humbleness.

I look back and see that my family could have likely lived the poor lower middle class life, but they wanted more. They surrounded themselves around good people and worked their way up from there.