It's a random dumb article but the idea that only pretentious posers could ever read anything slightly challenging is really pervasive today
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@TheLincoln When someone is accused of pretension the next question is always: Toward what, specifically, is a pretense being made and why?1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@TheLincoln This question is of course never, ever answered. Because the person who used the word invariably doesn't know what it means.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@my19thcentury yep, similar to "elitist"--another word tossed around without meaning too often these days.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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@TheLincoln @my19thcentury i like @warrenellis's read of "pretentious" as "your act of ambition makes me uncomfortable"
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