Absolutely love the point of conflating pretentiousness with passion. Made me think about how we often see things online nowadays saying critique or analysis of media products isn’t necessary — we’ll say “its not that deep” to avoid critiquing what we love. (I think we let ‘let people enjoy things’ go too far…) But sometimes it is that deep or someone just wants it to be and that’s okay!! Let people enjoy things can also extend to analysis i guess is what im saying
Also i always liked the word pretentious — one of those words that sounds like what it means
This was really interesting- the way different people choose to use the word pretentious is always really interesting and can be so telling about so many things about them (class, education, political beliefs, socioeconomic standing and ultimately perhaps how they feel they fit in larger society).
I hard agree re the spiritual experience of making oatmeal. I also will only make it by stirring it on the stove for 20 mins and like my nuts chopped a certain way. It’s an art! 🥣
I think that my understanding of pretentiousness comes from it being so "posh".
It's not really about the people who are passionate about something but about the way they talk about something – you have people who passionately tell you how they enjoy oatmeal (as yourself) and then you have people who talk hours and hours about topics they don't know anything about but pretend/act to know tons of. It's mostly about the eagerness to be liked by someone and the way a person tries to impress their surroundings.
What is also interesting to me is that when I put "pretentious" in the google translator, it came out with synonyms such as "pseudo" (not genuine) or "fancy-pants" (which apparently means superior in a pretentious way).
This article really made me think, about my opinions of art and how to be more open minded about the diversity of thought and not putting a pretentious label on it .
Absolutely love the point of conflating pretentiousness with passion. Made me think about how we often see things online nowadays saying critique or analysis of media products isn’t necessary — we’ll say “its not that deep” to avoid critiquing what we love. (I think we let ‘let people enjoy things’ go too far…) But sometimes it is that deep or someone just wants it to be and that’s okay!! Let people enjoy things can also extend to analysis i guess is what im saying
Also i always liked the word pretentious — one of those words that sounds like what it means
The article generates some afterthoughts in me,
do we genuinely enjoy intricate arts or do we just perform pretentiousness to be polite and be seen by the upper class?
would there still be the word "pretentious" in an egalitarian global society?
This was really interesting- the way different people choose to use the word pretentious is always really interesting and can be so telling about so many things about them (class, education, political beliefs, socioeconomic standing and ultimately perhaps how they feel they fit in larger society).
I hard agree re the spiritual experience of making oatmeal. I also will only make it by stirring it on the stove for 20 mins and like my nuts chopped a certain way. It’s an art! 🥣
I think that my understanding of pretentiousness comes from it being so "posh".
It's not really about the people who are passionate about something but about the way they talk about something – you have people who passionately tell you how they enjoy oatmeal (as yourself) and then you have people who talk hours and hours about topics they don't know anything about but pretend/act to know tons of. It's mostly about the eagerness to be liked by someone and the way a person tries to impress their surroundings.
What is also interesting to me is that when I put "pretentious" in the google translator, it came out with synonyms such as "pseudo" (not genuine) or "fancy-pants" (which apparently means superior in a pretentious way).
This article really made me think, about my opinions of art and how to be more open minded about the diversity of thought and not putting a pretentious label on it .