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Why is it that in the gutter of every HN post there's some schlorby shlub desperately trying to seem cool?
by swidi 4y ago
Why is it that in the gutter of every HN post there's some schlorby shlub desperately trying to seem cool?
- Nasrudith 4y agoI'm trying to be cool? That is certainly a new one to me as I wasn't even trying to be witty. I was legitimately impressed at a far more interesting answer encompassing the anti-intellectualism mass reaction and philosophical framework. I am more curmudgeonly yelling at clouds. What kind of quietly desperate insecurity drives reading not opting into a trend as desperately trying to be cool instead of dismissing them as out of touch?
- zamnos 4y agoIf you're genuinely asking, it's because it has a lot of the same energy as this onion article. https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-televisi-1819565469 https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-d...
- 1attice 4y agoWhat a fantastic (and apposite!) response to the question -- and the article made me nostalgic for the days when intellectuals disdained television, rather than hoard lore about HBO miniseries. Not because they were better, but because I was young then. :)