As I said elsewhere, I believe that life should be aspirational not flat. A snob looks down on other people, but there are times when people should be looked down on. Your comments about anti-intellectualism are particularly on the mark for that.
I think the qualative difference is this: you shouldn't look down on people because you think you're superior. You should be allowed to if they are deliberately acting inferior because they think its clever or they feel comfortable being that way.
I am a food snob. I like eating and I like good food and drink and I like to try new things. I can think of nothing worse than going to a Cheesecake Factory in a new city because you're scared that you're going to not like the food and you want a big portion.
We're not on the planet all that long, we really should be paying more attention to just how amazing living actually is.
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Date: 2008-10-15 01:05 am (UTC)I think the qualative difference is this: you shouldn't look down on people because you think you're superior. You should be allowed to if they are deliberately acting inferior because they think its clever or they feel comfortable being that way.
I am a food snob. I like eating and I like good food and drink and I like to try new things. I can think of nothing worse than going to a Cheesecake Factory in a new city because you're scared that you're going to not like the food and you want a big portion.
We're not on the planet all that long, we really should be paying more attention to just how amazing living actually is.