Pretentious

wild_eyed

I remember when i started using this word about 5 years ago, it applied to most walks of life, most college go-er's, and the general population of musical artists, so then why, 5 years on, do people continue to be pretentious?


edited due to seriouly bad grammer, i ean really bad.!
im not weird.

simu

The word is over-used. People like to label things they don't understand as being pretentious because then, they don't have to make an effort to understand them. That said, there are pretentious people out there but I think it's better to give solid reasons why you think they're pretentios rather than simply labeling them as such.

wild_eyed

i have my reasons, i am extremely open minded, i try different things etc..... i tend to call someone pretentious because somthing sombody believes they deserve merit over someone else just becasue they say or do somthing. but it is over used, infact i've toned down. but still it is an excellent word.

sceptre

"Pretentious? Moi?"

Heh

Faust

Originally posted by simu
The word is over-used. People like to label things they don't understand as being pretentious because then, they don't have to make an effort to understand them. That said, there are pretentious people out there but I think it's better to give solid reasons why you think they're pretentios rather than simply labeling them as such.

Some people are pretentious though..

simu

Agreed. I said that!!!

Capt'n Midnight

"Pretentious! Nous?"

dang pipped - plan B

Looking for sunshine.. :rolleyes:


I reckon a lot of it is to do with loadsamoney - not needing to depend on others so no need to perform all the social nicities - or maybe you're just paranoid or maybe they don't think you are PLU.

Faust

Damn i've been found out! I don't actually read posts i just skim them! NOOooOoo.

Faust

Originally posted by simu
People like to label things they don't understand as being pretentious because then, they don't have to make an effort to understand them.

Aren't you labelling some people as labellers though!?

simu

Originally posted by Faust
Damn i've been found out! I don't actually read posts i just skim them! NOOooOoo.

Pretentious - toi, then. Oh, wait, that dosen't really work!

Faust

Originally posted by simu
Pretentious - toi, then. Oh, wait, that dosen't really work!

Its called laziness..

simu

Aren't you labelling some people as labellers though!?

I'm labelling correctly those who label incorrectly!

Who labels the labellers?!

AL][EN

The government most probably simu,

and its human nature i suppose we all like to (at some point or another) think that were bigger and better than the common herd. its not a bad quaility i suppose i mean you could be worse things than pretentious, but i agree with Capt'n Midnight too his reasons seem pretty sound.

Faust

Originally posted by simu
I'm labelling correctly those who label incorrectly!

Who labels the labellers?!

Who can you be sure they are labelling incorrectly maybe they are right!

ColinM

Originally posted by sceptre
"Pretentious? Moi?"

Heh

Prétentieux est plus prétentieux que pretentious.

dudara

Speaking of "pretentious" did anyone see the arts show on Channel 4 last night. I couldn't stop laughing for ages, and when I did, I really couldn't believe that there were such idiots in the world who thought so much of themselves.

Woden

Originally posted by simu
I'm labelling correctly those who label incorrectly!

Who labels the labellers?!

I do usually but when i'm not around i get my assistant

hmm this whole thread is pretentious

wild_eyed

Originally posted by Dataisgod
I do usually but when i'm not around i get my assistant

hmm this whole thread is pretentious

dont be so pretentious,

The Beer Baron

where are all the pretentious posters? I'd imagine they'd be all over this thread.

Faust

I tihnk it was Immanuel kant that said "Shurup yows!"

simu

Anybody got examples of what they think is retentious behaviour? Which famous people/boards posters etc (if any) do you think are pretentious?

Faust

hehe retentious. I like that word, i tihnk i'll use it more often. ie. Hey man this pizza is retentious!

ColinM

Thread banned.
User locked for a week.

Capt'n Midnight

No problem I'll just unlock it again

http://www.canoe.ca/LifewiseQuiz/quiz-pretentious-can.html
This quiz may not be as good as it makes itself out to be...

sceptre

Originally posted by ColinM
Prétentieux est plus prétentieux que pretentious.

Probably, but I'm ripping off Fawlty Towers (the one where Basil reckons the hairy guy has a woman in the room)

Agent Smith

i like to think i am.......

KlodaX

wild_eyed is pretentious

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by sceptre
Probably, but I'm ripping off Fawlty Towers (the one where Basil reckons the hairy guy has a woman in the room)

Basil: Mother Johnson. Mother Johnson. Come out, come out, wherever you are. (a very nice and very elderly lady appears at the door) How do you do, are you enjoying yourself?...

A couple of pretensious people in that episode

wild_eyed

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
No problem I'll just unlock it again

http://www.canoe.ca/LifewiseQuiz/quiz-pretentious-can.html
This quiz may not be as good as it makes itself out to be...

according to this quiz, i am the anti-crane.

i wudnt have went that far, but i do think the series is funny, as for the place he lives in, its budoir derry-air (i dont speak french) ponce. i like to believe im cultured but i dont sit in near - empty bars crooning ladies with an acoustic guitar , desperately trying to remember the chords of a song even the lady wont know.

ColinM

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
No problem I'll just unlock it again

I said the user was locked, not the thread!

Originally posted by sceptre
Probably, but I'm ripping off Fawlty Towers (the one where Basil reckons the hairy guy has a woman in the room)

Are you saying that Basil Fawlty coined the "Pretentious, ... moi?" phrase?

dod

Result from the canoe.ca quiz. All I can say is that these things clearly aren't scientific.

You are pretentious. Although you wouldn't feel entirely comfortable sipping cognac and discussing Fellini with Frasier and Niles Crane, you think of yourself as somebody who enjoys the finer things in life. You get a great deal of pleasure out of fine dining and beautiful clothes, but you can't hide the fact that you're as interested in the label on the outside of the wine you're drinking as you are in the actual taste.

Everything you do—and everybody that you choose to hang out with—has been carefully selected in order to cultivate a certain image. You see yourself as a person of "taste" and you take great care to ensure that your friends see you the same way.

Although you secretly detest most of the cultural events that your friends convince you to go to—your favorite part of a night at the opera is when the curtains come together and everybody applauds—you are too vain to admit that you'd much rather spend your time sitting at home watching "Survivor."

Sadly, your pretension prevents you from sharing things like your love of Diet Coke and Ally McBeal with your friends, so you end up doing the things you most enjoy by yourself. Tell your friends that you've cancelled the chalet in the Laurentians, and ask them if they'd like to join you on your road trip to Saskatoon.

On a not unrelated matter:

I tihnk it was Immanuel kant that said "Shurup yows!"

I read somewhere that Immanuel Kant but Genghis Khan