#snobs

[snezus-christ-risen]

We had some friends over last night and one of them is this type A, no nonsense career woman. She was in the middle of passionately explaining something to my wife (who had been trolling her) when she suddenly grabbed her shirt collar, lifted it up to sneeze into her shirt this loud, almost… commanding sort of way, and then immediately picked up her sentence from where she left off without missing a beat. Nobody had a chance to bless her or acknowledge the sneeze or anything. I’m still like wow lol her personality really came through that one.

[wellconstructedsentences]

Of course, one of the basic truths of life is that, as a general rule, the world takes you at your own estimation.

Snobs by Julian Fellowes

[discipleofmothra]

My Turnip 28 Snobs! I've been rotating between them for Toff proper depending on the Cult I'm playing. To make them more visible on the field, I haven't mucked them up much.

First up: General Toussaint Maximilian Bolivar the 52nd

Favorite Cult: Slugs Lament, Knights of Shellwood, Lopers of Maudlin Marsh

The General sees him self as a great leader, master story teller, and theatrical genius. For every event he has a story from long ago that he will regale you with. Sure, his stories are long-winded, and they often distract him from the issue at hand but they are truly entertaining.

Next up: the first of the twins: Captain Charles "Cluck" Thadeus

Favorite Cult: Fungivorous Herd, Red Ribon Society,Temple of Swellings

While many will hide mutations in disgust or for manners, not Cluck. Cluck wears his chicken arm as a badge of honor. He sees his mutation as a spiritual connection to the noble fowl and a sign on how to live his everyday. Does not the chicken protect both man and root from flul insect parasites? Do they not provide sustenance and warn us of the rising sun? Will the rooster not give his life to protect his flock?

Cluck sees himself as the destined hero of the people, foul and the root.

Finally, the other twin: Jennifer Mantis Thadeus

Favorite Cults: Brotherhood of Greed, Grand Bombard, Feast of Chardbys

Jennifer is Cluck's opposite. She is a rat bastard cut-throat killer who enjoys inflicting pain and suffering on the world. Her troops see her as the devil, and she revels in it.

[hickory3mov]

LEAUE ref

[pav-anne]

"This mass man is the man previously emptied of his own history, without any trace of the past and, therefore, docile to all the so-called "international" disciplines. More than a man, he is only a shell of a man made up of mere idola fori; he lacks an "inside", an inexorable and inalienable intimacy of his own, an ego that cannot be revoked. Hence he is always ready to pretend to be anything. He has only appetites, he believes he has only rights and does not believe he has obligations: he is the man without the nobility that obliges -sine nobilitate-, a snob."

-José Ortega y Gasset, the Revolt of the Masses, 1929

[ettuubrute]

If you listen to the "Top 50 Radio" people say it's too generic of a taste and if you listen to obscure bands and stuff they say "You think you're better than us", like wtf am I supposed to listen to then 😭

[hecho-a-mano]

people who endlessly shit on rupi kaur's poems are more pretentious and harmful than people who endlessly praise them actually.

it's not like there's nothing problematic about the poems. You're just a snob.

[fightingchancestudio]

The game of many names! Fivestones, snobs, alleygobs, knucklebones, just to name a few.

My ceramic reproductions are modeled after Victorian examples, but fivestones is such a ubiquitous game that it can be found all over the world for the last 2000 years or longer. Not only does the game have many names, but many rules as well!

Want a set? They go up on Etsy Nov 7th at 6pm ET 👐

[socratically]

Gatekeepers and Snobs: A discussion about Fandoms and their protectors

Or, How To Ruin Enthusiasm For A Community

Gatekeepers ruin everything; they will always be there, waiting in the shadows to tell you how you aren’t really that into something—or letting you know that what you like isn’t respectable enough to be a fan.

We have all experienced it, no matter what community it is, no matter what kind of fandom. You will always have someone trying to gatekeep what it means to be a fan—telling you the barrier you have to meet in order to “really” appreciate something.

“Oh, you’re a fan of Nirvana? name 3 songs right now.”

“You aren’t a gamer if you just play Animal Crossing and The Sims.”

If you follow me on @Threads, you may have seen one of my posts get a bit more attention than normal. In it, I discussed an interaction I had a few years ago with a coworker at an old job.

This seems to have resonated with a few people, and it’s easy to see why. Well, actually, it’s not because I don’t understand why people pay attention to me, but still—people have experienced this in a variety of situations. Hell, there is even a Simpsons character based specifically on this type of person:

“I’m not going to correct you, you should just read more comics and find out for yourself”

That sentence in particular is really what has allowed the interaction to remain in my mind for so long. The idea that I was either so wrong it would be too much work to correct me, or that I was such a “fake fan” I wasn’t worth correcting. In either scenario, it’s the wrong way this situation could have been handled, regardless of your vitriol for my admittedly bad opinion.

Geez Did They Miss the Point

Something that struck me quite odd, though, was how much of my comments section for that post was stuck debating whether or not Watchmen was a good movie or faithful. Perhaps it wasn't clear enough, but the point wasn’t about Watchmen at all; it was about the behavior.

I don’t care if you liked the movie or not. If you took my post about gatekeeping based on opinion and decided to be condescending about the opinion that was being gatekept? Guess what? you are a gatekeeper! Congrats!

It truly can’t be stressed enough that you are telling on yourself if you couldn’t move past the offhanded take. It was bait, and you fell for it. Just like Zack Snyder supposedly couldn’t understand the social commentary being told in the Comic Book when he made his adaptation, you too couldn’t pick up on the overall theme of the post. Stuck on the proverbial artwork in the background rather than the story on display.

The point of the post, and thankfully what was picked up on by plenty of folks, was the behavior on display. I was conveying an experience that ultimately hurt my enthusiasm for the medium while simultaneously discussing gatekeeping in general.

Enthusiasm, Not Disdain

When someone reveals to you that they are either not as well versed or just starting their journey into a specific fandom or piece of media, the correct course of action, if you think they are missing some crucial piece, is to respond enthusiastically.

Someone in the comments of my Threads post, who has since deleted their comment, so I am heavily paraphrasing based on bad memory, said something along the lines of “the barrier for fandom is too low. Too many people who have no idea about the material claiming to be fans. I’ve met Star Trek “fans” who didn’t even recognize the Original Series theme song.”

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[shaneveasy]

Shane Veasy

Good is Gone

[gameguy20100]

Adrien: I often wonder if Felix has friends in London. 

(LOndon)

Felix: The port is quite good.

Friend 1: Yes, quite good.

Friend 2: Indeed.

Friend 3: Most certainly.

Brian: What year is it?

1: '51.

2: Ah.

3: Delectable.

Felix: Indeed.

3: Yes

2: [catches fire] Oh, dear!

3: What is it?

2: It appears I've spontaneously combusted.

Felix: Oh, I am sorry.

2: Oh, it's quite all right. I've grown tired of living.

Felix: Ah, very good then.

1: For the best.

3: Indeed.

Felix: Oh, is it raining again?

[books-movies-anime-shows-games]

This year's b-day gifts are unbelievable!! From a long-sought Hunger Games Edition to exclusive goodies directly from Disneyland Paris 😍 I'm so excited!!

[teabooksandsweets]

Well, well, well! Does anybody here forba matter remember the Australian children's series Snobs? Because it was really, really good, and one of my dearest favourites as a child.

[canadianstud]

WHEN MUSIC FANS COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT OTHERS LIKE

[bills-bible-basics]

BIBLE SNOBS -- a poem and song by Bill Kochman #Christian #Poetry #Poem To see other poems related to this one, and to listen to the actual song, go to: https://www.billkochman.com/Poetry/index.html#Deception-False-Doctrine Article: "Humility in Our Understanding of God's Word": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/Humility-in-Our-Understanding-01.html "Anointed and Unanointed Teachers" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse352.html "Puffed Up With Knowledge" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse265.html "Test Doctrines for Scriptural Validity" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse329.html "Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse086.html "False Doctrine" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse016.html "False Prophets" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse017.html "False Brethren" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse015.html "Willful Ignorance" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse440.html Article: "Modern False Prophets and Worldly Ecumenism": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ecumen-1.html Article: "Elijah: Where Are the True Prophets of God?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/elijah-1.html Article: "The Misguided End of the World Predictions of Harold Camping": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/Prediction-Harold-Camping1.html "Mass Deception" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse186.html Article: "2012: New Age Deception And Psychobabble": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/2012bab1.html Article: "Age of Deception, Age of Delusion": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/deceptn1.html Article: "Speak the Pure Language of Truth: https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/purelng1.html "Spirit of Truth" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse294.html "Led by the Spirit in Our Understanding" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse479.html "Taught by Revelation of the Holy Spirit" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse319.html "Taught by No Man" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse465.html Article: "Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ritediv1.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/bible-snobs-a-poem-by-bill-kochman/?BIBLE%20SNOBS%20--%20a%20poem%20and%20song%20by%20Bill%20Kochman

[bodyofakiller]

thinking abt the ppl in my french class that laughed at me bec im not good at the language despite being in the highest level our school offers. genually makes me wanna comit bec they all think their better on me holy shit i hate highschool someone get me out im so humiliated and just wish i was born smart