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[roselightfairy]

Apropos of absolutely nothing in particular definitely, you wanna know who I think the worst kind of people are? The kind of people who are pretentiously incomprehensible, who name-drop obscure theorists as though they're movie stars, who use hyperspecific jargon not because they're assuming you know what it means but because they know you don't. They say things that don't make any sense but sound smart because they know you'll either have to ask what they mean or pretend you know when you don't, to avoid their smug explanations (which usually name-drop a few other obscure people in the process and only make it worse). The point of speaking isn't to share knowledge, it's to show off their own. It's the worst kind of posturing, and although I try to squelch it in myself, I know I have the tendency, too . . .

. . . but that doesn't mean I like it any better when it's done to me.