I'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?
What 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. :)
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?