The shock of finding a real-life elitist....
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I'm a snob...
But I prefer hanging around with the lower classes some upper class people are dicks.
But I prefer hanging around with the lower classes some upper class people are dicks.
my best friend is elitist, i'm liberal so we often have disagreements. One of his views is that poor people are less intelligent (i.e. have a genetically inferior intelligence) than those who have good jobs/educations... where as I think that in 99% of cases its purely down to circumstances of upbringing i.e. kids with rich parents do well more often because of their wealthy circumstances rather than because of any inherited intelligence.
I'm at university, so I'm pretty much surrounded by them twenty-four seven.
Of particular note to me was how someone who confessed to not reading children's books because they are beneath him still felt obliged to lecture me on Artemis Fowl, a series he has not read. Me, an English student studying children's literature with a particular focus and indeed a dissertation on deconstruction in Artemis Fowl.
My response to him (apart from an unuttered fuck off you prissy *****) was to remind him that doing English 201 meant he only had the most basic knowledge of a broad range of subjects, whereupon I then proceeded to deliberately expound an incredibly unresearched and wrong point about Shakespeare which had him seething in rage that I wouldn't listen to his carefully construced response.
When finished I said 'and that's what you just did in regards to Artemis Fowl' and walked off.
(For added points, this was at a tea and scones gathering of the English department, so our exchange was witnessed by at least thirty people who all knew exactly what I was doing, and when I delivered my final blow I got a round of applause as I left.)
Thus I also graduated to elitist and real life troll. Quite an achievement for one argument I feel.
Of particular note to me was how someone who confessed to not reading children's books because they are beneath him still felt obliged to lecture me on Artemis Fowl, a series he has not read. Me, an English student studying children's literature with a particular focus and indeed a dissertation on deconstruction in Artemis Fowl.
My response to him (apart from an unuttered fuck off you prissy *****) was to remind him that doing English 201 meant he only had the most basic knowledge of a broad range of subjects, whereupon I then proceeded to deliberately expound an incredibly unresearched and wrong point about Shakespeare which had him seething in rage that I wouldn't listen to his carefully construced response.
When finished I said 'and that's what you just did in regards to Artemis Fowl' and walked off.
(For added points, this was at a tea and scones gathering of the English department, so our exchange was witnessed by at least thirty people who all knew exactly what I was doing, and when I delivered my final blow I got a round of applause as I left.)
Thus I also graduated to elitist and real life troll. Quite an achievement for one argument I feel.
My uncle once called me snobbish because we had pizza when we were visiting him and I commented that it was good but nothing beats New York pizza. Maybe the comment was unnecessary but come on, we all know I'm right. New York = best pizza on Earth.
What really pisses me off though are religious snobs. "You don't believe in God!? Bah! To hell with thee".
What really pisses me off though are religious snobs. "You don't believe in God!? Bah! To hell with thee".
Im an intellectual elitist myself... Though I mostly look down upon university students and graduates, due to the very fact that most of them just wasted several years of their lives not learning anything or developing their intellect.
The supposed "elitist" which the OP speak of seem to fit that exact stereotype I generally engage in a bit of the old "insult swordfight: brainac edition" with, and tend to emerge victorious from.
The supposed "elitist" which the OP speak of seem to fit that exact stereotype I generally engage in a bit of the old "insult swordfight: brainac edition" with, and tend to emerge victorious from.
Okay, you all have used up the usage allotment of the word "elitist" for the next ten years. The internet overuses and misunderstands the concept enough without a thread devoted to it. Most of the stories in this thread is people disregarding the qualifications of other people based upon their own delusions of superiority.
OP: She thought you were a know-it-all, she put you in your place. What you said was contradictory. Alcohol is absorbed and filtered at set rates. Therefor any delay stretches and flattens the curve. She didn't need to present a valid argument, because you already had all the necessary parts of the equation, you just solved it incorrectly.
Usually, when people talk like they know something, spout a contradictory statement, I laugh. If they ask me to explain, I simply laugh more. For if they don't already understand why what they said is a complete contradiction, I likely lack the explicative knowledge to correct their broken thought trains.
The story about the bouncers: They're in pretty good physical shape. They've likely cultivated that for a number of years, meaning they really don't know much else beyond "brute force" mating tactics. They think the poster is a pussy because he acts like a pussy. The whole "don't be an asshole" while walking away doesn't alter this. To correct their thinking, one would need to either meet them on their terms or on terms they can understand. Otherwise assholes they'll remain forever.
OP: She thought you were a know-it-all, she put you in your place. What you said was contradictory. Alcohol is absorbed and filtered at set rates. Therefor any delay stretches and flattens the curve. She didn't need to present a valid argument, because you already had all the necessary parts of the equation, you just solved it incorrectly.
Usually, when people talk like they know something, spout a contradictory statement, I laugh. If they ask me to explain, I simply laugh more. For if they don't already understand why what they said is a complete contradiction, I likely lack the explicative knowledge to correct their broken thought trains.
The story about the bouncers: They're in pretty good physical shape. They've likely cultivated that for a number of years, meaning they really don't know much else beyond "brute force" mating tactics. They think the poster is a pussy because he acts like a pussy. The whole "don't be an asshole" while walking away doesn't alter this. To correct their thinking, one would need to either meet them on their terms or on terms they can understand. Otherwise assholes they'll remain forever.
An irish story about upperclass people burning? Man the only thing missing is a bonfire here!Furburt said:
Tell away!!!! Please.
Well there is this one favourite I have from a few years back whin this PC-ite, feminist woman I met at a party who acted in a bit too cocky manner than was appropriate.BobDobolina said:
For most of the time I don't despise cocky behaviour as long as you've got the skills and the knowledge to back it up. But she didn't and she acted very "superior" to others and she didn't shy away from credit her superior status to her fine education along with her supposedly superior political conviction.
But then came the unfortunate moment where she tried to make a point by credit Voltaire (she seemed to like Voltaire) with the quote: "I dislike what you're saying, but I would defend your right to say it to the death."
Where I told her: "No dear, that was Evelyn Beatrice Hall who wrote it in her biography about Voltaire. There is no evidence to suggest that Voltaire actually said it himself."
Whereupon she told me I was wrong and that her teacher had told her class that it was a quote from Voltaire, but I countered with a very honest: "Yeah, my teacher told me that too... In grade school. But I actually bother to check the sources myself rather than simply taking a teachers word for it. We can confirm it online if you'd like?"
But by then she got nervous and tried to steer the conversation away from the subject. I just smiled.
Of course, it is an easy mistake to make, since a lot of teachers in schools around the world teach their students that it was a Voltaire-quote (I'll give her that much), but since she had actually claimed that she majored in the relevant subjects during her university studies, I kind of felt that she should have known the real source to such a "historical" quote, and apparently so did a few others at the party.
Do mote that this is a well chosen anecdote on my part, due to the fact that I have acted a lot less gracious at other times when I was under the influence of alcohol... I tend to get extra mean spirited when dealing with university snobs under those conditions and more often than not, I really "twist the knife in the wound"... But in hindsight, I kind of feel like I went a bit overboard during those times so I do not consider those moments the most shining ones, as im sure you can understand. :S
