Anything above the standard of "TV Guide I bought down to the Walmarts - it didn't have no cover so they gave it to me half off" is going to be pretentious for many in the United States. Renaissance painters are likely to also be seen as "gay and East Coast fancy" to a wider spectrum of the ignorant. That the book cost $150 makes it even more pretentious in yet a larger Euler's circle comprising an ever-growing segment of the population.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
I'm sipping on a nice Bordeaux, sampling a nice Gruyère...
18/06/2010 10:48:14 PM
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You can always write a nice analytical essay on Bulgakov...
18/06/2010 10:49:56 PM
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I'll wait until July to post that.
18/06/2010 10:54:15 PM
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Why am I not surprised?
18/06/2010 10:55:59 PM
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Oh you naughty thing.
18/06/2010 11:13:27 PM
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I did see the article, and I haven't yet gotten around to Le Rouge et Le Noir.
18/06/2010 11:17:56 PM
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I'm becoming more convinced that a good business opportunity...
18/06/2010 11:19:53 PM
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You could edit The Dutch Republic down and still have a good 500-page book.
18/06/2010 11:23:24 PM
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I'm thinking the wine and cheese/food choice could be more elitist still.
18/06/2010 11:14:53 PM
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Latin is passé. Greek, on the other hand, might work.
18/06/2010 11:22:03 PM
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No! Don't do it!
19/06/2010 12:22:38 AM
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Subscribe to The Chap
19/06/2010 12:20:55 AM
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How is reading Taschen's Caravaggio pretentious or elitist? Except for the price. I guess
19/06/2010 01:14:34 AM
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Think Sarah Palin.
19/06/2010 03:16:56 AM
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To be truly élite you'll have to move to Britain.
20/06/2010 01:38:20 PM
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well for starters....
21/06/2010 04:47:29 AM
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For starters, I was already a bit drunk when writing.
22/06/2010 01:13:52 PM
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You could always splurge a little and buy the name-brand pork rinds instead of generic *NM*
21/06/2010 05:58:54 AM
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Mmmm.
21/06/2010 02:26:00 PM
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I know. It's hard to get truly good cheese in the US, though. *NM*
22/06/2010 01:18:22 PM
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Clearly, to be more élitist...
22/06/2010 11:45:59 AM
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