paul packer wrote:
On 4 Oct 2005 06:15:42 -0700, "Bruce C. Miller"
wrote:

Andre Jute wrote:
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I think you've been lucky so far not to meet a girl of genuine
intellect and taste. When you do, her contempt for your pretentious
shallowness will sear your soul.

Hell, I'd be happy to meet one who wasn't crazy or just living for the
next shopping fix. Besides, I haven't said anything about my own
intellect. I could very well be quite intelligent. Or not. I don't
think any of this stuff has much to do with true intellect. One could
be a cultured idiot or an uncultured genius.

Except that's more difficult than being a cultured genius or an
uncultured idiot. Generally, people conform to stereotypes more often
than not. I suggest you have an innate intelligence and discrimination
that's leading you on a search for the better things in life, because
there's something in you that needs sustenance. In other words, you've
had enough Snickers bars. Now it's time for a nourishing salad roll.

Precisely! I'm not sure what nerve gets struck in people when you tell
them you don't subscribe to some common behavior you have decided you
are better without. Perhaps it is indictative of some primal need for
humans to enforce the status quo on fringe members of society.

An unwashed peasant will see a man of sensible tastes drinking a fine
wine and will ask, "wouldn't you be happier if you added a spot of poop
to your wine?" The gentleman will of course reply "No, I prefer not to
consume human feces." The peasant will then feel a strange need to
become angry and mock the gentleman's lack of poor taste.

I don't discount the possibility that I still need character
development or have personality flaws to address. Pretentiousness may
very well be one of them. Your criticism isn't exactly constructive,
however.

Actually it was pretty stupid. The only thing wrong with your post was
that it was so honest I thought it was a put-on. That's because one
just doesn't expect honesty on RAO. Ignore the knockers. Go on as
you're going--straight on till morning. ;-)

Thanks. Yes, I have better things to do than troll flamebait, which is
why I seldom post here