To the point where they alienate themselves and create a suffocating cloud of superiority around them?
“Oh, I only listen to really obscure bands. You wouldn’t know them. Sorry you’re into mainstream so much.”
“I spend many hours on end reading philosophy, writing novels. It’s probably too intellectual for you.”
Especially online. It’s so easy to get away with being really cool and different, isn’t it? It’s easier to make up and lie.
So many people out there fight every single day just to be normal. Is that really so bad, to be normal?
Agree 100%. Take pride in your life, not because of how mainstream/obscure it is, but because you’re spending your time doing things you love. If you’re concerned about how others will view you, focus your efforts boosting your own self-confidence, rather than putting on a facade or semblance of superiority that will crumble under close scrutiny.
