I love pretentious people. No, seriously, I do.
The derivitave of pretention is pretense, which is essentially to pretend. In order to pretend, you must actively engage your imagination. You must ascend a portion of reality, embelish your personality, and invent different truths from what you otherwise know. Its trickery and escapism at a sane level.
Pretentious people are usually known to act snooty and better than other people, but usually they're just trying to have you think they're different. They want to stand out to you. They want to mask or escape some form of themselves that they are otherwise unproud or dissatisfied with. Some people are pretentiously better than they are, some are pretentiously worse, some pretentiously average. Eventually, the identity you present to others becomes truth.
I love characters especially. That guy who only wears armani suits to school, that girl who has fake eyelashes and two bras on, that hipster kid with three inch thick glasses who hasn't realized that's been out of style for three years, that scene kid who makes you feel sad and angsty just by being near him- they're all pretentious to an extent.
Instead of being insecure, pretentious people change what they're insecure about. They're proactive. People who are like "Ya man, I'm not trying to be anyone, I'm just real. This is who I am." WELL I THINK THATS GREAT serously don't change. However I also think people who aren't a 100% real are equally as great. They are creative, want you to solve a puzzle, and want to keep people guessing. They are secure in an identity they've given to themselves.
I also like pretentious people with huge egos. The are the ones who want everyone to be jealous of them and think they're better than everyone else. Whats funnest about these people is they'll tell you exactly why they're better than everyone. They'll tell you what differentiates them from the crowd, and how they're supposed to be treated. These people love when you feed their egos. So why not? If you try and bring them "down to earth" you're not accomplishing anything. The only way to fight this pretention, if you really are committed, is by being more pretentious. Like "Oh, you drink your coffee with a french press? I find french presses to be environmentally destructive. I prefer eating the coffee beans raw from the tree, in order to fully appreciate the bounty of mother earth without destroying it".... that sorta thing. And thats fun to do as well! Most likely, you'll earn the respect of the pretentious person. Or they'll call you pretentious.
The point of my little rant is- If you're pretentious, embrace it. Everyone else is too, and if they aren't, it doesn't really matter anyways. We're all interesting people- some just like to use their imagination a little more.
