re: snobbery

after reading this post and watching this video, i've been thinking about snobbery. i didn't even realise how much it annoyed me mainly because it's so pointless. one form of snobbery i can't stand is when people act as if choosing not to read is the greatest sin and automatically makes somebody stupid and inferior. it drives me mad! i personally think reading is a beautiful thing and i feel blessed to be literate, but that doesn't make me better than anyone. everybody has different interests and opinions and it's like the same people who say it's important to respect that will go ahead and shoot somebody down for holding different values to them! maybe it's a different thing altogether in terms of moral issues, but when it comes down to personal things it doesn't make sense.

like i read this kanye west interview (this guy fascinates me) and he said "sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. i am a proud non-reader of books. i like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life." that's fine, right? books aren't for everybody and social interaction is more of mr west's thing. that's hardly surprising as kanye west is pretty extroverted. it just baffles me that grown adults then went ahead and said stuff like it's sad and unfortunate (why? because he's different to you?) and they have no time for dumb people like him and kim k, as if she's relevant to this. idk maybe i'm being a snob here and i know i'm being a bit judgemental too, but i just feel like it would be lovely if we could just live a little more peacefully, in spite of our differences.

look at me, now look at you, now look at me again, see we're not so different