When I was a pretentious teen during the height of dystopian YA being a thing I read books like 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and Anthem so I could seem more intelligent than teens who only read The Hunger Games. I’m still intelligent, but I realized as an adult mocking other people’s interest because they’re mainstream doesn’t make you an intellectual it makes you an asshole.
When I was a pretentious teen during the height of dystopian YA being a thing I read books like 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and Anthem so I could seem more intelligent than teens who only read The Hunger Games. I’m still intelligent, but I realized as an adult mocking other people’s interest because they’re mainstream doesn’t make you an intellectual it makes you an asshole.