zenosanalytic reblogged
I think the most unintentionally pretentious part of me is I genuinely forget that most people do not have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and folklore. I literally just assume most people know at least the name of every Greek god. My mom and I were watching the Banshees of Inisherin and at the start, she asked "Do you know what a banshee is?" and I was so stunned because it would never occur to me to ask that question because I would never assume the average person doesn't know what a banshee is. The average person knows what a banshee is right. You know what a banshee is right. You know the names of the greek gods right. You know that norse myth where loki fucked the horse right. Right. RIGHT
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#feathered serpents#Expert Knowledge#Average Familiarity#XKCD#Obligatory#u_u u_u#Mythology#Folklore#Webcomics#I dont think it's pretentious; pretentious is necessarily Pretense it's having undeserved confidence bscl#I'd say 'unintentionally condescending' or even just 'mistaken' since there's no sense of seeing the other person as lesser here#appreciative reblogs#oh also:#GPOY#u_u u_u u_u#Our Staff#minitagrambles