Are you a snob?

ChronicSelfEditor · Oct 28, 2010

I recently discovered that two of my friends are snobs about certain things which rather surprised me because they are otherwise laid back and friendly women.

One friend is an civil design engineer and believes the word engineer should apply only to people in her line of work (in addition to mechanical and electrical engineers, etc.) and not folks who drive trains nor people who are called network engineers.

The other friend is what I've decided to call a Sherlock Holmes snob. She'd probably call herself a purist, but for the sake of this thread, she's a snob. :tongue

She believes that any deviation in any way from the original story that Doyle created is blatantly wrong and is not worthy of her attention.

I've begun to examine my own life to see if I'm a snob about anything and, as yet, haven't found anything, but I'm sure I'll find something. I am curious to know if anyone else here is a snob about anything in particular while otherwise being less than snobby.

cray · Oct 28, 2010

*refuses to post in such a thread*

Wayne K · Oct 28, 2010

I'm a snob about the strains of weed I smoke

Bubastes · Oct 28, 2010

Heh, if you talk to electrical or mechanical engineers, they don't think the word "engineer" should apply to civil engineers. Heck, electrical engineers can barely tolerate it for mechanical engineers.

waylander · Oct 28, 2010

I'm a snob about the beer I'll drink

LaurieD · Oct 28, 2010

Yes.

Yes I am.

A snob.

Not an engineer.

As if.

Pfft.

robeiae · Oct 28, 2010

Are you a snob?

Yes.

About:
Beer
Wine
Movies
Books
Cars
Popcorn
Olive Oil
Toilet Paper
Computers
TVs
iPods
Watches
Shoes
Shorts
Wallets
Pens
Milk
Airplane seats
Vacations
Hotels
Casinos
Vacuum cleaners
Peanuts
Hamburgers
Knives
Grills
And shampoo

ChronicSelfEditor · Oct 28, 2010

Details people! I want details!!!!

LaurieD · Oct 28, 2010

Ohh... Details...

Then I'm a snob about many things...

My kids' education - private school, 30 miles away.
My family's health - double check everything major/irrevocable before agreeing.
The vet I use for my pets - pretty much the same as above.
Cleaning - I have germ issues. Lysol is my friend. And Comet. And Tilex. And soap.
Chocolate - Only Hershey's or Whitman's will do - usually - in a pinch this stops being an issue.
Shoes - Only specific brands.
Certain parts of town - I will drive miles out of my way to avoid certain areas - and no, not because they're not poorer sections of town - I drive there every day to/from school. I just don't want to run into so and so or what's her face. :tongue

Water - both the kind I drink and the kind I swim in.

Wayne K · Oct 28, 2010

ChronicSelfEditor said:
Details people! I want details!!!!

Okay. I love Purple Kush, but I'm wild about White Widow. Its a more mellow high

robeiae · Oct 28, 2010

LaurieD said:
Ohh... Details...

Then I'm a snob about many things...

My kids' education - private school, 30 miles away.

That's only snobbery if your raison d'etre is exclusivity, not superior education.

Button · Oct 28, 2010

I'm a book snob. I only like "my" writers and it is very hard to break away and read a new author.

And I won't take suggestions, or if I take a suggestion, it's only because I was interested before, and the person just confirmed my own belief. If someone suggests a book I have not heard of, I immediately am offended by the book and I don't want to read it.

Button · Oct 28, 2010

I totally judge books by their covers, too.

Button · Oct 28, 2010

LaurieD said:
Chocolate - Only Hershey's or Whitman's will do - usually - in a pinch this stops being an issue.

I'm worse than you on this. Hershey's has too much oil, and Whitman's is meh.

Leonidas is a good brand. Or anything that comes from Europe.

robeiae · Oct 28, 2010

ButtonTheCat said:
Or anything that comes from Europe.

The mark of the true snob!

I have crackers flown in from Portugal.

Woof · Oct 28, 2010

I'm a snob about only two things:

a) snobbery

b) inferior riffraff

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Oct 28, 2010

Pffft.

You're all beneath me. I come here only to slum.

jennontheisland · Oct 28, 2010

Hershey's is the chocolate of the masses. Callebaut, or organic fair trade only.

I only buy VQA wines.

Environmental is the only engineer.

Clothing must have no more than 10% man made fibres. All boots and purses must be made of leather. Sneakers must be Chucks.

Marijuana must be from BC.

Coffee.

I refuse to read "literary fiction".

robeiae · Oct 28, 2010

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
Pffft.

You're all beneath me. I come here only to slum.

I'm sorry, but did you think I was talking to you?

*fans self, turns back towards ButtonTheCat*

I say, this is the last time we come here for drinks, what.

Haggis · Oct 28, 2010

*pushes Rob to the ground...steps on the back of his head...leaves*

BeatrixKiddo · Oct 28, 2010

ChronicSelfEditor said:
Details people! I want details!!!!

Well...my, my...aren't we a detail snob. Humph! *snobby tone *

I don't think I'm a snob about much of anything, mostly because I can't stand being around other folks who act like actual snobs. To me, (true) snobbery is just an excuse for intolerance, ignorance, and a closed minded attitude towards others. *listening to the violins play for my incredible post of wisdom and deep thought*

I shant post in thee thread again! (or is it thou?...thoust?...ye?...meh...only a grammar snob would know)

:snoopy:

KTC · Oct 28, 2010

yes i am. about almost everything. you people really wouldn't understand, though.

robeiae · Oct 28, 2010

KTC said:
yes i am. about almost everything. you people really wouldn't understand, though.

Yes I would, though you wouldn't understand how I understand. Understand?

robeiae · Oct 28, 2010

Haggis said:
*pushes Rob to the ground...steps on the back of his head...leaves*

*sees Haggis waving his paws while he naps, wonders what he's dreaming about*

LaurieD · Oct 28, 2010

robeiae said:
That's only snobbery if your raison d'etre is exclusivity, not superior education.

The local public schools are run by idiots - music and art tossed aside for football, state spending per student ranks this state 49th, the grammar I've heard from kids who attend public schools, the same age as my kids, sets off a tic near my right eye.

ButtonTheCat said:
I'm worse than you on this. Hershey's has too much oil, and Whitman's is meh.

Leonidas is a good brand. Or anything that comes from Europe.

I failed to specify - Herhey's dark, not special dark - too bitter. Eurpoean chocolate is truly awesome, however it is nearly impossible to find in Hell. As Jenn said, Hershey's is the chocolate of the masses, but it's what's available.

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