Do You Consider Yourself Part Of The Intelligentsia?

My obvious yet secret affection must be slightly more obvious than I thought

It didn't help you "bumping" into me every time I bent over to tie my shoelaces.

I thought you were the one looking up at me at a convenient height whilst tying your laces...

Radio 3 is where it's at

Call me a snob, but I only watch tv after 10pm generally. I may be the last person in the country who doesn't have digital, so Channel 5 is quite a poor reception. I don't watch any News bulletin except Newsnight and I'll flick through the channels in case there is a movie on. During the day, if I listen to the radio it'll be Classic FM, or 5Live if there is a specific reason. I'm pretty useless on music made in the last 10-15 years. I don't know what is going on in the soaps nor do I read celebrity magazines.

Frankly, I believe we live in a very strange culture built on materialistic values with people being brainwashed by consumerism (read JG Ballard's Kingdom Come). Surely all this shopping/drinking/drug-taking is a sign of boredom?

I feel that if I share these views with anyone they'll think I'm mad, which is why I keep it to myself.

ITT: Pretentiousness. Members of the "intelligentsia" you speak of shouldn't have to feign marks of intelligence to be intelligent, or indeed flaunt their supposed mental ability with manufactured, half-baked views. You got me at "read JG Ballard's Kingdom Come". You're having a laugh, OP.

Surely all this shopping/drinking/drug-taking is a sign of boredom?

Anyone considering themselves part of the "intelligentsia" are probably just extremely full of themselves. It's like asking, are you cool? No one who's really cool would ever think of themselves as "cool". They just are. If you go on about how "cool" you are, then it looks like you're just trying too hard... and that's not cool. If you say you're part of the "intelligentsia", well, same thing...

What exactly is the point of this post? Would you like a medal for your apparent intellectual achievements(... which appear to be solely refraining from absorbing yourself in trashy modern culture...)?

Reeks of pseudo- intellectual masturbation, which you have scarcely attempted to veil.

Whereas posting on this forum clearly isn't...

I'm listening to the BBC News "3 Minute Countdown" theme remixed into a club anthem.

What does that make me?

Call me a snob, but I only watch tv after 10pm generally. I may be the last person in the country who doesn't have digital, so Channel 5 is quite a poor reception. I don't watch any News bulletin except Newsnight and I'll flick through the channels in case there is a movie on. During the day, if I listen to the radio it'll be Classic FM, or 5Live if there is a specific reason. I'm pretty useless on music made in the last 10-15 years. I don't know what is going on in the soaps nor do I read celebrity magazines.

Frankly, I believe we live in a very strange culture built on materialistic values with people being brainwashed by consumerism (read JG Ballard's Kingdom Come). Surely all this shopping/drinking/drug-taking is a sign of boredom?

Call me a snob, but I only watch tv after 10pm generally. I may be the last person in the country who doesn't have digital, so Channel 5 is quite a poor reception. I don't watch any News bulletin except Newsnight and I'll flick through the channels in case there is a movie on. During the day, if I listen to the radio it'll be Classic FM, or 5Live if there is a specific reason. I'm pretty useless on music made in the last 10-15 years. I don't know what is going on in the soaps nor do I read celebrity magazines.

Frankly, I believe we live in a very strange culture built on materialistic values with people being brainwashed by consumerism (read JG Ballard's Kingdom Come). Surely all this shopping/drinking/drug-taking is a sign of boredom?

I feel that if I share these views with anyone they'll think I'm mad, which is why I keep it to myself.

I'm listening to the BBC News "3 Minute Countdown" theme remixed into a club anthem.

What does that make me?