re: SECrOTB Book Club: I need a good book to read

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What if some person genuinely enjoys Rascal Flatts more than Jason Isbell?

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pretentious

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The pretentiousness of music and all things is absurd. It's annoying, yes. It's all kinds of things.

But I don't think pretentiousness is in play when it's decided that Rascal Flatts is junk and Jason Isbell is better. One is McDonalds, the other is Morton's Steakhouse. McDonalds can taste good, it's enjoyed by people all over the world, but it is, in fact shite. We know this, it's qualifiable. Morton's is better quality. This is undeniable. There are most certainly people out there that would actually rather eat McDonalds, but we know they're making a poor choice. Morton's is better for you, better quality, better tasting. It's real. Mickey D's is fake.

Better books, yes. There are qualifiable, quantifiable, sabermetricfiable better books out there than the commercial pop books sold in airport terminals. That's not pretentious.