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22952419 No.22952419 [Reply] [Original]

why are Lovecraft fanboys so pretentious?

>> No.22952440

>>22952419
Lovecraft is a classic "teenager's first Real Book," they love feeling superior to the kids still reading Star Wars novelizations. Which is most of this board's ethos actually, getting all high-and-mighty because you read something 10% better than abject garbage.

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>>22952440

>> No.22952464

>>22952419
Have you ever read any Lovecraft? Dude was as pretentious as they come. Real recognizes real

>> No.22952490

>>22952464
Correct. His prose is like 3x more purple than Nabokov (without there being a need for that), I don’t get OP’s post.

>> No.22952495

>>22952419
I saw a video where this guy is discussing horror fiction with his bald drag queen friend. Bizarre.

>> No.22952566

What's pretentious about Joshi?

>> No.22952571

>>22952419
I don’t get the feeling they’re pretentious. They’re edgy racists however and I doubt anyone here at least would care about him so much if he weren’t a wasp supremacist.

>> No.22952584

>>22952571
most lovecraft fanboys tend to be redditors