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T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Sun, Mar 26, 2023 7:37 PM Maybe we ought to get a little linguistically pedantic here, and differentiate between "purist" and "snob". Seems that a tiki purist might be interested in preserving certain borders or parameters of what many of us would define as classic tiki, whereas a snob might have the same interests, but get judgey or arrogant about it when others don't fall in line. It may be splitting hairs, but the difference between purism and snobbery is how you react to others who express different (and clearly inferior, haha) opinions.

Maybe we ought to get a little linguistically pedantic here, and differentiate between "purist" and "snob".

Seems that a tiki purist might be interested in preserving certain borders or parameters of what many of us would define as classic tiki, whereas a snob might have the same interests, but get judgey or arrogant about it when others don't fall in line.

It may be splitting hairs, but the difference between purism and snobbery is how you react to others who express different (and clearly inferior, haha) opinions.

Post #808545 by tikibars on Sun, Mar 26, 2023 7:37 PM