I'm horribly afraid of being called pretentious.
How do I get over this?
embrace it
Do you know who cares too much about the opinions of other people? Pretenders. Just do your thing man.
You don't be ashamed of doing whatever you like doing that people may call prwtentios.
Lots of people are just revolted by attempted displays of intelligence or earnest passion for creativity; they're just scared of being called pretentious or failures and so never try themselves.
>>8419632
>uses an adverb
Pretentious pseud
>>8419632
http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/david-foster-wallaces-surprising-list-of-his-10-favorite-books.html
be like this guy
>>8419792
By this he means kill yourself