Is there a compromise between "intellectual" and "pretentious"?

[Kitsa]

Eh. It's one of those things. Having an opinion is pretentious, not having an opinion is pretentious, having a problem with something is pretentious, not having a problem with something is pretentious.

It turns into a whole big SAYS YOU where you're the victor if you can successfully persuade everyone else that the other guy's view is pompous-stupid-whatever.

Which is pretty much any social situation boiled down.

I'm just going to go ahead and say whatever the hell I want and let the clumps of shit fall where they may, k?