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

[Jeanette X]

Originally Posted by Kitsa

As I checked out of the Green Star Co-Op once, the cashier asked me my favorite color. I wasn't in the mood to play, and I said "blue". Then she wanted to know what shade of blue, and I said, "I don't know... sky blue." Then she wanted to know what sky...just before dawn, a bright autumn sky, an overcast sky, a sunset. Longest checkout ever
I don't need a co-op cashier to bring me to awareness. I know that the sky can be different colors.

Jesus Christ. I would've lost it and told her off.