We’re in the same boat, Shirley . I knit. I don’t use Red Heart or any of that old lady squeeky stuff (I almost had to literally bite my tongue the last time my stepmother showed me her new yarn.) and I love that combination of thrill and guilt you can only get at your LYS.
I’ll use a new post to tell my other snobbery because it’s not lighthearted like yarn. It really fries my ham when people who can’t afford to take care of themselves go ahead and have a baby. You would never catch me doing something so gauche. It’s not the welfare factor, I just think it’s a trashy thing to do.
Renaissance history and literature, vocabulary, fantasty books…
…yeah, I’m doomed for hopeless geekitude. :smack: :rolleyes: 
Hey, aren’t you the guy with the coconut monkeys in his living room? Then lay off my Nu Shooz cassette tape! 
I’m snobbish about spelling. Everyone in my family is heartily sick of me pointing out every mistake I see.
I’m possibly a little snobbish about books, but it’s only because I don’t know any other people IRL who read anything at all! Well, okay, some of them read romance novels, but that doesn’t… okay, fine, I’m a snob. Which is funny when you consider that two of my favorite genres are horror and young adult novels. I’m hardly a connoisseur of fine literature.
Bootleg audio recordings of the Clash. I’ve got about 200 of 'em.
That, and I’m a grammar Nazi.
Yes, but what if it’s by default, because those are the only novels they’ve ever read, and in fact the only bound print - other than the Bible - that they’ve read since graduating from Beverly Cleary in 5th grade? Wouldn’t that be better? Could they be your friend then?
I could have written this word for word, although I know the basics - the history of the major beer styles, what kinds of malts and hops are in most beers, etc. Anyway, for a long while, I thought I didn’t like beer, simply because I didn’t like the BudMillerCoorsHeinekenCorona conglomerate and its arsenal of pale yellow lagers. Now, I savor a great beer (currently working on a fridge full of Duvel and St. Arnold Oktoberfest) like very few other pleasures in this world.
I’m also an insufferable grammar and spelling snob.
It pays to stay flexible.
For me, I’m most snobby about food and drink. Although not so much as that I’d be rude about it.
quack quack joke already tried above.
I’m pretty snobby about NOT driving an American automobile. Ford, Chevy, Chrysler, Pontiac, etc. Anytime I’ve ridden in one, drove a friends, got one as a rental they just seemed to be sub-par to me. Like riding a Specialized to Trek bicycle compared to riding a Huffy.
My father in-law and brother in-law always seem to be buying or leasing the newest American car (Monte Carlo, Chrysler 300, PT Cruiser, Explorer) and when I test drive them they feel “loose”, “bulky”.
I’ll stick to my Hondas and Toyotas and maybe someday get a BMW.
Is there room in that boat for one more?
Before I started knitting, I thought all wool was itchy. I thought $6 was exhorbitant for a 50g ball of yarn.
My, how I’ve changed.
I still don’t have the yarn budget of my dreams (do any of us?) but I’d rather save up money and bide my time and spend $120 on yarn for a sweater than succumb to the inexpensive and abundant hobby store varieties. (and there’s still a little part of me that blanches at the thought of spending that much on yarn)
A large part of the reason I started spinning was because the closer you get to the sheep, the cheaper things get. (and the wheel was a gift)
My answer is like Spiff’s, except mine is Beatles bootlegs. I’ve got about 600. I can’t trade with anybody…I have all the titles they want, and they have all the titles I already have.
Ya know, I think you’ve totally nailed the reading history of these folks.
The answer’s still no.
Yet another “beer snob” checking in. It’s actually a little embarrassing; I’m honestly not very knowledgable and I’m hardly a connoisseur compared to many people on this board. But my extended family is made up of people who drink Bud Light and whose idea of a “fancy” beer is Bud Select. If I bring a six of Sierra Pale or Shiner Bock to a gathering it elicits baffled stares.
I’m a movie and music snob. If someone says they liked a particularly bad movie, I pretty much assume that they have brain damage and I wonder how they’ve managed to coordinate breathing and heartbeat for so long.
Same with travel. I once spent four months in the Middle East. When I returned home one of my friends said, “Why would you want to go there?” To which I replied, “You are retarded.”
I’m a snob about real food. I use butter, not margarine. I use sugar, not Sweet n Lo or stevia. Whipped cream, not Cool-Whip. I would never serve a guest a dessert made from a mix. I don’t expect food to be fancy, but I do expect it not to be synthetic.
(When I’m a guest, I eat the margarine, Sweet n Lo, and Cool Whip without comment. But I do offer to do the cooking next time.)
I’m snobby about music too, I guess. I’m a private musician and composer who really appreciates what I see as the finer points of music, and am bored quickly by stuff that lacks it. I think the great majority of popular stuff out right now, including lots of stuff complimented on this board, is total bullshit. I generally keep my comments to myself, though.
I am also snobby about writing (fiction and otherwise), vocabulary and visual art, but it’s hard not to be. There’s just so much shitty writing and art, successful stuff even, but still shitty, everywhere I turn. That extends to movies and television.
I’m also a fabric snob, but I don’t have the money to indulge much in that particular snobbery.
I’m a relative authority on a certain type of large doll, though I try not to broadcast it (failed there, I guess).
Real Dolls?
I’ll agree with you on that one, and add “I only read [insert trashy novel author with 4th grade level writing mistakes/really bad chick lit author/romance novels]” comments to it. There are lots of great novels out there, and they’re in all sorts of genres.
I’m also a tiny bit of a food snob these days. It’s just not enjoyable to eat a lot of prepackaged or chain restaurant food because I can taste the preservatives. Blech.
I almost exclusively wear MAC cosmetics these days. I don’t wear makeup often, but for color payoff, there are very few things that can beat MAC eyeshadow. I also love their fluidline, which is a gel water-resistant eyeliner. I suck at liquid eyeliner, but this stuff is a dream and doesn’t smear all over like stick eyeliner. It really is great stuff.
Knives. I hate junk cutlery in any context. All my knives, whether we are talking about kitchen knives, pocket knives, or outdoor knives are all of at least good quality. Some, like the Chris Reeve Sebenza I carry daily in my pocket, are of rather outstanding quality.
I’d rather have one good knife than a whole box full of cheap knives.