I enjoyed reading this very honest post. I can see how many people would have all kinds of horrible things to say about it, so let me precede them by saying we need a lot more of this kind of writing. One of the reasons why the pretentious norm is so widely accepted (up to the point of becoming normal) is that anything going against its fake tendency is put down as unacceptable. I'd follow you just for this article, if I wasn't following you already.