What things do you see and think are just pretentious?

[SneakyGremlins]

For me it's cafés with "no WiFi here, talk to each other!" signs.

A) I'll probably go elsewhere thanks

B) My best friend likes to sit on his phone anyway because they don't realise mobile data exists.

I just find it so wanky - if I'm going out to spend money on a drink and several pieces of cake then I'm going out to relax. If I want to be on my phone then I will be.

Very sad that nobody has acknowledged my proper pretentious candle.

“'Common' has such a Hyacinth Bucket ring to it doesn't it.”

God, no. Hyacinth Bouquet was incredibly common! The Buckets weren’t - they were just working class.

Traditional recipes deconstructed. I want my millefeuille in layers, not as separate pastry/custard/raspberries. I get it: everything keeps much longer if not assembled.

Expensive restaurants that think they are being clever by serving really cheap ingredients eg Brussels sprouts in their weird tasting menus.

Anything made by LVMH.

'God, no. Hyacinth Bouquet was incredibly common'

Well exactly . Looking down her snooty nose on other 'common' people.

Other people have different tastes. How unpleasant that you must label them 'common'.

• Cake smash parties
• Reconstructions of old family photos with adult children - in private please

@BigStripeyBastard We live in the land of single track roads, one has 2 peacocks who think it is their road and wander about at peacock pace. The worst bit is they live on an estate that rears pheasants, now those wee flappy fuckers are 100 times worse. No road sense... let's run right, no left, no right and on and on, all going in different directions, there are normally at least 20 of the wee buggers, usually at blind bends in the road too. For hours!

On the subject of number plates, is it still pretentious if you take the reg from a 40+ year old vehicle that belonged to a relative who has since died, to keep the car itself isn’t practical but you can keep the number and transfer it to your own car because you’re a sentimental old sod?

I just wonder because of all the blanket statements about private plates being wanky, when there could be other reasons for doing it

Bert your candle looks terribly posh 😂

Crafted, artisan, sourced, pan fried.

Are we not allowed new language? Some people like to keep us from moving forwards.

If you're going to be offended when something you like is mentioned, I'm not sure opening threads like is the path to happiness.

Very sad that nobody has acknowledged my proper pretentious candle

If it helps, I've been lusting after one of those candles since you posted at Christmas and I'm not especially a candle person. I was sniffing them in Liberty's last month

I would prefer a plainer glass container for them.

How is saying ‘pan fried egg’ rather than ‘fried egg’ moving forwards?

I'll stick to my Aldi fake Jo Malone candle. £4, a bargain.

I’m going to a baby shower this very afternoon 😁 I have no idea what to take

Would rather be at home doing something important like posting on MN while watching Netflix

BigStripeyBastard I love a peacock me and they are on my list of purchases when my lottery numbers come up.

Pan fried. I get that it differentiates stuff that has been deep fried but why not shallow fried? I hate pan fried. I want to use said pan to do damage.

But surely ‘fried’ is ‘shallow fried’ and ‘deep fried’ is, er, deep fried.

“Other people have different tastes. How unpleasant that you must label them 'common'“

Not sure this is the thread for you!

Stuff like this on handbags is dead common.

This is, in fact, my handbag. 😂

Some of these things are the exact opposite of pretentious, such as lots of xxxx in messages, hyphenated first names, gender reveals, and people who use yourself and myself incorrectly.

Pointlessly elaborate language.

My FIL does this all the time. On a letter to support someone's visa application, he wrote, "X is related to the undersigned by marriage," instead of, "X is my wife's sister." Twice the ponciness, but only about half the actual information.

FIL is the king of the polysyllabic wankers.

I like a bit of poncey chat.

Curated.Unless you work in the Tate

Another food one. Blackened. Charred. Don't you mean burnt?

I like a bit of poncy chat.

So do I... but only when it's tongue-in-cheek!

Pan fried