>>7291956A /lit/tard as differentiated from a general "intellectual" or "artist" is a brand of neckbeard internet denizen who:
1. Isn't very advanced in the arts or culture themselves; maybe an underclassman at a liberal arts college or not even collegiate at all, but watches DFW and Zizek videos.
2. Tries to apply unfalsifiable and 'critical' thinking to every aspect of life, even those which are incompatible. WATER? BEEP BOOP, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT
3. Tries to act really smug and superior about STEM fields, acting like they are useless and if only everyone dedicated their lives to Hegelian Dialectics and Lacanian Psychoanalysis the world would be perfect. Bonus points if they think replacing politicians with men in pig suits would solve the world's problems
And there's something terribly sad and banal about that.
