The truly superior human doesn’t need to flaunt it, tell people about it, or write about it seeking validation.

That’s a line from a short story* I read a couple of years ago, and I think of it whenever I see some tat’d up hipster flaunting how “unique” and “creative” they are. Paradoxically, I find “boring” way more interesting these days.

* Marc Carlson’s The Immortality Blues