I'm more of a DIY'er, but I am into keyboards, audio, bikes (the human powered kind), Linux, Dvorak, philosophy (non-consequentialism, Solipsism, Lakatos => Kuhn >> Popper, Theism (Virtue Epistemology), etc.) Root beer, Craft beer, Music (I like uncommon "Hidden" bands), Monitors& Displays, and others. Many of these one could say I am elitist in, others, one could argue that it is impossible to be elitist in, as there really isn't a way to rank or discern between levels.
Even my hobbies are uncommon. I did Artistic Gymnastics for a very long time, I've been folding Origami since I was 4, I read (very uncommon these days) etc.
My theories about school aren't centered around Pragmatism (Everyone is focused on the end: What can I get on the test to get an "A". How can I teach all these topics to maintain the accreditation of my department, etc. I am in college to learn, not to "do well so I can live the american dream", which appears to be the shallow goal of my peers. Is a love of learning really so uncommon?) Which sets me apart.
I would consider myself more "Discerning" than "Elitist", as I can't fault others for making different choices. Often, there is no best choice, and frequently the reasons I have for choosing mine are the same as another for choosing theirs. (This is related to my meta-epistemology: Any good reason I have for choosing my epistemology is either non-explainable (See language games) or non-justafiable. Perhaps a better word for "non explainable" would be "Non-explicit" or "abstract".)
I used to spend a great amount of my time attempting to understand my peers, until I learned about Kazimierz Dąbrowski and his theory of positive disintegration, which explains a lot. I believe I went through unilevel disintegration and spontaneous multilevel disintegration at such a young age, that I cannot even remember primary integration in a one-and-two factor system. Since then, I've just seen if it was logical to attribute actions to this.
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I try to be happy with whatever I have, though I do prefer more useful things. All my MP3 players run Rockbox (For functionality). I have better keyboards. I keep a stack of trinitrons in my room. This is mostly a product of learning about a new topic, exploring it fully, and applying it to my life. I exist in a cycle of learning, doing, and sharing (Or teaching). The pity is that almost no-one is interested in learning from me, so I cannot often share what I know.
TL;DR version: I pronounce "Elitist" differently, so everyone knows how I'm much more elitist than they are.
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Filco keyboard, Sennheiser HD600 headphones (better than ALL other headphones under $1000 
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Planar magnetic > Dynamic.
