I am mutually exhausted by the “he is a vaunted elite from a special school” and the “he was a plucky corn husking dirt grubber” narratives that get trotted out whenever some new character is introduced to our reality. Neither of which apply to the vast majority of the rest of us. Both are seen as the opposite of the other. Neither represent the third category most of us come from.

Not really commenting on this article here just commenting on the phenomenon that spawned it.