The “litbro” phenomenon was a nothing burger. But there definitely is a “midwit lit guy” out there.

Similar to the “movie buff” who just graduated from capeshit to obsessive stan of Chris Nolan and Quentin Tarantino. Yet has no interest in film history, or the art form behind it, and thinks older movies are boring and goofy.

Similar to the “music nerd” who has traded in Top 40 for Radiohead and the Strokes, lording his superior taste over the plebs. Will never get into anything that isn’t modern indie rock canonized by RYM and /mu/.

There exists a book guy who has ascended from
the realm of Ready Player One and Project Hail Mary and touts Blood Meridian and Stoner as the GOATs. Thinks classics are boring and gets filtered by the modernists. Never even heard of Chaucer. Spends more time making epic Judge Holden memes than actually reading.