@mischievoustomato @tiskaan @shibao it often is... there are some good works that aren't pretentious but for the most part I think I read pretentious works and do my best to translate it into metaphors that make sense.
I think it is far too easy to say that pretentious philosophy is all sophistry with no content. I think that's false but I also think it is needlessly difficult to comprehend often.
any interested layperson can understand any interesting philosophical concept.