shallow AND pedantic
Reading, gaming, the internet, rebellion/revolution, music, other people's lives
American Psycho
Snatch
Memento
Primer
etc.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Doctor Who
House
Scrubs
Azumanga Daioh
etc.
Kurt Vonnegut
Chuck Palaniuk
HP Lovecraft
Frank Miller
Hunter S. Thompson
etc.
Zack de la Rocha
Richard Stallman
Mitch Hedburg
Richard Dawkins
etc.