Exasperation at what? People enjoying things that are too "low level" for him to accept, without registering his disdain? People knowing stuff that maybe he doesn't know?
That's something to get fucking exasperated about?
Why can't YOU just admit that he was a fucking snob?
I realize HE never will, but that's what snobs do. They will never, ever admit what they are, because they have substituted incredibly specific preferences in place of an actual personality. They've got nowhere to run. They have to keep pretending that they're correct, for the whole of their natural lives.
But you don't have to fucking defend them. I can't think of anything more pathetic than white-knighting for snobs.