The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Reynard]

A lot of the threads around here seem to have Undead Fortitude and a high Con.

It's not threads so much as posters' strongly held beliefs...

 

[Mad_Jack]

Could that comment be anymore pretentious

Shhh... They might take that as a challenge.

 

[ichabod]

It's not threads so much as posters' strongly held beliefs...

That's part of it, but a lot of these threads aren't even talking about the same thing they started talking about. They get tired of arguing about the toppings, so they start arguing about the sauce.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Ugh. That last one nearly killed me.

 

[Deset Gled]

That's part of it, but a lot of these threads aren't even talking about the same thing they started talking about. They get tired of arguing about the toppings, so they start arguing about the sauce.

Some threads have a natural drift. Other times, there are people who intentionally hijack the topic. I have found the latter to be one of the harder issues for mods to deal with (through no fault of their's, mind you).

 

[Reynard]

They get tired of arguing about the toppings, so they start arguing about the sauce.

I just wanted to quote this. It's poetry.

 

[prabe]

Just as naughty word is a failure mode of clever, so is whining a failure mode of withering sarcasm.

 

[Mannahnin]

I have to admit that the farther from food I'm familiar with, the less willing I am to take a chance on it. I mean, I'm a picky eater even with American food, so I just can't assume my reaction to, say, Vietnamese food is going to be any better than "Why did I order this?" I'm perfectly willing to try variations on things I already know I'm okay with (unless it involves seafood which I pretty much universally dislike, or mushrooms, which I'm allergic to) but leaping into the brand new? Not my gig.

People like what they like, but for every miss I've had when trying something new and/or out of my comfort zone (and I've had some truly spectacular misses!), I've had at least ten meals that rocked my world.

That's the tradeoff you learn to accept and embrace. I have few regrets in life, but the ones I have all involve things I didn't do, things I didn't try, and places I didn't go.

But that's certainly not everyone!

Overall I agree, though weirdly someone recently told me in very strong terms that it is unacceptable for me to suggest such things to others. That I shouldn't even propose that if they like pizza they would probably also be able to stretch to enjoying stromboli.

Family is watching the parade.

The "Back to the Future" musical excerpt reminded us of the vibe from the faux Avengers musical. And not in a good way.

I was briefly curious about the Back to the Future musical when I was picking out a show to see this past weekend, but overall I'm glad we settled on Moulin Rouge! I liked it quite a bit, even if I thought the dude from Riverdale gave a weak performance as Christian, both in acting and singing. Satine was solid, though, Titus Burgess as Zidler was great fun (and a great surprise, as I hadn't checked the cast), and the folks playing Nini, , Toulouse, and the Duke are great. I particularly dug what they did with the Duke in the stage version.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Overall I agree, though weirdly someone recently told me in very strong terms that it is unacceptable for me to suggest such things to others. That I shouldn't even propose that if they like pizza they would probably also be able to stretch to enjoying stromboli.

Its easy to develop a tic about this if you're a fussy eater, even in narrow areas, because of what I call the "You'll like this X" effect, where people are just absolutely sure that that you can't extrapolate from other things you dislike to whatever particular food (and food is the commonest and most annoying case) that they're evangelizing for. That seems an extreme reaction, but I can get how someone got there.

 

[Mannahnin]

Its easy to develop a tic about this if you're a fussy eater, even in narrow areas, because of what I call the "You'll like this X" effect, where people are just absolutely sure that that you can't extrapolate from other things you dislike to whatever particular food (and food is the commonest and most annoying case) that they're evangelizing for. That seems an extreme reaction, but I can get how someone got there.

Yeah, I'm perfectly happy to accept that people have likes and dislikes and don't need to justify them. The person was very strident, though, about how offensive it was for me to say that the foods are similar and have almost the exact same ingredients.