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

[Smackpixi]

I dunno, I’ve never been in these forums before and don’t know any one of the people in it because I have’t spentany time reading them but I’ll just create a half dozen uninformed threads on common topics to get the discussion going because these people will bite and like me.

 

[prabe]

I dunno, I’ve never been in these forums before and don’t know any one of the people in it because I have’t spentany time reading them but I’ll just create a half dozen uninformed threads on common topics to get the discussion going because these people will bite and like me.

I mean, I could try to get the lay of the land first, but what would be the fun in that?

 

[Thunderfoot]

@Smackpixi ... your policies intrigue me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter...

 

[Cadence]

"I've only tried pizza a few times, and always at the same restaurant, but I'm pretty sure almost no one makes good pizza."

 

[Smackpixi]

"I've only tried pizza a few times, and always at the same restaurant, but I'm pretty sure almost no one makes good pizza."

Stupid, but not that unusual. Feels like we need a thread to deposit evidences of human stupidity. Make it a + thread.

 

[Cadence]

"I tried it, but it just didn't do it for me and I can't explain why" feels like something that would be nice to say more often, but is really frustrating to hear.

Does saying it too often and broadly lead to folks writing off entire types of food, for example, based on just a fraction of it? Does not being willing to say it enough lead to awkwardness, burnout, and angst - especially when life is being vaguely stressful already? Is the frustration of those hearing it because of an innate desire of people to try and problem solve for other people?

 

[J.Quondam]

"I tried it, but it just didn't do it for me and I can't explain why" feels like something that would be nice to say more often, but is really frustrating to hear.

Does saying it too often and broadly lead to folks writing off entire types of food, for example, based on just a fraction of it? Does not being willing to say it enough lead to awkwardness, burnout, and angst - especially when life is being vaguely stressful already? Is the frustration of those hearing it because of an innate desire of people to try and problem solve for other people?

Great philosophers probably refer to this as the "Pineapple Pizza Problem."

 

[prabe]

"I tried it, but it just didn't do it for me and I can't explain why" feels like something that would be nice to say more often, but is really frustrating to hear.

As frustrating as it is to hear this, I think it is perhaps more frustrating to say it and have people then ask you for the explanation you explicitly said you couldn't give.

 

[Aeson]

Sushi. I don't get the appeal. I've eaten it. I think it's okay, but I don't go crazy. Pizza is a staple in my life. I can't see sushi becoming one.

 

[Smackpixi]

When I was a child, I was a picky eater, then I went to college, and it was you get what you get and I learned to just eat things and not be a baby about it. Others in the dorm just ate cereal all the time, I guess, they may be never grew up and still bitch about food. Since college I’ve gone through periods of wealth and poverty and culinary elitism and prison, lived in a few different countries, and well, let’s see if I can feed myself for a week with 20 bucks. And all I can say is, a normal ass adult should be able to eat whatever is served for a meal, in whatever country they’re in. I don’t much care for bean sprouts, but somehow manage to have a Pad Thai every now and then and not tweet about the ordeal.

I dunno, maybe I’m weird,oh, I know I’m weird, but man, just eat it. Sometimes it’s fantastic, sometimes you might want to say maybe no pineapples next time but anything intended to be edible usually is.