<story><title>In defence of garlic in a jar</title><url>https://thewalrus.ca/garlic-in-a-jar/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>iasay</author><text>Those people are a cancer and make up a significant portion of the population. Internet forums are breeding grounds. I&amp;#x27;ve developed some strategies for dealing with them. Before I engage or do something I ask three questions:&lt;p&gt;1. Is someone telling me how to behave?&lt;p&gt;2. Am I doing this to be better than myself or better than someone else?&lt;p&gt;3. Does this change really add value to my life or labour and cost?&lt;p&gt;As for garlic, it&amp;#x27;s amazing stuff out of a jar. I use it on and in everything. I&amp;#x27;m not disabled, I&amp;#x27;m just lazy and fine with it. The stuff is called Very Lazy Garlic here. And fuck the snobs and elitists.</text></item><item><author>politelemon</author><text>Go deep into any topic that excites or interests you, and you will find the worst of people&amp;#x27;s behaviors on display.  Very often there will be a vocal, toxic minority whose opinions sit firmly in the realm of gatekeeping and polarization, and a silent majority will stay silent as it&amp;#x27;s simpler to avoid confrontation, or not think about the implications of such.  Author&amp;#x27;s unfortunate disability made them realize this, though you can see this pretty much everywhere.&lt;p&gt;At the same time, a lot of people put too much stock (ha...) in what other people think is right and &amp;#x27;proper&amp;#x27;.  It&amp;#x27;s entirely possible to love cooking and use prepared ingredients, do what works for you.  It&amp;#x27;s entirely possible to enjoy pineapple on a pizza, and a well done steak, with a cocktail, eat what you like and for yourself, don&amp;#x27;t eat for others.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>OrvalWintermute</author><text>&amp;gt;As for garlic, it&amp;#x27;s amazing stuff out of a jar. I use it on and in everything. I&amp;#x27;m not disabled, I&amp;#x27;m just lazy and fine with it. The stuff is called Very Lazy Garlic here. And fuck the snobs and elitists.&lt;p&gt;First they started pushing the canned garlic, then they came for proper knife technique, and ultimately, they outlawed a good chiffonade as far too &amp;quot;ableist&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I think automatically saying that the strong recommendation of a preferred cooking approach is snobbery or elitist is incorrect.  The same thing could be said about gentle-rewarming of a steak, vice blasting it in a microwave producing a dry husk.&lt;p&gt;Some of us are sensitive to certain flavors, and choose not to use preservatives to the extent possible. There is an adjective even used to describe things of quality &amp;quot;hand-made&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>In defence of garlic in a jar</title><url>https://thewalrus.ca/garlic-in-a-jar/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>iasay</author><text>Those people are a cancer and make up a significant portion of the population. Internet forums are breeding grounds. I&amp;#x27;ve developed some strategies for dealing with them. Before I engage or do something I ask three questions:&lt;p&gt;1. Is someone telling me how to behave?&lt;p&gt;2. Am I doing this to be better than myself or better than someone else?&lt;p&gt;3. Does this change really add value to my life or labour and cost?&lt;p&gt;As for garlic, it&amp;#x27;s amazing stuff out of a jar. I use it on and in everything. I&amp;#x27;m not disabled, I&amp;#x27;m just lazy and fine with it. The stuff is called Very Lazy Garlic here. And fuck the snobs and elitists.</text></item><item><author>politelemon</author><text>Go deep into any topic that excites or interests you, and you will find the worst of people&amp;#x27;s behaviors on display.  Very often there will be a vocal, toxic minority whose opinions sit firmly in the realm of gatekeeping and polarization, and a silent majority will stay silent as it&amp;#x27;s simpler to avoid confrontation, or not think about the implications of such.  Author&amp;#x27;s unfortunate disability made them realize this, though you can see this pretty much everywhere.&lt;p&gt;At the same time, a lot of people put too much stock (ha...) in what other people think is right and &amp;#x27;proper&amp;#x27;.  It&amp;#x27;s entirely possible to love cooking and use prepared ingredients, do what works for you.  It&amp;#x27;s entirely possible to enjoy pineapple on a pizza, and a well done steak, with a cocktail, eat what you like and for yourself, don&amp;#x27;t eat for others.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jhot</author><text>#2 really nails the root of the issue. #3 is big too, you can save a lot of money and time and still get basically the same value by recognizing the diminishing returns in any domain.</text></comment>