Ranee Mueller wrote:
> "aem" wrote:
>
> > I suppose that's aimed at me, though I don't see anything nasty in my
> > post. Sarcastic, for sure. Here's a view of where that comes from.
> > Not a defense, because none is needed, but just to give an idea....
>
> It was the "people like you" type of comment and the "beyond
> improvement" when no request for improvement was made that made it sound
> mean. Lots of people share their recipe for whatever here, some of it
> all homemade, some of it quick fix. There isn't anything wrong with
> that, nor is it necessary to reply to any post, or make any remark.
> Since you had nothing to add, or ask, what was the purpose of your post,
> except to ridicule?
>
> > In spite of all the content-free chitchat and OT stuff, a lot of
> > information about food and cooking is exchanged in rfc. To my way of
> > thinking, one of the reasons people exchange information and ideas is
> > to improve things. That means to raise standards and to broaden
> > horizons. To move on from what used to be satisfactory to that which
> > is better. Opening a can of mushroom soup is fine. Learning to sauté
> > mushrooms and add them to a white sauce and flavor them with something
> > purposely chosen to complement the rest of the dish is better. And so
> > on, examples abound.
> >
> > I have learned many things about food and cooking from rfc posters. My
> > standards have been raised, my horizons broadened. Nevertheless, there
> > are posts nearly every day that seem to try to work in the other
> > direction. To dumb down. To substitute, to compromise, to settle for
> > the easiest. To assemble without thought. Almost all the time I can
> > and do ignore them. Now and then one will come along that just irks
> > me. It nearly always is the combination of something that sounds
> > dreadful along with an enthusiastic proclamation of how much everyone
> > likes it. It causes me to sputter, to burp, to fart, to expostulate
> > sarcastically. Then I feel better.
> >
> > None of this has any importance whatsoever. But you asked,...sorta.
>
> And that's all fine. But it isn't the point of rfc. People here
> discuss food (and other stuff), cheez whiz and triple cream brie, the
> whole gamut. There is no rule that says that people must be brought to
> some higher standard of eating through their participation here.
> Likewise, I don't think it is dumbing down cooking to share a quick fix
> that one's family likes. It is not as though the act of sharing that
> recipe will force thousands of families to eat it immediately afterward.
> It is also just plain rude to be so insulting to someone who wasn't
> asking for help, or being rude herself, and it _is_ posts like this that
> create such an air of hostility and elitism in this group.
>
> I just don't understand why there is such a drive to be sarcastic, if
> you wish to call it that, when silence or politeness would have
> sufficed. There have been plenty of times that recipes people offer in
> response to my requests are either to instant food reliant or too weird,
> or just not to my tastes, and I just thank people for replying and
> giving me something to go on. Sometimes I find a real winner, sometimes
> I don't, but I see no need to be rude to someone who is trying to help.
> It is also incredibly silly, IMO, to criticize someone who is adding to
> the cooking/food content in this group, regardless of your own tastes.
> There are plenty of topics, ingredients, recipes, etc that are posted
> here that are most definitely not my taste, and I have this great
> funtion on my newsreader which allows me to skip them. I can mark them
> read, or use my arrow keys to go past them.

You are saying exactly what you claim others are guilty of, you're a
hypocrite.

There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism, only your posts all
lack the constructive element... you've never yet posted anything
worthy of a food post. If your posts aren't self serving OT exposes
flaunting your self proclaimed superiour life style then they are
hostile, yes hostile criticism... purely for the purpose of criticising
only. And you aren't even a regular poster here... you are primarily a
lurker who very occasionaly spends a few moments here, contributing
nothing other than the spreading of hate and discontent. You dear
epitomize the consumate ****.

I don't always agree with aem, in fact I don't always agree regardless
with whom (bet yoose didn't know that), but here aem is correct.

No one can ever accuse me of being other than an equal opportunity
*******, no one is immune from my wrath, neither is anyone beyond my
applause. And I really don't care what anyone thinks of me, I'm
definitely not here to win any popularity contest. The one thing that
I do differently from most others is I never tell anyone what to think
of anyone,
who to killfile/ignore, that's the lowest of low blows one can deliver,
it says those folks are unable to decide for themselves. I say what
*I* think, I never tell others what they should think of others...
those who tell other's what to think are not only incapable of
thinking, they are the least educated, obviously. Anyone wants to
remind the world that they failed their GED all's they gotta do is tell
peeps who to ignore/killfile... also says they is so ascared they shit
their Depends daily.

Sheldon