• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I’m not going to try every variety of bean in the world just to find out there are a handful of beans other than some peas that I might possibly like. Just like I’m not going to try every variety of olive I like just to find out if there’s one I don’t hate.

    Why does this even matter to you? You eat what you like and I’ll eat what I like. Notice I haven’t even asked you what you eat and if you told me you didn’t like, for example, fish, I wouldn’t keep pressing you because there are lots of types of fish and you just haven’t tried the right fish and I thought I didn’t like fish so you’re mistaken for not liking fish. Would you enjoy it if I kept pressing you on it or do you think you might consider that rude?

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      9 months ago

      Again, olives are all the same species. It’s reasonable to not like olives. (I don’t much like them either, I prefer nut oils)

      Legumes are not all the same species, I think it’s reasonable to try other species.

      And I just think you might be missing out. It’s sad when people don’t try foods they might like because they think they don’t.

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        9 months ago

        Again, why does this matter to you? Why do you care so much about what a stranger chooses to do? Am I hurting anyone? Am I being highly immoral? What is the deal here?

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          9 months ago

          Well like I said, I thought I disliked beans most of my life. I was missing out. All those wasted years!

          I care about strangers. That’s all.

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            9 months ago

            I care about strangers. That’s all.

            Again- Am I hurting anyone? Am I doing anything immoral? Am I even risking my health?

            If you cared about me, maybe you’d have stopped haranguing me about this when I explained to you that I found it rude.

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              9 months ago

              I think you’re hurting yourself by depriving yourself of an opportunity for delicious food.

              Also it’s an online conversation, you can disengage whenever you want. It’s not like I’m a door-to-door evangelist trying to preach the glory of beans.

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                    9 months ago

                    I’m pretty sure that doesn’t hurt me since I’m okay with that.

                    And I’m also pretty sure “eat different types of beans until you find a type you like” is not something most doctors would consider sound medical advice.

                    So I don’t think I’m hurting myself.

                    If anything, the person who sounds hurt here is you, because I am insulting the mighty bean.