The problem in my experience is that people will emotionally defend their style of carrot boiling, to the point that they loudly and forcefully attempt to convi

The problem in my experience is that people will emotionally defend their style of carrot boiling, to the point that they loudly and forcefully attempt to convince me that carrots come out of the ground pre-boiled, or that if I try to cook the carrot another way it would still come out equally mushy. The problem here, as always, is people. Pointing this phenomenon out to someone causes cognitive dissonance (e.g. "Rails doesn't suck, so I must suck?") which is often harder to deal with than eating boiled carrots.