I'd venture to say that internet food snobs have also ruined proper food lessons. Snobbery can be good or bad. At its best, it allows people to learn from the

I'd venture to say that internet food snobs have also ruined proper food lessons. Snobbery can be good or bad. At its best, it allows people to learn from the experience of others and protects against mistakes that aren't bad for the individual but bad for the overall system. But snobs for the sake of signaling status not only make everyone more unhappy, they also ruin the concept that experts actually exist. The right thing is almost never the opposite of the wrong thing.