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The matter of opinion thing got me too. I felt like I had to guess what the writer's intention was with many of the questions instead of just answering them fac

The matter of opinion thing got me too. I felt like I had to guess what the writer's intention was with many of the questions instead of just answering them factually. I was clicking through the pasta quiz on "Spaghetti and Meatballs" and one of the questions is something like "True or false: Any pasta dish can be made with any kind of pasta." ...What? What does that mean? I mean, I guess it's called "Spaghetti and meatballs" and not "spaghetti and pasta" for a reason? Most dishes use specific pastas for their specific qualities with regards to how they absorb sauce and things like that. False? "Wrong! You can make any pasta dish with any pasta! Just because the recipe calls for spaghetti doesn't mean you can't use fettuccine!" Ok? What does this have to do with anything? I'm imagining it being 6:30 and the user is already hungry and can't even open the recipe yet because he's working through these insane questions lol.

yw3410 4y ago
Is lasagna not a pasta dish? Or cannelloni? Surely it ceases to be those dishes when you use, say, orzo...
- account42 4y ago
  It really depends what that question is trying to ask. You can make a casserole by following a lasagna recipe and using orzo or whatever pasta you want instead and it will probably taste good. Most wouldn't call it lasagna but does that matter? It's a really odd question without a lot more context on what the goal is.
drc500free 4y ago
It kind of feels like one of those corporate cybersecurity online training classes. "Should a password contain English words?" "How often should you reset your password?" "Does phishing come from a weird email, or should you ignore that because they're spoofing the email anyway?" Crap, what year was this training written in? The correct answers keep changing, and it will talk to me like an idiot if I guess wrong.

yw3410 4y ago

Is lasagna not a pasta dish? Or cannelloni? Surely it ceases to be those dishes when you use, say, orzo...

account42 4y ago
It really depends what that question is trying to ask. You can make a casserole by following a lasagna recipe and using orzo or whatever pasta you want instead and it will probably taste good. Most wouldn't call it lasagna but does that matter? It's a really odd question without a lot more context on what the goal is.

drc500free 4y ago

It kind of feels like one of those corporate cybersecurity online training classes. "Should a password contain English words?" "How often should you reset your password?" "Does phishing come from a weird email, or should you ignore that because they're spoofing the email anyway?" Crap, what year was this training written in? The correct answers keep changing, and it will talk to me like an idiot if I guess wrong.