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>people who write recipes aren’t robots - they’re expressing their stories and emotions, while explaining how to make food that’s dear to them.. the people who
by fsckboy 4y ago
>people who write recipes aren’t robots - they’re expressing their stories and emotions, while explaining how to make food that’s dear to them..
the people who write recipes aren't robots, they're narcissists and various forms of insecure and seek validation in the form of attention and adulation from others. That's not a bad thing, it's all too human and we should embrace, not stigmatize, the needy, but if all you want is a recipe rather than to be an acolyte it can seem like a big ask.
You enjoyed time with your grandparents, and you remember it? Welcome the club! and I remember family as much more complicated than simply being all fun, and I feel like you might be Norman Rockwelling a bit.
- afiori 4y agoThe theory that recipes are written to make you scroll at least a full screen to show more ads seems much more plausible
- fsckboy 4y agoyes, but you're cart before horse. The structure of paper newspaper and magazine recipe articles and "prose remembrance" cookbooks is the same. Tweaking that model for online use, very plausible, but it's also the way these "stories" are told anyway.
- yunohn 4y ago> they're narcissists and various forms of insecure and seek validation in the form of attention and adulation from others This is incredibly insensitive and judgemental. Not sure what I expected from HN, I guess... Why are these "narcissistic" people obliged to provide you with formulaic recipes for free? If the cost is perusing over their feel-good story, I feel it's a fair trade-off.