tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post6691298960300725338..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: My Eerie Internet MomentJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-11339499137880860092013-09-12T07:19:32.654-04:002013-09-12T07:19:32.654-04:00Glad you liked it!
I guess I keep repeating the s...Glad you liked it!<br /><br />I guess I keep repeating the same error. I like to try to spot fallacies and other human foibles. And to make the case for new approaches, you've got to explain why the old ones were non-optimal. And that gets people riled up. And it surprises me every single time.<br /><br />I keep hoping people will read my stuff and say "Cool, that's interesting, maybe you're right, let me think about it!" But it doesn't work that way (see this short piece: http://jimleff.blogspot.com/2013/07/idiocy.html ). They take it personally. People want to feel everything's exactly right as-is. And I've never understood that. As a chowhound, I like to feel that Better always awaits me..<br /><br />A big problem early on with Chowhound was that someone would suggest a restaurant, and someone else would say, "Oh, even better, try THIS place!" and person #1 would get all huffy about it. It took herculean effort to get people to see how FANTASTIC it would be to discover that all their favorite restaurants are actually sub par.....because in so doing, they'd gain a world of yet greater deliciousness, which is exactly what I figured everyone wanted. How does it help me to viciously defend my blind assumption that everything I'm eating is the best? Shoot, I made a living from my expertise, and I still lived for having all my top picks blown to smithereens by superior finds!<br /><br />This aggressive clinging has always baffled me, and I have to keep being reminded how pissed off bug reports make people . I love it when people come up with alternative ways of doing/seeing things...even if it reveals that my previous ways were moronic. I think I lack the essential conviction that I'm not a moron. As someone who owns his stupidity, I've always craved having that stuff pointed out to me ( http://jimleff.blogspot.com/2009/03/going-all-way-in-ones-shmuckery.htm ).Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-35038724199685982842013-09-11T23:50:37.886-04:002013-09-11T23:50:37.886-04:00This is one of my favorite posts Jim and I re-read...This is one of my favorite posts Jim and I re-read it from time to time. Especially after I visit my local Whole Foods. Rings true to me. Now I need to re-read the one about the Russian Astronaut. <br /> Thanks for having this Slog it has helped me a lot. It feels like the first time I read Gifts Differing, my favorite book.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279172254256030210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-51979219638105905012013-09-11T20:04:17.404-04:002013-09-11T20:04:17.404-04:00Hmm, I hadn't seen that thread. Shrug. I don&#...Hmm, I hadn't seen that thread. Shrug. I don't see much faint praise defense, just exactly the sort of non-comprehending read, willfully reductive uptake, and vicious, ditzy snark I was describing above. <br /><br />Either that, or they're correct and I'm sanctimonious and dim-witted with no actual point to make. Perhaps a combo of the two, who knows. James Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645526020049321126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-48427160221036663242013-09-11T14:52:14.149-04:002013-09-11T14:52:14.149-04:00Always a pleasure to read your slog Jim. I see wha...Always a pleasure to read your slog Jim. I see what you mean about the defenders. Especially after reading this:<br />http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/915612Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279172254256030210noreply@blogger.com