Also, beer, olive oil, and cigars, and every other food people argue over and say “No, just try it, you’ll see I’m right, and you’re wrong.”
I mean flavor, not nutritional quality, so yeah, some “cheese” is not actually cheese, but flavor-wise, it’s all fine. It’s designed to taste good, and people buy it by the truckload.
“Oh, you just haven’t had really good coffee.” No, I have had coffee people claim is “really good”, expensive coffee, brewed “just right”, but again, it’s just different to me, not better. And, no again, I don’t put sugar or anything in it.
“You just don’t have a ‘refined pallet’.” Bullshit elitism. Proven when it comes to wine, at least. People can’t tell the difference between expensive wine and box wine.
Different, not better. Yes, of course, it’s subjective, but the way people argue shows that many don’t actually believe that. And, you’ll be dismissed for not agreeing.
I mean, there are extremes of snobbishness that extend into placebo territory. It definitely happens in the world of coffee, with expensive packs people buy for the sticker.
But this is an over generalization. There is a point of “you get what you pay for.”
There is also the ethics of the sourcing to consider.
This extends to all sorts of food and drink. And other hobbies too, like electronics.
Great points.
From vantage point 1 I’m a snob that prefers ethical sourced goods and services so I voluntarily pay more for similar goods and services.
Along they way, I experiment, try new things and derive a baseline quality measure, that, while still subjective, should technically be treated as a better approach to obtaining a valid opinion versus simply ’ I buy the cheap stuff cause I’m used to it and it’s good to me." that feels lazy and dumb.
Experience and wisdom matter.