Anonymous · 5d
Sorry ... I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way but I'm confused by your cooking analogy. Yes, you cook the meal but wouldn't the focus be on being a good cook to make good meals? The Kitchen Tools would be the program/medium you use/your equipment/etc. ... But your skills are what make it easier to execute your idea successfully ... There are tons of ppl out there that think they're great cooks but are actually awful at it ... bc they fail to acknowledge what they're making ... Like that show worst cooks in america? Perception can't be everything... If you're bad at cooking, you need to build the skills to get good at it ... including understanding whether what you're making tastes good/is the right texture/cooked appropriately/etc. ... Or you could even make someone sick if you're not acknowledging that what you're making isn't being made okay ...
pointing out people can cook badly like that defeats the analogy instead of strengthen it is confusing to me because toxic or irresponsible artists do in fact exist. I never said everyone is an amazing cook to specifically feed others, I just said you're responsible for how tasty your food is when you feed yourself, which is objectively true.
You're understanding the analogy just fine, but you're also equating skill and taste as synonymous (they're not) or that taste can be learned (it can't, you can train taste in the same way you can change your habits and that is a matter of personal interest and willpower). You're assuming people's personal tastes can be universally compatible, which obviously is impossible.
