By calling out the OP and refusing to participate you are setting yourself above people who… checks notes believe they have better food taste than the ~250 million people who enjoy Taylor Swift’s music 🙄
The act or practice of conspicuously displaying one’s awareness of and attentiveness to political issues, matters of social and racial justice, etc., especially instead of taking effective action
How is it punching down to make fun of someone for eating bland food?
Many people who eat like this are closed minded to trying foods from other cultures because they use flavors and spices that add richness to the food that they perceive as “unsafe”. This often extrapolates out to a weird form of xenophobia.
It’s not punching down to make fun of xenophobes….
This feels like punching down.
Let people like what they like.
How is what I said virtue signaling?
By calling out the OP and refusing to participate you are setting yourself above people who… checks notes believe they have better food taste than the ~250 million people who enjoy Taylor Swift’s music 🙄
Seems about right
-> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virtue signaling
Nah its supporting a billionaire.
I will (not) judge you for preferring this dish.
How is it punching down to make fun of someone for eating bland food?
Many people who eat like this are closed minded to trying foods from other cultures because they use flavors and spices that add richness to the food that they perceive as “unsafe”. This often extrapolates out to a weird form of xenophobia.
It’s not punching down to make fun of xenophobes….
Everything is punching down. And live by your own advice.
I like bashing paint by numbers pop music, let me enjoy what I enjoy