• Sergio@piefed.social
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    9 days ago

    “because that’s just how things are done”

    Yeah, that’s the essence of conservatism.

    • Signtist@bookwyr.me
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      9 days ago

      My family members always get up in arms when I tell them I changed the family recipe for one dish or another. “You can’t change perfection!” Then they try it and ask for the recipe. I hate reverence for the mystical ancestors; they can be - and often are - wrong.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        9 days ago

        as if our ancestors didn’t change recipes themselves, yes i’m sure ol’ great-great-great-great-gramma Beatrice used tomatoes