Are we Freaks?

Posted by PumpkinBear, December 15, 2008 at 11:48 PM

My boyfriend made me join a fantasy basketball league of his in case he needs an extra player. I think it's the most ridiculous, weird thing ever, but I complied because you do stupid things when you're in love. The other night I was messing with it and I noticed that there was a message board for random, non-sports related topics.

It's no surprise that everyone on Serious Eats is interested in food, but I thought it'd be like a freak, social experiment to ask a bunch of guys varying in age what they ate for dinner. I made a post that simply said, "What did you eat for dinner?" NO ONE RESPONDED!

This was disheartening for a couple of reasons. I was obviously excited to hear what men who probably aren't interested in cooking or food are eating. Another reason is that I read some really stupid posts, like, "Guess what my friend and I talked about today." That was it, really. No prize, no hints, just "guess what we talked about" and like, 75 guys were like, "Uggggh, you talked about football?" That post wasn't stupid to them, but my dinner post was!

After complaining to my boyfriend he basically said, "Sweetheart, I hate to break this to you, but your obsession with food and cooking is pretty specific and well, weird."

I'm sure no one on Serious Eats will willingly admit that we're a strange lot of folks, but if you think about it, isn't it kind of weird? I think the fact that there are people out there who hate to cook is bizarre, but they're probably in the vast majority, aren't they?

What do you think, are we freaks?

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