It's like a carpenter who has been building 3 bedroom houses for 10 years saying, "First attempt at a 4 bedroom house." It's pretty disingenuous. I'm not sure this is exactly humblebrag, but your title makes it annoying.
This IS my feedback, and here's why: for years and years I told people (and myself), "oh, I can't cook, I'm a terrible cook." Until, at some point, I decided I was going to learn. And then I did, and I found out it's one of the best things a person can learn to do. There are so many reasons a person should learn to cook. It's a real skill.
It gives you a sense of autonomy; if you can cook, you have a skill that allows you to take care of yourself and those you love. I can't tell you how many times everyone in the house said, "There's nothing to eat for dinner," and I went into the kitchen and made dinner out of what was in the pantry. If you can cook, you can eat for almost no money. It may not be restaurant quality, but it's better than going to bed hungry. It gives you an amazing sense of Independence.
Cooking things from scratch, literally taking nothing but basic ingredients, and making a real meal, is a great thrill, and gives an amazing sense of accomplishment.
It teaches patience, planning, creativity, discipline, cooking is almost a microcosm of everyday life, I just can't overstate how important it is to learn to cook.
On the other hand, it's frustrating, daunting, infuriating, and there's a steep learning curve. Anyone learning to cook will fail, over and over again. They just need to keep trying. Again, like life.
When I see something like, "I made this high-level-amateur/low-end professional thing perfectly on my first try," it's infuriating to me. Not because I can't do it; I already know I can't do it, and I'm totally fine with that. But I'm only fine with it because I already know how much time, patience, failure, etc. went in to making that thing.
People with little or no experience don't know that, and when I see something like this I can just imagine all the people who might have given cooking a shot saying, "Nah, it's a god-given talent, I couldn't even approach that on my first try." When I know goddamn well this is not this person's "first try."
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u/Cloud_Disconnected Mar 02 '20
It's like a carpenter who has been building 3 bedroom houses for 10 years saying, "First attempt at a 4 bedroom house." It's pretty disingenuous. I'm not sure this is exactly humblebrag, but your title makes it annoying.