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What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles

Recently in life and online I've had some curious observations about human behavior I thought I'd share.   To begin with, I have recently discovered that a surprising number of My Fellow Americans do not like meatloaf.   As a meatloaf maker and meatloaf cognoscenti I was absolutely astonished at this.  Some people who otherwise like burgers and the like hate meatloaf.  

If you make meatloaf and love it your immediate reaction to this is "but you haven't tried _my_ meatloaf."  That's our natural knee jerk reaction because we just can't imagine.  Related to this I have a bartender.  We'll call him Calhoun because his name is Calhoun.  An otherwise respectable fellow who knows beer and tequila better than most.   I would go in to see what the latest rotation of Indian Pale Ales were.  About once a month they'd get some new "dessert beer."  That is a brew made to taste like a sweet food substance.  The least offensive of which were peanut butter and the worst strawberry shortcake beer.  Calhoun would proceed to push me to sample these unholy abominations every time he could. 

Of course I'd tell him "I don't like flavored beers." Which was partially a lie as a coffee or espresso flavored beer would probably be divine.. but we digress.

Sometimes he was so adamant that the latest beer flavor was the one that would change my mind I'd go ahead and try them.  Of course, they were invariably disgusting. 

My point to all this is that being on both sides of this argument.  It's really hard to accept that our fellow audiophiles don't like something we feel is sublime and we will push our fancies onto them in the hopes of enriching their lives for the better.   It's hard for us to respect that someone else can love music and the stereos that play it and yet not have found their happy place the same way we have.

By the way, I use the Betty Crocker meatloaf recipe and add a tablespoon of chipotle powder.  Amazing. 

erik_squires

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  Not liking meatloaf is just un-American! That's a tongue in cheek statement for anyone getting ready to blow a gasket. I know lots of people who don't like it, and I'm fine with that. For myself, I love it so much that I had to learn to make my own. BTW, @erik_squires, I like to add a healthy dash of Worcestershire sauce to mine during the mixing. 

  Addressing the issue of beer, another indulgence I partake of, I even went so far as to buy a chiller refrigerator to keep mine slightly below freezing. Though I'm not nearly as adventurous as @erik_squires when it comes to trying new beers. I did recently try a new to me brand with an offering named after an arrogant fellow of questionable birthright. It was absolutely the most horrible tasting ale I have ever drank, and I had no problem sending the five and two thirds remaining cans down the drain, though I did feel guilty for treating my plumbing that way! 

  As to our chosen hobby, I can honestly say that I've never put another enthusiast down because of their choice of equipment or the music they choose to play on it. That type of judgement is rude and uncalled for. Tonal preferences are as individual as birthmarks, and everyone of us has their own idea of what reproduced music should sound like. How we each address that issue with our choice of equipment should never be a cause of dissent amongst us. This is, after all, just a hobby, not a life threatening event. 

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