Wine critics = audiophiles = generally retarded
Consider…
[Frederic] Brochet [of the University of Bordeaux] invited 57 wine experts and asked them to give their impressions of what looked like two glasses of red and white wine. The wines were actually the same white wine, one of which had been tinted red with food coloring. But that didn’t stop the experts from describing the “red” wine in language typically used to describe red wines. One expert praised its “jamminess,” while another enjoyed its “crushed red fruit.” Not a single one noticed it was actually a white wine.
Source: Wine Ratings are for Suckers (via Yeti)
Sounds suspiciously like the audiophile world. As a teenager, I was obsessed with high-end stereo, reading rec.audio.opinion every day. And what a waste of time that was. I am unwilling to accept that there is a more crotchety, whiny, catty group of men in the world than audiophiles. They’re just the WORST. And to be an audiophile, you (usually) have to have more money than you know what to do with (see Digg), which makes the situation doubly bad.
Even worse? rec.audio.high-end. It’s moderated—you have to be a true blue dickwad to post there.
Related: Critics (generally) are worthless.