tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post2686103856397234570..comments2023-04-28T21:57:55.187+09:30Comments on Kaetrin's Musings: Vegemite: It's a Matter of TasteKaetrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-88944995230640942012013-06-09T10:21:45.961+09:302013-06-09T10:21:45.961+09:30@Marg :D@Marg :DKaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-33454059294127341692013-06-09T10:11:38.004+09:302013-06-09T10:11:38.004+09:30Ugh..can't stand Vegemite or peanut butter for...Ugh..can't stand Vegemite or peanut butter for that matter!<br /><br />I had never heard the term Extreme romance before. Good to see that there is a new label to try and explain it!<br /><br />And as for the whole point of the post...amen sister!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-58154334867939710272013-06-06T18:45:51.796+09:302013-06-06T18:45:51.796+09:30@AJH I agree it's generally a good thing to g...@AJH I agree it's generally a good thing to give something a go, even if it's out of your comfort zone. m/m romance was out of my comfort one at one stage. BDSM romance was too. While I still prefer not to read about sadism to the point of making someone bleed, it's not a deal breaker necessarily. <br /><br />But it's also perfectly fine to say "I don't want to read westerns because they don't appeal to me" (to use a hypothetical example) or to try a western and say "I don't get the appeal, it's not for me".<br /><br /> I have, at times, felt almost interrogated about the appeal of, for example, new adult. There comes a point by which, if one doesn't understand the appeal, it's just never going to happen. Kaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-86304059216823244052013-06-06T18:12:11.631+09:302013-06-06T18:12:11.631+09:30I would just like to say, marmite is way better th...I would just like to say, marmite is way better than vegemite and I really don't understand people who prefer vegemite ;)<br /><br />(d'see you what I did tharrr?)<br /><br />Lovely post, Kaetrin.<br /><br />I notice there's been lots of discussion around the place about personal taste and reader shame and other interesting things. To briefly serious, perhaps too serious for a light-hearted post, I think it depends a lot on the angle you're coming at it from. There are useful and illuminating discussions to have had around difference (I think, for example, even if you're not personally into pain, you can still understand, and value, the way its used to further intimacy in, for example, Uneven) BUT I think the problem with the 'why do people like [thing x]' discussion is that it sometimes carries an undertone of 'omg what is wrong with people' which is ... obviously helpful ;)<br /><br />I mean I quite like reading about why people respond positively to things that don't appeal to me - there's some interesting on GR about Tangled, for example, and I think, having read your review, I'd pretty much *hate* it but it's good to discuss it with readers who are totally blown away by it.AJHhttp://quicunquevult.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-60705436527579377192013-06-02T21:30:47.396+09:302013-06-02T21:30:47.396+09:30@Azteclady sadly, I think you're right. :)@Azteclady sadly, I think you're right. :)Kaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-44382681896585462862013-06-02T21:29:25.305+09:302013-06-02T21:29:25.305+09:30@ Merrian. Thx :). I said on Twitter that Marmite ...@ Merrian. Thx :). I said on Twitter that Marmite always sounded to me like some kind of rodent, so I'm with you there!<br /><br />June 2, 2013 at 9:28 PMKaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-58369313128541526892013-06-02T12:30:06.172+09:302013-06-02T12:30:06.172+09:30A also love this post--and I'm gonna laugh my ...A also love this post--and I'm gonna laugh my head off every time I see you going "Vegemite" (trust me on this, it will be sooner than soon).aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480569708975020177.post-43586328231941988732013-06-02T12:21:18.477+09:302013-06-02T12:21:18.477+09:30Love this post also I cannot stand marmiteLove this post also I cannot stand marmiteMerrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011475229740382877noreply@blogger.com