Why Do People Defend Their Stove Like It’s a Political Belief?

Somehow, we have managed to turn this extremely ordinary household appliance into a question of personality, lifestyle, tradition, class, technology, and apparently moral character.

At some point, I feel like this stopped being about cooking.

It became part of people’s identities.

And I am still over here thinking:

They both boil the water.


The Gas Stove People

Gas stove people can be very passionate.

They will tell you there is simply nothing like cooking over a flame.

And to be fair, I understand some of the appeal.

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