defend their favorite brands.
People defend their favorite sports teams.
People defend the restaurant they grew up going to.
And apparently, people defend their stoves.
The reason is probably not complicated.
When we choose something repeatedly, we start connecting it to our own identity.
“I use this because it works for me” slowly becomes:
“This is the right way to do it.”
And once something becomes “the right way,” anyone doing it differently can start to look like they are doing something wrong.
That’s where perfectly ordinary preferences become arguments.
