OOPs! I meant to reply to you, @gandalf78 .
In fact, I may want to pick your brain a bit about tomatoes…I have not been able to find or grow a truly good-tasting tomato (like those I remember from my childhood) for years, even though I’ve tried various heirloom varieties. What’s going on? I may pm you today!
It could be a numerous compilation of things!
If you have moved from your childhood location, soil acidity might change the taste of locally grow tomatoes. Also mineral composition might have something to do with it.
Then again, I am about as un-green thumb as it can get so really I am no expert. The only tomatoes that we used to grow were tomatoes that were deformed mutations of what look like strawberries so…
So, you’re saying I don’t care about ethics, because I occasionally drink Fiji water? Yet, you rarely investigate what you consume? 
Cigarettes cause cancer. Generally water doesn’t. Nice try!
I am not assuming anything. There is no need to have a heated argument over water. We can have our own opinions. I only did some research about Fiji because I heard some people say that it was not the best company in terms of policy. I occasionally will drink Fiji water at a party as well. I say I do not like Fiji because they are a company that have some iffy policies. That works with all companies. I like companies to be transparent although that is nigh on impossible to find these days. Fiji was just an example. Now, please, I have no conflict with you. No need to get heated. I bet you do care about ethics just like everybody else. Sorry for the miscommunication
Sorry if I said anything offensive.
Edit: And about the Marlboro-Fiji comparison, I am not in the slightest comparing the consequences. Cigarettes cause cancer while Fiji is water. I AM comparing their policies of in-transparencies at times.
For the sake of keeping the thread on-topic, let us divert our attention from making this an online debate forum. Trust me, I have nothing against Fiji-drinkers although I do have a slight annoyance against Fiji, the corporation.
Oh, my! Thank you!
@AllGoodNamesRGone FWIW, I totally understand what you are trying to say, and like you, wouldn’t choose Fiji (or most bottled waters TBH).
Whenever one is particular about something, someone who likes “the other” is bound to take offense even if they don’t write about it. This thread is kind of set up for it. 'Tis likely best to note what was said and move on dropping it. Readers can align with whichever “side” they want to if they care to choose a side.
That’s how people of differing views can still get along IME.
I know I’m totally opposite some folks on Subject A and totally with them on Subject B. We don’t all have to be in agreement on everything.
That is 100% true. In fact, not agreeing on everything is the way it should be. If we all agreed on the same things, nothing new would ever be invented, created, thought of as we would all have the same tastes. 
I think I agree with this viewpoint.
I think that when someone boasts of what they have, there are other motivations. Maybe they are insecure. Maybe they want to be better than you, because you have things they are envious of in what you have in your life.
For instance someone in a less than happy marriage, may be envious of your marriage. But instead of saying that, they talk about the things they have, the gifts they are given, the trips they take. To make them feel that they are better than you in some respects.
But I mostly feel sorry for the woman still working at 70 to buy things. It’s a very sad life to put such a value on things.
Am I a snob if I think less of you when using an Android phone? 
My entire immediate family, other than my son and BIL have iPhones; the two of them really mess of group text with their green speech bubbles!
No, you are not. I feel your pain. I drink the Apple Koolaid and my life would be easier if everyone else did as well.
My friend and I went out to eat. She said she was going to order the “boorson burger.” I couldn’t help myself, I tried to get her to say Boursin with the correct French pronunciation. That might make me a French pronunciation snob.
As a person who’s well read but doesn’t always know how to pronounce things, I am always appreciative when I find out how to pronounce a word.
I don’t think it’s being a snob but being educating.
Snob.
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My grandmother used to make homemade tortillas every day. After my grandfather died, she refused to make another one. I never knew how much she hated doing it until she admitted it after he was gone.
I don’t mind if you have a Samsung or an iPhone. I personally have an iPhone. BUT, I will think less of you if you have a motorola… ugh 
I find this to be really sad. One of the things I like about making homemade tortillas, is that it releases a lot of stress. Tortillas take physical exertion and stamina- you have to remain standing, while rolling and then turning the tortilla, as it stretches out to a decent size. It takes a while to develop rapid skills.
I didn’t understand that my mother did not like making them but “had” to make them because both she and may Dad liked having fresh food. It was a chore, but she did it.
My aunt, however, hated making them because my uncle wouldn’t eat store-bought tortillas and he would argue for freshly made tortillas. Back then, the taste of store bought tortillas just wasn’t the same as what you can now get it Costco. Once Costco came out with their uncooked packs, that’s when all of my aunts and my mom stopped making tortillas. It was physically hard on them to stand, roll, through and turn; their arthritic hands were in pain. So, they stopped. Plus it was cheaper
A snob is ‘someone who thinks they are better than you’. Whether it be life choices, religion, politics, possessions, family, etc.
If you think they are better than you for the above, then are you idolizing them? Like movie stars, royalty, billionaires, religious leaders? I never could come up with someone I idolized when asked in school. Not sure what that’s about.
Well idolizing someone is appreciating a figure because they summarize everything that you wish to achieve.
In fact, I think idolizing famous people like music artists and movie stars are very superficial as they are generally very superficial people. Who knows what the famous Oscar-winning actors of the world do behind closed doors. In fact, true idols are often normal people that often go unmentioned. Their small acts of humanity don’t often go noticed but they impacted the lives of many through their actions, not their ability to act or sing. One such figure could be Vasily Arkhipov. Although generally unknown, and aligned with one of our greatest adversaries (Soviet Union), none of us would be here if not for him. Part of a 3 man committee, Arkhipov was the only one of the three to vote AGAINST nuclear war.
So, in the end, I agree and disagree with you. I believe it is very superficial to idolize famous actors/actressess and musicians. I also think idolizing billionaires is baloney as dirty money must be hidden in there somewhere. But, in the end, I DO think idolizing certain figures is both acceptable and necessary as it allows us to try and become those we wish to be morally, not financially.
I seriously judge those that buy designer pups.
I was always an avid reader, and early on I encountered words enough to know their meaning, but not how they were pronounced. There are still words today that I hesitate to say, nig 100% which pronunciation is the correct one.