This remind me of "The Ice Cream Museum". A "Museum" displays just to take pictures for the gram in the installations.
Those restaurants are judged on their instagramabilities. In the end they are a new iteration of "the place to be seen" but the audience is virtual and not the place’s patrons.
I have to disagree with you on the "those people have no stand in speaking." For the simple fact that we are on substack and that could be said about a lot of us here.
It's hard to be a foodie in a place like Vancouver where there is just so much variety. Our son used to refuse to eat anything other than the basics whenever his friends asked him if he wanted to join them at Cactus Club. He said it's hard paying for the same food he can get at home that his mother makes, without charging him a ridiculous price. It's like eating Sushi in Vegas, you can do it if you've never had it before, but why would you?
"...the troubling intellectual laziness that pervades influencer culture, where anybody can claim to be a critic or an expert on anything without any backing credentials while the rest of us decline our standards of what is worthy of our attention and finite time on this planet..."
Nobody should be following critics who have no skill set or academic background to justify their claims. In this sense, TikTok is a massively unhelpful enabler.
Although, to be fair, the people who use it are operating under a very short time window that prevents them from giving out critiques with substance.
I recently had a one-sided go at the screen when watching a British guy review yet another ordinary fish and chips restaurant (but that's on me, I clicked on it and I knew what I was getting myself into). He allegedly had a take-away business in the past and in years of reviews still has not learned adjectives and had to ask a waiter what the name of the restaurant ("umami") was pronounced or meant. The basics! *and more italian hand-gestures*
This remind me of "The Ice Cream Museum". A "Museum" displays just to take pictures for the gram in the installations.
Those restaurants are judged on their instagramabilities. In the end they are a new iteration of "the place to be seen" but the audience is virtual and not the place’s patrons.
I have to disagree with you on the "those people have no stand in speaking." For the simple fact that we are on substack and that could be said about a lot of us here.
It's hard to be a foodie in a place like Vancouver where there is just so much variety. Our son used to refuse to eat anything other than the basics whenever his friends asked him if he wanted to join them at Cactus Club. He said it's hard paying for the same food he can get at home that his mother makes, without charging him a ridiculous price. It's like eating Sushi in Vegas, you can do it if you've never had it before, but why would you?
"...the troubling intellectual laziness that pervades influencer culture, where anybody can claim to be a critic or an expert on anything without any backing credentials while the rest of us decline our standards of what is worthy of our attention and finite time on this planet..."
Nobody should be following critics who have no skill set or academic background to justify their claims. In this sense, TikTok is a massively unhelpful enabler.
Although, to be fair, the people who use it are operating under a very short time window that prevents them from giving out critiques with substance.
I recently had a one-sided go at the screen when watching a British guy review yet another ordinary fish and chips restaurant (but that's on me, I clicked on it and I knew what I was getting myself into). He allegedly had a take-away business in the past and in years of reviews still has not learned adjectives and had to ask a waiter what the name of the restaurant ("umami") was pronounced or meant. The basics! *and more italian hand-gestures*
So, I’m not missing anything by avoiding TikTok?
My brother owns a restaurant, I’m definitely sharing this with him! Loved this, Sam, and the “vibey” bathroom was a 10/10. 😂