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It’s simple comfort food consistently cooked by an often sassy staff. Sometimes that beats a Gucci plate with opaque aioli at absurd prices.

If Bourdain says my old Waffle House beats a French laundromat who am I to argue?

Cultural institutions are something to behold.

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Sure, and if I say that my 4 year olds drawings are better than anything Van Gogh ever made, who could argue against that?

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What if Damien Hirst said that about your 4 year old's drawings though?

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Then I would say there is some other game Mr Hirst is playing that isn't about judging the quality of art.

And then I might tell him to put up or shut up - I'll believe it when I see hundreds of millions for these scribbles.

I wonder if Bourdain ever returned to waffle house, despite his proclamations?

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> I'll believe it when I see hundreds of millions for these scribbles.

I mean, unless he's an idiot, he'll still pay the market-clearing price for the drawings. Quality and taste are subjective. Monetary value is not.

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Well, he clearly is an idiot if he thinks the paintings are better than Picasso's.