[papertokyo]

But would you have thought to research how a specific car manufacturer's spicy anti-rodent tape tasted in the first place?

There's an element of discovery in this article, as well as being entertaining and informative. Her writing is—subjectively and objectively—uncommonly good.

[taurknaut]

I just don't care. I hate my car. I resent relying on it. Whether it works or not is something for my employer to care about.

[sparky_z]

I would gently suggest that you are simply not in natural audience for a blog post like this, and that's okay.

[lmm]

I hate cars but I enjoyed this post. The author is a food critic, the post has very little to do with cars.

[zubairshaik]

It's not the hating cars part that makes this article unsuitable to this commenter. It's the way they responded.

[ddejohn]

This is one of those times where "I bet you're fun at parties" is a perfectly justified response to the (G?)GP [1]. This story is funny, well-written, succinct. Liz would be a hit at parties. GP would not be invited again.

[1] do we prepend great- when referring to parent comments more than two levels (GP) up? Or do we just say GP and rely on context?

[taurknaut]

What is the sort of person who is in this audience?

[patcon]

Anyone who likes a story for its own sake

[cooper_ganglia]

Probably people who aren't miserable, antagonistic, contrarian, and argumentative!