You have roasted barley, an orange bell pepper and a well-stocked pantry. What are you making?
This is a hard mode challenge.
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No, the problem is definitely with your communication.
All this time, you had the rule that you have to use barley. But instead of communicating that, you only wrote that you HAVE barley.
Having something doesn't mean that you are required to use it. I have rice, it doesn't mean I have to use it in my next meal.
If somebody makes a steak from the pantry without barley, they have not followed your hidden intention, but they have followed your instructions.
So... it just seemed like your challenge was "tell me a food you like" in an unnecessary roundabout way.
There is pedantic and then there is abusing language. The context was clear to nearly everyone except those operating in bad faith.
Wrong!
If dozens of people tell you you're doing it wrong, then it's time to take a critical look at your actions, instead of just accusing everybody else of doing it wrong.
Not being able to process criticism without immediately getting defensive will make your life more difficult than it needs to be.
Then again, it is a skill that some people simply do not have. You might be literally unable to "defeat the ego" and have absolutely no doubt about your actions, even after so many people gave you feedback, people like that exist.
Good thing there weren't dozens. Not even a dozen.
It's a challenge. Not a contract. I can't accommodate those who want more regulation on their life. I can't believe you have spent this many days obsessing over this. I processed the criticism and determined that I'm okay with the idea that some people can't figure out how to do a basic cooking challenge without detailed instructions. I'm under no obligation to cave to criticism that is inconsequential. Nothing of value is on the line here.
This is a cooking group. Not my group. Anyone that feels there should be a cooking challenge filled with exacting rules is free to create one with their exact preferred wording.
You can try to insult my ego all you want. Let's see if that projection works out for you. I spent about 30 years having a narcissist tell me how much ego destroys people. Eventually their ego and whatever else was still in their body was silenced and everyone they knew found peace.
"Good thing there weren't dozens." You will NOT realize that you are engaging in the very pedantry you judged just one comment ago, will you?
"this many days" If 1 is many to you, you have to realize that you got so, so many criticisms for your communication.
"I processed the criticism and determined that I'm okay with the idea that some people can't figure out [...]" In meme format, "No, it must be the children who are wrong". There's nothing inconsequential about multiple people giving you the very same feedback.
"Nothing of value is on the line here" - like I said, it's about your future (communication is also important in social life, love life, career, etc), so I wouldn't say nothing. If you like to make these challenges, people have even given you some valuable feedback how to fix the bugs, but if you decide not to, meh; there's enough content on the internet.
I was not insulting your ego, but the part about living in with narcissist fits. Because then you're used to everything slightly negative being an attack that you have to defend yourself against, where you can't lose even an inch of ground. And by protecting everything that is part of yourself like that, you deny yourself improvement. Because improvement is by definition change. If you are unwilling to change, it means you are unwilling to improve, and that is your personal decision alone to make.
Take this and improve yourself with it, or not - but let me be clear that a further defense is not gonna add any value. It's like with a poster, or a joke; even if you explained it well somewhere else, it doesn't make the original thing better.