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Originally Posted by JaneYoung

What does the message in this quote mean to you?

I think it is an oversimplification, and can be interpreted to mean "if something is good, but you think it could be better, you shouldn't really complain about it because it is still good."

Or maybe...
"If someone else is doing something good, but not doing it in the way you like, it doesn't really matter because it is still good."

Perhaps...
"If people don't like the good thing you're doing, don't worry about it, because it's still good."

I don't really agree with any of these things -- I'm pretty philosophical (especially about "ice cream") and as such I like to discuss improvements. Maybe I was misinterpreting Andy (it wouldn't be the first time) but that's how I took it.

As such, I posted this.

Hi Andy!
I like ice cream too. I also like certain flavors more than others. Sometimes I like one flavor, other times I like other flavors. There are types of ice cream I really don't like (yes, not all ice cream appeals to me).

So the cool thing is, I'm part of this super-special ice cream club. A bunch of me and my ice cream liking friends get together and share our perspectives and opinions on ice cream. The result is, we work together to make BETTER ice cream!

Now, even after our club talks about it, sometimes there are flavors of ice cream I don't like. I don't eat these, and I just let the ice cream maker know I'm disappointed they don't have my flavor of ice cream. Sometimes the ice cream maker takes my feedback, sometimes they don't -- but at least they get to hear how I feel about the ice cream.

It is tough to make good ice cream without feedback from the ice cream community.

Ice cream is an iterative process.

I like talking about ice cream, such that maybe we can all have better ice cream.

-John