I don’t understand the mentality of the average user of this subreddit.

For example, if you took an average post from this subreddit, but submitted it to r/KitchenConfidential, then it would almost certainly deserve the heavy downvotes, because it’s a sub for PROFESSIONAL CHEFS. This is a subreddit for beginners… why be harsh with them? I see many comments of people asking genuine, great questions, that are downvoted. Why punish someone for wanting to learn? We all have to start somewhere.

/rant