Fake Foodies Gone Wild!! An Ode to the Epicurean!

I miss the Joy of Epicurean thought, the absolute feast of tastes that the mind is able to experience! So few people out there in this fast crumbling world actually enjoy food - some ascribe to the old adage "I eat to live, I don't live to eat!" But with soo many things changing in all worlds/ industries to say the least of the Culinary world, it is an absolute pleasure to meet people to utterly enjoy fodder and libations in whatever form they take.
It seems I'm decidedly not the only foodie that feels this way, from emerging Slow Food Movements, Organic ingredients, and gastronomic chefs abounding in popularity this is not a new idea.
Now my recent irritation has come from the burgeoning "Fake Foodies." But what could this obscure term possibly mean? A fake foodie is a person who claims they enjoy food, wine, spirits, beer and all manner of intake unjustifiably.
There is few things as heart wrenching as when you think you've stumbled upon someone who's palette is stimulated in the way your is as well, who has almost an "intellectual pallet," that is to say a refined sense of taste and experience, and then go on to find they are nothing of there pretentious boast-ings - You are NOT a foodie, and cannot call yourself one if you DO NOT enjoy food.
If you are worried you might fall into this category, check the list!
If you answer YES to any of these questions you should NOT call your self a foodie:

• If differentiating between red and white wines is a stretch, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you don't know the difference between the New World and Old World Wine's, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you think it's OK to clank your spoon in your tea cup furiously to make sure it's stirred, you MIGHT be a foodie, but you have NO manners!
• If fast food is a main part of your diet, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you add anything to your meal before eating it as the chef has served it, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you change then menu to suit your low-calorie, low-carb, low-flavor diet, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you think one type of food is better than another, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you can't enjoy you Mama's Mac n' Cheese that took two hours to make with the same distinction that you would Filet Mignon with a black truffle sauce, You're NOT a foodie (and your a pretentious ass!)
• If you think that truffles are only the best type of chocolate, You're NOT a foodie!
• If you eat frozen, diet food, You're NOT a foodie!
• These are just a few of the "Fake-Foodie" red flags! Don't let this happen to you! If you can think of anymore to guide our new foodies, please add!
  

If you are a personage of this elite, exciting and hedonistic "foodie" world then you can absolutely understand this sentiment. I have been quite privileged in my life to have drank, eaten, written, and enjoyed with such people and feel the absolute devastation at there loss.
Closing statement- make each meal indescribably enjoyable, order the things you want (not what you think you should eat), drink, explore new foods, and expand your knowledge of one of the universally savored pleasures in life, because there is nothing worse than a person who pretentiously speaks about food they know nothing about!