Yeah but like jalapeños I assume have a scoville number? But things like mashed potatoes and broccoli probably don’t? So it’s not fair to say things like jalapeños are not spicy or you don’t really like spicy food if you stop at habeneros.

Lets not gatekeep what is and is not spicy. I enjoy spicy things. But you do know that a jalapeno is considered spicy by many. It's a good descriptor, so just because others don't consider it THAT spicy does not mean that someone doesn't enjoy spicy food.

Makes sense, I try to recommend sort of similar alternatives if I do, but I’m sometimes I have to find out more about what people like in certain books.

But don’t you sometimes want to hate on stuff that is getting popular if you feel like there are thousands of better books? I read part of one Hoover just bc soooo many people recommended it. I am not snobby about books, but anyone who recommended this to me kind won’t be taken seriously for a while.