You say it's whimsy, but I watch them oversalt food on cooking shows and cringe. It can be fixed at plate time, no need to cook it in and ruin the food for sensitive people.
Also "sensory sovereignty" is *golden* and I will be using it again. As an autistic person, when people force unwanted sensory overload-inducing stimuli on me, it feels like my bodily autonomy is being violated. It causes me intense and often instant stress, and I go into fight or flight mode. Dogs left out in the yard to bark or neighbors blasting music are the worst culprits.
