Yes. I learned the hard way about posting in the chili thread without making sure that the recipe has less than one deviation from the San Antonio Chili Ladies of 1836's method.
Funny part is after absorbing all that eye rolling provincialistic nonsense, I have started making chili (w/out beans) fairly regularly and did a big batch of it for the Iowa/Iowa State game earlier this year. A good buddy of mine was over for the game and he absolutely fucking loved it. He and I, and another good friend were out to lunch this Saturday and he brought up how good that was (suggesting I make a batch for a guy's weekend we're doing in March). Our other friend (who wasn't there that day) got to asking about the recipe. When he found out there were no were no beans in it, he goes "why would you do that??" Like with the same tone he'd have responded with if I told him I started abusing dogs for fun.
Their exclusion was as offensive to him as their inclusion is to y'all. Cracked me up.