Italians have this weird cult of carbonara. Americans have a veneration for aged hard cheese. In both cases, if you *dare* to say that you don't like carbonara or that pecorino tastes bad they will get mad at you: they will try to gaslight you, saying that's not true, that your personal tastes doesn't matter, because they are right, carbonara and pecorino are delicious and you... you just didn't taste the *right* version of the receipt. No, dear, Piercoso and Bob Lee, I don't like both carbonara and aged hard cheese, because i found them absolutely disgusting.
[What I like to do, believe it or not, is cut my Pecorino with Parmigiano-Reggiano. Pecorino -- that sheep's milk -- really gives that funk. Latins arm themselves and prepare for battle, and it works really great.]