It's not about pissing on a parade, and now you're trying to white knight more.
This really stinks of the current "everyone is a winner" attitude of modern culture.
There is no reason to be proud of such a minor accomplishment, especially one so minor as "lightly decorated cupcake".
When your cupcakes resemble
any of these it will be impressive.
As it is, they are a minor accomplishment. They're cool, yeah. Not nearly worthy of an entire thread that's going to be nothing but six or so pages of White Knighting until it's forgotten.
Like the cupcakes will be forgotten, after they're eaten.
I find it amusing that this is a forum that regularly wants LFR removed because they don't want casuals to feel special and rages against the "special snowflake" mentality are at the same time berating people giving criticism for not making the OP feel like... a special snowflake.