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⌈ Secret Post #4894 ⌋

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[What We Do in the Shadows]

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[sarazanmai]

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[image is a Dark-Eyed Junco (bird species)]

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[star wars]

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[Hairspray Live!]

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[homestuck 2]

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[ff7]

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[Doctor Dolittle]

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[great british sewing bee]

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["La Lisiada" scene from Maria la del Barrio]

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[Sailor Moon]

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Some people do genuinely enjoy the taste. Me, I like a nice wine or a good whiskey because I really do like how they taste. I don't drink to get drunk (and in fact have only ever been drunk once in my life), I drink them for the same reason I drink... anything else I drink: because they taste good.

NAYRT - I've long suspected that the taste of alcohol itself (that ferment and/or astringent taste of Things Gone Hella Bad On Purpose) is something some people just have more taste receptors for than others.

I have no idea if there's any science to back me up. I just know that if you put a half-shot of high-quality vodka in a litre of Coke, I will be able to taste it and I will think it tastes bad. I understand that when other people drink something with alcohol in it, they are tasting all sorts of flavors of the beverage, and some of those flavors are enjoyable. But for me, the taste of ROT, SPOIL, BADNESS, IT'S POISON YO, is so prominent that I can't enjoy any other flavors that may be in the drink. Like, a bellini tastes like ROT, SPOIL, BADNESS, IT'S POISON!!! (and also peach).

I really envy people who can enjoy various alcoholic drinks. There's so many options and they always make them look so cool and fancy. :)

Fermented foods in general are polarizing -- yogurt, various pickled things, kombucha, etc., so I wouldn't be surprised if there's a genetic component. It's like how some people think cilantro is spicy and good and others think it is nasty soap tasting. (And some people think it's spicy and hate spicy food and some people think it's soapy and like it anyway.) Flavors are weird and taste is personal.

Oh, good point! I'm a non-picky eater, but I've always hated the taste of pickled things. I'd never really thought to link that to my sensitivity to the taste of alcohol.

It's like how some people think cilantro is spicy and good and others think it is nasty soap tasting.

Heh, yup - Brussels sprouts, too.

A lot of stuff like that can also just be a matter of acquired taste. I didn't like either alcohol or coffee at first, but after I had them a few time, I grew to like the taste. It was just a matter of getting my tastebuds used to them.

I think that works if the taste is bad because it's very strong or weird to you. If it tastes like something that's actually trying to kill you, you might be able to make yourself get used to it, but you're probably not going to make yourself like it.

AYRT - Nah, I'm really good at acquiring tastes. Like I said, I'm a really non-picky eater. I will eat almost anything, and I've acquired tastes for a lot of different things over the years.

But alcohol is one that's just not ever going to happen. It is violently off-putting in an unparalleled way.

AYRT - Yup! I like all those things, but I realize it's a strong/weird taste that not everyone is going to like. I like the taste of pickled things, but only when it's stuff I'd like before it was pickled, if that makes sense. Can't stand pickled beets, but that's because they still taste like beets, not because they're pickled.

Actually, brussel sprouts literally taste different (better) these days:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/from-culinary-dud-to-stud-how-dutch-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo

https://www.bhg.com/news/brussels-sprouts-less-bitter/

https://xkcd.com/2241/

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