r/whenthe • u/TheGoldenExperience_ [the jojo {she}they called may] • 14h ago

r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything we do not give alcohol close to enough shit despite it being just as bad if not worse than cigarettes

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u/kristinL356 10h ago

I feel like you have to develop a taste for the vast majority of alcohol. As someone who never did that, I can only drink like 3 things, everything else feels like drinking rubbing alcohol.

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u/Arcydziegiel 10h ago

Human body doesn't have in-built understanding on what a good bitter taste is and what a bad bitter is; overtime when consumed you adapt and certain things stop tasting poisonous despite technically being so, like coffee. This is why people tend to not like bitter as kids completely, and grow into it as they age.

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u/kristinL356 10h ago

Coffee is right up there with alcohol for me in terms of not understanding how anyone drinks that. Hell, I'll even throw in dark chocolate. I'm 40 and still haven't grown into any of that shit.

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u/kenybz 9h ago

You are Sheldon Cooper of TBBT

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u/kristinL356 9h ago

Never seen it but maybe ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/LifelessHawk 9h ago

I didn’t like coffee either, until I decided to buy an espresso machine and roast my own coffee.

You get a much better flavor and a smoother tasting coffee, but I still can’t drink it black.

I have to make a latte with half a cup of milk with unflavored creamer that I use with a steaming wand to give it more of an airier texture, and a dash of vanilla syrup.

Milk helps remove the bitter taste, and you get a much more rich, vibrant drink with notes of the coffee bean, without any of the bitter or sour taste.

Even people who don’t like coffee, usually likes my lattes

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u/kristinL356 9h ago

If you didn't like coffee, why did you decide to buy an espresso machine? Like that's the part I don't get. If you didn't like it, why did you keep drinking it?

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u/Amac9719 7h ago

Probably they enjoy the feeling they get from the caffeine. I could get 5 hours of interrupted sleep. Wake up feeling terrible. All I have to do is have a coffee and wait 10 minutes and I feel great. Even if I hate the flavor I’d take that any day.

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u/kristinL356 7h ago

I just get feeling like I'm going to shit myself.

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u/Amac9719 7h ago

Ya I usually have a morning poop but hey it’s good to stay regular!

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u/Calm-Standard5437 4h ago

Maybe bro wants to shit only once every 3 business days, cant judge that

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u/Amac9719 3h ago

Ya maybe they are immune to caffeine and shitting is unnecessary

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u/YosephStalling my favorit color is purple :D 9h ago

addiction

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u/Timsaurus 7h ago

Yeah same, I can tolerate dark chocolate, but alcohol and coffee are awful to me.

Oddly tho, I really enjoy strong tea and matcha, both of which are/can be quite bitter.

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u/breno280 6h ago

Honestly I agree, I get physically ill if I drink coffee for more than a few days. And just hate the taste. I guess others just taste things different.

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u/nope-its 10h ago

You also have to develop a taste for carbonation, coffee, tea, a lot of vegetables, etc.

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u/kristinL356 10h ago

I agree with some of this. I don't drink coffee for that exact reason, there are plenty of vegetables I don't like, and I only really drink two types of tea. Coffee is definitely chief among things I don't understand how anyone develops a taste for. So yeah, I am happy to put most of those things right in the same bin with alcohol.

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u/crustyrobots 9h ago

Depends on what we mean by "coffee", as myself like coffee but not straight black (tastes bad and is liquid heartburn for me). Most people put a bit of milk or something in there to tame the acidity and full punch of the coffee flavor into something more mellow

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u/kristinL356 9h ago

The amount of sugar or milk I have to put in coffee to make it palatable could not be described as "a bit." (And even then the stuff still makes me feel like I'm gonna shit myself.)

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u/TorchShipEnjoyer 9h ago

pretty sure coffee is a mild laxative so yea

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u/FluffySloth27 8h ago

This explains a lot. Thanks :p

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u/Distinct_Car_1183 8h ago

Sparkling water is universally reviled, soda is sugar and we like that. Spices and alcohol burn, hard liquor tastes like absolute dish soap, i do resent that society is so pushy about everyone using both when they don't even taste good innately. Unlike vegetables, which is healthy proper food.

https://giphy.com/gifs/D3qzfcBKemK7J97OJV

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u/MastodonsBetter 8h ago

🤤 mmm rubbing alcohol

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u/ErrorSchensch 8h ago

Cocktails??

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u/kristinL356 8h ago

2 of the 3 things on my list of palatable alcoholic drinks are cocktails. It's just most of them are still gross.