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Straight ethanol kills cells, including taste buds, almost instantly. The cell death alone is a noxious stimulus without even discussing the ethanol, which I th
by niels_olson 11y ago
Straight ethanol kills cells, including taste buds, almost instantly. The cell death alone is a noxious stimulus without even discussing the ethanol, which I think most people would agree is quite unpleasant. Bacardi 151 and other such ultra-hard liquors are primarily for flambe or making batches of mixed drinks. College kids who down them and swear it's awesome are either lying or still delusionally pumped on hormones. Alchololics who swear by such liquors have no taste buds left and are possibly well on their way to head and neck or esophageal carcinomas due to all the excess squamous cell turnover.
- coldtea 11y agoNot sure what you're going on about. Nobody (well, outside of outliers) drinks "straight ethanol". And of course taste is a personal matter, but denying that alcoholic drinks can and do taste good for people is crazy talk. Millions of people can very much discern the taste of drinks (and anything else for that matter), and are not "alcoholics", and yet enjoy wine, beer and tons of other things, including hard liquor (from whiskeys to ouzo). Well not commercial beer in the US, so you got a point there).