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> Imagine picking up a glass of what you think is apple juice, only to take a sip and discover that it’s actually ginger ale. Even though you usually love the s

by teeray 8y ago

> Imagine picking up a glass of what you think is apple juice, only to take a sip and discover that it’s actually ginger ale. Even though you usually love the soda, this time it tastes terrible Even brains aren’t safe from speculative execution vulnerabilities

throwaway45230 8y ago
Well said. This is also why diverse thinking is a thing, e.g. 'inexperienced' folk who're aren't scarred yet will see things with fresh eyes.
HiroshiSan 8y ago
This happened to me drinking soda water, I thought it was just regular old tap water, went to take a huge sip and immediately spit it out in disgust. I normally hate soda water, but that time I especially hated it.
- cr0sh 8y ago
  If you wanted to mess with a person, other substitutes could be vodka or white vinegar. Note you could do the same for a vodka drinker; it gets more interesting if they're already in the bag...
  - cheez 8y ago
    > other substitutes could be vodka or white vinegar. Someone made this latter substitution for me after a particularly intensive round of basketball...
  - harry8 8y ago
    I once saw a man get another man falling down drunk at a residential college (frat house equiv?) bar serving him water while being convincing it was 100% pure and tasteless alcohol from the chemistry lab. (De-ionised water, probably). Served from a conical glass beaker with hushed tones, "I don't want to get kicked out for this so don't tell anyone." The full con-job. They were and are friends and it was utterly hilarious. The drunk guy was not insulted nor upset in the aftermath and still tells the story. Falling of the stool, uproariously laughing drunk. Someone else who was in on it (I wasn't, I was getting drunk for real on beer) produced an old Nintendo Game 'n watch where the water drunk guy got the top score of any of us. Apparently being drunk like this didn't affect his reaction time at all. No hangover, Immediately sobered up post-reveal and claims he felt totally drunk. (Then almost immediately drank a family sized rum or something - kids those days, sheesh). It'd be great if you could get that enjoyable drunkeness feeling like so as easily as by pouring booze down your neck... "Ladies and gentleman, pivot your startups, go!" "We're the world leaders in getting neural nets drunk, then making them classify with a hangover..." Yeah I'm sorry, hasn't been a great week...
- roywiggins 8y ago
  Walgreens sells a sparkling water that inexplicably has artificial sweetener, though it's not sold as "soda" but as "sparkling water." I bought it expecting, you know, sparkling water and the experience of getting a mouthful of unexpected aspartame was... memorable.
  - anon4242 8y ago
    The same thing happened to me at Aldi.
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dmoy 8y ago
This is why people should not serve mashed cauliflower at Thanksgiving without advance notice. (Like 30 seconds, as it's being served, it's fine)

by teeray 8y ago

throwaway45230 8y ago

Well said. This is also why diverse thinking is a thing, e.g. 'inexperienced' folk who're aren't scarred yet will see things with fresh eyes.

HiroshiSan 8y ago

This happened to me drinking soda water, I thought it was just regular old tap water, went to take a huge sip and immediately spit it out in disgust. I normally hate soda water, but that time I especially hated it.

cr0sh 8y ago
If you wanted to mess with a person, other substitutes could be vodka or white vinegar. Note you could do the same for a vodka drinker; it gets more interesting if they're already in the bag...
- cheez 8y ago
  > other substitutes could be vodka or white vinegar. Someone made this latter substitution for me after a particularly intensive round of basketball...
- harry8 8y ago
  I once saw a man get another man falling down drunk at a residential college (frat house equiv?) bar serving him water while being convincing it was 100% pure and tasteless alcohol from the chemistry lab. (De-ionised water, probably). Served from a conical glass beaker with hushed tones, "I don't want to get kicked out for this so don't tell anyone." The full con-job. They were and are friends and it was utterly hilarious. The drunk guy was not insulted nor upset in the aftermath and still tells the story. Falling of the stool, uproariously laughing drunk. Someone else who was in on it (I wasn't, I was getting drunk for real on beer) produced an old Nintendo Game 'n watch where the water drunk guy got the top score of any of us. Apparently being drunk like this didn't affect his reaction time at all. No hangover, Immediately sobered up post-reveal and claims he felt totally drunk. (Then almost immediately drank a family sized rum or something - kids those days, sheesh). It'd be great if you could get that enjoyable drunkeness feeling like so as easily as by pouring booze down your neck... "Ladies and gentleman, pivot your startups, go!" "We're the world leaders in getting neural nets drunk, then making them classify with a hangover..." Yeah I'm sorry, hasn't been a great week...
roywiggins 8y ago
Walgreens sells a sparkling water that inexplicably has artificial sweetener, though it's not sold as "soda" but as "sparkling water." I bought it expecting, you know, sparkling water and the experience of getting a mouthful of unexpected aspartame was... memorable.
- anon4242 8y ago
  The same thing happened to me at Aldi.
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dmoy 8y ago

This is why people should not serve mashed cauliflower at Thanksgiving without advance notice. (Like 30 seconds, as it's being served, it's fine)