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On the one hand, I think hate vs like does require some sort of justification. You can like something without really caring, but hate means that you REALLY care
by kurthr 2y ago
On the one hand, I think hate vs like does require some sort of justification. You can like something without really caring, but hate means that you REALLY care.
I can barely tolerate cilantro, because I grew up with it in salsas and sauces. At the same time I can and will pick 1mm specks out of a sauce, if there aren't very many. Many people who "like" cilantro, often don't even notice it's presence, while I will immediately notice even tiny amounts. People confuse it for parsley? Bleagh!
I had never heard the stink bug smell correlation, and though I agree it is similar, the strong soapy stevia like taste is just much worse compared to the smell, which I can tolerate.
- kosolam 2y agoMind if I ask, how did you encounter the taste of a soap?? It boggles my mind, can there be so many people tasting soap?
- Suppafly 2y agoIt tastes like you didn't rinse all the dish soap out of a glass, surely you've experienced that at some point in your life, probably more often if you've ever hand washed dishes.
- eddd-ddde 2y agoI don't remember when's the last time I tasted soap, but it's just something you don't forget. At least in one of my chem classes we where taught bases vs acids and we definitely tasted soap then. Also, showering.
- bookofjoe 2y agoI do. It was around 1955 when I was 7 years old. I said a bad word and my mother literally took a bar of soap and shoved it in my mouth. I still vividly recall how horrible it tasted and felt.
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- cozzyd 2y agoEver not rinsed a glass enough after washing it?
- DidYaWipe 2y agoEver had beer?
- qwery 2y agoThat's fair enough, I probably should have contrasted 'love' vs. 'hate'. The difference in magnitude wasn't intentional. I meant to point out that the negative is more often treated as "wrong" or something to fix while the positive is more often simply accepted. I think this is true in general, at least in western/english conversation. But the coriander conversation is notable because apathy or plain dislike for the flavour can be "backed up" with the definitely true genetic explanation. Although in that sense, you actually "can't not like coriander".