Acquired Taste

I find this term to be incredibly funny. People say coffee is an “acquired taste”, same with beer. Now I don’t really drink beer or coffee… I didn’t feel like acquiring that particular taste. Personally, if something tastes like shit the first time… I skip it the next. How did this scenario begin: “Here Bob, try this.” “Thanks (glug, glug, glug)… ew, that tastes like shit!” “Sorry you don’t like it, I’ll give it to someone else.” “No wait…. Let me try it again.” Excuse me? The rational behind this eludes me.

My third rule of life is: If you don’t like it, don’t do it. This would fall into that category. But somehow millions of people have thrown common sense aside and continued trying this stuff until they can’t live without it. Some would argue that it’s for the drugs (caffeine and alcohol) but those particular drugs are offered in much better tasting packages. If you want caffeine, you can have tea or soda and if you want alcohol the choices are almost endless… and heaven forbid you want both, they have the Rum and Coke.

The bottom line is we have taste-buds for a reason… don’t abuse the poor little things.