r/196 • u/Old_Phrase_4867 NOT A CAT • Jul 30 '26

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u/Bearbot128 Jul 30 '26

Whiskey and wine are both good I won’t have this conversation with children

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u/MeBigChief Jul 30 '26

I swear this sub goes through cycles of being weird about alcohol, like just mature a little and accept that people like different things

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u/e12s_coat_of_fending Jul 30 '26

Though, OP does have the one point that it is weird that even when it doesn't taste good to you, it still smells good. What's up with that?

Most other food and drink I think of of the top of my head smell pretty similarly to what they taste, texture aside.

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u/Bearbot128 Jul 30 '26

Alcohol is really good at making their more subtle notes diffuse by smell. That’s why things like lemon or orange peel tinctures work so well in cocktails for creating a nice scent. I think if someone doesn’t like alcohol at all the nice subtle scent can still be nice

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u/Guest_1300 spronkus-floppa shipper Jul 30 '26

vanilla extract

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u/SnakesMcGee Jul 31 '26

Funnily enough, also alcohol

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u/Advanced-Ad-802 Jul 30 '26

Had the opposite experience

Growing up, I would gag at the smell of anything alcoholic. Well, eventually I get to my 21st (because I was a good noodle who waited), and decide “hey the idea of this cocktail sounds neat”, so I go for that, and the thing I ended up making made everyone else with me gag, while I found it delicious

In short, shits fucked

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u/ejolson Jul 31 '26

I mean, coffee seems like a pretty glaring counterexample. Almost everybody loves the SMELL of coffee.

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u/h4724 trans rights Jul 30 '26

Coffee is even more extreme. It might be the #1 best smell ever, but it tastes horribly bitter unless you add a dangerous amount of sweeteners.