" I ca n’t understand the people who say they enjoy the taste of any type of intoxicant . "
Recently, Reddituseru/DeplorableKurtasked, “What’s a beverage you’re sure everyone just pretends tastes good?”
The responses were hilarious — but, also, divisive. Here’s what people said.
1. “Coconut water.”
— u / Panserbjornsrevenge
2. “Eggnog.”
— u / amusingjones
3. “Black coffee. If you have to develop an acquired taste for something, it probably doesn’t actually taste good.”
— u / Familiar - Let-5035
4. “Moxie.”
— u / Salarian_American
5. “Diet Pepsi.”
— u / RagingDenny
" Any diet soda , really . "
— u / FrenzalRhomb1
6. “Kombucha.”
— uranium / IDKYIMHere
" Everyone always says , ' I know you say you do n’t wish Kombucha , but you ’ll like this one ! ' No , I do not . "
— u / leftyontheleft
7. “Sparkling water. Someone once quipped that drinking it is like drinking TV static, and ever since then, I can’t unthink it.”
— uranium / AKPie
8. “Gin. To me, it tastes like after shave.”
— u / Raging_chihuahua
" Gin and tonic , too . How do you take two thing that taste utterly awful , and somehow , they ’re kinda tolerable ? I do n’t get it . "
— u / ringadingaringlong
9. “Jägermeister.”
— atomic number 92 / TheDirtSyndicate
10. “IPAs.”
— atomic number 92 / badlilbadlandabad
11. “An Aperol spritz.”
— uracil / shesaidgoodbye
" Alcohol in general . On a number of occasions , I ’ve heard people say a drink tastes just like apple Proto-Indo European or cotton candy , when in reality , it smack like you maybe took a pungency of those things and then spat it out and stream unadulterated alcohol in your oral fissure . It possibly helps get the alcohol down , but I ca n’t understand the hoi polloi who say they enjoy the predilection of any type of alcoholic beverage . "
— u / Heavy_Aspect_8617
12. “V8 vegetable juice.”
— uranium / astonishingly_gud
" Who in their right brain require a cup of what tastes like watery Chef Boyardee sauce to go with their meal ? How does that not make you more thirsty than before ? "
— u / Strawberrythirty
13. “Beverly. But I don’t think anybody drinks it because they like it. I think they drink it because they consider it medicinal. It’s basically carbonated quinine water!”
14. “Hot chocolate. It’s really just chocolate soup.”
15. “Spirulina green drinks. I had one because I kept hearing how healthy they are. Later, I was projectile vomiting. I’ll never drink them willingly again.”
— u / CrunchyTeatime
16. “Dasani water.”
— u / Soil_Think
17. “Anything that uses artificial sweetener. The stuff is rancid, and everyone tells me they can’t taste the difference when the stuff has this bitter aftertaste and doesn’t taste even close to sugar.”
— uracil / K41d4r
