Is it a reflection of character?

[Mitera Nikkou]

Just an odd thought that popped into my head. I like to eat and do things that I like instead of acquiring a taste for them, but I have no idea what that says about me. Or anyone. So... Share your thoughts! Bwa-ha-haaaa!

[Raleigh]

As a creature of habit and an obssive compulsive individual, I would say it does not matter. I tend to stick to what I am comfortable with. I am willing to try new things, sure, but with a set of limits.

[Snow Dragon]

It can say a lot about a person.
For example, I hate the taste of alcohol. Everybody says it's an acquired taste, but I refuse to acquire a taste for poison and drink it simply because it's the social norm.
Down with booze!

[Rowan]

BD, I can agree with you there. I don't drink personally and I refuse to start and develop a taste for that, poison, and everyone else can be darned.

[Raleigh]

I would have to concur with the other two on the alcohol thing, I see no point in imbibing a known poison. Sadly, we all know prohibition doesn't work so there isn't much that we can do about its prevelance.

[Queen Octavia]

What a bunch of alchohaters. Calling alchohol a poison is almost as silly as calling caffeine a poison. You think coffee is good to get you up in the morning - try a double shot of cheap tequila. Yoowza! ;p.

As for trying new things, well it's simply a good investment. If you've got 80 years left to live the enjoyment from finding something you like will far outstrip the few times you tried it and didn't like it. So, I call any non-tryer-outers out there in outer internetland silly illogical vacuously true banana muffins! I'm sorry, I take that back, I didn't mean to be cruel ;p.

[Rowan]

"You think coffee is good to get you up in the morning - try a double shot of cheap tequila. Yoowza! ;p. "

I don't drink that coffee poison either

[Mitera Nikkou]

What a bunch of alchohaters. Calling alchohol a poison is almost as silly as calling caffeine a poison. You think coffee is good to get you up in the morning - try a double shot of cheap tequila. Yoowza! ;p.

Yeah... ;p The problem with that logic (though intended to be silly, as far as I can tell), is that alcohol is toxic enough to the body to be dangerous in a smaller quantity than caffiene.

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I think. I can't say that I know what caffiene would do if it were the same quantity in the body as enough alcohol that it'd take to kill someone (taking body size into account). It's a fact that we often consume toxic stuff, usually in small quantities that either do nothing or are actually beneficial. Alcohol has its uses, even in the impairing of mental faculties, but it's often used irresponsibly and needlessly. It's among the main staples of human stupidity as far as usage, and the reasons for usage, is concerned.

As for trying new things, well it's simply a good investment. If you've got 80 years left to live the enjoyment from finding something you like will far outstrip the few times you tried it and didn't like it. So, I call any non-tryer-outers out there in outer internetland silly illogical vacuously true banana muffins! I'm sorry, I take that back, I didn't mean to be cruel ;p.

It's not a matter of not trying new things; that's pretty much unavoidable until later on in life. ;p The issue here is that you won't make yourself like something (or get accustomed to it) that you start off hating, whether if you've already experienced it or not. I've tried alcohol, both liquors and beers, for the sake of having my dislike based on something more than the intangible idea of disliking it. Alcohol is nasty when it's not flavored enough (like Everclear), and I found no reason to feel attracted to the warm, burning sensation as it went down the gullet. I've never been drunk, but I don't see why I'd like to be; I like being in control over my faculties as much as possible, however meager they already are.

[muffinstud]

Frankly, it's not the caffeine in coffee I'm worried about. It's the tannic acid. Tannic acid is the chemical used to turn animal hides into leather, giving it a harder feel and darker color. I don't want my stomach turned into a wallet, thank you very much!

Returning to the actual topic, I think the choosiness factor has a lot to do with character. However, some people misinterpret that character as snootiness or something.

BTW, olives are an aquired taste, and healty for you, but I refuse to eat them. REFUSE! I will not be an olive loaf!

[Rowan]

I love those black olives you get in the can. I could eat an entire can of them myself.

[Snow Dragon]

What a bunch of alchohaters. Calling alchohol a poison is almost as silly as calling caffeine a poison.

Uhm... no, not really.
Alcohol IS a poison. Period. It's not hyberbole or a nasty label, it's a technical term that alcohol fits perfectly. Your body's response to alcohol is directed through the liver, the body's poison filter, and alcohol is toxic enough that it causes the liver damage with extended exposure, some times irreparably and fatally.
Tell me, does caffeine damage the liver?

[Metroidvania]

don't remember off the top of my head, but I know it affects the kidneys, and is partially responsible for kidney stones...

[Raleigh]

Let's not degenerate into an arguement about this stuff. We all know that caffiene doesn't make you stupid enough to crash into a car full of kids like alcohol can, and that is my main complaint against the item. I still think that a willingness or not to try new things isn't overly indicative of a person's nature.

[Mitera Nikkou]

I still think that a willingness or not to try new things isn't overly indicative of a person's nature.

That's still not the issue. XD We all try new things in our lives, or else we simply wouldn't develop. This is after the fact of something being new, after someone has decided that they personally don't like it. It's the willingness to do what they don't like until they acquire a taste for it; to become accustomed to it, if you will. That's what I'm after. It could be picking up cigarettes because your peers are into them, find out that you hate them, but keep on using them until it's, at the very least, normal and bearable. (Of course, in the case of cigarettes, the chemical addiction can make it a need.) It could also be the dislike of certain work environments but out of need you get into the swing of. You know, stuff like that, along the same lines as food.

I think I'll put in a vote for this being a good indication of someone's character, though certainly not all-defining. Decision-making, however, is a good way of learning how to understand someone. What they decide, and for what reasons, under corresponding circumstances.

[Snow Dragon]

Let's not degenerate into an arguement about this stuff. We all know that caffiene doesn't make you stupid enough to crash into a car full of kids like alcohol can, and that is my main complaint against the item. I still think that a willingness or not to try new things isn't overly indicative of a person's nature.

It's less trying new things than trying them over and over, in the hopes that you'll get to like something that you didn't like before.