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• anistorian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  True. Nothing has innate taste. So the taste of water is whatever we needed it to be.

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• hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I could see that water being “neutral” on taste for most people is probably evolutionary. But I’m just speculating.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Water is neutral in taste the same way that CO is scentless - it is literally too small for the things to pick it up.

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    • SGforce@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can taste both water and CO. You just need to alter your typical concentration and get used to that, then switch back to a normal concentration. “Normal” will now have a taste. Even distilled water will have a taste, since you are probably used to bottled or filtered.

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    • 474D@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Am I weird in that I definitely can taste water?

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  • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In the same way that the sunlight’s spectrum has the most energy of green wavelengths, which are conveniently in the middle of the light spectrum visible by humans.

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• Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think spit is a better one. Spit tastes fine in our mouths, its always there, youre tasting it right now. Now spit in a cup and drink it immediately. I dry heaved just typing this.

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  • riot@fedia.io ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    tbh, for me it's more about the texture of it and not so much taste, lmao. something about the bubbles, when you spit, yuck. carbonated spit 😭

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• TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My friend is going through chemo treatment, which is wrecking their tastebuds in various ways, and they told me after each infusion they can’t stand the “texture” of water for a few days. Thankfully, it’s also wrecking their cancer!

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• finley@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Water has a flavor. It has different flavors, depending on how clean it is, too. At least it does for me…

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  • Pechente@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And not just that, the different mineral compositions give it a different flavor too. Sometimes when traveling here in Germany, I‘m filling my water bottle with regional tap water and often I‘m glad how good the tap water at home tastes compared to what you can get in other regions.

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    • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In the other regions defense, I’m sure they might say the same about your water simply because it’s different.

      Unless you’re talking well water, that stuff can have a gnarly Sulfur smell to it, though still safe. Can’t seem to get used to that kinda smell though lol

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• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Could be the other way, our brains nerfing the incredible flavour so we don’t all die of hyperhydration

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• kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Flavor --> Can’t taste it.

  Contradiction of definitions

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• FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Crossposted to !weedtime@crazypeople.online, hopefully that’s cool 💚

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• SGforce@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh you said CO? I misread that as CO2. Yeah I don’t know about monoxide

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