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[SkyBubble]

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. Yesterday I killed a thread.

Slap yourself on the wrist.

 

[TheLobster]

Cilantro belongs in a dish soap, not food.

 

[SkyBubble]

Not fond of ranch either, actually. The avocado thing though, blah! Probably doesn't help I'm mildly allergic

The best dressing is two parts extra virgin olive oil, one part balsamic vinegar, shake well.

 

[Statius]

Cilantro belongs in a dish soap, not food.

My wife loves cilantro, I can live without it, but I don't hate it. Lots of people say that though, the dish soap thing.

 

[SkyBubble]

Cilantro belongs in a dish soap, not food.

The first time my dad showed me white chocolate, my first reaction was "Looks like soap."

 

[SkyBubble]

If you've written a first person character with great spoken grammar, why would it be an issue?

We write differently than we speak.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Not fond of ranch either, actually. The avocado thing though, blah! Probably doesn't help I'm mildly allergic

Sounds like a learned aversion. Me, I stopped liking peanuts after I developed a peanut allergy. My roommate on the other hand craves them more after she developed an allergy.

 

[SkyBubble]

Same with the Borg in Star Trek. They went from an enemy that could not be reasoned with to a nerfed group that lost any kind of scariness or mystery.

I think it might have happened the first time someone got rescued from the Borg after being assimilated. If you can rescue people from them, maybe they're not as powerful and scary as they seem to be.

 

[Statius]

Sounds like a learned aversion. Me, I stopped liking peanuts after I developed a peanut allergy. My roommate on the other hand craves them more after she developed an allergy.

Wife the same with wheat. Gluten allergy, so now she gets cravings for things she can't have without becoming very ill.

 

[SkyBubble]

The absolute greatest TV Dad of all time, bar none .......













Al "Shoeman" Bundy.

Jim Anderson

 

[SkyBubble]

Star Trek: Voyager is a seriously underrated part of the Star Trek universe.

 

[SkyBubble]

The Orville was better Star Trek than a lot of Star Trek.

 

[SimonDoom]

My wife loves cilantro, I can live without it, but I don't hate it. Lots of people say that though, the dish soap thing.

I think it's genetic. For some the flavor is unpleasant. I love it.

 

[iwatchus]

I think it's genetic. For some the flavor is unpleasant. I love it.

It's like broccoli. There is a specific gene that means you can taste an enzyme (? or protein -- help @EmilyMiller) that others can't. My SO tastes the soap, I don't.

 

[TheLobster]

It's like broccoli. There is a specific gene that means you can taste an enzyme (? or protein -- help @EmilyMiller) that others can't. My SO tastes the soap, I don't.

Not a protein, which enzymes are a type of; the offending substances are much simpler: aldehydes. The gene variation seems to change which ones you can and cannot taste, but the details aren’t fully researched AFAIK.

Edit: To be clear, I was talking about the cilantro gene. Emily is probably right about the broccoli stuff below.

 

[EmilyMiller]

It's like broccoli. There is a specific gene that means you can taste an enzyme (? or protein -- help @EmilyMiller) that others can't. My SO tastes the soap, I don't.

It’s the PAV variant of the TAS2R38 gene, which makes someone hypersensitive to glucosinolates and isothiocyanates (the bitter compounds in broccoli - and other vegetables).

Not really my area, TBH.

The gene encodes Taste Receptor 2 Member 38, a GPCR also involved in signal transduction.