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Typing that topic title out had me thinking about why that may be the case if what I'm suggesting is even true. Like my intent was initially to shit on people's sense of taste and ham it up for the sake of a topic, like how some people become the most obnoxious douchebags about pineapple on pizza or coffee vs tea, but I'm honestly kind of interested about the general consensus CE has on different foods.

So here's an actual picky eater's test for people to fill out:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/7/AAbh80AAE0_l.jpg

And as a show of good faith, I'll talk about the ones I wouldn't eat and the ones I would eat, but don't particularly like.

I wouldn't eat snails or raw fish. I don't like spinach, zucchini or mushrooms, though I will eat them, and if I'm having oysters I like them to be cooked first. So the least charitable score I could give myself is 6/30.

The initial hypothesis I had was that poverty and food additives have left a significant portion of American forumgoers with a diminished sense of taste or an unwillingness to leave their comfort zone. Like it's crazy to me that there are people who not only don't like calamari, but who find the thought of eating it gross and creepy. I live in a more coastal country where seafood is relatively abundant, and there's a lot of landlocked places in America where seafood is fairly uncommon I guess.

But on top of location, I feel like there could be an argument to be made for lack of availability due to cost. Like yeah people don't have a taste for olives, all they grew up on was bland, overprocessed oven food because that's all their parents could afford. Of course you're not gonna develop a taste for olives if you're spending every day eating that shitty frozen lasagna with the tasteless white cheese sauce on the top, what the fuck is an olive? That's not meant to be a joke - it's that thought that had me approaching this topic from a different angle.

I'm also thinking about high fructose corn syrup and the barfy chemical that American chocolate has, and the waxy candy like candy corn and shit. Like the more I actually think about it, the more I realise that this might actually be answerable?

I'm gonna keep the provocative title, but having actually thought about what I'm asking here, there's a bunch of legitimate reasons as to why your average American poster - CE or otherwise - would have some odd or bland takes on food.

fwiw, I grew up poor but my nan and pop kept a lot of chilis, olives, salami, sauerkraut and pickled herring around. I've been eating those really rich flavours for my entire life, though that thing about the tasteless white cheese on storebought lasagna is a personal experience of mine.