Current Events > People need to stop being so petty towards "picky eaters"

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Some people are just more sensitive to taste and texture so it's not their fault if they refuse to eat fruits or vegetables or certain meats or refuse to eat ethnic food or foods with sauces.

it's a legit medical condition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidant/restrictive_food_intake_disorder

So please be more mindful before making fun of someone who can't stand mint chocolate chip ice cream, cilantro , guacamole, tomatoes, seafood, food, mushrooms, onions.
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Unless I'm paying for the food I could care less what food everyone else chooses to eat

https://i.imgur.com/an7LX.jpg

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theres nothing wrong with making fun of people
who like the taste of toothpaste. In fact, I would encourage it so that going into future generations we see less of these mutants.

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Thanks Im pretty sure I have that disorder. I really wish I liked everything. People get mad at me for being picky, but I guarantee my pickiness bothers me more than them.

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I have a question for people who have this condition specifically in regards to tomatoes:

Can you still eat stuff like pizza and spaghetti?

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Unless I'm paying for the food I could care less what food everyone else chooses to eat

https://i.imgur.com/an7LX.jpg

Wtf that s*** looks amazing.
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Shablagoo posted...

I have a question for people who have this condition specifically in regards to tomatoes:

Can you still eat stuff like pizza and spaghetti?

I love pizza, but dont like when its too saucy. I eat spaghetti with Parmesan cheese and no sauce.

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Beveren_Rabbit posted...

cilantro

You misspelled soap.

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I have a sensitive stomach and it makes me a very picky eater, but I don't mind getting made fun of or people getting irritated by it. It is what it is. It probably is irritating when I decline 2-3 restaurants because everything looks like a uncomfortable evening for me. Plus, I want to make fun of vegans, so I gotta give this one to people.

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I really, really wish I could vibe with seafood. Stuff makes me gag if I try to force it. Idk what happened I used to love shrimp when I was little. >_>

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My daughter has this, it's annoying. She eats individual ingredients from my dinner meal prep, so I end up having to go back to store.

She went from hating strawberries, to liking strawberries, to hating strawberries. To only eating a certain variety and type of strawberry from one brand.

She also can only eat bread from one company and only one type of it and ONLY if they make it right.

These picky eaters, it's in there heads.

I've tricked her before switching items on her plate to see if she had the same "retching" puke like reaction.

If she doesn't know it's switched she doesn't care or know.

Weirdly I made her like mayonnaise this way. She went from gagging/wanting to vomit looking at mayonnaise. To now requesting it, after I tricked her into eating it.

She use to have a issue with being way to thin. But over years I've figured out what she will/won't eat. So she eats good now.

Basically she can only eat mild flavors and smooth flavors.

i have a sensory condition, so yeah eating for me isn't very fun, and i was an extremely picky eater as a child. i definitely still am compared to the average person, there are just some textures and smells that will just make me reflexively gag even with a blind test. but it's at least gotten better.

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Food allergies aside, picky eaters are always one forkful away from a bitchfit. I avoid them like the plague.

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My family always gotta make a snide quip whenever I get chicken tenders and fries at a restaurant. Piss off, let me eat what I like, thx

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Unless I'm paying for the food I could care less what food everyone else chooses to eat

https://i.imgur.com/an7LX.jpg

Today on "things stoners do"

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im really only picky when it comes to onions
i cant stand the taste of them
there are other foods i dislike but if im served them i can eat them
but onions disgust me and i will not eat them even just to be polite

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Crazyman93 posted...

Today on "things stoners do"

You say that, buy I fully plan to make this on Saturday.

Well with the exception of making the burger part like a idiot and leaving it full of living parasites.

Shablagoo posted...

I have a question for people who have this condition specifically in regards to tomatoes:

Can you still eat stuff like pizza and spaghetti?

Questions like this always confuse me.

You like french fries but not mashed potatoes??

Well, yes. They have different taste. Its not unusual for someone to dislike tomatoes but be fine with pasta and tomato sauce or pizza.

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OnlyTheTruth posted...

My daughter has this, it's annoying. She eats individual ingredients from my dinner meal prep, so I end up having to go back to store.

She went from hating strawberries, to liking strawberries, to hating strawberries. To only eating a certain variety and type of strawberry from one brand.

She also can only eat bread from one company and only one type of it and ONLY if they make it right.

These picky eaters, it's in there heads.

I've tricked her before switching items on her plate to see if she had the same "retching" puke like reaction.

If she doesn't know it's switched she doesn't care or know.

Weirdly I made her like mayonnaise this way. She went from gagging/wanting to vomit looking at mayonnaise. To now requesting it, after I tricked her into eating it.

She use to have a issue with being way to thin. But over years I've figured out what she will/won't eat. So she eats good now.

Basically she can only eat mild flavors and smooth flavors.

Of course it's all in their head. it's a mental disorder.
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yusiko posted...

im really only picky when it comes to onions
i cant stand the taste of them
there are other foods i dislike but if im served them i can eat them
but onions disgust me and i will not eat them even just to be polite

I used to work with a really nice older lady who ordered an onion pizza for the department once because apparently everyone liked it. I didn't want to be rude so I forced a slice down

It was maybe the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten. I could barely stop myself from gagging with every bite, I had to drown every bite down with a soda immediately. I was never hungry at work again after that.

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brestugo posted...

Food allergies aside, picky eaters are always one forkful away from a bitchfit. I avoid them like the plague.

"I met a few dramatic picky eaters, then I avoided the rest of them and assumed it was just all of them based on my limited initial perspective"

Very popular way to handle people.

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Ive tried to be less picky as I get older, but some things are still just hard for me to eat. If I get tomatoes in a salad, I can force it down, but its very slow because I recoil from the taste. I also sort of have an issue where I hate when something goes from soft to crunchy.

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

Questions like this always confuse me.

You like french fries but not mashed potatoes??

Well, yes. They have different taste. Its not unusual for someone to dislike tomatoes but be fine with pasta and tomato sauce or pizza.

The worst one I ever heard was from my brother. I dont like eggs, so he tried to get me with "how do you not like eggs but like cake?" I was so stunned that I couldn't answer that.

But I'm one of those people who doesn't like tomatoes but like pasta/pizza sauce. And it's simple, sauce doesn't taste like straight tomatoes. It doesn't have the same taste or texture, and has a ton of other ingredients added so you can't even taste the tomato. Would you smash some tomatoes and pour the remains over your pasta and say it's exactly like pasta sauce? No, because that would be awful.

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markconigliaro posted...

The worst one I ever heard was from my brother. I dont like eggs, so he tried to get me with "how do you not like eggs but like cake?" I was so stunned that I couldn't answer that.

But I'm one of those people who doesn't like tomatoes but like pasta/pizza sauce. And it's simple, sauce doesn't taste like straight tomatoes. It doesn't have the same taste or texture, and has a ton of other ingredients added so you can't even taste the tomato. Would you smash some tomatoes and pour the remains over your pasta and say it's exactly like pasta sauce? No, because that would be awful.

I make homemade pizza sauce all the time #_#

I feel it taste 100 times better.

I like to pick out ingredients if I can. Like a tomato slice. It ruins a sandwich for me and I don't want to eat it together. I will eat it seperately, I used to not eat it. But I was often in situations where I just couldn't afford to be picky so I now will eat almost anything. Sometimes I will regret this however as I also have a sensitive stomach. I try to avoid a food once I know it will punish me.

Milk is an example of something that may punish me. Whole milk for sure but it's a gamble with milk products or milk substitutes. I know I can't eat ice cream that was made with milk for example.

Seafood is an example of something I will not touch at all because I keep hearing the voices when I'm near fish. They speak to me and tell me secrets you know.

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It becomes an issue when groups can't eat at different places because someone in the group can only eat chicken tenders.

MorganTJ posted...

It becomes an issue when groups can't eat at different places because someone in the group can only eat chicken tenders.

Yeah, you can only get away with that until you're too old to order off a kids menu.

Bonus points if someone orders something they claim to like only to not like it. My sister did that once with mac and cheese. I disgutedly noted it was probably because she was served something not made out of a box with real cheese.

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Beveren_Rabbit posted...

cilantro

Well, that one is a little different compared to everything else on the list.

Like, it's a genetic thing. If you have/don't have the gene, it's gonna taste like soap.

(I can't remember off-hand if it's the presence or absence of the gene that causes it)

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Unless I'm paying for the food I could care less what food everyone else chooses to eat

https://i.imgur.com/an7LX.jpg

Giving me flashbacks to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUWersr7pc&list=RDa1Cl0u8-aDU&index=4


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Dudes will be too picky to eat their veggies yet eat ass smh

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I'm not picky in any way except condiments. I hate most condiments.

Yet I could eat a bowl of sauted mushrooms and onions by themselves.

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Byakuren posted...

I used to work with a really nice older lady who ordered an onion pizza for the department once because apparently everyone liked it. I didn't want to be rude so I forced a slice down

It was maybe the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten. I could barely stop myself from gagging with every bite, I had to drown every bite down with a soda immediately. I was never hungry at work again after that.

I could eat a bowl of nothing but cooked onions and mushrooms.

My favorite pizza is pepperoni mushroom.

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I think there are positive ways to encourage people to branch out their tastes. In the words of Apu Nahasapemapedalon (?) - You know you can influence people without badgering them always.

IBS and hyper sensitive taste ensure that I'm always going to be picky.
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The Catgirl Fondler posted...

IBS and hyper sensitive taste ensure that I'm always going to be picky.

I have ibs, I'm not picky. I just deal with the consequences later.

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I'm definitely a picky eater. Everyone that knows me, knows this and it doesn't bother them. I feel like it's mostly people online that are incredibly judgemental about it.

I've definitely gotten better as I get older, but things like sour cream or mayonnaise still make me gag and dry heave.

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ox0shadow0xo posted...

I'm definitely a picky eater. Everyone that knows me, knows this and it doesn't bother them. I feel like it's mostly people online that are incredibly judgemental about it.

I've definitely gotten better as I get older, but things like sour cream or mayonnaise still make me gag and dry heave.

Both condiments. Condiments are a different thing entirely. Being a picky eater means a limited scope of actual meats and veggies and dishes you'll eat.

I hate most condiments, but will eat mushrooms and onions like candy.

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pres_madagascar posted...

Both condiments. Condiments are a different thing entirely. Being a picky eater means a limited scope of actual meats and veggies and dishes you'll eat.

I hate most condiments, but will eat mushrooms and onions like candy.

Oh no, those were just examples of things I have the strongest aversion to. I also don't eat most seafood, no pasta dishes that don't use tomato sauce, no to most vegetables, no to guacamole, no to most Asian food (I don't know how else to put that). If I get pizza, I prefer no toppings, but I'll tolerate pepperoni and/or sausage/chicken. Anything else and I'm picking it off. There's more, but I think you get the idea lol.

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ox0shadow0xo posted...

Oh no, those were just examples of things I have the strongest aversion to. I also don't eat most seafood, no pasta dishes that don't use tomato sauce, no to most vegetables, no to guacamole, no to most Asian food (I don't know how else to put that). If I get pizza, I prefer no toppings, but I'll tolerate pepperoni and/or sausage/chicken. Anything else and I'm picking it off. There's more, but I think you get the idea lol.

Oh wow lol.

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I'm sort of picky. I was a lot more picky as a kid and constantly got shit for it. I've always tried not to be a fuss or cause problems, but I still got hounded all the time. I'd get made fun of in front of my whole family at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Basically it was bullying. It's not my fault I don't like certain things. I can't change my taste buds. People would say "well try it again. You'll like it this time" and I would and the result would always be the same.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Questions like this always confuse me.

You like french fries but not mashed potatoes??

Well, yes. They have different taste. Its not unusual for someone to dislike tomatoes but be fine with pasta and tomato sauce or pizza.

Yeah. For me it's the texture. There's not a whole lot of potato in most fries. I can't even eat those big jojo fries or whatever they're called. I can still eat small bits of potato in soup and stuff, but getting a lot of potato in my mouth is just yuck to me.

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I cant do condiments either. I can eat mushrooms and onions but I wouldnt go out of my way to do so.

The one thing I love that a lot of people hate is black olives.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Unless I'm paying for the food I could care less what food everyone else chooses to eat

https://i.imgur.com/an7LX.jpg

So you do care then? @UnfairRepresent As to be able to care less you would have to care to begin with unless you meant you couldnt care less?

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I'm still gonna pick on them

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Being willing to try novel things multiple times and still coming up not liking them is one thing.

Having had something once when you were seven and insisting you're too delicate to ever make any adventurous attempts again is pathetic.

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When people make fun of picky eaters ( which I still think is silly) most times they are not making fun of people with disorders. Like maybe people who will not try something new.

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Crash posted...

Nah, I'm gonna continue to mock people who can't handle spicy food, or order their burgers "plain". Grow up.

Do you also tell people with depression to just cheer up

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Beveren_Rabbit posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidant/restrictive_food_intake_disorder

With the amount I stuff I won't touch, there's no way this isn't me. Don't know why it never krossed my mind there'd be an official name/kondition for it. Maybe if I throw this around, not eating at other people's houses will be less awkward...

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I know more people who are picky eaters than not. I'm not sure what makes them dislike one type of food and like an extremely similar food if not pickiness (assuming no acid reflux, allergies, or eating disorders).

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