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Acquired distaste

 As the title might suggest there are few things I would just not go near or consume or be associated with, in any meaningful way …

  • Pretzels (in any kind, shape or flavor)
  • Suze Orman
  • Oat milk
  • People with dogs (or cats or any other form of non-human animal endeavor they associate with) - at least when the company includes said creature within 10 yards
  • Cigarettes
  • Babies (we are done) or people lugging said creatures - maybe 2 min. Tops.
  • Wine (other than dessert category)
  • Stout (or any drink pretending to be beer that you can eat with a spoon)
  • Public toilet
  • Tap water
  • Vehicle without air conditioning
  • Coach class air travel
  • Layover of more than 1 hour in any airport
  • Manned (or female operated) cashier stations
  • Food that costs more than $15 pp (with few exceptions)
  • Men wearing jewelry
  • Person carrying weapons
  • People waving flags (of any kind)
  • Any book purporting to be business advice or management speak
  • Priests of any kind
  • Life coach (the very idea, the audacity to announce you are one)
  • CNN or Fox
    • Most anything on television (including the streamers) - very very few things I could watch
Similarly I have fallen (acquired taste) for a few things...
  • a walk in the woods (or riverside, or rail road track or a quiet space)
  • chilled beer (pilsner to be precise)
  • goat biryani (really goat anything on a plate or bowl) - have not tried testicles yet
  • Skittles
  • Bill Maher (for the most part)
  • George Carlin (for what is left of him)
  • Sleeping (we all should try more of it)


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