I hate mustard.
Yes, all of it.
Yes, wasabi mustard. Yes, fresh ground mustard. Yes, mustard powder in my curry. Yes, purple mustard. Yes, the greens too!
It's just ... it's gross, folks.
Please find a better food seed for your faith to be measured by. Mustard is awful.
Reddit user anonmitya asked:
"What is that one food/drink/snack/condiment/whatever that is very popular but that you personally don’t like?"
Turns out I'm not the only one who is just DOES NOT VIBE with a food.
Too Sweet
"Most icing or frosting on cake (except for cream cheese frosting in small amounts)."
"Its too sweet! I'd rather eat cake plain or maybe with whipped cream."
- RetiredEpi
"This is the most accurate thing I’ve ever seen."
"My family, especially my mother, LOVES icing. I just can’t take it - I swear I can feel the granules of sugar in it and it makes me feel nauseous."
"Cream cheese icing, especially if it’s homemade, I can enjoy in small bouts. The more it tastes like cream cheese, the more I like it."
- liveandletthrive
"I think you may not like American style butter cream icing, which is butter and icing sugar whipped up."
"It’s one note, but easy to use. People tend to put way too much on."
"Some grocery store cakes I have seen have an inch of icing, the corner or edge price with the piped edge on top."
- timesuck897
Disgusted New Girl GIFGiphyJust Ice Cream, Please
"Honestly not a fan of most 'too many additions' ice cream."
"You know the ones, they have 12 different things in them like raw cookie dough, chocolate bars, caramel, salted peanuts, and more... I like plain ice cream, I like ice cream with one or two additions, but the throw the entire sink of confectioneries at it really is just a sugar overload."
"When I want ice cream, I want ice cream. When I want cookies, I'll have them. When I want a chocolate bar, I'll eat one."
"I don't need to eat all of them together."
- VadPuma
"Lol I went to a 21 flavors and the person working there was talking about all these “amazing” flavors but when I just asked for chocolate she gave me the stink eye."
- getgnomedbtch
Ice Cream Cone Lick GIF by Katy PerryGiphyJiggy
"Coleslaw. Can't get jiggy with it."
- barito37
"See, it really depends on the coleslaw."
"When I was little, one of my relatives made this amazing coleslaw, I never knew his secret but it was the best coleslaw ever. My mom had told him over and over, I do NOT like coleslaw. It's true."
"Cause one day, I was eating a LOT of it and he laughed and said I must like it... I looked right at him and said: "Only this one."
"I hated all other forms of coleslaw because it didn't taste good."
"I don't know what he did to it to make it so light, but also rich, but also refreshing and peppery at the same time. It wasn't damp either, it was just... aaaa heaven."
"It was heaven."
"Anytime that family member was hosting a BBQ or invited us over for lunch he'd make it. Like, he and his wife loved me something fierce."
"I was technically their 'first' grandchild so they were like my adopted grandparents. They were my dad's aunt and uncle but I didn't call them that. They knew I loved some very specific things: His coleslaw and her strawberry shortcakes."
"The summer wasn't complete without going to one of their BBQs. This coleslaw tasted like summer and childhood happiness all in one."
"... Sorry this was a weird rant. I still hate coleslaw. I've never had one as good as his and while I've tried it... there just is something missing."
- Storm137
Andy Samberg Movie Awards 2016 GIFGiphyCheese Flavored
"Jellybeans."
"I’ve been traumatized by it when I had a friend offer me one. It tasted horrible because it was cheese flavoured."
"I can never look at them the same."
- PersonalityDifficult
"When they have those ones where two different flavours of beans look the same, but one tastes good and one tastes bad?"
"I don't like it, but I'll eat a grass, earwax or vomit flavoured bean. Sure I'll make a face, and a comment, but it's no big deal."
"I ate a "Butter Popcorn" flavoured bean once, it is the closest I ever came to throwing up from a food. And it was the 'good' one."
"To this day I will not eat white jelly beans with yellow dots, I don't care what you say it tastes like."
- keyringer
"I was the head of Marketing at Jelly Belly when we developed those weird flavors for the Harry Potter franchise (first sold as 'Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans'), and I can tell you the backstory about the Vomit flavor."
"It's actually a flavor that we had previously developed but hadn't released: Pepperoni Pizza!"
"Thanks to the power of suggestion, if you eat one knowing that, the normal gag reflex isn't nearly as strong. Not that you should make any great effort to try it!"
- PeteHealey
Paris Hilton Reaction GIFGiphyBrew-haha
"Beer. Like literally any kind of beer."
"I tell people this and I always get the same 'it's an acquired taste' or 'you just have to find one that's actually good. Try my favorite beer.' "
"No. It's not going to happen."
"I'm 31 and I've tried beer countless times. I just think it's f*cking disgusting. It just tastes like old rotten garbage to me."
- bobthebobofbob
"Someone else who doesn't like beer!"
"I find beer is inherently bitter and so I hate it. I've tried so many different beers too."
"Only time I like beer is when it's been used to make stew because I can add sweet vegetables like carrots, boil off a load of the alcohol and maybe add some honey for good measure to get rid of that awful bitter taste."
"For drinking I'd much rather have something that actually tastes nice like cider or rum."
- MoonChaser22
Samuel L Jackson Beer GIFGiphyDaddy Issues
"Miracle Whip."
"I haven’t been able to eat it since I witnessed how my dad eats hot dogs."
"It’s a microwaved hot dog on a slice of white bread with American cheese, covered in miracle whip. I have never seen him eat a regular one on a bun with ketchup and mustard."
- dekuscrubber
"I'm not sure if that's better or worse than the sandwiches my grandfather enjoyed."
"He'd slather two pieces of white bread with Miracle Whip and stuff a thick round of raw onion between 'em."
- SEND_GLUTES
"I nearly downvoted this out of sheer reaction to the horror that is now in my mind, but then I remembered that we shouldn’t suffer for the sins of our fathers and now I weep for you."
- LousBlues2
miracle whip sandwich GIF by Lady GagaGiphyCoffee Conundrum
"Coffee."
"I love the smell of the beans, roasted and ground hell even brew the stuff I love the smell! But I won't drink a drop if it."
- Heykidsitsme
"I feel like you're the only other person I know who doesn't like coffee. I can't stand it, I've tried giving it plenty of shots and i just hate the taste."
"Looooove the smell though."
- dumbassliz
"You're not alone. I hate coffee."
- theconfather
Snow White Coffee GIFGiphyTakis
"There's a weird push for Takis in a lot of media lately."
"They're not that good, what the f*ck? It's obviously product placement."
- CircusStuff
"Takis have been around in Mexico for years. We are addicted. I personally crave them aggressively."
"I see why they are marketed, and why people love them."
"To be honest, Takis from Mexico taste better than those I find in the US. But US Takis are better than no Takis."
- aespin18
"Yes u become addicted."
"I'm from the US and couldn't imagine them getting any better. I need to try the ones from Mexico!"
- sjsRegime
Happy Love It GIF by The Drew Barrymore ShowGiphyHey We're Talking Cheese Again
"American cheese, cheap overly processed with no real flavour."
- Much_Committee_9355
"For the longest time I thought that I just didn't like cheese."
"Then I went to college and consistently ate at places that weren't my parents' kitchens. That's how I found out I DO like most cheeses; I just hate the Kraft singles that were the only "cheese" I had been exposed to."
- Ineedflavorice
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Eating GIFGiphyAmbushed Through The Straw
"Boba."
"All these places start popping up like it's the cool new thing but these chunks take up space that could be more of my beverage."
- aguycalledkyle
"I feel like I'm being ambushed up my straw."
"There I am enjoying my tea, but at unpredictable intervals *BAM* sudden slime ball."
- AskMrScience
GiphyJim's dog treat
"Slim jims are dog treats packaged as human treats"
-coinsaken
"Not a fan of the Slender James, eh?"
-Anxiety_Potato
"I know this and yet I'm still fine with devouring them."
-Interesting_Ad5016
The disappointing rib
"The McRib. Tried it, don’t like it."
-Pickled_Taco
"Plus something about the formed meat into a fake rib seems gross."
"But yet Dino Chicken Nuggets (even if throwaway meat) are fucking delicious and a delight to bite their heads off"
-TheOnlyPepromene
"I read a thing that the real reason it's seasonal is to give people time to forget how disappointing it is. Then when you have forgot, they get you with the hype again and you fall for it and buy it."
-penislovereater
That's a lot of ways of describing it
"I can't stand for raisins, always hated them. They look like pieces of mouse crap and taste awful to me"
-Strange-juice-2988
"Someone told me when I was a kid that they were flies with the wings pulled off. Haven’t eaten them after that."
-Ilovehushpuppy
"It’s not the taste but the texture that bothers me. Especially if they’re in a muffin or cookie and get all plump and mushy, like a rotten frog testicle."
-Historicmetal
Yummy diabetes
"I live in the south and can't stand sweet iced tea."
"Tastes like pond water and diabetes."
-flyting1881
"I grew up making gallons of it for my dad. Certain water and low quality brands will give a pond water taste. And diabetes, duh, but that’s everything in the south."
"IMO- Luzianne steeped for 5 minutes plus cold well water… chef’s kiss"
-tebeehughes
Happy Season 6 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyPlayed out
"Nutella. Please stop putting it in every dessert. It's too much."
-GothicBeau
"I’m a fan of Nutella but I’m still with you here. It’s totally overused and it’s like places have just given up when they rely on this. This product that I can just buy in a shop and eat with a spoon if I want to."
-SmeSems
Not holy mole-y
"I'm Mexican and I can't do mole. It just tastes like dry sadness sauce. I've tried all kinds, homemade and even restaurant ones. Just no."
-Dizzy__Mermaid
"Also Mexican. And I think mole is disgusting."
"BUT I have had a few people cook me some really good mole. They are generally sweeter/spicier than the stuff I've eaten before."
"The closest I can think to describe it is like chicken with a thick bbq sauce on it. It exists, but I still don't really crave it much even at its best."
-ydna1
Snot mud
"Eggplant. To me, it tastes like mud."
-notthesedays
"Honestly, it’s not even the taste for me, it tastes good. It’s the texture, I just prefer not to eat congealed snot."
-go_kart_mozart
"Ugh...the texture too"
-taaarna
Olive without them
"Olives I’ve tried to like them but I just can’t"
-rfrost97
"Same. Literally the one food I’ve had I just can’t do. I try every year or so (even posted this same comment elsewhere recently), but just can’t get into em."
-PadKrapowKhaiDao
youtube lol GIF by Channel FrederatorGiphyAgressive water
"sparkling water"
-pocapeanut
"I’m a soda water addict but I’ve heard people say it tastes like static electricity."
"Ever since I quit smoking I crave that burning throat feeling so soda water and hot coffee are my best friends."
-MoreShoe2
"angry water"
-V3dotoh
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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.
Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?
But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.
It would be so great to be sure there is something else.
But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.
Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:
"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"
Sensations
Happy Good Vibes GIF by Major League SoccerGiphy"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."
PeachesnPain
Recovery
"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."
"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."
"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."
good_golly99
Take Me Back
"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."
"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."
rayrayrayray
Free
The Light Minnie GIF by (G)I-DLEGiphy"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."
TooReDTooHigh
This is why I hate surgery.
You just never know.
Shocked
Giphy"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."
Admirable_Buyer6528
The SOB
"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."
"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”
1-cupcake-at-a-time
Colors
"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"
Hannah_LL7
"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"
huntokarrr
The Fog
"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."
"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."
Fluffy-Hotel-5184
Through the Walls
"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."
"She's quite alive and well today."
Hot-Refrigerator6583
Well let's all be happy to be alive.
It seems to be all we have.
Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.
The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.
Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.
Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:
"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"
Redditors didn't see these coming.
Shiver Me Timbers
"I’m always cold now!"
– Telrom_1
"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."
– r7ndom
"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."
– mr_remy
Drawing Concern
"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."
– dee-fondy
"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"
"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."
– LizardofDeath
Unleashing Insults
"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”
"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."
– alanamablamaspama
Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight
"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."
– KeltarCentauri
"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."
– KatMagic1977
"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."
– Jaew96
These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.
Shopping
"I can buy clothes in any store I want."
– WaySavvyD
"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."
– ganache98012
No More Symptoms
"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."
– colleennicole93
Expanding Capabilities
"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."
– Ramblonius
People Change Their Tune
"How much nicer people are to you."
"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"
– LiZZygsu
"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"
"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"
– awholedamngarden
It's gonna take some getting used to.
Bones Everywhere
"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."
– Princess-Pancake-97
"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."
– bekastrange
Knee Pillow
"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."
– snic2030
"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."
– Strongbad23
More Mobility
"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."
"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."
– dma1965
People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.
But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.
That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.
When we're intoxicated, or even the slightest bit tipsy from having a little too much to drink, our immediate perspective on things is hazy.
But there's nothing like a bit of alarming news or a jarring incident to snap us out of the fog and focus on the moment.
Sometimes alcohol isn't always to blame for our impairment.
It can be a state of mind, like a perpetual numbness from being complacent in life, and all it takes is one shocking moment to rattle us back to our senses.
Curious to hear from strangers online about this type of scenario, Redditor Known_Challenge_7150 asked:
"What’s one thing that sobered you up real quick?"
These individuals were witness to shocking events that sobered them up right quick.
Bleeding Out
"Got out of a taxi and found a naked man profusely bleeding from his head crawling up the driveway in my condo. Called him an ambulance completely forgot I was absolutely wasted until 45 minutes later when I'd helped him translate and in to an amublance and stepped in my front door."
"Later a few days later learned he'd slipped in the tub and literally crawled out for help. Poor dude. He was fine but I genuinely thought he was going to die there."
– DongLaiCha
Tragic News
"At a bachelor party and we got a phone call that the groom’s father had suddenly passed."
– accountnameredacted
Bottom Of The Barrel
"I went to visit my parents back in July. I was homeless and deep into fentanyl addiction so I lost a lot of weight. My folks could see it. They knew something was up. Anyway, I spent the night and I was getting ready to leave in the morning and I looked at myself in the mirror for a good long time. I finally had enough and told them everything. They took me to detox, from there I went to rehab. Graduated in August and been living with them ever since then. I have 160 days clean and sober."
– Crotch-Monster
A reality check can be enough for some people to snap out of it.
Like Father, Like Son
"Was driving a drunk friend home, he had been on a bender again and was smart enough to call me for a lift rather than try and drive. As I helped in to his house his mother came down the stairs and said 'your as drunk as your father' and went back upstairs. I haven't seen him drunk since then, he still drinks but the thought of turning into his dad scared him out of hard drinking."
– psycospaz
Busted
"Flashing blue lights."
– FiddleOfGold
"This sobered me up just thinking about it."
– redmaple_syrup
Losing Sight
"Woke up to no sight in one eye. I had cataract surgery so just thought one of the lenses had slipped and it was an easy fix. Eye doc says nope, you had a stroke. I loved soy sauce, teriyaki sauce and salty food, which caused high blood pressure, which caused retina damage. Over six months was able to get most of my eyesight back with medication, and all back within a year. Trying to navigate life with one eye was very sobering. Started taking HBP much more seriously."
– MissHibernia
Quitting The Bottle
"Looked up someone I went to highschool with who was an awesome guy. Found out he had been dead for 3 years from alcoholism, at age 33. I made an overnight change. I hadn't started drinking that night yet, 10 months ago. Haven't touched it again since."
– omgtater
These disturbing moments were enough for Redditors to immediately come to their senses.
Unplanned House Guests
"Me and a buddy Woke up in someone’s living room, realized neither one of us knew the people, they were just nice and let 2 drunk guys sleep on their living room floor. We didn’t even say goodbye."
– Oneinsevenbillion75
Serious Health Warning
"Elevated liver enzymes."
"And the knowledge that this sh** was gonna kill me and I just couldn't orphan my family over it."
"So I opted for recovery, instead."
"Clean and sober since June 5, 2009."
– Far_Meal8674
The Joyride
"Grew up in a rural area. The little town hosted dances at the hockey arena, everyone (adults and kids) went and they overserved everyone, regardless of age. I was maybe 16 or 17 and was absolutely sh*tfaced, and jumped in the back of someone's truck with about 8 other people to go back to someone's cottage for after dance drinking. The driver (still don't know who it was) started racing one of his buddies and we whipped around small dirt roads, flying around blind corners on the wrong side of the road, going god knows how fast. It was basically a disaster waiting to happen. It was crazy scary and I was sober and thankful to be alive when we finally arrived."
– foxfood9116
The human psyche is a fascinating thing, isn't it?
How we can automatically focus on something urgent at a crucial time, even after getting buzzed from drinking too much alcohol.
But as we're in the thick of the holidays, it's a good reminder to drink responsibly and stay off the roads if you drive to your celebratory destination.
Cheers. Stay safe. And happy holidays.