I like this. I think this sort of chatter is both fun and useful because babbling is underrated.
What do you miss about coffee? The caffeine? Taste? I’ve always been confused about the popularity of coffee. I drink it a few times a week simply because I like to get out of my apartment and coffee shops are the place to go. But the taste is nothing special to me, nor is the feeling of being caffeinated. And I get the sense that the same is true of others; I don’t think others particularly love the taste or feeling.
So what explains the popularity? Is it possible that it’s a sort of cached behavior that people just do automatically without really thinking about? Probably not—my money is on some type of addictiveness—but I wonder.
The mechanisms are complementary: the drug attracts people into acquiring a taste for something that’s not naturally tasty—but once acquired, people still have positive associations with the taste. (I’ve been drinking iced Postum every morning, despite objective reports that Postum doesn’t actually taste good.)
I like this. I think this sort of chatter is both fun and useful because babbling is underrated.
What do you miss about coffee? The caffeine? Taste? I’ve always been confused about the popularity of coffee. I drink it a few times a week simply because I like to get out of my apartment and coffee shops are the place to go. But the taste is nothing special to me, nor is the feeling of being caffeinated. And I get the sense that the same is true of others; I don’t think others particularly love the taste or feeling.
So what explains the popularity? Is it possible that it’s a sort of cached behavior that people just do automatically without really thinking about? Probably not—my money is on some type of addictiveness—but I wonder.
The mechanisms are complementary: the drug attracts people into acquiring a taste for something that’s not naturally tasty—but once acquired, people still have positive associations with the taste. (I’ve been drinking iced Postum every morning, despite objective reports that Postum doesn’t actually taste good.)