What I don't get...

[shinta|hikari]

I absolutely agree with every single word you said.

[Edort4]

I have the exact same problem not only with beer (wich can be tolerated) but with wine. In every business lunch Ive been bosses drink wine like sponges and almost force others to do so. Some kind of social pressure. But even if Ive tasted lots of expensive wines I cant come to like em so im labeled as a rare one.

[Sapphire]

I tried Blue Moon and I tried Corona, and I like Blue Moon more because it tastes less "beer-y". I still can't get past the lingering bitter taste, though.

[Edort4]

The ones I find more bearable are the ones with high parts of lemon to the point of not being able of calling it beer any longer. At parties I use to drink half beer and half lemon fanta/kas.

[Xelbair]

Sapphi - try Corona with lime(drop 1/8 of whole lime into the bottle) it tasted really not like a beer - that combination allowed me to really enjoy beers.

You also have to try some darker beers - porters, stouts etc. they are very different from your typical lager. Plus there are some great honey flavored beers available.

The only wine that i liked was a port roso and port tawny, i can't get how someone might enjoy drinking wines.

[Buffalobiian]

If you don't like bitterness, the tasteless Extra/Super Dry beers might work.

Something like the Hahn's Super Dry that Xel posted the (awesome) ad of. (I don't like that one, it tastes like off-water, but it sells really well.) Heinekin's really light as well, but I can't remember how bitter it was.

[Xelbair]

Heinekin is not a beer. period.
Edit at post below:
it does not even deserve to be called that.

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah, Heineken is.

[Sapphire]

That is a very disillusioning yet thorough explanation.

[Dark Dragon]

I really enjoy hard liquor, but i absolutely despise beer.

I don't see how people can drink beer while eating a meal, that would just completely kills my appetite.

[Sapphire]

After a few beers my tongue began to get desensitized to the bitterness. Not quite sure how I feel about that. My tongue is already desensitized to spiciness. I have to ask my friends, "is this spicy?" nowadays. But I still pour red pepper on my food because it does have a nice taste to it (that's not spicy).

[Buffalobiian]

My tongue can handle spices really well too. I love it.

[Sapphire]

Oh my, looks like our tongues are compatible, kukukuku.

[rockmanj]

Mods: Why not move this to a "beer" thread? I could talk about beer all day, and I usually drink it at home (alone). I would say that my favorite type is the "Belgian Dark Ale", but there are a number of other types I enjoy as well. My current favorite is this: http://www.unibroue.com/en/beers/maudite/

[Animeniax]

If I'm late to eat a meal or if I skip a meal, I get the shakes. I'm not particularly famished or hungry when this happens, but I get the shakes and feel really wobbly and agitated until I'm halfway through my next meal. Some people are lucky to get one meal a day... I get the shakes if I miss one meal. Does this make me a pansy?

[XanBcoo]

If I'm late to eat a meal or if I skip a meal, I get the shakes. I'm not particularly famished or hungry when this happens, but I get the shakes and feel really wobbly and agitated until I'm halfway through my next meal. Some people are lucky to get one meal a day... I get the shakes if I miss one meal. Does this make me a pansy?

It's a self-imposed mental problem. This used to happen to me to when I was obsessed with putting on weight and would actually get dizzy or feel sick when I missed a meal.

Then I learned to stop panicking and it doesn't happen anymore. It's amazing how your body reacts to mental stimuli.

my mom has two facebook accounts she uses to converse with her middle-school friends, one with her current name and one with the maiden name. she anonnces to the whole world that she's having a conversation with herself, no matter how many times we tell her we don't care about her high-school 'gang'.

This made me laugh. I want to be facebook friends with your moms.

[Animeniax]

It's a self-imposed mental problem. This used to happen to me to when I was obsessed with putting on weight and would actually get dizzy or feel sick when I missed a meal.

Then I learned to stop panicking and it doesn't happen anymore. It's amazing how your body reacts to mental stimuli.

I guess it's like when you need to poop real bad. You can keep it in until you're about 5 seconds from the toilet, then it just has to come out.

Essentially mind over matter. I need to work on that.

[darkshadow]

Yes it does ;[.

[Buffalobiian]

I think people just get used to it. I know people who eat regularly and feel hungry whenever they're 3 hours without food. They never told me, but my guess is that they probably trained themselves into that pattern and their body simply because adapted to it and expects food at that time.

My brother also sucks at dealing with hunger. We were 1 hour late or something driving around trying to find this restaurant and he was complaining about wanting to vomit and stuff. For a high-hunger-tolerance person such as myself, my first thought back then was indeed "suck it up you pansy".

Now, I'm more tolerant of other people's differences.


-edit:

My mum and aunt have had a bit of a run in with various groups in the social circle of my area and shit. I don't get why she's trying so hard to derive meaning from all this spam mail that she's getting.

It's FUCKING SPAM. IT HAS NO MEANING. STOP MAKING ME TRANSLATE USELESS, MEANINGLESS, WORTHLESS PILES OF CRAP.

Some of the shit she's made me sit through and translate include:

From: xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Fwd: Chinese Courier Service
To:
Received: Tuesday, 28 June, 2011, 11:05 PM

Just got this from a Chinese, Tai Chi lady, so it's even more interesting... All the BEST

Subject: Fw: Chinese Courier Service



Another reason why Chinese are successful,they never miss any opportunity!

Chinese courier service -
Forget about DHL,UPS, or FEDEX!!
This beats them all!

A family in the Southern Province of China were puzzledwhen the coffin oftheir dead grandmother arrived from the States.
It was sent by one of the daughters.The dead body was so tightly squeezed inside the coffin.

When they opened the lid, they found a letter on top of the corpse which read as follows:


"Dear Cousins, I am sending Ah-po's (grandma) body to you
since it was her wish that she should be crematedin the compound of our ancestral home in Tung Shin.Sorry, I could not come along as all of my paid leaves are consumed.

You will find inside the coffin, under Ah-po's body,12 bottles of Yomeitsu tonic, 10 boxes of American Ginsengand 10 packets of Chinatown Chinese sausageLap Cheong.Please divide these among all of you.

On Ah-po's feet you will find a new pair of Nike Air shoes (size 10) for Ah boy.Also there are 2 pairs of shoes for Ah Mei's and Ah Lien's sons.Hope the sizes are correct. Ah-po is wearing 6 Calvin Klein T-shirts.Thelarge size is for Ah Bak and the others are for my nephews.Just distribute them among yourselves.The 2 new Armani Jeans that Ah-po is wearing are for 2nd uncle boys.The Rolex watch that Har Cheong wanted is on Ah po's left wrist.




Aunty Pei Pei, Ah po is wearing the Tiffany necklace, earrings and ring that you asked for. The 6 white Polo cotton socks that Ah po is wearingare to be divided among my teenage cousins.

P.S. Let me know what else you need, as Ah Gung (Grandpa)also not feeling well nowadays. I can send all required things when Ah Gung goes back, too."

The answer to this question (too long to put into this post)

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3094801AAk8sC5

[Animeniax]

My mum and aunt have had a bit of a run in with various groups in the social circle of my area and shit. I don't get why she's trying so hard to derive meaning from all this spam mail that she's getting.

It's FUCKING SPAM. IT HAS NO MEANING. STOP MAKING ME TRANSLATE USELESS, MEANINGLESS, WORTHLESS PILES OF CRAP.

My dad is involved with the same shit... Asian mailing groups that circulate nonsense spam email. He forwards on all of these ridiculous email to me and my sister, which we promptly delete. I've told him several times they are 99.99999999999999% false and should not be heeded, but in some cases he's actually made lifestyle/product choice changes based on these spam email. Old people will never learn.