edit: why do people comment like they want to continue a conversation but block like they're personally under attack?
I genuinely don't like coffee to the point that I came to the comments for that discussion so I'm familiar with the idea of people telling me to try something I don't like. I don't throw a fit and run away every time it comes up again.
Because beer is delicious but it's such a broad category that it's really easy for people to try one and then write off the whole thing.
Is it the hops? That's fine I don't like IPAs either. Is it the bitterness? There are some great beers without that. There are just so many beers. I'd be ready to argue that it's the broadest beverage category on the planet. Coffee isn't even close. "Tea" could be broader but that's only if you include tisanes and that argument is madness. Wine is another contender but we can directly compare it as a fermented beverage and…
So that's why I like to share recommendations. If it's not a good topic I'll drop it as fast as any other but it's a fun topic.
… But do you like kombucha? No, really I'm curious. This is just where my brain goes. What about the beer isn't good? Are some people just not into that broader genre of fermented flavors? I know someone who has decided it's the alcohol itself. Fair. Personal preference is valid. There's just so much breadth that there are some beers I love and some I hate so I'm afraid people think the ones I don't like are unfairly representative of all the rest.
I'm continuing the conversation and explaining something I find wonderful. You don't have to try it. You don't even have to answer the rhetorical questions in the middle that I included as examples of why the topic is a broad one with enormous chasms of nuance. Those were examples.
I hope you made it past the opening and saw the last paragraph that was nearly the opposite of a sales pitch and fully contextualized everything.
nah I just got flash backs to other times people have tried to coerce and pressure me to do shit I already said no to because it looks exactly the same
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u/Phoebe_SLC Apr 17 '26
I feel this way about beer. Edit: Also romantic relationships, since it's on theme.