Would people consider eating like a chore if they didn't have taste buds?

[Anonymous]

[Beckybooboo]

I have a cousin that was in a bad car accident and had major head trauma, he lost his sense of taste but still enjoys eating. It just took him a while to get used to not tasting. He misses the taste of his vodka and lemonade more than food 😂😂

[Asker]

So he still doesn't have his taste buds? And that is such a strange thing to relate too, I didn't even think losing your taste buds was possible, what type of accident is that ha

[Asker]

Licking sandpaper?

[Beckybooboo]

He got into a motorcycle accident and slid down side of the road right into a light pole, face first. It happened in 2020 and he still can't taste. There's actually people that had COVID and lost there sense of taste and smell.

[Asker]

Forever is wild, that sucks, can he at least taste it a bit?

[Beckybooboo]

I saw I put a car accident in my opinion, I meant to say he was HIT by a car. Anyway, they don't know if it's gonna be permanent, because sometimes it will come back but for now, he can't taste anything. He can't even feel heat from hot drinks or spicy food. He has to be really careful when he eats. He actually has to feel how hot his food is before eating so he doesn't get blisters.

[Asker]

What's the logical explanation for that tho cause it's gotta be like brain damage or something

[Beckybooboo]

It's a combination of his head trauma, neck damage and having his nose and part of his face reconstructed. All sensory is affected by our brain and for taste, also our nose, so if that part of our brain is affected by some type of head trauma, it affects our senses. That's why they're not sure if it will come back as his brain tries to recover BUT with every day that passes, it's less likely he will get it back. There's people that lose their sense of taste or smell from strokes. My grandma lost her hearing on one ear and partial hearing in her other ear from a stroke.

[Asker]

Damn I'm gonna have to take care of my taste buds and to do that I gotta take care of my brain and neck 🫠

[Account]

Even though I only eat foods that taste good to me, I consider the process of eating a chore, that is why I eat extremely fast.

[Asker]

Normally chicks are known for eating slow paced, people that consider eating food as a chore don't normally put ketchup on pizza, just saying 😂👏🏼

[Account]

😭😂 I enjoy the taste of food a lot, but I eat extremely fast because the process of eating is a chore to me. I just want the quick high of unhealthy food.

[Asker]

The quick high of unhealthy food is probably the strangest way you can say that you enjoy junk food, so it's the chewing part you hate? Heehee

[Account]

Yes, it is the chewing part for me. Of course I enjoy junk food. One of the reasons why I exercise almost daily is in order to feel safe to eat unhealthy shit without gaining weight 😂

[Asker]

So you've adjusted your lifestyle to your junk food obsession, there you go with your unpredictableness again 😂

Next thing you gonna tell me is you shower 3 times so you can go off trail on a dirt bike lol

[Account]

Of course I adjusted my lifestyle to my addiction. Then something weird happened, exercising also became an addiction 😅

What about you though don't think eating is a chore? Also are you a fast or a slow eater?

[Asker]

I eat at a normal pace that many would consider fast, has it become an addiction or a habit? 🤔

Personally I've never seen the choreness feeling of it although some things are hard to chew and it makes you chew so much your jaw starts hurting, mostly with steak ha

[Account]

It makes you feel good and it releases endorphins therefore I guess it is a habit that I can also classify as an addiction, because you miss those endorphins. But people typically associate addictions with bad things so I am not sure if it can be called addiction.
Eh many years ago when I ate a bit of meat, I remember steak tasting a bit like rubber to me and yeah it was very annoying to chew 😅

[Asker]

For all we know, it is rubber, these lab made meats stuff is a real thing now appearantly, I wouldn't be surprised if they already started selling them around, but yea that's why I didn't wanna call it an addiction but I guess too much of anything is never good and that's how you know that you've crossed that line and it's an addiction, is endorphins the same thing you get from adrenaline rushes?

[Account]

Perhaps are similar but I don't think it is the exact same chemical. I am not a biologist though therefore I have no clue, as for the release of endorphins they make me feel good yet... "calm". While adrenaline sort of makes you feel alert yet good which is a bit different. I might be wrong though I gotta ask chatGPT 😅

As for lab meat I am not sure they would have invested that much money back then to make lab made meat. But I might be wrong.

[Asker]

Maybe lab meat is cheaper then growing and feeding animals so they just made it in a lab instead lol

Either ways I guess the word endorphins does sound less stronger than adrenaline 😆

[Ariesman81]

I have an uncle that lost his sense of smell and taste due to horrendous allergies. Oddly enough, he can't stand onions. It becomes all about texture of foods for him now.

[Asker]

That sounds terrible, can he taste the onions?

[Ariesman81]

Nope... just doesn't like how they feel

[Asker]

Fair enough lol

[jahaims]

I consider it a chore. I eat solely for nutrition 99% of the time.

[Asker]

That's good indeed I guess

[mandyfire98]

I would. I honestly hate chewing 🤣 I wish I could get the feeling of great flavor on my taste buds and just take a pill lol.

[Asker]

Pill is probably not a thing but you can still blend and drink it if you hate chewing so much 😂

[mandyfire98]

I want like a magic vitamin that has good flavor but gives me all the nutrients of the meal as well.

[Asker]

Imagine you can shoot up your vitamins in your blood like a drug 😂

[mandyfire98]

I hate needles

[Asker]

I have a feeling you hate a lot of things, just a wild guess yk 🤣

[mandyfire98]

No but needles are up there.

[mandyfire98]

I actually probably am the opposite overall. I love too much.

[Asker]

Fair enough mandylorian, pill it is ha

[LiaRaven]

Yep, eating would just be like putting gas in a car—necessary, but definitely not fun. “Yay, more food… I guess.”

[Asker]

Lmao, it would take all the enjoyment out of it

[LiaRaven]

Exactly lol

[Graptemys79]

Probably. I remember when my father was dying of cancer, and nothing tasted good to him. Between the metabolic demands of the tumor and like of appetite, he lost a lot of weight.

[Miah06]

No 😡

[Asker]

*Pats head*

[4ngelic]

probably