Post #122312
2026-01-09 23:29 UTC
Replies (21)
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@hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 2026-01-09 23:31
I could see that water being "neutral" on taste for most people is probably evolutionary. But I'm just speculating.
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@Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2026-01-10 00:18
I think spit is a better one. Spit tastes fine in our mouths, its always there, youre tasting it right now. Now spit in a cup and drink it immediately. I dry heaved just typing this.
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@finley@lemmy.zip 2026-01-09 23:55
Water has a flavor. It has different flavors, depending on how clean it is, too. At least it does for me…
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@TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 00:22
My friend is going through chemo treatment, which is wrecking their tastebuds in various ways, and they told me after each infusion they can’t stand the “texture” of water for a few days. Thankfully, it’s also wrecking their cancer!
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@Zacryon@feddit.org 2026-01-10 13:14
Different waters taste differently. Tap water taste differs from region to region. Bottled water tastes differently between brands and also compared to tap water. This is also caused by varying amounts of minerals. If you think your sense of taste works fine, but can not tell taste differences in water, try making direct comparisons. Take some bottled water and some tap water (if it is safe for drinking whereever you live). Then take a sip, focus on the taste. Try making out differences. Repeat a couple of times. If you still can't make out any differences and you weren't impatient, it might be worth training your sense of taste first, because water does have a flavour.
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@Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 23:23
Water does have flavor, depending on the mineral content. I've always had to get used to the taste of the water when I start in a new area.
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@Dasus@lemmy.world 2026-01-11 03:14
The reason we've evolved to tune out whatever taste water may have, is because we **need** to be able to detect when there's shit in it. Literally. But also anything else non-suitable. Which is why waters taste slightly different as we never drink distilled water really. Not that it's somehow toxic, but drinking only distilled water when there's no food and then sweating a lot would dehydrate you eventually.
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@9point6@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 00:42
Could be the other way, our brains nerfing the incredible flavour so we don't all die of hyperhydration
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@taylor_says@lemmy.zip 2026-01-11 02:05
Water does have a flavor. It’s water flavored.
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@Cerothen@lemmy.ca 2026-01-11 01:02
Rabies is a condition that lets you taste water for it's real flavor
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@eru@mouse.chitanda.moe 2026-01-10 23:08
flavor is an experience created by your brain (or at least, created subjectively internal to an agent if you don't want to accept that conscious experiences are fully explained physically) >what if water really has a flavor but our brains filter it out so this makes no sense, flavor just *is* what you experience.
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@caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2026-01-11 15:24
Your lungs have a smell
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@besmtt@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 14:43
I had surgery in my mouth and for months I've had problems with my sense of taste. Water has sometimes tasted bad. FML
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@anistorian@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 09:07
True. Nothing has innate taste. So the taste of water is whatever we needed it to be.
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@Blackmist@feddit.uk 2026-01-11 01:33
But we're 60% water so we taste it all the time.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-01-11 15:07
Drinking water absolutrly has a taste. You're just used to it. Not so if you drink somewhere else.
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@Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 2026-01-11 01:18
I moved from Nebraska to North Carolina 20 years ago and _*still*_ haven't adjusted to the nasty taste of chlorinated water. I guess it's better than getting cholera or e. coli. I once visited Wilmington N.C. in the "off" season (half the price for hotels) and the water was really fucking bad. Not just chlorinated, but sulfurous. Even showering in it felt like it left a kind of residue on your skin.
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@kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-10 01:07
Flavor --> Can't taste it. Contradiction of definitions
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@FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 2026-01-10 00:29
Crossposted to !weedtime@crazypeople.online, hopefully that's cool 💚
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@SGforce@lemmy.ca 2026-01-09 23:51
Oh you said CO? I misread that as CO2. Yeah I don't know about monoxide
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@caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2026-01-13 03:14
You're doing it right now but your brain filters it out.