Post #2520949
2026-01-10 04:30 UTC
Replies (4)
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@hobovision@mander.xyz 2026-01-10 09:09
You've got sensors for acidity and alkalinity, but water is almost never truly neutral, so for sure you can taste that. You can also taste/smell a bunch of other stuff in water, like salt, other minerals, or chemicals like chlorine.
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@other_cat@piefed.zip 2026-01-11 05:47
Tangent, but I remember when I was a kid I would try to explain people that I could "smell" the "air coonditioned air" and everyone was like "what? No you can't, it's just air. It doesn't smell like anything." I never did figure out what the smell was. I'm guessing it was some kind of chemical; it wasn't a bad smell, though. It smelled like ice cubes (which I know, doesn't make a lot of sense either.) Anyway, all this to say that a lot of people have very strong senses. (And the other comments about water not being neutral are correct as well!)
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@LodeMike@lemmy.today 2026-01-10 05:07
No
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@bbboi@feddit.uk 2026-01-11 01:51
I doubt you're drinking pure water. You're almost definitely tasting all the minerals and junk in the water rather than the water itself.