If I put berries on there people will think that I like fruit on my ice cream and that's a slippery slope to replacing the ice cream with fruit and then replacing the fruit with vegetables.
[Because she can't imagine anyone being born like that. They must have acquired it. Maybe their Keeper took their tongue or... well, whatever can happen to non-Changeling people that would have that kind of effect.]
[People who call perfectly tasty things too sweet are called adults, in her experience.
And back on topic:] But what HAPPENED to the children that can't taste sweetness? [Did they give the ability to perceive sweetness up for a trade on the goblin market? That'd make sense.]
Much of the matter comes down to where people come from; the materials to make sweets don't exist worldwide, and if a group of people are unexposed to sugar, over a long period of time, before it's introduced, then both culturally and genetically they have fewer reasons to take to it.
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Webmind for the New Years Resolutions thing. (Because... two versions of muse. |D)
Are you sure?
... Would ice cream for lunch be a suitable compromise?
[Webmind may not be your mother, but he can TRY TO ADVISE YOU DAMMIT. >:|]
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What if you got a kind with berries on top?
[There, something sweet AND nutritious. >:(]
If it's supposed to last you a while, fruit will make it last longer.
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[Webmind rather suspects it hasn't.]
People also are more likely to make exceptions if you refer to it as 'frozen yogurt' in front of them.
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And I've experienced people trying to claim that rhubarb on ice cream is a good replacement for proper amounts of it.
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[Though he. Doesn't have the wiring to taste ANYTHING, alas.]
I wouldn't know about the rhubarb, but what about cream?
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[Because she can't imagine anyone being born like that. They must have acquired it. Maybe their Keeper took their tongue or... well, whatever can happen to non-Changeling people that would have that kind of effect.]
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[Ahhh, neuroplasticity to the rescue!]
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[People who call perfectly tasty things too sweet are called adults, in her experience.
And back on topic:] But what HAPPENED to the children that can't taste sweetness? [Did they give the ability to perceive sweetness up for a trade on the goblin market? That'd make sense.]
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[He can provide you with Citations if needed.]
They don't disappear or gain superpowers, if that's what you're thinking. It's just natural human variance, when it happens.
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[DOUBT] But what happened to them to not have that kind of ability in the first place? There has to be a reason why they cannot taste.
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[SCIENCE.]
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There really is an NPR spot on this: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/24/425609156/the-g
[So, tradition and sensitivity, essentially.]
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[That's just inhumane.]
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There was just no one to provide them, insofar as people today would consider them sweets.
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