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Take something you don’t like and try to like it

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271 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 12:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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esafak ◴[02 Sep 25 13:35 UTC] No.45102924[source]▶
Or don't, and cultivate taste, which is about having a rationale for separating the good from the bad -- and disliking stuff. It might not make you popular at parties though.
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1. celeries ◴[02 Sep 25 13:50 UTC] No.45103122[source]▶
I like plain oatmeal. I wouldn't say it's "good" in most qualitative senses.

"Cultivating taste" might mean less capacity to tolerate or enjoy things that are fine-but-not-great.