# Variety is the spice of life (or things I don't understand about people part # 652)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-or-things-i-dont-understand-about-people-part-652/714439 "2015-03-07T13:59:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-or-things-i-dont-understand-about-people-part-652/714439/61 "2015-03-14T18:51:14Z")

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Mmmm… Tacos!

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-or-things-i-dont-understand-about-people-part-652/714439/62 "2015-03-16T22:19:03Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> I haven’t had tacos in ages. Now it’s 2am, and I’m jonesing for them.

Sorry, you have to wait till Tuesday.

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-or-things-i-dont-understand-about-people-part-652/714439/63 "2015-03-17T01:10:21Z")

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I’ve actually put a lot of thought in to it, and I think the key may not be risk or novelty, but rather how problematic you

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-or-things-i-dont-understand-about-people-part-652/714439/64 "2015-03-17T01:26:43Z")

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Sorry, got cut off…

I think a big part of this is how bad you perceive bad experiences.

I’m pretty easy to please. I like basically everywhere I’ve ever traveled to. I think I’d  
be equally happy to visit Tahiti, Luanda or Omaha. I can’t think of anywhere outside of active war zones I wouldn’t enjoy going. I’ve traveled in all kinds of conditions and as long as I have a window to look out through and people to meet, if all makes me happy. I don’t get scared or uncomfortable easily.

Likewise with food. I have things that I like more than other things, but food basically all tastes pretty good to me. I’m never really worried about getting a dish I don’t like, because that pretty rare.

I think someone with stronger opinions and stronger emotions toward things they dislike would probably have a pretty different outlook.

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