# Why so bitter? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383 "2003-06-25T22:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/1 "2003-06-25T22:24:36Z")
Yes, I’m talking to you. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/2 "2003-06-25T22:27:37Z")
Because I like my life like I like my coffee. Bitter. And served in a plastic cup. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/3 "2003-06-25T22:28:51Z")
My coffee talks to me, too. If I don’t add sugar or cream to it, it screams in my ear “You’ve left me a cold and bitter shell of an caffeinated liguid being!”, for hours after I’ve drank it. Quite bothersome. Just add some sweet n’ low, man. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/4 "2003-06-25T22:31:10Z")
Anyone thinking of that beer ad Dennis Leary was doing in the UK that took the piss out of those “I’m not bitter” Caffreys’ ads? The one where he said “He’s not bitter…he’s not even conscious!” Didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/5 "2003-06-25T23:13:19Z")
More hops in the [brewing process](http://www.beer-brewing.com/british-beer-styles/bitter.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/6 "2003-06-26T02:09:10Z")
Because Alfredo sauce is ok plain, but with a bit of pepper it sings! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/7 "2003-06-26T02:53:22Z")
Why not? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/8 "2003-06-26T13:55:47Z")
Well, it IS quinine, after all… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/9 "2003-06-26T14:49:39Z")
I prefer milk cholocate actually ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/10 "2003-06-26T17:22:51Z")
I understand it’s because of all the meat and alcohol in my diet. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/11 "2003-06-26T17:48:54Z")
Because whoever the guys were in the Netherlands who wrote this esoteric piece of shit programming language I’m stuck using must have done way too many bong hits when they were brainstorming. Nothing meant against the Dutch. Or bongs. Or bong hits. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/12 "2003-06-26T18:36:10Z")
An alkaline pH. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/13 "2003-06-26T18:46:39Z")
It’s the butter in the batter that makes me bitter. Better? ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/14 "2003-06-26T19:14:59Z")
I’m bitter because I LIKE being this way. ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/15 "2003-06-26T19:17:02Z")
I’m not bitter. I’ll tell you when I’m bitter. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/16 "2003-06-26T19:27:28Z")
Who the fuck said I was? ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/17 "2003-06-27T10:04:17Z")
I’m not bitter. I’m just emotionally exhausted and morally bankrupt [sub] “Bitter?” “Yup, bit him too” [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/18 "2003-06-27T10:09:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*I prefer milk cholocate actually \*\* “cholocate” v. tr. - To determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate. 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/19 "2003-06-27T12:00:59Z")
…Well, it all started when I was a little kid… _pulls up a chair_ ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/20 "2003-06-27T16:21:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tarantula \* > \*\*“cholocate” v. tr. - To determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate. > > 😃 😃 😃 \*\* Oh I DO like that one 😛 😛 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383.md?page=2)