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Everyone’s got their favorite dishes, that’s no surprise to anyone. But if we’re being brutally honest, there are some food items that make us go ‘Yuck!’ and ‘Ew!’ really loudly in our heads… though we just don’t vocalize all of that because we’re in polite company. We have to at least pretend that we’re ‘normal.’

That’s one of the perks of Reddit: you can (semi)anonymously share your real thoughts and feelings on a topic. It’s great—cathartic even—to get the fact that you really hate what most others enjoy off your chest. Redditor u/Aarunascut started up a fascinating thread on r/AskMen, asking people to share the foods that they think people only pretend to like.

We’ve collected the very best comments to share with you, dear Pandas, so scroll down and check out what everyone thinks. Which answers do you agree with? Which of the food items that were mentioned do you genuinely enjoy and why? What do you love and hate the most? Share your opinions in the comments!

A lot of the food items in this list (especially the seafood and veggies) are actually quite healthy. Bored Panda got in touch with health and fitness coach Anna Armagno Toussaint who shared her wisdom about the food groups that it's best to focus on and avoid, what to do if what you're constantly eating tastes bland, and how to deal with cravings for your favorite not-so-healthy (junk) foods. You'll find our full interview with the coach below, Pandas. Read on and check it out!

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#1

Package of American slices processed cheese, a food product people are only pretending to like in salty snacks. American cheese, I don’t know how anyone likes this plastic fake food

poisedred , Mike Mozart Report

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    Close-up of escargot shells served with garlic herb butter, a food some people are only pretending to like. Escargot. The sheer amount of melted butter and garlic it’s served with tells me enough to know that no one actually likes the snail part.

    raw_toast , Maria Orlova Report

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    #3

    A glass bowl filled with black licorice candies, a snack people often pretend to like despite its strong flavor. Black licorice. It's the worst flavour and it lingers

    GNU_PTerry , Susanne Nilsson Report

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    #4

    Bottle of Master Chow Fireball hot and spicy sauce on a dark surface, highlighting foods and drinks people pretend to like. Super hot chilli sauces. They burn the inside of your mouth to the point where you cannot tell what the food it is on tastes like. Ghost pepper sauce on beef, chicken or fish castrate the experience of food. Those spices are nature’s way discouraging eating. I often assume that they were developed as a way to hide rotting meat.

    Valzar1954 Report

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    #5

    Plate of tripe and a steamed bun served with rice, illustrating foods people are only pretending to like. Offal and tripe

    Brizzo7 , stu_spivack Report

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    #6

    "They're Just Gross Little Explosions Of Salt And Sadness": 30 Foods And Drinks People Are Only Pretending To Like Blood sausage. (retch) Food made on a dare or what?

    teknomanzer , Chun Yip So Report

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    #7

    Liver

    Mr_M0t0m0 Report

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    #8

    Creamy blue cheese wedge with figs, walnuts, and herbs on a dark platter featuring foods people are only pretending to like. Blue Cheese.

    gravygotch , Jez Timms Report

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    #9

    Green smoothie in a glass bottle with two pink striped straws, surrounded by fresh kale on a brown cloth. Green Smoothies (the ones with no fruit or sugar in them). There’s no way your carrot, beetroot, kale, and spinach smoothie with an extra shot of turmeric tastes like anything other than a donkey’s booty hole….

    igfxreapers , Alisha Mishra Report

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    #10

    Hand holding a package of vegan cheddar cheese in a grocery store, highlighting foods and drinks people pretend to like. Vegan "cheese"

    sweergirl86204 , ENESFİLM Report

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    #11

    Close-up of a cooked steak with rosemary and garlic, illustrating popular foods people are only pretending to like. Well done steak. It destroys the flavour and texture, you may as well just save yourself some money and buy chicken instead.

    polly_pocket1989 , Chad Montano Report

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    #12

    Two jars of fermented foods with cloudy liquid, illustrating popular foods and drinks people pretend to like. Kombucha

    jungleismassivv , Geraud pfeiffer Report

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    #13

    Person holding fresh green kale, one of the foods people are only pretending to like in popular drinks and meals. Kale Edit: If you're going to defend kale, stop. Save your comment. It tastes like sad.

    SwordMasterShadow , Adolfo Félix Report

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    #14

    Soya-based like sausage served with lentil and tomato stew topped with green herb sauce and fresh basil leaves. Vegetarian meat alternatives for mince beef, chicken breast and sausages etc. I would rather replace meat with a tasty veggie rather than have a mouthful of something with the wrong flavour and consistency.

    MrTickleMePink , LikeMeat Report

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    #15

    Red cocktail with a lemon slice garnish, illustrating foods and drinks people are only pretending to like. Caviar. I'd like some salt paste, please, for $100 a scoop.

    Raspberries-Are-Evil , Anastasia Belousova Report

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    #16

    Green matcha powder with whisk and scoop on rustic wooden surface representing foods people pretend to like. Freaking matcha. It's like drinking fish water.

    a17sr03 , Matcha & CO Report

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    #17

    Open durian fruit showing its spiky shell and soft, creamy flesh, a gross little explosion of salt and sadness food. Durian, texture, smell, everything about it.

    flutter4ab , Jim Teo Report

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    #18

    Tonic water. It's like angry poison water why would anyone drink that on purpose?

    TrashMammal17 Report

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    #19

    Anything pumpkin spice. None for me, thanks. Is it really that delicious? Or is it just fashionable?

    RedcloudGeorge Report

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    #20

    White truffles on a wooden cutting board with a truffle slicer, showcasing unusual foods people pretend to like. Truffles / truffle oil. Smells and tastes like the bottom of a laundry hamper to me

    tboess , CHUTTERSNAP Report

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    #21

    Plates of raw oysters on ice, highlighting foods people are only pretending to like in popular culture. Oysters. Tastes like dirty sea water and has the texture of snot.

    DukeVonTitle , Rene Asmussen Report

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    #22

    Three pieces of seasoned pork chops cooking in a frying pan with garlic, a salty and savory food dish. Stuff with gristle or tendons or tons of fat, like the thick strips of fat on the outside of pork chops

    Sanchastayswoke , Yvette S Report

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    #23

    Not a food, but Cilantro. Tastes like literal soap too me, but people say otherwise.

    shadingnight Report

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    #24

    Jar of capers and bowl of creamy sauce on a napkin, illustrating foods people are only pretending to like. Capers. They're just gross little explosions of salt and sadness.

    Dandals , Stefan Johnson Report

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