Raven Maria

by looking at it to make texture predictions

smelling it to make taste predictions

poking at it with a fork to ascertain the flexibility and chewiness

considering its similarities to other foods I’ve disliked

considering its differences from other foods I’ve liked

knowing that there is an ingredient in it that I hate

trying to chop it with a knife and feeling the gristliness and hearing that telltale horrible creaking noise of gristle and noping right out of that situation

this is how humans naturally decided whether or not to eat unfamiliar foods in the wild thousands of years ago

our senses interact with each other to protect us, so your nose alerts you to an incoming bad taste before you put it in your mouth so you don’t end up eating the bad thing and dying

this is how we survived as a species

it is perfectly rational

it makes perfect sense

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