Spinach.
From my childhood, I remember vile black slimy stuff from a can, cooked into something that reminded me of LaBrea tar pits.
As an adult, I find fresh spinach tasty. I even like cooked spinach, where you take the pan off the burner and fold it into hot food until it wilts a little. It turns out to all be in how it’s preserved and prepared.
Put them on a tray, spray with olive oil, sprinkle some salt, bake in oven. Spinach chips! Mmmmm
Spicy food. I think my sense of taste has gotten dull as I got older so now I like that extra kick.
Naps.
I used to dislike the taste of licorice. I used to eat the sweet bits from those licorice cubes my dad had when I was a kid and then throw away the licorice parts.
Don’t know when that changed, but I was on the way home with my old man (I may have been late teens/early 20’s?) and I was quite hungry. All he had in the car at the time was licorice and it was one of the most delicious things I ever had.
He sometimes playfully complains that he remembered a time when us kids never liked licorice or pepper and now we eat him out of a house.
Bell peppers. I used to HATE these things, now I do eat them whenever I get the chance.
Joe Biden
For me, it was Trump.
I used to hate him, but after he lost the presidency, I realised how empty my life was without him.
From 2016 to 2020, every morning I would wake up with a smile on my face while I read the latest, dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. Each day was progressively more unhinged than the day before.
He was the perfect receptacle of my endless rage. Sure, he was the source of the rage in the first place, but the combination of infuriation and bewilderment was cathartic.
Olives
Have you tried Castelventrano olives? With the pit 🤌
Those are great, and there’s a green olive imported(?) by Mina which is exceptional.
Baseball
Jomboy only
Eggs. I did not like them at all (except as an ingredient in pancakes) for a quarter of a century. Now I do like myself a hard boiled egg with a pinch of salt for breakfast
Salt is ok, but try a pinch of MSG.
Chicken
Sitting quietly.
I used to require constant distraction from my thoughts. I would keep my local NPR station on in the background, just to have something to distract me from the running monologue and dialogues in my head.
I had to do a lot of psychological/spiritual work, but at this point I can say that sitting quietly is extremely rewarding and comfortable.
Drinking water instead of flavored drinks.
Metal music. It used to sound like random noise made by kids, but I’ve learned to appreciate it musically.
But I’m over the age in which I can take comfort in this music to express my anger and depression.
My Chemical Romance. I had barely heard any of their music when I was younger but hated what I heard. Now I own the black parade on vinyl. They’re not my favorite band or anything, but they’re actually pretty fun, as it turns out.
They definitely grew on me as I stopped being a pretentious loser that hated things just because they were popular
Matt Smith as the Doctor
The best doctor is always the last doctor.
Weird, because Tennant wasn’t the last doctor …
But he is the most recent one that isn’t current, which seems to track for a lot of the fan base.
((Jo Martin - retcon))
William Hartnell
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
Peter Davison
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Paul McCann
(John Hurt - excellent retcon)
Christopher Ecclestone
David Tennant
Matt Smith
Peter Capaldi
Jodie Whittacre
Ncuti GatwaHe isn’t.
spoiler
You’re ignoring the 3 episodes where Tennant came back as the Doctor, between Whittaker and Gatwa. Not as a throwback or anything, but as a proper regeneration.
And the metacrisis, oh wait, oh I see. You’re right. I shall hang my head in shame.
Jelly baby … ?
Pertwee was my first doctor. I’ve always grown to like them all.
