I'm generally a flexible eater these days, but I have a weird, basically unexplained aversion to cereal with milk (especially cheerios).
Besides eating cereal, I currently find it somewhat uncomfortable to be in a room with other people eating it, and am finding it uncomfortable to think about cereal as I write this description. But I don't think I ever had a traumatic childhood experience with cereal or anything like that, so it's pretty weird. I like oatmeal, granola, and other similar foods.
I have no current plans to retry cereal, but I feel like I should probably do it at some point, so maybe this market will be an incentive. If anyone has any suggestions, I would consider them.
Resolves YES if I feel comfortable eating a bowl of cereal with milk at market close. Resolves NO if I'm still uncomfortable. This sort of thing does have a lot of gray area, so I may end up resolving to a percentage if I feel more comfortable but not fully comfortable, or comfortable with certain types of cereal. I will do my best to resolve honorably.
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Sorry y’all! I made directional progress, but haven’t had any more cereal since my last market comment. I’m willing to eat it now, but it still feels a bit weird in hard-to-describe ways, so 75%.
Had a bowl of honey nut O’s (basically cheerios). Still a bit of psychological discomfort beforehand, but mostly comfortable. I’d say 75% now if the market were to resolve immediately.
I just had a bowl of Crispix with milk! This is a major step - I don’t remember the last time I ate a bowl of cereal.
As expected, it tasted fine - I’m fine with all the individual tastes - but I still felt a bit weird and uncomfortable doing it, which I find hard to explain. I’m hoping to eat some more cereal soon, perhaps even Cheerios (though idk if we have those).
If I were to resolve the market right now, it’d probably be like 50%? But I’m hoping to bring it to YES by the end of June.
@Conflux do you have a sweet tooth? if so, this is easy to resolve YES. go grab some captain crunch with crunchberries or reese's puffs or cinnamon toast crunch. lucky charms might squick you out with the texture. if you're gonna do cheerios anyway tho def do the the name brand and get honeynut or at least the mixed multigrain one to reduce the cardboard experience.
how do you do with granola and muesli?
@42irrationalist aren't you...derailing the market a bit?
(I tried to continue your wordplay)
Try microwaving the milk first, so it’s warm and nice; eat some cereal (ideally something like Nestle honey stars or Nesquick) without the milk (like you would eat popcorn or something); drink some milk afterwards; see how you feel. If that doesn’t cause aversion, try microwaving the milk in a bowl, then adding some cereal and eating it
@ms it's bothering me that someone would go ahead and leave a useful thoughtful comment when I am betting NO
I love cereal and can't imagine not doing so. It must be very deep-seated, and food aversion can take serious reframing to change
Where I am from granola is considered part of the "breakfast cereals" category, like cornflakes or weetabix or musli etc.
So it sounds like you've already overcome it
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