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Brain scans reveal widespread structural and functional changes in patients following COVID-19 infection (www.psypost.org)
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[–] 122 points 3 months ago (20 children)

I guess I won the brain damage lottery because cilantro no longer tastes soapy to me

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Wow, that’s pretty crazy

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Idk if it was the Covid but when i made my homemade tacos with cilantro it was amazing but before that every time it tasted like soap

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Cilantro tasted like soap to me before 2011, after that it was delicious. Not necessarily covid that caused your change, cant explain mine except that I was eating a lot of it in delicious meals so who knows

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of people have changes in their sense of smell after contracting covid. It will be interesting to see if the “soap” taste comes back to you eventually.

    https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/2022/09/change-smell-after-covid-19-infection-what-you-need-know

    https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/loss-smell-post-covid-how-severe-it-and-how-long-can-it-last

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    I have no idea whether I have that or not because I've never tasted soap for comparison. Cilantro has... A flavor for me, certainly, but I have no idea if it's the right one.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    You never cursed as a child and had to wash your mouth with soap?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Oh, I've cursed all right. But do you mean to tell me your parents made you put soap in your mouth?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I've never gotten a soapy taste from it either, but I definitely have the gene that makes it taste horrid.

    For me, the taste of cilantro is the exact same profile as the smell of stink bugs. So... Anything with even a tiny bit of cilantro in it tastes like it's filled with ground up beetles.

    But not soap. Tbh I think soap would be an improvement.

    ...I'm super jealous of folks who don't have the gene - what they describe it tasting like sounds fucking amazing.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Damn, the first time I had it, it made chocolate taste like soap for months. Probably better for my diet.

    Unfortunately, ever since the second or third time, raw carrots all taste like soap. I used to eat carrots with half my lunches, and now I can't stomach them.

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