• Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 hours ago

    I secretly like the taste of cherry Nyquil.

    If you’ve ever wondered who Mountain Dew Code Red is for and why that concoction keeps showing up, it’s for people who like cherry Nyquil, know that it’s weird, and also know that it’d be a bad idea to chug Nyquil.

  • sulgoth@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You know this might be why I like Buckley’s of all things. They don’t even try to make it taste nice and somehow come out ahead.

  • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    Honestly to me cough syrup tastes so incredibly bad as to be worse than the coughing. The cherry flavor has literally put me off of cherry flavored anything (except actual cherries) ever since childhood because it’s my mental default for “tastes like nasty medicine flavor” now.

  • ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    It’s not that they can’t make them taste good; it’s that a lot of people believe the nastier it tastes, the better it works.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    I think it was Robotussin that had the actually good grape flavour. But it’s been forever since I was a kid and I haven’t ever taken medicine I can just buy at a store as an adult. I treat myself with OJ and chicken soup for colds and fevers; 7up and saltines or dry toast if the flu.

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      1 day ago

      If I ever find out how to get that glorious liquid I will likely drown myself in it.

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        1 day ago

        There’s a liqueur called “I’m bananas over you” that’s pretty close, but I’m not sure if it’s sold outside Canada/US

        • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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          1 day ago

          Hmmmm, I did not think I would die of alcohol poisoning, but here we are.

          Thanks for the tip.

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            1 day ago

            Let me know if you liked it so I can enjoy it vicariously through you; I’m on the wagon myself

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              3 hours ago

              Found it, and have tried a bit. Its good, but very much still a liqueur in flavor.

              I would say its 60% of the way to the penicillin banana flavor. Good but not bananay enough.

  • dwemthy@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Why doesn’t cough syrup have eucalyptus as a flavor like some cough drops do? Gimme that koala make out session juice

    • phar@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      Because it has to be enough to cover over the disgusting chemical Taste of dextromethorphan