I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross.

I will die on this hill.

  • loaExMachina
    97•2 months ago

    I love olives. Olives are great.

    I will die on this hill.

    Then perish.

    • Flummoxed
      3•2 months ago

      Right? I am personally anti-many types of olives, but there is always someone happy to eat them. I’ve started friendships this way. I wish I liked them.

    • Hamartiogonic
      1•2 months ago

      This is the way. If OP doesn’t like olives, that just leaves more for the rest of us. It’s a win-win for everyone.

  • Treczoks
    34•2 months ago

    I will die on this hill.

    Do it. Leaves more olives for the rest of us.

    • Hadriscus
      9•2 months ago2 months ago

      Also may make good bonemeal for an olive tree to grow there

      OP, your sacrifice means more olives

    • Fire Witch
      5•2 months ago2 months ago

      I’ve learned that I don’t give a shit if a martini is shaken OR stirred. They’re all fucking disgusting. I love gin, but who the fuck thought super salty gin would taste good? The olive is the only good part of the whole thing.

      Except for espresso martinis, those are good.

      • slurpinderpin
        1•2 months ago

        I will fight you.

        Kidding, I know a lot of people that feel the same as you haha. And espresso martini’s are my fave

      • MyDogLovesMe
        8•2 months ago2 months ago

        We used to make “Whore’s Martinis”.

        Same as a regular one, you just hand pour over a single cube of ice and toss in an olive, onion, lemon, whatever. Stir with your finger and go. No straining, no stir stick, no measuring, one cube of ice.

  • ccunning
    20•2 months ago

    I would have died on that hill with you for most of my life.

    But it always seemed odd to me; I wasn’t a picky eater so what was different about olives?! I would try them from time to time but still gagged on them.

    Then I tried some while I was living in the Middle East. They slowly be came more and more palatable until now I love them.

    Those shitty canned black sliced olives are still awful though 🥴

      • RBWells
        11•2 months ago2 months ago

        Or just to a middle eastern grocer.

        Also - Castelvetrano are the olives that non-olive people often like. The flavor is mild and buttery, not as sour as most but without the metallic edge the black olives have.

        • LaunchesKayaksOP
          7•2 months ago

          Thank you for the recommendations! I might see if the super fancy grocery store by my work has those olives. If they don’t, then I’ll try to find a middle eastern grocer. I don’t mind taking a minor road trip to find legit olives. I wanna know if I just don’t like the ones I’ve been exposed to.

      • Ada
        3•2 months ago

        Of course. Otherwise they’re just sparkling kalmatas…

    • felixwhynot
      2•2 months ago

      I’m in a similar boat. Manzanilla olives are the only ones I like! Pit-in or bust.

    • pink
      -1•2 months ago

      You are supposed to fill the black ones with easy cheese.

  • DJKJuicy
    11•2 months ago

    I used to hate olives, along with a lot of other things. Peppers. Beans. Blue cheese. And I used to tell everyone about how much I disliked stuff.

    But then I grew up. You don’t have to eat olives if you don’t want. But if you restrict your life to your little pre-approved list of acceptable foods, you’re missing out.

    Life is short. Way too short. You don’t want to discover how delicious a dirty martini with blue cheese olives is when you’re old.