The bitterless life.

I suppose this is not as uncommon as it seemed to me at first. I have read that the estimates are broadly around 25% of all people who lack the ability to taste a certain bitter chemical called phenylthiocarbamide(or PTC). As I am apparently one of these people, this may be a contributing factor as to why I enjoy many bitter foods that other people do not. I do not really think there is any deeper meaning to it all but I guess it just solidifies my personal feeling about the many ways I am different than most people. It is even kind of fun to think of being an outsider all the way to a genetic level... honestly, something I did not expect.

There is always a danger in separating yourself from people through definitions of whatever type, personally defined or otherwise. I know that I am ultimately still part of the human race, very much one of the six-point-whatever billion people roaming the earth(or crawling, in the case of babies), and every bit as deserving of all the blessings offered humanity. It is just good to remind myself of that more often than I usually do.