I could see that water being “neutral” on taste for most people is probably evolutionary. But I’m just speculating.

My friend is going through chemo treatment, which is wrecking their tastebuds in various ways, and they told me after each infusion they can’t stand the “texture” of water for a few days. Thankfully, it’s also wrecking their cancer!

Water does have flavor, depending on the mineral content. I’ve always had to get used to the taste of the water when I start in a new area.

The reason we’ve evolved to tune out whatever taste water may have, is because we need to be able to detect when there’s shit in it. Literally. But also anything else non-suitable.

Which is why waters taste slightly different as we never drink distilled water really. Not that it’s somehow toxic, but drinking only distilled water when there’s no food and then sweating a lot would dehydrate you eventually.

True. Nothing has innate taste. So the taste of water is whatever we needed it to be.

I had surgery in my mouth and for months I’ve had problems with my sense of taste. Water has sometimes tasted bad. FML

Could be the other way, our brains nerfing the incredible flavour so we don’t all die of hyperhydration

Your lungs have a smell

Rabies is a condition that lets you taste water for it’s real flavor

Flavor --> Can’t taste it.

Contradiction of definitions

Oh you said CO? I misread that as CO2. Yeah I don’t know about monoxide