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.
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.
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.
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ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 294d
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.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 20 pts · 294d
You just know that some people would take a lot more than they should if it tastes good. And some cough syrup tastes really good ...
Rolder@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 293d
Makes sense to stop children or the exceptionally dumb from chugging it because mmm tasty
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 293d
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.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 293d
Grape? Dimetap immediately sprang to mind.
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 293d
Robussy?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 290d
Tuss is one of many Estonian words for pussy so I already read it as robo pussy tbh
IvyisAngy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 293d
Robitussin tastes like absolute sin now. I take it and have to work not to throw up.
It is effective though.
Pencilnoob@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 293d
Oh my favorite flavor: depleted uranium cherry
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 292d
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.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 293d
La Croix already has Cherry Blossom, there’s no way they can top that with a worse attempt at a flavor.
Limoncello fuckin slaps tho
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 293d
I much preferred antibiotics as a kid; mmmmm, banana
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 293d
If I ever find out how to get that glorious liquid I will likely drown myself in it.
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 293d
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 · 2 pts · 293d
Hmmmm, I did not think I would die of alcohol poisoning, but here we are.
Thanks for the tip.
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 293d
Let me know if you liked it so I can enjoy it vicariously through you; I'm on the wagon myself
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 292d
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.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 293d
They missed formaldehyde flavored bubble gum.
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 292d
I like the way benadryl tastes
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 1 pts · 293d
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.
dwemthy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 293d
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 · 1 pts · 293d
Because it has to be enough to cover over the disgusting chemical Taste of dextromethorphan
sulgoth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 293d
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.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 293d
Buckley's my man. It sucks ass and they admit it, but it works.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 293d
The orange is fucking great though