system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that, over time, we can begin to like tastes that we previously did not?
gpt
It's because taste buds decline with age. As kids we have a much sharper sense of taste and we tend to dislike certain flavors. By the time we are adults we've lost (presumably) half of our taste buds and we can tolerate a wider range of foods.