strawberries are fucking gross and awful

they’re gross. i don’t know why everyone for all time has been obsessed with strawberries. maybe it’s just the state i live in (yes the whole state) but people go crazy for strawberry season. we have multiple strawberry festivals — i don’t think they even deserve one! genuinely cannot go to a spring or summer bbq or cookout without 1) someone bringing strawberries and 2) someone else commenting “what beautiful strawberries! 😍” and making the biggest deal over them. i feel like somehow they became an “It Girl” food or something — the obsession can’t be about the taste, so it feels like there’s something “aesthetic” to the obsession. sick! gross! awful! upsetting!

EDIT: no, i do not get strawberries from the supermarket. i grew up in a place that is known for having good strawberries, and there were a ton of fields with roadside fruit stands where i grew up. i have also grown my own. yes, i have tried wild strawberries. yes, i have tried strawberries in other countries (ireland, mexico, spain, france). i have had “good” strawberries. i genuinely just don’t like the way they taste. 😔