Surprised no one&#x27;s linked this yet: SSC&#x27;s &quot;what universal human experiences are you missing out on without realizing it&quot;, which describes this phenomenon in particular:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;17&#x2F;what-universal-human-experiences-are-you-missing-without-realizing-it&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;17&#x2F;what-universal-human-ex...</a><p>Basically, there are a lot of cases where people assume something is part of everyone&#x27;s internal experience but which can be refuted with detailed, literal comparisons of your first person accounts.<p>For me, it was alcohol. I have never actually liked it, in the sense of &quot;enjoying the sensation of drinking it&quot;. The best drinks to me are merely &quot;bearable&quot;. I always assumed everyone was pretending as some excuse to get drunk.