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Why do people use the word “vanilla” to mean plain or boring?

Like have you never had real vanilla, because that shit is god damn orgasmic!
The beans
The beans
What ya do with em
What ya do with em
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This isn’t exclusive to sex. I have seen the same term used to describe video games. Like the term “vanilla Skyrim” meaning the shitty version of the game, without mods or anything. Also apparently some bitch came on here just too down vote everyone. Guess I pissed someone off, I do that sometimes.
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Most Helpful Guys

  • I mean I think it comes from ice cream flavour rather than about the real flavour vanilla.
    if someone was to say their favourite flavour of ice cream was vanilla it would be sorta a boring thing to be your favourite.

    it also I think has become short hand for some thing being kinda standard white person stuff. Vanilla being white in colour and the stereotype of white people liking bland ass food sorta combined to make it a racial thing as well I think.

  • I agree with you that that usage is unfair to vanilla. But vanilla is strong and self-assured and has always carried on with dignity along with a sense of self-deprecating humor.

    • Well said.

Most Helpful Girls

  • My first guess would be that it comes from the (usually true) fact that children almost always seem to prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla ice cream when given the choice. Isn't that a thing with kids? That they consider vanilla as like the "lame" alternative to chocolate? I don't know, just a thought. Haha

    But yeah, vanilla is amazing. Kids don't know shit.

    • Don’t know, I actively try to avoid children. But I guess that makes sense.

    • I bet you preferred vanilla over chocolate even when you were a kid, am I right?

    • You were a kid once, were you? Haha

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  • Fuck yeah!! Vanilla Bean ice cream from Ben and Jerry's...

    • Was in a wedding a few months ago. The bride and groom made most of everything themselves. Instead of a traditional overpriced dry as fuck wedding cake they made cupcakes. The vanilla ones were made with actual beans, homage extract, and cream cheese frosting… god damn, I am supersized I didn’t put on like 10 pounds that day.

    • Delish <3 <3 <3

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  • Vanilla sounds more elegant on the poetic spectrum...

    • I guess that’s fair. Saying “I’m boring” sounds worse than saying “I’m vanilla.” But it’s still disrespectful to the finest of the flavors.

    • It’s the foundation of every flavor ever created! And OMG you are anything BUT boring! 🙌🏻 Maybe somewhat of a realist with a hell of a sense of humor. I need to pay attention to you more! #duckysbackfan

    • That’s sweet, but I think you misunderstood what I meant. I am anything but “vanilla” in the bedroom. I just meant one phrase compared to the other, not that I identify with either.

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  • I have had real vanilla and I have found it to be... rather vanilla. :-)

    • Don't talk shit about vanilla..

    • Do you think it is more... peppermint?

    • Maybe the bitch is down voting everyone because she like to go down on every body.

  • vanilla simply because it lacks color, and additives and other attributes that makes other "flavors" more exciting.
    Vanilla is my favorite flavor.

  • Vanilla is just soo basic tho

    • So you admit to never actuating having had it. Fair enough.

    • I've had real vanilla but never vanilla in bed 😆😆

    • Clearly you missed the point of the question

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  • Because its the most widely available / common flavour of icecream.

    • Don’t think I have ever had ice cream that wasn’t homemade that had actual vanilla in it.

  • I’ll take the Nila any day! Vanilla is the base. You can add chocolate, caramel, sprinkles, whipped cream, whatever! And no, I don’t mean the toppings, I mean different things to add to the basics! You got to start somewhere!

  • They hate orchids...

    • Lol, I guess so.

  • God i love vanilla. Who ever uses that as a term to mean something bad just stright up weirdos lmao.

    • Right? That shit is orgasmic!

    • One had it one but yuppp defo need again

    • Only

  • Vanilla is just as enjoyable as anything extra. Long as you’re enjoying it, then do what thou wilt :)

  • Vanilla is used in a so many recipes. just because.

    • No, it is frequently used in baking to add another layer to the flavor profile.

    • Yes, but if you use vanilla so much, there isn't anything special about it. I agree that Vanilla just makes things better, but it's nothing special because it is so frequently used.

    • Synthetic vanilla, sure. Don’t see the real stuff actually used very often at all.

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  • you ever had cherry vanilla coke. that shit is amazing 🤤

    • I don’t really drink soda that often but I kinda want to try some homemade soda

    • neither do i have a very strict diet but it is really delicious. i think it would be fun to make homemade soda.

    • Same, I don’t put anything in my body unless it needs to be there. But also this…

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hONaSmNUUZE&t=133s

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  • vanilla is like an orgasmic flavor bomb.

  • It's just an ice-cream analogy to mean the default, plain, flavour.

    • Sure, but it’s still a shitty analogy.

    • Haha but vanilla ice cream is one of the best ice cream flavours.

  • cause that's the most bland 08/15 flavor every shit comes in xD

    • So you admit to never actually having had it. That's fair.

  • I don't know i loveeee vanilla

    • Right? That shit is super underutilized and underappreciated.

  • In regards to icecream I think vanilla was the cheapest, basic most common flavour, now vanilla is in high demand

    • Maybe at one point. But real vanilla has never been boring.

  • I don't know about the phrase but I Soo love vanilla. The smell itself is ecstatic

    • Right, I could just walk around with the beans up my nose but that would be weird.

  • I don't understand either

    • No application for the best things in life I suppose.

    • True

  • I think it is used in comparison to chocolate which is perceived to be a bit more exciting than vanilla. But I agree with you. Vanilla is luscious.

    • blah. chocolate is actually disgusting without sugar.

    • You can't please everyone. If someone got pissed off that's their issue, not yours.

    • Oh, I don’t try to please anybody unless we are gonna bang.

  • Finally, someone asking the questions that really matter. Vanilla is criminally underrated.

    • Hey these are the kind of questions that keep me up at night lol.

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