Well... I am gonna offer a 3rd position on lighter fluid. If you like it - use it. If you can taste or smell it, or just don't want to use it - don't. But, allow for the following reasoning to "marinade" in you head a bit ( see...see what I did there..."marinade"...
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Tho we are all humans ( well.. most of us anyway
) we should allow for the recognition that variations exist in our senses. Some of us are colorblind. Some deaf. Some have exceptional hearing. Some folks have vision so good they can see the stitching on a fastball approaching at 80+ m.ph. And these are not "exceptional humans", they merely have one sense that is "out of the normal range".
And - the same is true of tasting. It is not about "better" or "worse" - it is about difference in sensitivity to certain aromas and tastes. There are plenty of medical studies that show us that these variables exist, and - petroleum distillates may be one of the categories that some folks can smellier taste...and some cannot.
I will use two examples of other anomalies similar to this: Asparagus.....Research has shown that perhaps 50% of people smell a distinct odor when they urinate after consuming asparagus - and 50% do not. Why? That is where it get complicated - but the simple answer is, that there exists a myriad of differences between each of us - that are part of why we are "individuals"
And - ever notice that when men get together in mixed company and they want to ell a dirty joke, or secret to another man - they talk in a very low, quiet tone - yet women inherently whisper in a high pitch? Why? Because - thru testing, it has ben shown hat men do not hear those upper register sounds as well - just as women don her those very low ones as well. Differences in the sexes. ( Like we needed more???
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So - I don't use lighter fluid. But it is because mostly, I am a cheapskate
and the newspaper underneath chimney works well for me.
