Is your love of a good gin and tonic a sign of something deeply disturbing?
F. Scott Fitzgerald's favorite spirit (the author loved it in a Rickey cocktail) has been linked to psychopathic tendencies when consumed in gin-and-tonic form, according to a study by researchers at Austria's University of Innsbruck. The results of the 2015 study demonstrate that bitter taste preferences—like those associated with a gin and tonic—"are positively associated with malevolent personality traits."
The study, which surveyed a group of 1,000 participants, also determined that "general bitter taste preferences were positively associated with psychopathy, everyday sadism, trait aggression, and negatively associated with agreeableness." A fondness for bitter foods, like coffee, radishes, and celery, is also "a robust predictor" for Machiavellianism and narcissism, researchers said.
But maybe being a psychopath isn't really so bad?
[H/T: Stylist]
Sam Dangremond is a Contributing Digital Editor at Town & Country, where he covers men's style, cocktails, travel, and the social scene.
