No, this is pretty common in folks who don't drown their taste buds and systems in tons of it every day. Then you feel it anytime its there, since its pretty rare and its disgusting chemical bleh, one feels it fully.

Its a bit like smoking cigarettes - to many non-smokers, its disgusting beyond description, smearing face with old feces wouldn't be worse. To many smokers its mild, pleasant, they enjoy it with lunch etc.

I almost never drink artificial sweetened drinks.

But when I do, I barely notice a difference, and it doesn't really bother me.

Why is it so hard to believe that people's taste perception vary?