Vinegars first and most important thing is its acidity. Its one of the building blocks for deeper taste in dishes.

Most condiments and seasonings taste bad on their own. You probably wont enjoy spoonfull of salt or pepper either so you dont need to enjoy vinegar on its own.

Some people like salt and vinegar chips, some enjoy sourcream and some like their chips with habanero.

As for salad dressings, vinegar is often used with oil to get emulsion for the dressing and historically its good for preserving food so many recepies still work around that taste. Not too dissimiliar why many food cultures use chili and paprika. Strong flavors were used to both preserve food and hide the possible moldy tastes.

Personally i like vinegar when it highlights and deepens the taste of food, but does not cover anything under it.

Land mines are a horror of war that bite long after the conflict ends.

I have had always problem with this thinking and im pro mines. Yes it will be sad if children die 10 years from now to old landmine, but its also sad if that child is never born because their parents died fighting in a war.