Is soda so bad that I should never drink it, not even occasionally?
@realcaseyrollins Let’s visit the fact that there are people so hopelessly attached to soda that they justify “diet soda” in order to keep their vice going.
Imagine for a moment how ridiculous that is. We don’t have “diet cake” or “diet milk shakes”. Why diet soda?
@wrongthink @realcaseyrollins Honestly, it's no different than lite or menthol cigarettes. Also, given the strong link between artificial sweeteners and cancer, one can argue that diet soda is even worse for you than regular soda.
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@xianc78 @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins diet soda is fucking horrible for you AND it tastes like shit, I don't know why anyone drinks that garbage
@beardalaxy @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins I think people are more addicted to the caffeine from the soda than the sugar. They want something that is somewhat close to the original taste without the sugar.
My mother is horribly addicted to Diet Coke/Pepsi. She ensured that none of her kids were soda drinkers just so we wouldn't get addicted.
@PhenomX6 @wrongthink @beardalaxy @realcaseyrollins I always assumed it was some schizophrenic thing, just like the constant need for cigarettes.
@PhenomX6 @wrongthink @beardalaxy @realcaseyrollins That Vice article had this in it's "related posts".
But in all seriousness, holy shit! I knew that people drank too much soda for awhile, but I didn't realize how bad diet coke addiction really was. Maybe I don't pay attention to what other people are drinking. I always assume it was like 1-2 cans/bottles per day, not fucking 12 or a 2-liter bottle.
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https://nypost.com/2022/11/30/why-diet-coke-addicts-like-elon-musk-cant-quit/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/well/eat/diet-coke-addiction.html
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/02/the-real-thing-my-battle-to-beat-a-27-year-diet-coke-addiction
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7q5em/how-i-gave-up-diet-coke-pepsi-addiction
https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/22/meet-the-diet-coke-addicts-who-drink-up-to-five-litres-a-day-and-crack-open-a-can-first-thing-in-the-morning-8160378/
It's also because it doesn't "register" in your body as you're eating something and also you get caffeine too. The boomer drinking Monster Zero Ultra meme was no joke.