Bet there's microplastics even in water. Did read there is teflon in water too a few years back. Seems a good fit for here.

  • mittens [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    there's no provable causal link between aspartame and cancer. yet again the WHO/IARC releases another confusing recommendation which the press picks up as some sort of dire danger, which is disencouraging because this may undermine their previous recommendations against stuff like glyphosate (an actual fucking carcinogen). that being said aspartame tastes bitter wtf do you seriously like diet coke?

    • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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      1 year ago

      do you seriously like diet coke?

      i-do

      Regular coke (or any non-diet soda for that matter) has a consistency that's just too gross for me to drink. It's like drinking syrup.

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Yes! I have a sugar soda like once every couple months and it's so syrupy. I can feel it on my mouth and teeth. Way worse than diet soda in every way

          • mittens [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            my dad fucking swears on pineapple jarritos, i dont see the appeal

          • SerLava [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            My SO has to go under anesthesia every few years for some medical diagnostics, and theres a clear liquid diet. The previous time we stupidly got our normal gatorade zero for it. Felt horrible, bad migraines, etc.

            The most recent time, we realized how dumb that was and got frickin sugar gatorade, sugar jello, and some of those Nitro Pepsis. Pretty fucking good. Felt waaaaaaay better not missing all those calories.

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I compare it to drinking skim milk. Once you make the switch whole milk starts tasting worse - same thing with regular soda once you start drinking diet.

      • Oomfart [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Some UK food bodies once classed it as a syrup iirc. (But I might be remembering it wrong. Was to do with the volume of sugar to water ratio)

      • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        God I completly disagree with this. Diet flavoring tastes fucking disgusting to me and always has. Meanwhile I like nondiet sodas a lot, even though I know they are terrible for me.

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    • RoabeArt [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Diet Pepsi for me. Every time I try a regular Pepsi it tastes like stale unsalted popcorn.

      • mittens [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        diet pepsi and pepsi max are underrated for sure