Random Thought Thread v2

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Coke Zero/Diet Coke rules, dude. Calorie free treat? Almost as good as a fake cigarette.

That’s why they call Diet Coke “Fridge Cigs”

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Yeah, even as a joke, no one thinks it's funny. But I don't think I've ever met anyone who was younger than 20 that appreciated the taste of alcohol.

I once used an empty 2L Asahi Big as a water bottle when playing sports. I wasn't trying to be funny, it was just one of the rare options bigger than a Nalgene bottle. People gave me the side eye or got freaking angry.

I was being a hot headed kid, so I got an empty Finlandia vodka bottle and used that for a water bottle. People threatened to call the cops even after they learned it was filled with water.



Sugar replacements like aspartame, stevia, monk fruit taste really weird to me. Bleh. It's great for those who can't tell or don't mind the taste though.

I started really disliking the taste of diet pop. I don’t know if some recipe changed, but it tastes awfully bland now compared to regular Coke or Pepsi.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Theres people that wont even drink tap water.

Diet Coke tastes like ass

It does at first. Then it tastes good and real coke tastes sickeningly sweet.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I started really disliking the taste of diet pop. I don’t know if some recipe changed, but it tastes awfully bland now compared to regular Coke or Pepsi.

To me, those Zevia stevia sweetened pops taste sorta like a fountain drink where the ice melted and diluted the flavor.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

To me, those Zevia stevia sweetened pops taste sorta like a fountain drink where the ice melted and diluted the flavor.

That’s kind of what I am getting with diet Coke and Pepsi. Thought they were just aspartame though. To me it tastes like a bottling issue where they reduced the syrup or something for the Costco packs.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by troutman

It does at first. Then it tastes good and real coke tastes sickeningly sweet.

That's me now.

I used to not be able to stand the taste of diet, now it's the other way around.

And someone always pipes up to sneer and say it's still not healthy. Yeah no ####, everyone knows that. I'm mixing it with rum anyway, clearly the decisions been made to not be healthy today.

Caffeine free diet Pepsi ftw

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Geraldsh

They look too much like the real thing, and the real thing can get you expelled. It did 60 years ago I know for sure. The good old days when you could take your rifle to school but not your beer - what has happened to Alberta!?

Those were the days. I remember in IA class pretty much every guy made a gun rack for their truck when they did the woodworking part of the course. Matter of fact there was a template to use for cutting the wood, provided by the school.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

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Sugar replacements like aspartame, stevia, monk fruit taste really weird to me. Bleh. It's great for those who can't tell or don't mind the taste though.

Research also indicates they may contribute to Alzheimers/Dementia, particularly aspartame. That alone has convinced me to reduce consumption...what was I talking about?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Titan2

Research also indicates they may contribute to Alzheimers/Dementia, particularly aspartame. That alone has convinced me to reduce consumption...what was I talking about?

Do you have links to those studies?

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Do you have links to those studies?

I found this one which says stroke + dementia.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5405737

I wasn't aware of this study. I was only aware of the study about the potential link between aspartame and irritable moods + depression.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5617129

Honestly though, I just hate the aftertaste of aspartame. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't really give much thought about consuming it.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Do you have links to those studies?

I read a whole bunch of studies while I was going through my diet coke phase.

What studies are you on about?

Where am I?

[Zevo]

Another problem with those artificial sweeteners is they affect your ability to regulate your body temperature. Basically you always wish it was hotter.

[CroFlames]

How do they make Coke Zero taste like Coke but with no sugar?

That can't be good for you.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

How do they make Coke Zero taste like Coke but with no sugar?

That can't be good for you.

They don't. It doesn't taste like Coke.

[Sliver]

I honestly haven't had a real Coke in at least 15 years. Just Diet Coke and Coke Zero. Maybe there's a learning curve or something to get used to it, but I was never a soda guy, anyway, so Diet Coke is what cola tastes like to me. I'd never chug a regular Coke. A whole bunch of calories when I could have the same experience without any calories? No thank you. I'd rather allot those calories to Runts and wings. Maybe even a poutine if I'm feeling crazy.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Do you have links to those studies?

I have not gone too deep on it. But I did find these:

Here is one on the link with cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37323037/

Here is the one I was likely thinking about. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5405737/

This one might be scarier: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.121...00000000214023

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I honestly haven't had a real Coke in at least 15 years. Just Diet Coke and Coke Zero. Maybe there's a learning curve or something to get used to it, but I was never a soda guy, anyway, so Diet Coke is what cola tastes like to me. I'd never chug a regular Coke. A whole bunch of calories when I could have the same experience without any calories? No thank you. I'd rather allot those calories to Runts and wings. Maybe even a poutine if I'm feeling crazy.

I used to think this way, but at least with sugar, you basically know what you are getting. With artificial sweeteners, the jury is very much out, and with my family history, I don't think I want to roll the dice. I do find it hard to cut out, as I love a sugar-free vanilla pump or two in my coffee along with my fake ciggy, and Dr. Pepper Zero is a nectar of the gods. Alas...

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Titan2

I used to think this way, but at least with sugar, you basically know what you are getting. With artificial sweeteners, the jury is very much out, and with my family history, I don't think I want to roll the dice. I do find it hard to cut out, as I love a sugar-free vanilla pump or two in my coffee along with my fake ciggy, and Dr. Pepper Zero is a nectar of the gods. Alas...

That's fair. Basically everyone I know who gets sick and/or dies does so from totally unforeseen and unpredictable things, though. This observation has really changed how I approach health and my worries. There's so much unpredictability for this stuff. It would be awesome if you cut out a can or two of Coke Zero a day and that would result in a meaningful change in your future health or whatever, but I completely doubt it'll matter.

Think of it this way: you are going to die no matter what. It's coming for you. Obviously I'm not going to start doing heroin and smoking as if nothing matters, but I'm also not bothering sweating a bunch of stuff I used to worry more about. I didn't even start drinking Diet Coke until I was 40. Like...I only drank water and then beer when I'd go out. Then as I started seeing people like aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. dying I noticed nobody died from "the thing" that everyone thought would get them. It was always an unpredictable left field thing that got 'em.

Aside from those obvious things like hard drugs, smoking cigarettes, no exercise, alcoholism, obesity, etc., death and disease is an inevitability you cannot head off.

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

They don't. It doesn't taste like Coke.

I drink a “(my name) on the rocks.” It’s a quick squirt of regular Coke turn the glass is filled with Coke Zero. Coke Zero tastes great on its own, too.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Sliver

That's fair. Basically everyone I know who gets sick and/or dies does so from totally unforeseen and unpredictable things, though. This observation has really changed how I approach health and my worries. There's so much unpredictability for this stuff. It would be awesome if you cut out a can or two of Coke Zero a day and that would result in a meaningful change in your future health or whatever, but I completely doubt it'll matter.

Think of it this way: you are going to die no matter what. It's coming for you. Obviously I'm not going to start doing heroin and smoking as if nothing matters, but I'm also not bothering sweating a bunch of stuff I used to worry more about. I didn't even start drinking Diet Coke until I was 40. Like...I only drank water and then beer when I'd go out. Then as I started seeing people like aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. dying I noticed nobody died from "the thing" that everyone thought would get them. It was always an unpredictable left field thing that got 'em.

Aside from those obvious things like hard drugs, smoking cigarettes, no exercise, alcoholism, obesity, etc., death and disease is an inevitability you cannot head off.

I mostly agree. For me, it's everything in moderation.

But I do think that the biggest thing we can do that isn't a nothing burger is sedentary. It's obvious how being sedentary can affect quality of life even before the fact it amplifies your risks to other things.

Yeah, people aren't really dying from lack of exercise, but they're identifying tangible reasons for a lowered quality of life such as regular injuries, lack of range of motion, lack of energy etc. For myself personally, I know for a fact that I get more frequent and increased body pains and migraines if I am not regularly exercising.


EDIT: Oops, I think I misread your post. On second reading, I don't think you thought exercise didn't affect quality of life/health.