Yeah, but that's like using Splenda along with a pound of real butter to bake something
every little bit counts :)
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Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2005? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Vortex - Jan 17, 2006 9:18:16 am PST #457 of 506
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
DCJensen - Jan 17, 2006 9:56:39 am PST #458 of 506
All is well that ends in pizza.
A diabetic could eat something with Spenda and butter.
It used to be common for comedians to whine about people buying pizza and a diet soft drink. I figure why change to sugar because you are eating something with more calories. The joke never made real sense.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2006 10:25:01 am PST #459 of 506
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It used to be common for comedians to whine about people buying pizza and a diet soft drink. I figure why change to sugar because you are eating something with more calories. The joke never made real sense.
I know. I always heard it with something like "triple bacon cheeseburger with extra large fries", which ain't exactly health food, but when I found out that a regular 12 oz. non-diet soda has about the same calories as the equivalent amount of beer, I figured it was a good time to switch to diet soda. The taste difference between diet soda and non is nowhere near as great as the taste you lose switching to the average light beer (and non-alchoholic beer is just foul).
Vortex - Jan 17, 2006 10:37:36 am PST #460 of 506
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
when I found out that a regular 12 oz. non-diet soda has about the same calories as the equivalent amount of beer, I figured it was a good time to switch to diet soda.
see, this would make me switch to beer generally.
Anne W. - Jan 17, 2006 10:40:34 am PST #461 of 506
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
As for me, if I were trying to save calories, I'd much rather have the diet soft drink than compromise on the cheese, or anything else I find particularly yummy.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2006 10:43:25 am PST #462 of 506
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
when I found out that a regular 12 oz. non-diet soda has about the same calories as the equivalent amount of beer, I figured it was a good time to switch to diet soda.
Well, that doesn't go over very well at the office, for instance...
erikaj - Jan 17, 2006 10:46:43 am PST #463 of 506
Always Anti-fascist!
I think it's because the perception is that the person is kidding her/himself as though by virtue of skipping that one soda, the calories fall off. Delusions are comedy gold. Diet soda has such a strong aftertaste I can't enjoy it. Which is one way it's like beer for me. My palate may be a freak.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 10:52:38 am PST #464 of 506
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Well, that doesn't go over very well at the office, for instance...
Heh. Your office, maybe.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 17, 2006 10:59:39 am PST #465 of 506
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think it's because the perception is that the person is kidding her/himself as though by virtue of skipping that one soda, the calories fall off.
It's not a false perception. All through grade school I hung out at a friend's house where every member of the family verged on morbid obesity and the mom served huge portion meals where everything was coated with gravy or flavored with bacon grease. But they were all on "diets" because they drank Diet Pepsi or tea sweetened with Fastsweet.
DCJensen - Jan 17, 2006 11:12:35 am PST #466 of 506
All is well that ends in pizza.
The problem with the perception is also that if you switch off between diet and sugared sodas, most people will find one or the other unpalatable.
If you drink diet soda, staying with it is the best course of action. The food doesn't matter.
Except for a rare few people who can and do switch off, staying with one or the other just makes sense. Sugar and artificial sweetener are both things to get used to.
And some people can't stand either, of course.
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On another note, completely out of left field... I've had this idea for a decade or so: Since people are going to drink what they want anyway, maybe they should flouridate soda pop.