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).
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Since people are going to drink what they want anyway, maybe they should flouridate soda pop.
Why stop there? Flouridate everything.
Sounds good, but the main dental worry about soda pop is the effect it's having on teeth. Telling parents doesn't seem to work.
I'm still puzzled when a city decides not to floridate their water.
