I was just viciously conned by a canned iced tea. It said 3g sugar so I thought, "Oh good, just a tiny bit sweet".... No. Oh no. Turns out its frekkin Stevia and now my mouth tastes like ashes as bitter as my cold, dead, heart.NO. BETRAYAL!
Angel's lame. His hair goes straight up, and he's bloody stupid!
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Pix - Jul 07, 2025 12:33:58 pm PDT #8170 of 8597
The status is NOT quo.
meara - Jul 07, 2025 12:35:37 pm PDT #8171 of 8597
That’s scary askye! Good luck.
I am two words away from queen bee in the spelling today! Will let them percolate in the back of my brain for a bit. But got wordle in 6 by the skin of my teeth.
My leftovers are tasty (and though $20 it was SO much food) but really need more sauce. Next time!
JenP - Jul 07, 2025 1:26:40 pm PDT #8172 of 8597
Sending ~ma to your dad, askye.
Stevia on the sly is dirty pool.
Trudy Booth - Jul 07, 2025 1:32:14 pm PDT #8173 of 8597
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
WHY WOULD I DRINK SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME THIRSTY!?!?!
dcp - Jul 07, 2025 1:43:23 pm PDT #8174 of 8597
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I was just viciously conned by a canned iced tea.
You lost me at the word "canned."
Iced tea is evidence that Americans are crazy. We brew a perfectly good pot of strong dark tea. Then we pour it over ice to make it cold and weak. We put sugar in it to make it sweet, then we add lemon juice to make it sour. Then we add mint to make it green.
I may be crazy, but I'm not thirsty.
Steph L. - Jul 07, 2025 2:39:05 pm PDT #8175 of 8597
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Stevia on the sly is dirty pool.
Raaaaaaage inducing!
Pix - Jul 07, 2025 3:06:15 pm PDT #8176 of 8597
The status is NOT quo.
Ugh. Stevia makes me feel like my tongue is wearing a sweater. That and tonic water.
meara - Jul 07, 2025 9:56:10 pm PDT #8177 of 8597
I don’t hate stevia but I’d definitely want to be warned of the difference between low sugar because it’s not super sweet vs low sugar because all the sweetness is fake!!
Jessica - Jul 08, 2025 7:22:14 am PDT #8178 of 8597
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I say this as someone who has lived my entire live in the Northeastern United States, and with apologies to my Southern neighbors...iced tea should never be sweet. Sweet drinks in general are not my jam, but ESPECIALLY not drinks that are naturally bitter like tea or coffee.
(I do like to blend black tea with mint when I'm going to have it iced, because mint is cooling and pleasant and NOT SWEET.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 08, 2025 7:34:11 am PDT #8179 of 8597
"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
Stevia tastes medicinal/antisceptic to me. Give me my aspertame, I've never noticed any bad effects and I've drunk as much of it over the last 3 decades as the lab rats!
Arizona canned ice tea is pretty good, however. Not as good as sun tea, but I'm way too lazy to ever make that.