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1. Wrongthink (wrongthink@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 08:38:04 JST Wrongthink

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   @realcaseyrollins Let’s visit the fact that there are people so hopelessly attached to soda that they justify “diet soda” in order to keep their vice going.

   Imagine for a moment how ridiculous that is. We don’t have “diet cake” or “diet milk shakes”. Why diet soda?

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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 09:48:56 JST xianc78

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     @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins Honestly, it's no different than lite or menthol cigarettes. Also, given the strong link between artificial sweeteners and cancer, one can argue that diet soda is even worse for you than regular soda.

   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 09:54:37 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @xianc78 @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins diet soda is fucking horrible for you AND it tastes like shit, I don't know why anyone drinks that garbage

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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:13:44 JST xianc78

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     @beardalaxy @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins I think people are more addicted to the caffeine from the soda than the sugar. They want something that is somewhat close to the original taste without the sugar.

     My mother is horribly addicted to Diet Coke/Pepsi. She ensured that none of her kids were soda drinkers just so we wouldn't get addicted.

   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:18:36 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @xianc78 @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins there are much better ways to get caffeine though lol I don't get it. My mom used to be heavily addicted to diet coke too. It seems like a very "mom" thing from what I've noticed.

   • 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:18:52 JST 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸

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     terry davis was drinking like 4 2.5l bottles of diet shasta cola a day, someone on /g/ did the math a while back. That's an assload of caffeine.
   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:20:49 JST xianc78

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     @beardalaxy @wrongthink @realcaseyrollins They want the caffeine and the "sweetness".

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:25:17 JST xianc78

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     @realcaseyrollins @wrongthink @PhenomX6 @beardalaxy He is. He died in a train accident back in 2018.

   • realcaseyrollins (realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:25:18 JST realcaseyrollins

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     I’m assuming he’s dead now

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 10:29:24 JST xianc78

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     @PhenomX6 @wrongthink @beardalaxy @realcaseyrollins I always assumed it was some schizophrenic thing, just like the constant need for cigarettes.

   • 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 13:12:36 JST 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸

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     Boomers, normies, and rich people too.
     https://nypost.com/2022/11/30/why-diet-coke-addicts-like-elon-musk-cant-quit/
     https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/well/eat/diet-coke-addiction.html
     https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/02/the-real-thing-my-battle-to-beat-a-27-year-diet-coke-addiction
     https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7q5em/how-i-gave-up-diet-coke-pepsi-addiction
     https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/22/meet-the-diet-coke-addicts-who-drink-up-to-five-litres-a-day-and-crack-open-a-can-first-thing-in-the-morning-8160378/
     
     It's also because it doesn't "register" in your body as you're eating something and also you get caffeine too. The boomer drinking Monster Zero Ultra meme was no joke.
   • bot :kiwi_dumbbell: (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 13:17:11 JST bot :kiwi_dumbbell:

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     There’s literally nothing wrong with diet soda in normal quantities. It’s not “horrible for you” or “strongly linked to cancer” lol.
   • book (book@sneed.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 13:17:11 JST book

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     @bot @wrongthink @PhenomX6 @beardalaxy @xianc78 @realcaseyrollins Tastes gross tho
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 13:37:03 JST xianc78

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     @PhenomX6 @wrongthink @beardalaxy @realcaseyrollins That Vice article had this in it's "related posts".

     https://web.archive.org/web/20221208013051/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nexga7/how-diet-coke-helped-me-embrace-my-gay-identity

     But in all seriousness, holy shit! I knew that people drank too much soda for awhile, but I didn't realize how bad diet coke addiction really was. Maybe I don't pay attention to what other people are drinking. I always assume it was like 1-2 cans/bottles per day, not fucking 12 or a 2-liter bottle.

   • 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 13:37:27 JST 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸

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     I had a coworker who drank a 2l mtn dew during work.