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Correlation/causation question there. It is very plausible that people already in categories you consider weird are choosing diet soda because they agree with y
by pwinnski 4y ago
Correlation/causation question there. It is very plausible that people already in categories you consider weird are choosing diet soda because they agree with you and are trying to avoid making the issue more severe.
- ajkjk 4y agotrue. My intuition is that that's not the case though. I should add, I don't know _any_ non-diet soda drinkers, and the diet soda drinkers are the ones with weight issues.
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- pwinnski 4y agoI drank non-diet soda semi-regularly before deciding that I had put on too much weight, so I started a very austere diet. The only reason I've been able to stick to the diet as long as I have is the sweetness of Pepsi Zero Sugar Mango. So that soda, in particular, has helped me lose 23 pounds and counting. Without it, I think I would have series trouble staying on a diet so strict. So yeah, I have a weight issue, and I'm diet soda drinker, but for me, at least, you had the cause and effect reversed.
- ajkjk 4y agoFair enough. I guess the root cause is the need to have sweetness in your diet, though? Which, yeah, might be mostly unchangeable now that you're already in that state (presumably from a long diet of soda). incidentally as a person who did not grow up drinking soda, it's sickeningly sweet to me. It bothers me a lot, also, that it is actually much sweeter than it tastes due to the carbonation -- if you drink a flat soda you get a better impression of what you're "really" drinking, which is basically just watered-down syrup.
- pwinnski 4y agoYeah, I've gone years at a time with no soda, although in my teens I drank so much I'll likely never be able to kick it completely. When I go years without, it does seem super-super-sweet. But also very familiar, and tastes "normal" by the time I finish a single can.