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Diet pop/soda

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  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    slaite1 wrote: »
    This thread didn't turn into madness the way I had anticipated. You're boring me MFP

    Does that mean it's GIF time?

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  • Achaila
    Achaila Posts: 264 Member
    The thing for me is, it was causing me to have a raging sweet tooth. I always thought I was just one of those people who just really really loved chocolate. I gave up diet soda and my sweet tooth is gone. My intake comes from water and Gatorade. I used to drink absolutely NOTHING but diet soda all day every day. I don't really miss it. I'm not saying don't drink it. Drink all you want, but for me giving it up ended up being a good choice simply because I'm not taking up my calories for the day with Reese's cups and Kit Kats anymore. :D
    I did lose 80 pounds in the past drinking it. It's just a personal thing. Whatever works for you!
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »

    IS IT SODA or IS IT POP?!?!?!?!?!?

    I moved from Colorado to Missouri less than a year ago. From what I've learned thus far from living here, that topic alone could start a MFP war like you've never seen. :P

    I grew up in Kansas City saying Pop and now live in St. Louis and call it Soda. Clearly somewhere around Columbia, MO is the Mason-Dixon line of carbonated beverage naming. The map supports my hypothesis.

  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »

    IS IT SODA or IS IT POP?!?!?!?!?!?

    I moved from Colorado to Missouri less than a year ago. From what I've learned thus far from living here, that topic alone could start a MFP war like you've never seen. :P

    I grew up in Kansas City saying Pop and now live in St. Louis and call it Soda. Clearly somewhere around Columbia, MO is the Mason-Dixon line of carbonated beverage naming. The map supports my hypothesis.

    Yep. Fellow STL-er, and I think that hypothesis is right on. The first time I used "pop" in a conversation I got the weirdest stare from the entire group. It was as though I'd said something negative about the Cardinals.
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »
    asflatasapancake wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    Diet Dr. Pepper is tasty. That's my only criteria for deciding whether or not to consume it.

    I drink water like a fiend. I have no worries about a little bit of tasty, happy bubbles adding to my fluid consumption for the day.

    BUT, BUT CHEMIKILLZ......CHEMIKILLZZZZZ!!!! (see what I did there..............)

    anyyyywhooooo...... the REAL debate in this thread should be........


    IS IT SODA or IS IT POP?!?!?!?!?!?

    Or a "COKE"


    (and duh, it's clearly Pop)

    I've always gone with "soda", but clearly, the nation is divided.

    pop_vs_soda_map.gif

    andddd my state of Wisconsin is split....lol......but I'm oddity as my county is a "pop" county yet I say "SODA!!!" Man, I'm all sorts of messed up.....must be all the chemicals.........

    Hmm... useless tidbit from one of my college courses from many'a'year ago. By calling all soda/pop "Coke," the South is jeopardizing Coke's trademark on the name.

    I forget what it's called... "Trademark Erosion" or something like that. Xerox famously sent around a memo to all Xerox customers begging them to stop calling a generic photocopy a "xerox" of a document because they might lose their trademark.

    There are a lot of brands like that... Band-Aid, Kleenex, Q-Tip...

    Ahhhh the Q-Tip. I know you aren't supposed to actually put it in the ear, but I just can't help myself. Cuz eargasms.
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    mantium999 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »
    asflatasapancake wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    Diet Dr. Pepper is tasty. That's my only criteria for deciding whether or not to consume it.

    I drink water like a fiend. I have no worries about a little bit of tasty, happy bubbles adding to my fluid consumption for the day.

    BUT, BUT CHEMIKILLZ......CHEMIKILLZZZZZ!!!! (see what I did there..............)

    anyyyywhooooo...... the REAL debate in this thread should be........


    IS IT SODA or IS IT POP?!?!?!?!?!?

    Or a "COKE"


    (and duh, it's clearly Pop)

    I've always gone with "soda", but clearly, the nation is divided.

    pop_vs_soda_map.gif

    andddd my state of Wisconsin is split....lol......but I'm oddity as my county is a "pop" county yet I say "SODA!!!" Man, I'm all sorts of messed up.....must be all the chemicals.........

    Hmm... useless tidbit from one of my college courses from many'a'year ago. By calling all soda/pop "Coke," the South is jeopardizing Coke's trademark on the name.

    I forget what it's called... "Trademark Erosion" or something like that. Xerox famously sent around a memo to all Xerox customers begging them to stop calling a generic photocopy a "xerox" of a document because they might lose their trademark.

    There are a lot of brands like that... Band-Aid, Kleenex, Q-Tip...

    Ahhhh the Q-Tip. I know you aren't supposed to actually put it in the ear, but I just can't help myself. Cuz eargasms.

    THE ONE AND ONLY Q-TIP!!!!!

    q-tip.jpg?w=660

  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    slaite1 wrote: »
    This thread didn't turn into madness the way I had anticipated. You're boring me MFP

    Does that mean it's GIF time?

    tc5qzx.jpg

    SIR....SIR....SIRRRR.....you see now that is what we call a 'meme'



  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited July 2015
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »

    IS IT SODA or IS IT POP?!?!?!?!?!?

    I moved from Colorado to Missouri less than a year ago. From what I've learned thus far from living here, that topic alone could start a MFP war like you've never seen. :P

    I grew up in Kansas City saying Pop and now live in St. Louis and call it Soda. Clearly somewhere around Columbia, MO is the Mason-Dixon line of carbonated beverage naming. The map supports my hypothesis.

    Southern Illinois seems to be "soda" too, or at least the part that borders on MO. Weirdos.

    ;-)
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    I don't care what you call it, as long as you put some rum in it for me.
  • elize7
    elize7 Posts: 1,088 Member
    I drink unlimited diet soda, caffinated coffee, water, the occasional shot of vodka- as I please. And I've lost 102 pounds, reversed diabetes, lowered blood pressure and high cholesterol to normal range and feel healthier than I did 20 years ago. Do what you need to do to shed the weight. Stop if you don't feel good. Good luck to you.
  • pollypocket1021
    pollypocket1021 Posts: 533 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »

    IS IT SODA or IS IT POP?!?!?!?!?!?

    I moved from Colorado to Missouri less than a year ago. From what I've learned thus far from living here, that topic alone could start a MFP war like you've never seen. :P

    I grew up in Kansas City saying Pop and now live in St. Louis and call it Soda. Clearly somewhere around Columbia, MO is the Mason-Dixon line of carbonated beverage naming. The map supports my hypothesis.

    Yeah, Columbia is ground-zero for pop v soda. Most locals don't really care, but there is such a high percentage of the population from either stl or rural towns it gets to be a thing to talk about when neither the cardinals nor the tigers are playing.
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