Poll of the Day > How many diet sodas do you drink a day

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LinkPizza posted...

Final Fantasy2389 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

Final Fantasy2389 posted...

diet pepsi (gross)

If it's gross, why not try regular pepsi? Or a different soda?

Because I don't want the sugar and my work only has pepsi stuff. It's Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Minute Made lemonade, Mountain Dew, Rootbeer and raspberry tea.

Plus, I prefer coke over pepsi in general.

It's why I said I try to drink water over the soda but sometimes I just need a quick shake up of flavor.

I like to switch flavors every once in a while, too. But I usually switch to something I like instead of something I think is gross... I'd stick with boring instead of gross...

That's fair enough.
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TaKun782 posted...

I haven't had a can of soda in 4 years now. That shit was really hard to quit back then but I am so happy I no longer drink it because it absolutely disgusts me now every time I see it. And this is comming from someone who drank it for years. But yeah. It's deffinitly not impossible to quit something altogether that's bad for you. If I can do it, anyone can.

I've gone on and off. I never liked it from the can, though, aluminum leaves a nasty taste, you can't re-seal a can, and it's more expensive buying cans anyway. I would always go with the 2-liter bottles. Nowadays I have soda when getting meals and occasionally pick up 2-liter bottles when they're on sale for a buck. Even when I drink soda, I also have water, though. It's not like one replaces the other, although I might drink slightly less water.

Mead posted...

Zeus posted...

While I kinda wonder why a topic this stupid is a thing, I can't help but feel that it's a not-so-subtle (and somewhat random) jab at the president's self-avowed habits. I just wonder if we'll next see a topic about how many scoops of ice cream we usually have vs how many we let our subordinates have.

You are way too paranoid

And you might be way too naive.
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And you might be way too naive.

I only might be
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Zeus posted...

I've gone on and off. I never liked it from the can, though, aluminum leaves a nasty taste, you can't re-seal a can, and it's more expensive buying cans anyway. I would always go with the 2-liter bottles. Nowadays I have soda when getting meals and occasionally pick up 2-liter bottles when they're on sale for a buck. Even when I drink soda, I also have water, though. It's not like one replaces the other, although I might drink slightly less water.

I feel like cans are usually cheaper. Plus, they also go on sale like all the time. But that's more of a store thing. I would like 2 liter bottles, but they go flat way too fast for me...
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None, it tastes God-wretchedly awful. I drink usually black tea and rarely red wine.
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TaKun782 posted...

Four years later I mean.

Yes but that doesn't match up. How can you be glad you quit if it didn't disgust you before?

Final Fantasy2389 posted...

Because I don't want the sugar and my work only has pepsi stuff. It's Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Minute Made lemonade, Mountain Dew, Rootbeer and raspberry tea.

Plus, I prefer coke over pepsi in general.

It's why I said I try to drink water over the soda but sometimes I just need a quick shake up of flavor.

Free Mountain Dew and raspberry tea sounds awesome. Sierra Mist is the worst soda I have ever had.

LinkPizza posted...

I feel like cans are usually cheaper. Plus, they also go on sale like all the time. But that's more of a store thing. I would like 2 liter bottles, but they go flat way too fast for me...

All you need to do to prevent flat soda is seal it tightly each time.
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Revelation34 posted...

Free Mountain Dew and raspberry tea sounds awesome. Sierra Mist is the worst soda I have ever had.

I'd be fine with the Mountain Dew and Seirra Mist, but I've never been a fan of the flavored teas. Raspberry sounds good, but it's probably not for me... But are they actually free. I thought he meant they had Pepsi vending machines...

Revelation34 posted...

All you need to do to prevent flat soda is seal it tightly each time.

Maybe. But I also thought that's hat I was doing...
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none

I probably drink a soda or two a week.
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LinkPizza posted...

I'd be fine with the Mountain Dew and Seirra Mist, but I've never been a fan of the flavored teas. Raspberry sounds good, but it's probably not for me... But are they actually free. I thought he meant they had Pepsi vending machines...

Depends on the job. Most office jobs will have free stuff within a limit except coffee. Depends on the tea. Brisk is really good which is what Pepsi owns.
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Revelation34 posted...

Depends on the job. Most office jobs will have free stuff within a limit except coffee. Depends on the tea. Brisk is really good which is what Pepsi owns.

Ah. The only free things we had at work was coffee. We had a snack bar, but you paid for that. Unless someone higher up came and paid for a bunch o stuff in advance.

Also, I like Brisk. But I'd rather have their lemonade or other drinks. Like, I think I like the flavor of tea, but it's not sweet enough. Or maybe it's not flavored enough or something. IDK...
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Revelation34 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

I'd be fine with the Mountain Dew and Seirra Mist, but I've never been a fan of the flavored teas. Raspberry sounds good, but it's probably not for me... But are they actually free. I thought he meant they had Pepsi vending machines...

Depends on the job. Most office jobs will have free stuff within a limit except coffee. Depends on the tea. Brisk is really good which is what Pepsi owns.

Can't say that most offices I've worked in have had free stuff (except water and coffee), that seems like kind of a rarity. Granted, the one place that did have free stuff was crazy generous with the free stuff.
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I honestly don't think I've drank a diet soda in my life.

I can probably count the number of regular sodas I've had on one hand
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Zeus posted...

Can't say that most offices I've worked in have had free stuff (except water and coffee), that seems like kind of a rarity. Granted, the one place that did have free stuff was crazy generous with the free stuff.

I was thinking more high end office jobs, and not just generic office jobs. I wish I worked for Google for the free food.
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Whoops! Realized I never hit post the other day.

Mead posted...

And you might be way too naive.

I only might be

Only because you might just be messing with me instead.

LinkPizza posted...

Zeus posted...

I've gone on and off. I never liked it from the can, though, aluminum leaves a nasty taste, you can't re-seal a can, and it's more expensive buying cans anyway. I would always go with the 2-liter bottles. Nowadays I have soda when getting meals and occasionally pick up 2-liter bottles when they're on sale for a buck. Even when I drink soda, I also have water, though. It's not like one replaces the other, although I might drink slightly less water.

I feel like cans are usually cheaper. Plus, they also go on sale like all the time. But that's more of a store thing. I would like 2 liter bottles, but they go flat way too fast for me...

I don't know the per-volume prices offhand, but there's no way that cans would be cheaper. Aluminum is more expensive than plastic. As for 2-liters going flat, that might be a matter of you not tightening the cap enough, unless you're talking over the course of like a week or something.

HitomiKagewaki posted...

None, it tastes God-wretchedly awful. I drink usually black tea and rarely red wine.

I was on a tea kick some years ago, but I could never find a big enough mug. I guess I should have just used a thermos instead.

LinkPizza posted...

I'd be fine with the Mountain Dew and Seirra Mist, but I've never been a fan of the flavored teas. Raspberry sounds good, but it's probably not for me... But are they actually free. I thought he meant they had Pepsi vending machines...

Some companies I've worked at had free soda, others charged with vending machines (and I specify charged with vending machines because there are vending machines where the stuff is free).

Also ewwww. I'll take the crab juice.
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Zeus posted...

I don't know the per-volume prices offhand, but there's no way that cans would be cheaper. Aluminum is more expensive than plastic.

I've never really did the math. But it's usually cheaper for me because of the sales. I can probably do the math next time I go to the store, though.

Zeus posted...

As for 2-liters going flat, that might be a matter of you not tightening the cap enough, unless you're talking over the course of like a week or something.

Usually, it's fine the first night, and sometimes the second. But by the third, it's usually flat... most of the time. There have been the odd occasion when it wasn't. Either way, I think can are better for me because I like to mix up my drinks pretty often. And that's harder with bottles. Especially 2 liters, since they take up a lot of fridge space...Where I can throw a bunch of can with different flavors in those bottom drawers...
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Revelation34 posted...

Zeus posted...

Can't say that most offices I've worked in have had free stuff (except water and coffee), that seems like kind of a rarity. Granted, the one place that did have free stuff was crazy generous with the free stuff.

I was thinking more high end office jobs, and not just generic office jobs. I wish I worked for Google for the free food.

You mean high end offices then, not high end office jobs. And while tech startups may be generous with fringe benefits, they're a super-minority of companies. The vast majority of businesses don't operate like that, big or small.

Speaking of fringe benefits, last year I interviewed at a place that covered 100% dental. I hadn't even heard of that being done before (which led me to asking for clarification) and the dental plans at most places I worked pretty much sucked, if they even offered one. Then earlier this year I had a phone interview with a place that covered 100% medical *and* dental... but then they put hiring on hold. That one was going to be quite a bit less money than what I'm earning now, but I figured I'd make part of it up on healthcare savings and the long-term earnings might have been better.
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LinkPizza posted...

I've never really did the math. But it's usually cheaper for me because of the sales. I can probably do the math next time I go to the store, though.

The 2-liters also go on sale >_> Plus, if you don't return it for the recycling (which I don't, I just use my home bin), you're only losing a nickel vs a nickel per can. (Come to think of it, I'm not 100% sure all states even charge deposit. The people running CT just tend to be complete assholes.)

LinkPizza posted...

Usually, it's fine the first night, and sometimes the second. But by the third, it's usually flat... most of the time. There have been the odd occasion when it wasn't. Either way, I think can are better for me because I like to mix up my drinks pretty often. And that's harder with bottles. Especially 2 liters, since they take up a lot of fridge space...Where I can throw a bunch of can with different flavors in those bottom drawers...

I'm going to be completely honest: When I open a 2-liter, it's not lasting more than two days most of the time. Granted, when I go to family gatherings, etc, and I just take the leftover soda nobody wants, the open bottles still maintain their flavor 5 or 6 days afterward when I give the cap a good twist.
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Zeus posted...

The 2-liters also go on sale

Yeah. But not as much. Very rarely for the 2 liters. Where the cans are almost always on sale.

Zeus posted...

When I open a 2-liter, it's not lasting more than two days most of the time.

I usually have to drink it fast some it won't go flat. Haha.

Zeus posted...

I just take the leftover soda nobody wants

I do this quite often...
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I usually go between regular and diet to reduce my sugar intake.
I remember hating Coke Zero way back when it came out but I like it now.
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Sometimes, at work, I go to buy a soda and only diet is left. I tried a couple times over the years. But I can't. I hate diet....
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Zeus posted...

You mean high end offices then, not high end office jobs. And while tech startups may be generous with fringe benefits, they're a super-minority of companies. The vast majority of businesses don't operate like that, big or small.

Speaking of fringe benefits, last year I interviewed at a place that covered 100% dental. I hadn't even heard of that being done before (which led me to asking for clarification) and the dental plans at most places I worked pretty much sucked, if they even offered one. Then earlier this year I had a phone interview with a place that covered 100% medical *and* dental... but then they put hiring on hold. That one was going to be quite a bit less money than what I'm earning now, but I figured I'd make part of it up on healthcare savings and the long-term earnings might have been better.

Is there any place other than Google that gives away fully prepared meals?

Zeus posted...

The 2-liters also go on sale >_> Plus, if you don't return it for the recycling (which I don't, I just use my home bin), you're only losing a nickel vs a nickel per can. (Come to think of it, I'm not 100% sure all states even charge deposit. The people running CT just tend to be complete assholes.)

I remember they use to do it by bottle/can in California but then the assholes changed it to by weight.
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LinkPizza posted...

Yeah. But not as much. Very rarely for the 2 liters. Where the cans are almost always on sale.

It's like every week at most retailers. The value can vary, but at least one brand tends to be on sale. And if your grocer, pharmacy store, etc, doesn't have it sale, another one usually does. Grocers tend to make you buy in bulk whereas a lot of the smaller stores cap how many you can buy (and CVS has weekly caps now).

Honestly, whether I bother buying soda on any given week usually depends on the price because I hate further overpaying on overpriced sugar water.

Revelation34 posted...

Is there any place other than Google that gives away fully prepared meals?

Probably, although it's likely also a tech company.
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Between 0 and 0.00 per decade.
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LinkPizza posted...

Revelation34 posted...

Depends on the job. Most office jobs will have free stuff within a limit except coffee. Depends on the tea. Brisk is really good which is what Pepsi owns.

Ah. The only free things we had at work was coffee. We had a snack bar, but you paid for that.

Place I used to work at even charged for the coffee. They had one of those coffee "pod" machines, but it used a proprietary pod that you couldn't buy anywhere else, so if you wanted coffee, you had to pay like $2 a cup. Then they outlawed bringing your own coffee maker.

I just gave them the middle finger and brought a jar of instant coffee. The hot water was still free.