50 years of the Big Gulp: Shoddy Goods 080
3I’m solidly a Coke Zero guy, and I drink 2-3 cans a day, depending on lunch. That’s after a couple cups of coffee in the morning. I’d say that’s been fairly steady my whole adult life, though with the necessary switch to zero-calorie around the Great Metabolism Slowdown of your mid-30s.
What’s your soda habit like, and how has it changed over time?
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I quit drinking soda in the fall of 19 78. I was pregnant and trying to eat better. Afterwards I never took it back up because well it was too sweet.
Coke Zero or it’s replacement the slightly bitter Coke Zero Sugar?
Virtually no soda for me. I’m a coffee guy. I drink maybe 2-3 cans of soda yer year.
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If I do drink the rare soda, it’s always diet.
Coffee and seltzer water at home. After trying for a while to convince myself I enjoy seltzer water, I’m pretty sure I think soda is too sweet now. Mostly, though, coffee and a big Yeti of just ice water.
@mschuette
/showme an owl drinking a steaming cup of coffee and seltzer water at home
(Every time I see your username my immediate thought is Ms Chouette… Ms OWL in French)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou Here’s the image you requested for “an owl drinking a steaming cup of coffee and seltzer water at home”
@mediocrebot
And using a French press to boot!