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  6 0 So comedians can make lame jokes about it. That's also why they sell hot dogs in packs of ten and hot dog buns in packs of eight. I mean, what's the deal with that? -rimshot- LMNOP answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report 3 comments by bikechef, LMNOP, and Rev.Enant… 0 0 And what about airports... bikechef commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Eight dollars for a can of Pringles? Puh-lease! And let me tell ya, it sure makes me comfortable to know that my seat can be used as a flotation device. I mean, hello? And don't get me started about that airline food! LMNOP commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Black box? Indestructible in case of a horrific crash? They should make the plane outta that black box material! ;) Rev.Enant commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 0 Trade unionism. A cartel of mediocre comedians have cooperated to make this order regularly, just so they can see each other and comment on the event during their own shows. They use this when actual humor fails them. I hope you paid your dues to the union before posting. If not, some guy is going to come by to break your legs for using the line without permission. CleverScreenName answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 Some people are diabetic? I know a few people who are, and while they can eat normal food, like cheeseburgers and fries, regular coke = death. katiedid answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report 7 comments by Otterpop , freikja, and katiedid… 0 0 I know, the whole question was supposed to be sarcastic, but apparently everyone took it seriously. Otterpop commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Yes, they did. Whoo! freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 You forgot your sarcasm tag. It is vital on the internets :P katiedid commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Frankly, l would have thought the irony would be obvious... freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I've been surprised at the seriousness of a *lot* of questions on questionland. Best policy is to assume it's a serious question, and if it's not, we can have delightful discussions such as these :P katiedid commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Bah, duplicate. Ignore. katiedid commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 True, true. l've certainly noticed that any discussion that centers around weight and food consumption tends to be taken very seriously, which l get, but not all of them are derogatory, and shouldn't be read as such. Anyway, regarding the main question, l've wondered the same thing myself, so l'm glad he asked it. freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 A McDonalds double cheeseburger is about 500 calories. A can of coke is about 150. I doubt that most people ordering the combination you describe are really doing the math, but the amount of calories in the soda is still significant, especially in a fast-food place where a large coke is more like 300 calories. Also, some people claim that your body reacts differently to energy from protein and fat than it does to energy from sugar, with calories from sugar (and other carbohydrates) leading to more weight gain. I don't know if this is true, but choosing the diet coke might not be as irrational as it seems. Tom Sackett answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Some people really just prefer the taste of Diet Coke to regular Coke. I'm not one of them, but I know several people who have that preference. Does it make sense considering the greasebombs that accompany the drink? No, but why should you expect it to? See the final scene of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle for a pop culture reference--I can't find it on YouTube for you, though. Griffin answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Since the inclusion of high fructose corn syrup (8x sweeter than sugar, 1/20th the price) replacing cane sugar in Coke's recipe, regular Coca-Cola is just too friggin' sweet - I mean, pour-it-on-my-waffle sweet. Don't be down on anyone trying to avoid at least a few calories. Would you rather him/her order a vanilla malt? Bauhaus answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report 8 comments by Tom Sackett, Bauhaus, and Tom Sackett… 0 0 Coke isn't any sweeter than it used to be. The corn syrup used in soft drinks is about as sweet as table sugar. In any case, it wouldn't matter if it were sweeter; if something is 8x sweeter you just use 1/8th the amount. You can still buy cane-sugar coke from Mexico, and you'll barely be able to tell the difference. Tom Sackett commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I added the comment about 8x the sweetness at 1/20th the price just to let readers know why Food, Inc. has embraced HFCS. I figured Coca-Cola bottlers would cut down on the amount. Many Coca-Cola aficionados I know swear to their perception that HFCS ruined the taste of Coke. They (some of them) used to smuggle Coke up from Mexico before it was available here in the States. And, yeah, some people probably can't detect the difference. Perhaps they are the ones who can't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi? I think Canada as well has phased out HFCS and now lists either sugar or glucose/fructose as the sweetener in the Coke it bottles. Personally, I think there's a huge difference. And I think HFCS has ruined a lot of things. General, run-of-the-mill pancake syrup used to be almost 15% maple syrup. Now it's down to around 2% with the rest being maple-flavored HFCS. I can detect a marked change between pancake syrup now and the Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth's of my youth. To get maple syrup now, you have to buy the stuff from Vermont or Quebec - which is wonderful, but about $10 and up a pint. HFCS was lauded by the industry for keeping food affordable, but I'm of the opinion that its real dividend was increasing corporate profits and that is why it was so widely adopted. Bauhaus commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I'm one of the people who pays extra for Mexican coke (you can get it at the Costco up on Aurora), because I think it tastes better with cane sugar and out of a bottle. However, I don't know if I could tell the difference in a blind taste test. I used to drink as much as 2 liters a day of cola, and never cared what brand. As Berke Breathed said about Coke vs Pepsi "They both taste like malted battery acid." This turns out to be a flavor I like. I'm very skeptical about the claims that one kind of sugar is worse than another. Thirty years ago, the claim was the opposite. People argued that sucrose was evil, but "natural" sugars like fructose were good for you. Hansen's sodas original promoted themselves as better for you because they were sweetened with fructose. Now they set themselves apart from Coke, et al, by pushing themselves as a cane sugar soda. After thirty years, it all sounds like B.S.. My understanding is that the problem is not simply that the food industry has replaced sugar with corn syrup. It's that they're putting corn syrup in everything. They've turned sugars into America's major source of energy, and government policy encourages them. There's a great Michale Pollan article about the history of corn policy: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/health/article-printpage.html?res=9A0DE2D61E3CF931A25753C1A9659C8B63 By the way, Trader Joes is probably the cheapest place to get real maple syrup. Tom Sackett commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Thanks for the article. I'll read it with great interest (and with an attempt at an open mind). Also, thanks for the tip about TJs. TJs...of course! Why didn't I think of that? Bauhaus commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 "Don't be down on anyone trying to avoid at least a few calories. Would you rather him/her order a vanilla malt?" That's a bit of a red herring. Ordering a high calorie meal is a choice for which you accept the consequences. However, l don't exactly think you should be applauded if you voluntarily choose to order a high calorie meal then try to soften it by ordering a zero calorie drink - while you aren't obligated to order a regular soda just because you're already splurging on calories, it doesn't change the choice to order the high calorie meal in the first place. And l'm of the opinion that unless you prefer diet to regular, if you're gonna go that far, then go all out and enjoy it! But if you're looking to cut back on calories, then don't order a high-calorie meal to begin with. Yanno? freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Freika....understood. And if someone believes he is somehow canceling out the calories of the cheeseburger and fries by combining it with a Diet Coke, then yeah, he's living in a fool's paradise. But you've never heard of someone accepting a piece of apple pie but asking for a hold on the vanilla ice cream on top because that would just be too much? Bauhaus commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Oh, of course. But the caloric content of a regular soda is pretty minimal in comparison to a full on cheeseburger/fries meal. On the other hand, ordering ice cream on top of a slice of pie is likely to double it. Not arguing or anything, just sayin. :) freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 The calorie content of regular soda is not minimal. Here's the McDonald's values: Big Mac: 540 Medium Fries: 380 Medium Soda: 210 210 out of 1130 is not insignificant. In fact, given that many Americans drink a lot of soda. Getting into the habit of drinking only diet sodas could have pretty big impact on the number of calories a person consumes. Tom Sackett commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 2 I don't drink diet coke because I'm on a diet. I drink it because I like the taste and I like that it has no calories or sugar, so I can waste my empty calories on things like fries (if I so choose). Your question is really akin to asking why someone would order a double cheeseburger and fries with a water. e.strange answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report 4 comments by Otterpop , freikja, and e.strange… 0 0 I'm pretty sure long time water drinking doesn't cause health problems. Otterpop commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Yeah, l gotta say l'm not sure it's akin to water. lt may not have the calories, but l question both the effects of the sweeteners as well as the acidity, neither of which water have. And as l understand it, artificial sweeteners tend to increase the appetite to begin with, which only compounds the problem, rather than neutralizing it. Not my downvote, by the way. freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I wasn't trying to say that diet coke is as healthy as water, or that it's healthy at all. Just that drinking diet coke with a high-calorie meal isn't any stranger than drinking water with one. e.strange commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 lt is though, a little. lf nothing else, it's an amusing contradiction, regardless of the reasons behind it - which l suspect is why the question was asked in the first place. freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 2 Guilt-induced rationalization. freikja answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by freikja… 0 0 Jesus, people, it was humor. You know, funny ha-ha? lt seemed the most obvious answer, especially since the original question seemed to be tongue in cheek to begin with. freikja commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 They don't like the taste of corn syrup in their drinks. Geni answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Meat = yum. Cheese = yum. Fried potatoes & salt = yummm. High fructose corn syrup = BLECH ! But the doublecheese might be overkill (unless we're talking about the Dick's Deluxe). Just get a single, FFS. Rev.Enant answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Aside from the fact that Diet coke tastes like a toxic chemical spill (very bad for the wildlife) people drink diet soda because they are programmed to do so by the food industry. There is very little food in our food and even few nutrients. And the reason for this (drum roll please) it is cheaper which increases the profit margin. But it is much easier to blame stupid people instead of looking at an infrastructure that is fattening up our society. Gator answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I grew up (am growing up) on diet soda. It tastes wrong to not have a diet soda...also about habit. Then again, I would never order a double cheeseburger or large fries (unless they were curly fries...YUM) danmitchel answered in Health & Fitness about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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