I finally had to give up on soft drinks in the coke/pepsi spectrum. I not only had to give up non-artificial sweetener but caffein . If I can't get either sugar or caffein from coke/pepsi/DRpepper, I don't see the point of drinking it.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Jul 07, 2011 12:24:13 pm PDT #15686 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 12:45:43 pm PDT #15687 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Jesse - Jul 07, 2011 12:57:20 pm PDT #15688 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If I can't get either sugar or caffein from coke/pepsi/DRpepper, I don't see the point of drinking it.
Sort of related to that, I was shocked at how satisfying an ice cream float still was, even when made with diet root beer and frozen yogurt. Totally hit the spot!
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2011 1:00:06 pm PDT #15689 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I can't get either sugar or caffein from coke/pepsi/DRpepper, I don't see the point of drinking it
Because it tastes good? I mean, I wouldn't drink it if it didn't.
Sheryl - Jul 07, 2011 1:05:51 pm PDT #15690 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I prefer Coke to Pepsi, but will drink either. I drink Coke Zero regularly, but it does not taste like regular Coke. ("Tastes less like ass than Diet Coke" is not an effective marketing slogan, but that's my view on it.)
Typo Boy - Jul 07, 2011 1:08:24 pm PDT #15691 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Coke and pepsi always tasted OK to me. What I liked about them was the lift. Sugar high plus caffeine boost. No high, there are tons of stuff that taste better to me.
Kate P. - Jul 07, 2011 1:20:54 pm PDT #15692 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The only soda I like is root beer. Now I want a root beer float.
Pix - Jul 07, 2011 1:22:35 pm PDT #15693 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Damn you, wee Kate! Now I want a root beer float.
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2011 1:26:43 pm PDT #15694 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Root beer is disgusting! You are weird!
Acceptable sodas in no particular order: fruit flavoured soda, ginger ale, coca cola. Okay, in that order, actually, with citrus sodas being the tastiest of the fruit ones. And the more fruity and less sugary the better.
There isn't a drink I drink for the effect that I wouldn't drink if it didn't have the effect. I don't drink anything for the caffeine of it, and all the alcoholic drinks I drink I also think are really tasty. My mouth is picky. I never understood the people at University who trained themselves to like beer. How incredibly inefficient, if you had to acquire a taste for something altering.
brenda m - Jul 07, 2011 1:27:42 pm PDT #15695 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That situation with the disabled husband sounds just like some good friends. When M had a brain aneurism, T was left in pretty much the same place. (Though being in the US, he ended up having to divorce her anyway in order to not have to choose between her care and the family's home.) he remarried after a few years but M was still very much a part of the family until she died 10 or 12 years later.