Chat Thread 37: Diss Wants to Be Involved

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12 ounces of soda does the same job, hydration-wise, as 6 ounces of water (IIRC). The sodium isn't really a big deal. In fact, your body needs some salts as it loses them via sweat-- this is the idea behind Gatorade. The issues with sodas is that caffeine acts as a diuretic, and offsets some of the drink's liquids by sending H2O straight to your bladder (again, IIRC). So maybe caffeine-free drinks aren't as bad, whereas something like a Red Bull or Monster might even have a negative hydration value.

And pancreatic function is one of the reasons diet sodas aren't as good as they seem. Aspartame, sucralose, and other artificial sweeteners can actually "game" the pancreas into elevating blood sugar levels and screw with proper metabolization of other calories. Or something like that.
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Y'know this argument is a prime example of why ignoring your physical health is the path to a much happier existence.
I mean if we all didn't have some kind of vice life wouldn't be any fun now would it?
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Wanderer wrote:You mean, you never experienced that slight burning feeling as you swallow soda?
Only time that happened to me was when I had an open sore in my throat, than I vomited blood. It was a crappy night.
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Wanderer wrote:You mean, you never experienced that slight burning feeling as you swallow soda?
i did one time, except it came out my nose cause my friend made me laugh...
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The burning usually happens when you're thirsty, no?
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Folks I'm back!
whats new here? Any big changes?

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texascat018 wrote:Folks I'm back!
whats new here? Any big changes?
Well, lasers scorched everything to a crisp, but cloud people came by and rebuilt everything exactly as it was. Now there's just this vague lingering smell of burnt popcorn.
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DingoVolf wrote:Now there's just this vague lingering smell of burnt popcorn.
Actually, that was just me.

I'm not very good at making popcorn. :[
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KJOokami wrote:
DingoVolf wrote:Now there's just this vague lingering smell of burnt popcorn.
Actually, that was just me.

I'm not very good at making popcorn. :[
you burnt the popcorn? Party foul dude.
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KJOOkami might have downplayed the fact that high fructose corn syrup makes you stupider, but the fact still stands.
Drinks like soda is filled with HFCS. HCFS is known to destroy memory and slow mental function.
It not only inhibits your ability to learn in the future but will also make you forget what you have learned before.
I am greatly annoyed at how much you want to defend your soda lifestyle.
Omega-3s can be consumed to balance and neutralize the harmful effects from HCFS.
You can drink soda all you want, but in the end all you're doing is harming your body and giving money away to corporations.
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Let's not get political or overly confrontational here, please. Corporations are fine and it is everyone's choice whether to drink soda, as it's everyone's choice whether to use tobacco products or drink alcohol.
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Okay, dude.

1) Chill the heck out.

2) I've already given my reasoning as to why I'm not concerned about the negative effects that soda has. If it does in fact reduce my capacity to memorize things in the future (it does NOT literally deteriorate the things that I already know; you're making that up, and none of the links you posted mentioned anything of the sort), then it obviously isn't on a large enough scale to be noticeable.

I'm not denying that it's unhealthy, nor am I denying that there are much healthier things to drink. Until there is some actual, calculable effect on me (like I actually start to have trouble remembering things that I *should* remember), I really don't care. And I'm really getting kinda sick of this whole "holier-than-thou" tone that you're giving off.

You're free to not drink soda, but don't get on me just because I'm in good enough health to not care about how much soda I'm intaking or not.
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Corn syrup is SRS BSNSS™.

That said, however:
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On the contrary, but let's leave it at that.
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Hahah what the what now? Drinking soda makes you stupid?
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Wanderer wrote: HCFS is known to destroy memory and slow mental function.
As does...the vast majority of preservatives and such things that are used in mass produced products. Doesn't mean the studies showcased are right in all situations. Things affect people differently. A blanket statement that soda makes you stupider is...inappropriate, to say the least. Especially considering plenty of intelligent people drink plenty of soda. A lot of things are bad for the body, yet millions of people eat/drink these products and experience no negatives.
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Wanderer wrote:KJOOkami might have downplayed the fact that high fructose corn syrup makes you stupider, but the fact still stands.
Drinks like soda is filled with HFCS. HCFS is known to destroy memory and slow mental function.
It not only inhibits your ability to learn in the future but will also make you forget what you have learned before.
I am greatly annoyed at how much you want to defend your soda lifestyle.
Omega-3s can be consumed to balance and neutralize the harmful effects from HCFS.
You can drink soda all you want, but in the end all you're doing is harming your body and giving money away to corporations.
There is really no reason to get annoyed at the soda drinking habits of people you don't even know.
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texascat018 wrote:Folks I'm back!
whats new here? Any big changes?
Sleet spit acid everywhere... i dunno if you were here for that or not
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sonic id furreh!!! wrote:
texascat018 wrote:Folks I'm back!
whats new here? Any big changes?
Sleet spit acid everywhere... i dunno if you were here for that or not
Cool! I always wanted to be acidulated. I wasn't here for that :(
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The caffeine in soda dehydrates you because it makes your body think you drank more water than you did and it makes you pee a lot. Truth.
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TIL: Drinking liquids makes you pee a lot.
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I really like water, but I like soda. But I like cranberry juice more than either.
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I love apple juice.
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Apple juice is pretty boss.
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Water is where it's at.
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Cold brewed berry iced tea. (Like, made with an actual tea thingy you dip in the water, one cup at a time) I'm having some right now.
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White cranberry strawberry. Its amazingness in a bottle.
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The Grey Wolverine wrote:White cranberry strawberry.
Is this a tea? It sounds like it.
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Re: Carbonated beverages:
Going to die of something, might as well enjoy the things you like, within moderation (who doesn't enjoy the occasional corporation afterall).
Live, love, learn, in whatever sequence pleases you.
Make the world a better place than you found it, even if just in a small way.

There, just solved everything, now let's get down to the IMPORTANT topic:

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DingoVolf wrote:So Sleet spits acid? By the seashore?
At little Sally Sue.
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I would prefer having Brent's ice breath.
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i possibly agree
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Hi, guys, my name is Dissension and there's something I'd like to say. It is against the rules to ignore a moderator acting in their official capacity and you may be warned for doing so.
KJOokami wrote:Okay, dude.

1) Chill the heck out.
This was right below my 'don't get personal or confrontational' statement.
Seth wrote:There is really no reason to get annoyed at the soda drinking habits of people you don't even know.
Chill out brosef
This, too, came after I asked everyone to be civil.
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Dissension wrote:Corporations are fine
On the contrary, but let's leave it at that.
This is political. I already said not to get politics involved, too. A corporation is a collective of individuals empowered to act as a single entity. Do not try to introduce politics again, please, in any topic. Saying 'we certainly are not going to talk about "X"' is, believe it or not, discussing said topic.

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sonic id furreh!!! wrote:i possibly agree
Well, too bad! You can't have it~. *sticks his tongue out at everyone*
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1. BAN THEEEEEEMMMMM!!!!!!
2. why can't i have ice breath?
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Dissension wrote:
KJOokami wrote:Okay, dude.

1) Chill the heck out.
This was right below my 'don't get personal or confrontational' statement.
I was well on my way through typing that post by the time you posted, and the forum didn't give me any indication that you'd made that response until after I'd already posted it.
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Dissension wrote:Well, too bad! You can't have it~. *sticks his tongue out at everyone*
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KJOokami wrote:
Dissension wrote:
KJOokami wrote:Okay, dude.

1) Chill the heck out.
This was right below my 'don't get personal or confrontational' statement.
I was well on my way through typing that post by the time you posted, and the forum didn't give me any indication that you'd made that response until after I'd already posted it.
excuses, excuses *waggles finger*
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Yikes! 4 pages since my last visit. I can't believe you fellas used to do that every day.

Soda. Or is it pop? I used to drink hardly any of the stuff, but since I changed jobs I've been drinking the stuff every day. For the caffeine, because the coffee is awful. I need the caffeine because I don't get enough sleep, because I stay up too late because there is hardly any activity during the day. Vicious cycle.

I need a new job.
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DanTwelve3 wrote:Yikes! 4 pages since my last visit. I can't believe you fellas used to do that every day.

Soda. Or is it pop? I used to drink hardly any of the stuff, but since I changed jobs I've been drinking the stuff every day. For the caffeine, because the coffee is awful. I need the caffeine because I don't get enough sleep, because I stay up too late because there is hardly any activity during the day. Vicious cycle.

I need a new job.
we used to go through waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy more pages than that everyday
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We went through about as many pages as a new puppy.

And we did the same thing to them.
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