Chris-

7 hours ago, outsida said:

But didn’t you post articles that painted artificial sweeteners in a negative light vs natural sweeteners? Your articles introduced that dichotomy. 

No? One of the studies used a natural sweetener as a variable, but the conclusion wasn't painted in a 'artificial vs natural' kind of way. 

6 hours ago, Scape Zero said:

 

The speed and willingness with which you get mad will never cease to be amusing.

 

We work well together Chris. As long as you get overly emotional about everything, I'll always be there to point and laugh at you. We both win.

If responding to an annoying post (and not even holding a grudge, since outsida and I have since exchanged pleasant posts) is getting 'overly emotional', your username must be in the dictionary next to 'histrionic'.

3 minutes ago, outsida said:

Thankfully people are drinking more water. 

 

Also, what’s the logical fallacy I’m guilty of?

 

That if people are turned off to artificial sweeteners, they will continue to drink sugary drinks. That's a false dilemma. 

11 minutes ago, outsida said:

You can do whatever you want. But when people attack artificial sweeteners with faulty evidence the public will continue to drink real sweeteners and continue to get fat and get metabolic disease. 

Or, maybe they will drink water. Interesting you would bemoan 'faulty evidence', then immediately resort to a logical fallacy.

In any case, that's not the point. The point is that it's wholly silly, not to mention grating, that a comment I made about a mundane decision elicited a rebuke about scientific rigor. Save the proselytizing for when I talk about not vaccinating my child or something. The unopened Diet Mountain Dews in my fridge aren't exactly worth a treatise on the fidelity of methodologies. 

5 minutes ago, Scape Zero said:

 

There ya go. Overreact about that post.

The speed and willingness with which you enter conversations to tell someone they're mad will never cease to be amusing.

3 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

You can do whatever you like, no one is stating otherwise.

That wasn't the point of my response.

6 minutes ago, outsida said:

All these studies suck, none are randomized control trials and the other posted by spork is an animal trial that doesn’t even make clear the dosage. 

 

Observational studies are the bottom rung of medical research. 

Oh my bad, I didn't realize I'm not allowed to make relatively mundane and minute personal choices if there aren't randomized control trials to support those decisions. Shit! Think of all the precious little diet sodas I've neglected to drink.

Just now, Keyser_Soze said:

Why didn't you got with a symmetrical username?

I'm an asymmetrical kind of guy.

5 minutes ago, johnny said:

anal yay or nay 

I've never had anal sex; butt play is fun though.

7 minutes ago, johnny said:

whats your favorite type of bread 

Brioche.

5 minutes ago, Jose said:

What's your current favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh 

Smiling Banana Leaf. Their Pad See Ew is fucking incredible. Ki Pollo and El Burro are up there too. 

19 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

How'd you lose all your rep points over a hyphen?

14 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

My question as well.

The Russians. 

35 minutes ago, Jason said:

How salty are you that you lost your reputation score over that stupid hyphen? 

Mildly. But ultimately I know my quality transcends a number. 

Don't be afraid to get weird with it.

11 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

Ehhhhhhhh, the jury is very much out on that as the studies available tend to conflict.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/224712-diet-sodas-effects-on-liver-functions/

Basically put, in moderation, it's unlikely to affect you positively or negatively.

 

EDIT: Sucralose vs Aspartame is something that really needs to be taken into consideration as well.

Except that's just focusing on liver function; your metabolism isn't just a function of your liver.

https://news.yale.edu/2017/08/10/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response

https://www.endocrine.org/news-room/current-press-releases/low-calorie-sweeteners-promote-fat-accumulation-in-human-fat

https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemistry/Artificial-sweetener-triggers-metabolic-changes/96/i18

I used to be crazy addicted to Diet Mountain Dew, but after reading more about how bad diet soda is for your metabolism, I've more or less given up soda entirely. 

Soda is poison liquified capitalism to subsume and dominate the masses.

Pepsi lovers get the bullet too. 

Find out where all the Coke executives live, burn down their homes, then let the proletariat build on the land.

Soda is poison.

Aren't you an engineer? What does an engineer do at a LTC insurance company?

5 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

 

And would conservative opposition (Ross Perot, Donald Trump) be more the nationalist angle rearing its head?

That's how I perceive it. Case in point, just look at how Bernie and Trump talked about the TPP:

5 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

 

That's actually the curious thing to me. What about the US causes some progressives to look at free trade Democrats as centrist/conservative considering liberal nations have free trade agreements as well (and now with "conservatives" calling free trade "globalist" as if globalism is a bad thing)?

Because even though free trade benefits everyone, the benefits are most visible for businesses and the ruling class, both of which are considered villainous by progressives in the US.

#basta

32 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

What would they be?

A bullet in the head of every capitalist pig.

My goal is to look like Xherdan Shaqiri.

Going to need about 10 pounds of muscle and probably 5%ish BF reduction.

A Benihana Christmas is a criminally underrated episode. 

I don't visit the local libraries very often (parking in gentrifying neighborhoods is a pain in the ass), but they are incredibly dope. I'm all about public libraries.