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by carimura·3y ago·view on hn ↗
I had a computer science professor who drank so much diet coke that she had a wall of empty cans stacked up from floor to ceiling in her office. Even then, 20 years ago now, I was so grossed out with that level of artificial intake I wanted to grab her shoulders and shake her. But that wouldn't have helped my grade.
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What is “artificial intake”? Would it have been preferable to “real” intake of sugar from regular Coke?
I suppose that's the big debate. Although one can safely say it would have probably been preferable to stack cans of sparkling water. or maybe perri-air.
Why? Why does it matter to you?
eh, because... empathy? I like to see people make decent choices.
Not much diet coke, but (JFYI) ...

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