I predict a massive influx of John Does names in Huffington's future. Even Google had to back off on the real name shit. I also predict that the depth of conversation will become much shallower. Many people have viewpoints that they would rather not share with family, employers, and potential employers.

:-), you're probably right, but they don't have the same bubbly goodness that Diet Coke brings to the table!

What fine? It'll be covered by business insurance or deducted from taxes.

Yep. It's not so much thirst as it is to get that first big hit of caffeine to light me off in the morning (0530). After I finish that bottle, I generally don't have anything else to drink during the day until I knock off (~1530-1600).

I am due for bloodwork and I'll ask the doc to check for diabetes, too.

Your chances of dying from drinking 10 litres of water a day are just as high, if not higher, since coke does contain sodium and water does not.

Research hyponatremia.

Nah, it's diet coke. No sugar. I seldom drink a regular soft drink. Maybe an occasional glass of ginger ale or orange drink, sometimes a root beer. Diet Coke is my mainstay. Before that, I drank Tab, Diet Rite, or Diet Pepsi.

Spelling help. Litre is a proper spelling. So is liter.

Yep. I crack open a two litre bottle every morning when I sit down at my desk to begin work. I'll drink that and later on drink about half of another.

Check the dictionary ;-)

I've been a heavy drinker for 50 years. I never went around attacking people or getting into arguments or randomly destroying shit just for kicks.

I enjoy a few liters of diet coke every day. When I was younger, I drank a few 12-16 oz bottles of sugared pepsi, root beer, ginger ale, or cream soda just about ever day. Maybe a couple more in the summer time.

IMHO, they're just poking at shit to see what the gullible will accept so that they can wring out some grant money from politicians pandering to their mindless constituents.

What an innovative suggestion! I heartily approve of your initiative and thing that we should immediately seek federal funding (before we remove the politicians, of course) to put this into action.

Exactly which rules are you blather on about?

The ones that required billions of dollars in interest-free loans and caused thousands of people to lose their homes while the bankers involved kicked back counting their million dollar bonuses?

Mr. Musk merely parrots the evacuated tube and capsule transport systems detailed in novels by L. Neil Smith and Robert Heinlein some decades ago.

I'm not impressed.