Diet soda is undrinkably nasty to me. I can't drink that nasty shit. I'll take water of it any day.
Of course, what I WANT is Dr Pepper. The regular stuff, not that nasty diet shit.
When I made my switch, I was the same. I started by weening myself off sugar by mixing diet with regular in ever increasing proportions. Diet sweeteners taste very sweet to me now, and sugar is very strong, almost undrinkable.
Because I got used to it and once you used to diet soda it's substantially thinner than full sugar soda so that full sugar soda just tastes awful now.
Yeah, full-sugar soda tastes like drinking cake frosting now that I'm a diet drinker.
But neither is good for you in terms of weight loss or gain.
Surprisingly for me, the switch to diet caused a gradual and permanent drop of 10% of my weight, increased density, and without change in other parts of my diet or exercise. I did drink a *lot* of soda though, so I can see how those calories were tipping the balance.
Well, what if you scale it up? Harness a large number of peacocks, and aim them somehow at a target? You could build the first environment-friendly laser CIWS, also mostly maintenance-free. Imagine a ballistic missile worth hundred of millions of dollars shot by [insert rogue dictatorship here], downed by a cluster of peacocks. The face that [insert rogue dictatorship leader here] would make upon hearing the news. The heads of the generals rolling. Why didn't my missile destroy [insert valuable objective here]? What do you mean, *peacocks*? Is that some kind of joke, Herr General? You know we don't like joking much around here, hmm? And as an added bonus, in times of peace, you can eat your laser defense.
Archimedes should have used peacocks instead of polished bronze mirrors.
Now McEnroe would complain "You must be hallucinating!"
Then the AI umpire would agree. And when the opponent appealed for the original ruling, the umpire would agree again.
This is a bunch of BS. I'm doing very well and my daily driver is a 15yo Ford Escape. Stick shift at that...
/. autists like us are the exception. Most people, if given the disposable income will spend it on something flashy with depreciating value instead of a solid investment like Magic The Gathering Cards.
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