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I understand the convoluted logic behind sugar free candy and rolls but IMO candy is candy.....parents are supposed to hate it and dentists are supposed to love it; now it's parents love it, dentists hate it (no matter what the dentist says about taking care of your teeth he loves it when you have to give him $100+ to fill one single cavity in your mouth or that of your kids). Dentists love working on teeth, it lines there pockets.
I just think to myself if you can't have sugar for whatever reason there should not be alternatives. Just suck it up and live with the fact you can't have something. People allergic to chocolate have no alternatives; have not heard of an artificial chocolate that tastes like chocolate.
--The whole concept of government granted and government regulated 'permits' and the accompanying government mandate for government approved firearms 'training' prior to being blessed by government with the privilege to carry arms in a government approved and regulated manner, flies directly in the face of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
And you wonder why people can't tell when you're trying to use satire and when you're being serious.
tblock1984 wrote:
Fateweaver wrote:It's like sugar-free candy or pastries. WTF is that all about?
For diabetics, actually. BTW, contrary to popular belief, obesity doesn't cause diabetes, it makes you more likely to get it.
It's a function of insulin production to body mass. If you can't produce enough insulin for your body mass, congratulations, you've become a type II diabetic. Naturally, people with a great deal of excess weight are more prone to encountering this.
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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Diet colas have to be the biggest logical contradiction ever. Why aren't drinking water if it bugs you?
Same
You're kidding, right? Do people only drink soda because that's the only way for them to ingest sugar, or is there perhaps some other factor that draws them to flavored beverages? Actually stop and think about it for a second.
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"-Nonsense, the Inquisitor and his retinue are our hounoured guests, of course we should invite them to celebrate Four-armed Emperor-day with us..." Thought for the Day - Never use the powerfist hand to wipe.
Diabetes is also hereditary to a point. I'm at a higher risk to get it because my dad has it, my grandpa has it and one of my dad's brothers has it.
My mom's side gets cancer.
Either path is not one I want to end up going down. I can do what I can to prevent the former, the latter if I can figure out how to stop I'd be a billionaire.
--The whole concept of government granted and government regulated 'permits' and the accompanying government mandate for government approved firearms 'training' prior to being blessed by government with the privilege to carry arms in a government approved and regulated manner, flies directly in the face of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
Or you can be like me, and have a childhood auto-immune disorder strike out of the blue and cause your own body to nuke your pancreas into oblivion. That wasn't much fun, and as a result, I drink diet soda because I like the taste more than water, and unlike regular soda, I don't have to take an insulin injection to compensate.
"-Nonsense, the Inquisitor and his retinue are our hounoured guests, of course we should invite them to celebrate Four-armed Emperor-day with us..." Thought for the Day - Never use the powerfist hand to wipe.
Fateweaver wrote:Diabetes is also hereditary to a point. I'm at a higher risk to get it because my dad has it, my grandpa has it and one of my dad's brothers has it.
My mom's side gets cancer.
Either path is not one I want to end up going down. I can do what I can to prevent the former, the latter if I can figure out how to stop I'd be a billionaire.
Same here. Diabetic dad, and my late mother had cancer. It sucks...
Bookwrack wrote:And you wonder why people can't tell when you're trying to use satire and when you're being serious.
tblock1984 wrote:
Fateweaver wrote:It's like sugar-free candy or pastries. WTF is that all about?
For diabetics, actually. BTW, contrary to popular belief, obesity doesn't cause diabetes, it makes you more likely to get it.
It's a function of insulin production to body mass. If you can't produce enough insulin for your body mass, congratulations, you've become a type II diabetic. Naturally, people with a great deal of excess weight are more prone to encountering this.
When you say you and you're, do you mean me specifically, or the collective sense of the word? If you mean me specifically, let me fix that.
/sarcasm=true
OMG, thank you for explaining diabetes to me! In the 15 years my dad has had diabetes, he never explained this to me.
I always wondered why he was stabbing himself all the time to test his blood, or inject white fluid into himself with hypodermic needles. I just thought he was a junkie, OCD vampire.
/sarcasm=false
I am not trying to be rude, just pointing out when I am using satire... Seriously, though, your post confuses me...
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Diet colas have to be the biggest logical contradiction ever. Why aren't drinking water if it bugs you?
Same
You're kidding, right? Do people only drink soda because that's the only way for them to ingest sugar, or is there perhaps some other factor that draws them to flavored beverages? Actually stop and think about it for a second.
I think you misunderstood me. I was saying my response to this was the same as the other part of that post. You quoted me out of context.
Here, let me say it again, clearer this time:
tblock1984 wrote:
Fateweaver wrote:It's like sugar-free candy or pastries. WTF is that all about?
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Diet colas have to be the biggest logical contradiction ever. Why aren't drinking water if it bugs you?
For diabetics, actually. BTW, contrary to popular belief, obesity doesn't cause diabetes, it makes you more likely to get it.
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Fateweaver wrote:
I just think to myself if you can't have sugar for whatever reason there should not be alternatives. Just suck it up and live with the fact you can't have something. People allergic to chocolate have no alternatives; have not heard of an artificial chocolate that tastes like chocolate.
Here's a concept, if you don't like it, don't buy it. WTF do you care?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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