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[RedKing]

Has anyone drank enough diet soda that they start to feel intensely ill?

Yes. Usually one is sufficient.

Seriously, that shit's nasty.

[Neonivek]

Has anyone drank enough diet soda that they start to feel intensely ill?

Yes. Usually one is sufficient.

Seriously, that shit's nasty.

I think I drank about 6 or 7 (bottles and cans)... and 8 if I include this non-diet pop.

[Frumple]

That'd probably be enough to make you sick pretty much regardless of what you were drinking, if you downed it in a short enough period. S'somewhere between two and three two liter bottles, if my estimatin's close.

[MaximumZero]

Has anyone drank enough diet soda that they start to feel intensely ill?

Yes. Usually one is sufficient.

Seriously, that shit's nasty.

Considering the migraines they trigger, yeah, I feel the same way.

[Graknorke]

That'd probably be enough to make you sick pretty much regardless of what you were drinking, if you downed it in a short enough period. S'somewhere between two and three two liter bottles, if my estimatin's close.

I once tried about that much in water and it pretty much ended up spouting back out under the pressure I'd tried to force it down with.
It was more amusing than it had right to be.

[Greiger]

I used to be horribly addicted to soda. (I still am but I drink much less now)  But 8 cans of Dr Pepper in one day would have still made me feel ill.  I used to do between 5 and 7 a day, but 8 was some precipice of badness that was some kind of horrible sudden 180 from happy to nauseous.

And yes diet soda is absolutely nasty.  Especially the ones with the artificial sweeteners that are actually potentially worse for you than the normal sodas.

[Tellemurius]

dude 8 cans? thats like a fast food run in calories

[Flying Dice]

Giving up soda was one of the best decisions I've made, in terms of personal health. Both in regards to how I feel (because that's an absurd amount of refined sugar to be consuming), and in terms of dental bills. All it took was one cavity drilling (and my dentist's aide repeatedly messing up the shots and scraping my jaw), and that was that.

[penguinofhonor]

Pregnant friend is getting an abortion soon.

It's happening so fast. There's worrying, there's stress. I haven't been involved in any of the discussions but I can imagine them. Isn't she supposed to cry for weeks, balancing her life against another? I don't think it's quite that romantic.

I guess this is just one of those things no amount of warning can convey. Yeah, everyone knows about the protesters harassing women outside the clinic. Everyone knows about the shame. They know about women who hide it from their friends and family that would hate them if they knew.

But it's surreal having it happen to one of your closest friends. All your rationalizations go away. There's no "Oh, it can't be that bad." It is that bad. The doctors warned her about the people that are going to be outside that morning. I can't talk about this in real life because I know that if I say one word wrong, some of my friends would hate her.

The person who can't know the most is one of her friends she goes out drinking with. She probably forgot the condom after one of those nights. Do I really want to be friends with someone I have to keep a secret like this from?

Then again, I'm going to be keeping this secret from most of my friends. Even the ones who won't hate her will think other things. She's pathetic, she's a whore, she's an idiot for forgetting the condom, she's just one of those girls who uses abortion as a second method of birth control.

This is all too heavy.

[Helgoland]

she's an idiot for forgetting the condom, she's just one of those girls who uses abortion as a second method of birth control.

Well yeah, but I don't see why people would think that's something so terribly bad - after all, that's what abortions are for.
But I talked to a few friends about a month ago, and apparently even here in Europe (and among secular people from an academic background) abortions are very controversial. I hope that'll change with time, because that kind of thing can always just happen.

My best wishes for your friend.

[Karlito]

I suppose mine is nothing as serious, but man, my schedule for next quarter sucks. Four days a week, it looks like this:

8-9     CLASS
10-11 CLASS
12-1   CLASS
2-3     CLASS

Who knows what I'm going to do with all those 1 hour breaks, but to make matters worse my earliest class this term starts at 2 pm, so shifting my entire sleep schedule by 6 hours is going to be pretty rough. Plus I have three labs as well, so I'll probably be crushed by work.

[Skold]

I have a first world problem that keeps on happening. I want to buy a can of Rockstar since they are on sale for $1.21 USD at the grocery store nearest to me, but I have exactly $1.14 USD in my bank account. My bank requires that I have at least $1.00 USD in my bank account at all times in order to avoid being charged close to $30.00 USD.

I guess I am disappointed that as usual by around Thursday or Friday I am unable to make any purchases outside of penny candy. I am also disappointed that the only penny candy store in [REDACTED] County closed down about five years ago and even if it was open was close to four towns away from where I am at this time.

It reminds me of when I was younger as well and used to go to or pass by that penny candy store all the time when my mother and her friends would force me to go to their church in hopes that they could perhaps prevent me from growing up into some sort of deviant. Because of that now I'm sad and I want a bag of those non-chocolate Tootsie Rolls that I used to mix together into little bars of vanilla, strawberry, lemon and other sweet flavors before eating when I was a kid. I guess nostalgia does that to people.

[kaijyuu]

When I left home I thought I'd be harassed by my parents checking up on me. Calls every day, stuff like that.

I have the opposite problem.


It's been three weeks, and I've talked to my parents on the phone twice, and they've responded to my emails once. I feel kinda... forgotten

[Dutchling]

Wait, who were you gain?

edit: Actually, I kinda have the same thing going on, although I didn't really notice it so far. And I go home every two or three weeks or so, which I assume you do not.

[RedKing]

When I left home I thought I'd be harassed by my parents checking up on me. Calls every day, stuff like that.

I have the opposite problem.


It's been three weeks, and I've talked to my parents on the phone twice, and they've responded to my emails once. I feel kinda... forgotten

Maybe they're just recognizing that you're an adult and trying to give you some space. How's things going other than that?