0 by bigdinwaunakee , NYT link-vote problem... no page display.

Dude, copy the fucking link and Ctrl-V it into your address bar. Then read it. Then hit the fucking back button and vote.

WTF, are you Russian?

“Why is it happening? Is it some kind of chemical in the diet soda, or something about the behavior of diet soda drinkers?”

So, it might be that those that eat poorly otherwise try to make up for it by drinking diet soda and that it really cannot make up for poor eating? Gosh.

Rut-ro!

fucking soda drinkers!

IT IS MIXER FOR FUCKSAKE--add BOOZE TO IT!

plus think a bit about the level of refinement in the products you ingest in your ancient gastrointestinal system...

[borrwed from Wiki-land:]
Aspartame (or APM) (pronounced /ˈæspɚteɪm/ or /əˈspɑrteɪm/) is the name for an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener, aspartyl-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester; i.e., the methyl ester of the dipeptide of the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine.

And more... basically, that shit will kill you.

Now, I understand, you don't use that mass-produced, chemistry fluke--you use another one.

nothing fake is safe.