Ep. 222 Premium - The Rise and Fall of Diet Coke [VIDEO]

58:26 is crazy as im sippin on a gold diet coke

i think the biggest reason that diet sodas were normalized was legit from the fitness community. Every fitness influencer i follow drinks that shit like water

this ep is great if you skip the diet soda segment. keeping my cortisol to a minimum

Every time I skip ahead patron freezes and won't play

I drank soda every month or so when I went out to eat, and I just switched to zero sugar (any soda, not just come) just because I didn't like the amount of sugar. I never assumed it was healthy, just bet it's probably better than regular.

the beer/soda one doesn't seem that hard once I heard both. the beer has a lower, more full sounding snap the soda is higher pitched and emptier

40:39 Aiden is leaning forward with his glasses asking Nick what asthma felt like is so therapist core even the way his arms are crossed

24:02 nicks whole rant here feels like those people taking magnets to cereal and being confused iron is iron. all the "chemicals" brother in christ look at what a banana is made out of. Xantham gum is in salad dressings lmao. the ingredients in stuff you ADD to coffee what about those? Whats the vanilla syrup made of? 160 lbs Lemonade stand is scared of soda and the simpsons. Yall need more obesity in your lives 27:28 bro a spliff is the 50 tobacco 50 weed, blunt is just typically a tobacco leaf from a cigarillo n such.

aiden looks really attractive this episode i hope he knows all the cunt he was serving around on this episode

When I was a kid I think I got actually addicted to the (don't laugh) Roarin' Waters from Capri Sun which are artificially sweetened water based drinks. It really was like nicotine, I was into the drinks religiously like the way DC heads are to a point it made me uncomfortable that juice was making me feel different so I kicked the cup and it was actually hard. Not just a taste thing I think there's some mental component here that is under-discussed

I do research on automatically detecting rare species, and I can 100% build Kelby his ludwig redbull slurp detector. Heck I’ll do it for free for an intro to Alveus so I can offer to help with their new conservation tech push

caught that Disruptor reference at 7:43

Can we please get a Kelby ep?

Honestly. I thought Lud was hitting it raw for all these years. My world has been shattered knowing that he wraps up his willie while doing the Twisted Tango. -aura Ludwig. I know Aiden be hitting it raw though, Love that fella. 🪱❤️

There is literally Diet Coke with no caffeine

so a standard blunt don't got no tobacco, that's a spliff, and it's usually done with joint paper

nicks red bull take is top 5 dumbest things he said. which is saying something.

picked up 8 cans of redbull on sale this morning :>

Real NL heads know he's been drinking 0 sugar kickin back colas since Trump's trade war started

Bottled beer or bottled soda vid incoming

It’s a good thing my stomach acid isn’t a dirty countertop cuz that Diet Coke would be goin crazy in there. Aiden and Nick please never talk about health related things again ♥️

Fuckin love diet coke, helped me lose Hella weight and felt fine (check back to see if I die at 40) HOWEVER everything is fine under moderation.

Just wanna say that nicks comment “name anything that tastes good that isn’t bad for you” is 4 separate logical fallacies in one sentence 💀

do the usa have pepsi max i feel like it the best one

Whenever I read or hear "Kelby", my brain autocompletes it to "Cocksucker Kelby". Slime's influence is too strong

Running is gracefully falling and catching yourself with every step.

With rocket jump starting back up freddie would be a cool guest

I'd like to see Nick challenged in finding a free Red Bull. Just drop him somewhere in LA and see how long it takes

theres actually nothing that can stop me from drinking diet soda i will stand on this hill forever and ever and ever it just tastes too good i love aspartame so much its so yummy for my body

guys..... I'm starting to think there is no super secret bonus ep.....

I also had asthma as a kid. absolutely sucked, I’d get asthma attacks multiple times a day - mine was allergy and exercise induced. haven’t had any asthma scares the last few years so it’s pretty much in remission but I’ve done a combined 15 years worth of allergy shots

Slime needs to stop saying suckceptible. Is this a bit I'm missing?

Slime, Bluetooth does not go through the damn ionosphere are you okay?

everything in the Whole Wide World is chemicals. you guys just get freaked out when you have to read a list of the chemicals that make diet coke LOL. nick is gonna be mad as hell when he finds out that apples are also made of chemicals

I’ve never been more triggered by Aiden saying you can use coke as a cleaner… YOU CAN FUCKING USE WATER AS A CLEANER!!!! I’m fine if you’re worried about the study NL was referring to, but for the past like 5-10 years food scientists have reaffirmed that diet sodas are safe and healthy, especially if the alternative would be a drink or treat with an excess amount of sugar

Slime almost taking out Aidens head 😂😂

I just read the soda study and that was all over the place, and they claim that like 8 different chemicals all link to the same issue cause they’re all sweeteners lmao. This study is also coming from one of the largest countries in terms of cane sugar production. Seems like NL got clickbaited imo.

Slime And Nick Are Wearing Very Similar Shoes

We need Hank Green back to explain the scientific method

restock the bidets i check monthly

Being extra woke and following bds simply prevents the Diet Coke problem

“64 for 11” “Wait 11!? That’s like two dollars a condom”

Tbf if u drink multiple cans of vinegar a day u would probably not feel so great

the beer can goes down in pitch at the end the soda goes up

This is the second time yall have had a “Diet Coke is bad for u” segment and it kills me every time cause it’s just straight unadulterated misinformation from the tap. 😭 idk why this study out of all studies got NL cause it’s the exact same shit as all the others. Study comes out, results are mild -> sensationalized article comes out, blows everything out of proportion, people get scared. The study said that Diet Coke MIGHT age your brain if you drink it constantly in your middle ages. And when I say age, I mean compared to the average person a 60 year olds brain would have been 61. This is a “maybe there’s something there we should look into it” not a “OMG WE’RE COOKED ITS ALL OVER” study. We don’t just guess that Diet Coke is fine for us. We presume it is since aspartame is THE MOST STUDIED FOOD SUPPLEMENT EVER! If you are going to drink coffee without worry of effects from caffeine, you should do the EXACT SAME for Diet Coke since aspartame is more studied than caffeine.

Thinking diet coke is better than coke zero is already a low IQ take

Nick said, $64 FOR 11 that’s like $2 each

IONOSPHERE?

oh my god the dog section was so vile jesus

Active noise cancellation in headphones requires power to work. So a wired headphone that has active noise cancellation would still require a battery and to be charged, which is probably why they don't really exist. If you gotta charge it anyway might as well make it wireless

That bit Slime did talking about Final Fantasy was glorious

Does nick actually think 64 divided by 11 is “like 2”? 31:10

Aiden was talking about the CumDaddy condoms that are machine washable

Aiden - Wrong & Cringe

Ok maybe we need one stem guy in the friend group

Electric Aiden Ep

I was about to go in on Slime for saying there's no Diet Coke without caffeine until I listened to that sentence again and again 4 times while watching him say it for the last time before I realized what he meant. Anyways, for basic soda flavors Diet Dr. Pepper is the best and for special flavors Coca-Cola Vanilla Zero Sugar is the best, closely followed by Sunkist Zero Sugar

When talking about bluetooth ludwig is talking about people fearing "interfetence". Does he mean interference? Is this some regional thing or joke I don't know or is he just raw saying it weird?

Diet Coke is also acidic which is harmful to the enamel on your teeth and, if being consumed in an exaggerated amount, can lead to rapid tooth decay which quickly becomes irreversible and leads to cavities, discolouration and eventual tooth loss. And again, it’s not water. Your body is an organism which thrives on water. You wouldn’t give Diet Coke to a lawn.

i drink coke zero a lot simply bc i like coke a lot and its just better than drinking full sugar coke, i’m not disillusioned into thinking its some health drink it’s just yummy bears. i’m sure it could fuck my health up in the same way my fucking red 40 gummy candy could but like ehhhh

A blunt normally doesn't have tobacco in it, a joint is partly tobacco partly weed hence the name "joint".

im sorry but americans didnt know aspartame was bad?

haven’t finished the episode but from the perspective of someone who has been smoking since they were 14, currently 23, the new wave of “apple” type dispensaries is amazing. why would i want to walk into a sketchy, rundown, hidden, shop with no colors or light up signs, then i have to use my high grain to decipher where and how much the weed is, or i could walk into a bright, well seen, fun shop where they treat me like a child and give me my yummy gummies and colorful pen for a CHEAPER price.

The concerns with Diet Coke, and other diet sodas or low calorie options is often the artificial sweetner. As more long term studies are able to be done, researchers are finding links between artificial sweeteners and neurological decline. https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214023

We like artificial sweetener because our body recognizes it as regular sugar/sweetness that we associate with energy and food Plants provide the energy in a way we recognize so we eat the fruits and spread the seeds. A plant has no reason to make something we don't benefit from, but having too much sugar is a very niche thing for animals, so we trick our brains by giving our body something that is recognized by the sweet receptors, but is recognized by our receptors wayyyy better. Artificial sweetener does have some calories, but we need way less because our body feels it is a lot sweeter than sugar As for studies that come out about artificial sweetener, a lot of the data is skewed due to the sheer volume of artificial sweetener given to animals like mice, or plotting artificial sweetener consumption against diseases like Alzheimer's. The main demographic to want to consume diet soda is people who want to lose weight, which is the actual primary reason for diseases being shown correlated with artificial sweetener (correlation vs causation) However, I agree that there is often hidden consequences to things we consider safe, and we should not stop researching things for safety. It is just that the reasons against diet soda are currently not valid based on current research. I think the argument of "no free lunch" is pretty lame as a reason against something

FIT CHECK ✔️ Nick: Donning his classic all black palette, he's sticking to what he's comfortable in. Notably with a hair cut, his standout piece of attire is the masterful Halo longsleeve. It oozes gamer comfort in a subtle nod to PSL, codifying his love for Xbox 360 era masterpieces. Slime: Sleek, tight, and ready to break into the most awkward run in history at a moment's notice. Similarly slimming as Nick, Slime opts for the black palette. In his case however, this is to draw contrast to the more brightly accented graphic tee, hoping to communicate his personality to passersby with ease. Aiden: In a hurry, Aiden found the pants he was wearing yesterday and threw them on. His lightly shaded jacket zipped up to the max is maintaining an the *essence* of cunt, but its also showing a flash of his Canadian roots, where the full zip is essential for survival. The glasses and hair strewn about leads us to believe that this fit was not one of statement, but of necessity. It has all the hallmarks of a functional zillenial slop-fit, ready for a day in the office, yapping with the boys, or mashing at the friendlies setup. Ludwig: Exuding team pride and open toes, Lugwig once again employs his strategy of building his outfit around one item: The Blue Japanese Ballcap. He sticks with the cool blue color scheme, matches his different blue shades like a kindergartener. ("But they're all blue mom!!"). That being said, this isn't an egregious flag. The largest faux pas committed here are the sandals and jean combo. One would assume if its warm enough to wear a jacket and jeans, one would want to find a pair of socks. Socks and sandals would be an improvement here, and I think in itself says enough. 6/10: Standard fits, pretty safe. Nothing of substance to write a long patreon comment about though.

slime a blunt is not "half tobacco"

I have for sure seen the red bull car in NH

the problem (but probably also my favourite thing because of the absurdity) Lud has when he argues is that everything needs to be a binary, it's either 100% one thing or it 100% isn't. Thats just not how the world works. I've lost count of the amount of times he's said "I saw this one example of this certain thing and just assumed EVERYTHING with a similar name or from the same country or in the same genus will look and/or act or sound or whatever in the same way" nuance just goes straight over his head. It leads to so many extremely frustrating and hilarious moments. also Diet Coke has the most drinkers out of aspartame drinks because Coke won the mixer war. Jack and coke, rum and coke etc etc. so Nick was pretty spot on saying they'd got o Coke Zero or Coke No Sugar.

Look the true thing about diet coke is that when you try one after turning 30, or having a kid or two it just hits.

Don't know if they'll read this (and I'm not a RF engineer, although I am in an the same department) but a good explanation of wireless transmission that I like is that the transmitter is a big flashlight that flickers on and off in a specific "colour" (frequency, which kind of is colour) that we can't see. The receiver is just measuring the brightness of the room, but specifically for the colour channel that its listening to. The up and down thing Slime mentioned is for satellite communications (GPS, satellite TV). Your phone isn't doing that for bluetooth or wifi.

The soda just has a higher pitched sound because of the carbonation

I dropped in one time and broke my arm, I never looked back.

yarb my favourite misinformation podcast

Nick seems to be slowly getting dumber

Artificial sweeteners are some of the most researched food additives in history. There’s literal decades worth of evidence that it’s safe, just one study indicating issues doesn’t mean that all that research is suddenly invalidated. We underst

finally the downfall of the diet coke cult begins. Natures healing It feels suprising slime likes diet coke like id expect his take to be like “youre lying to yourself if youre drinking diet soda because have the treat or dont its not water either way”

Dude has anyone tried the Like DC yet?

NL was a Coke Zero man I thought not Diet Coke

as a DC die hard, Ive never gave a fuck about the 0's on the thing I just drink it because I like the taste better than normal coke

Nick seams like the kind of guy who had asthma as a kid.

my nightmare apple store weed store, my dream weed store with every product and the price of it written on the wall

Nick saying Slime is out of touch and then talking about how free Red Bull is so easy to find as if he's not an influencer in Los Angeles is insane

Maybe I'm schizo posting but can people actually not hear the difference in beer vs soda cracking? I swear I could go 10 for 10 like the guy on the call because it's distinct in my ear

the Northernlion thing was about coke zero not diet coke. he quit drinking them because they entangle tau proteins in your brain according to a study, the study being the condition for the 'I'll quit and hold the L if science comes out with proof' rant that Slime was referring to.

Diet Coke has more caffiene in it than the other Cokes afaik. Which is probably why we Diet Coke chuggers love it so much.

How do you nicely tell someone (Slime) they need to update their wardrobe

greening out to this <3

I drink diet coke because I like the flavor of diet coke. The zero calories is a nice bonus that I appreciate. If it disappeared off the planet I probably would switch to coke zero because I like the zero calories but also because I like the flavor more than most other equivalents.

Man, Nick says the dumbest stuff. We know what's wrong with it, it's easy to look up. Just don't have too much. This is not complicated.

The diet coke (and all diet pop) studies are basically never conclusive, are poorly studied and at best say there's a correlation between diet soda drinkers and some sort of illness. (Hint, it's usually that the people drinking diet sodas have a bad diet and lifestyle outside of the soda) Diet sodas are functionally empty. Like drinking them is almost the equivalent and tasty air that you then piss out. (Almost)

why is neil cicierega in aidens chair

diet caffeine free coke absolutely exists. i used to buy it at walmart and it comes in a gold can.

The DC studies are still only correlation based reporting. There's still no definitive evidence that diet soda causes liver disease and the main study that is referenced is based on self reported drinkers that consume over 1 diet soda drink a day. I think if you have a diet soda every once in a while as a nice little treat you're fine.

has aimen seen the CS2 update

I drink 3 diet cokes a day and am only Getting Stronger

was checking out a red bull because I didn’t want to ask the rastafarian ski club people for another and nick immediately mocked me for it. terrible

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