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On the other hand, both me and my wife drink soda, which we do have around. I also drink fruit juices and milk. Though I will say, if I was to attempt to replace all of the soda I drink with milk, then I would die from the amount of fat in milk.
And good lord, I never realized that sweet tea is such a southern thing. Go further north that Virginia and its like no one even KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT in a restaurant.
I also like white teas, green teas, and most herbal teas. They are yum. white blueberry tea is my personal favorite.
I drank so much milk as a kid that I have calcium deposits where I don't need them.
Ditto squash.
I mean, I drink a lot of soda as well.
(Beng english, it feels weird calling it soda.)
I'm only 19.
Which I'm fairly sure makes me one of the youngest people here.
And frankly, I'm getting tired of 'Oldies' and Their Stinkin' Rants. ;)
(I kid. I think these rants are brilliant.)
And frankly, I'm getting tired of 'Oldies' and Their Stinkin' Rants.
Just to let you know I probably wasn't born when 2e was new.
Right now I am replacing soda with Monster energy drinks. Wonder how that will turn out...
Sounds healthier than the Crispy Cream Doughnut diet.
Right now I am replacing soda with Monster energy drinks. Wonder how that will turn out...
Energy Drinks in general dont cut it as stimulants, they just give you caffine crashes.
Sounds healthier than the Crispy Cream Doughnut diet.
Better use that Weight Watchers coupon while you still can.;)
And good lord, I never realized that sweet tea is such a southern thing. Go further north that Virginia and its like no one even KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT in a restaurant.
Tell me about it. I grew up in Southern Indiana, which is sort of like the illegitimate child of Germany and the Deep south (I'm not joking, this is where the modern KKK started) and right now I'm up here in WI. There are days where I could kill for a glass of sweet tea, and every time someone recommends the McDonald's crap it makes it that much more unbearable.
We're gamers. We're supposed to drink gallons of Mountain Dew. Aren't we? AREN'T WE?!
Mountain Dew is blowful.
Today, I mostly drink a special blend of iced tea. Two black tea bags, two green tea bags, and two flavored tea bags (usually peace) with sage honey as a sweetener.
Once a week, when my wife and I go out for lunch after church, I have a Dr. Pepper. Once a month, when I'm out with the guys after drill weekend, I have a single beer then just Dr. Pepper. During the D&D sessions at my house, I have a single tankard of mead (small tankard, but a great prop nonetheless) then one tankard of Dr. Pepper to every two of tea. Besides that, and a glass of red wine with Sunday dinner for the health benefits, my majority drink is just the tea.
After one small experience that involved a wired Halfling Rogue, a dragon, and a twitchy dice hand... well, I will not allow Red Bull, Amp, or any of those other energy drinks into my gaming room again... it took me a week to wash the Halfling off of the table...
Oh, wait, I forgot. Coffee. 3-4 sodas on top of 1-2 cups of coffee every day.
I've actually asked the doctor, if I go cold turkey my heart might stop. Whee!
Well, you ween yourself off. Cut your consumption for a week, then again, and again, till it is gone. Now, my only staple is an occasional cup of chai tea (which I usually drink while planning adventures.
However, James, my friend. 3 to four sodas a day, 2-3 energy drinks a day? My friend, please tell me that you drink at least two bottles of water for every soda. If you do not, then you are looking at some major kidney stones in the near future... and those are not fun.
Not to mention, most soda and energy drinks are diuretics. They do not promote hydration of the body (a couple are not, thus my fixation on Dr. Pepper). On the contrary, they cause you to urinate more. Just because it is clear does not mean you are healthy... I mean, the clear could also be the energy drink leaving the body.
Renal failure is a very painful way to die... One of my friends in Iraq went that way, and it was not pretty.
The biggest problem is just the empty calories and risk for insulin resistance later in life, the amount of caffeine is not significant enough to cause a diuretic effect (remember, it's still mostly water).
At least I'll admit to it.
Cheers!
(Downs a Coca-cola)
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Anyway, I'm in high school and I drink at least 6x as much milk and oj as soda, also I used to be a Diet Coke addict, at least 3 a day or I would be cranky.
...the amount of caffeine is not significant enough to cause a diuretic effect (remember, it's still mostly water).
This is true for the most part, but some kids drink nothing but their favorite soda. Not all are as good for you as you would believe. Some are better than others.
However, it is not just the caffeine. Also, there are the syrups, the sugars, and the various preservatives. Caffeine itself is not a major diuretic (though it does work for the other side of the... equation), but the combination of all of the factors add up.
It is also far better to get your soda at the local fountain than out of a can or bottle. There is more water used in the fountain and more syrup used in the bottling plant.
(Downs a Coca-cola)
Do a search on the effects of Coca-cola on an 8 oz steak and an iron nail... I've seen it in my science class...
I'm only 19.
Which I'm fairly sure makes me one of the youngest people here.
18. Beat you by one year. ;)
I don't drink any soda; I hate the caffeine crashes, and I hate the carbonation. I almost always drink milk, with the occasionally smoothie or shake at restaurants or a sports drink when playing tennis.
Anyways, I don't drink soda either. I do drink smoothies, but I typically make them, and don't add sugar. Just frozen berries(strawberries, black berries, raspberries, etc.) and milk. I hate the taste of pure milk, unless it is in cereal. Most cereal is too sweet too. Corn flakes, Raisin bran, and some Cheerios, of the non sweetened kind. Honey bunches of oats too, but you have to mix it with stuff. About half of it would have to be corn flakes.
15. Beat you by 3.;)
Anyways, I don't drink soda either. I do drink smoothies, but I typically make them, and don't add sugar. Just frozen berries(strawberries, black berries, raspberries, etc.) and milk. I hate the taste of pure milk, unless it is in cereal. Most cereal is too sweet too. Corn flakes, Raisin bran, and some Cheerios, of the non sweetened kind. Honey bunches of oats too, but you have to mix it with stuff. About half of it would have to be corn flakes.
I thought I was the only one. Everyone else seems to love it.
15. Beat you by 3.;)
Well I wasn't competing with you!I hate the taste of pure milk, unless it is in cereal.
Well, I don't know if you can call the ultrapasteurized stuff you buy pure milk, but.... ;) I understand, though; most of my family can't stand it, and I'm the weird one.
Well, I don't know if you can call the ultrapasteurized stuff you buy pure milk, but....
We get organic milk, from a farm. Eggs too, from free range chickens. Non pasteurized. Take skim milk, that stuff is just disgusting even when it is in cereal.
We're gamers. We're supposed to drink gallons of Mountain Dew. Aren't we? AREN'T WE?!
With you on this one Jimbo.
Its an addiction. And sadly, the sweet dew is very rare and hard to come by this side of the world, so I've taken to buying it in dark alleyways from shady dealers.
I have to admit to being one of these darn kids who drinks a lot of soda (19). Coca Cola, and the occaisonal mountain dew when I can get it, however, are pretty much my only sugar intake. No chocolate, candy or the like. And I drink gallons and gallons of fruit juice. Not a man for milk, get my calcium and dairy fix from solids.
I hate the taste of pure milk, unless it is in cereal. Most cereal is too sweet too. Corn flakes, Raisin bran, and some Cheerios, of the non sweetened kind.
My sentiments, exactly. When I was a kid my mom used to make us drink a glass of milk a day with dinner, along with water and usually juice, or sometimes a soda. So I'd just pinch my nose and chug down the glass of milk, then wash it down with a glass of water to get the taste out of my mouth. Hell, I don't even drink the milk in my cereal bowl!
As for soda, I USED to drink a whole LOT of it, when I was younger. Then one day, at work, I just got this horrible, sick feeling after the 6th or so cup of pepsi, and I was like "I need to stop drinking this stuff". So I went cold turkey, and didn't drink it for nearly a year. Felt good, too, though there was ALWAYS that craving. Then one day I thought to myself, "maybe I'll have a Coke"...and that was it. I was hooked again!
Nowadays, I drink a LOT of water (like nearly a gallon a day, sometimes), juice here and there, and limit myself to no more than two 12oz cans of soda a day, which works out pretty good.
Especially the last one. I am, strangely enough, almost addicted to milk. As in, I can and have gone through a jug in a day, although I'm down from that.
And yes, I do have calcium deposites.
So yeah, anything can be dangerous.
Ya' know, I used to only drink pop (that's what we call it in OH;) ), but as I get older I find that I enjoy a good glass if iced tea (unsweetened, no lemon) much more than that fizzie stuff. I wish I could cut it out altogether, but I have not found a suitable iced tea to pack in my daily work lunches. If my drink is fizzie, it better be alcoholic. Damned kids. Damned pop. :D
I suppose they may not have them where you are, but try the Arizona Iced tea mixes. My dad loves them, they come in these little cans that contain individual mixes for something like twelve quarts. The ones my dad drinks have no caffeine and (I think) no sugar, and pretty much everyone who tries it devours the stuff. Water suits me just fine though.
Arizona also makes teas you can buy in cans for $0.99 that are about twice as big as a normal pop can. Maybe those could work for you. I enjoy their juices, myself... not a tea person.
For the record, I'm in Michigan. Not sure if they have them where you are.
Do a search on the effects of Coca-cola on an 8 oz steak and an iron nail... I've seen it in my science class...
Oh, I've seen the experiment. I've done the experiment. But luckily my stomach lining is made of a rare mithril composite, +5 against soda. (Kidding) Seriously though, I've seen how they make hot dogs too, and I still line up for a ball park frank at the game.
Oh, but on a cool science note, since you opened up that proverbial can of worms, to clean your toilet of all unsightly stains and stuff dump a two litre container of coke or pepsi in there and let it sit overnight. Give it a flush in the morning and BAM! no more stains.
Ain't it great stuff? And tasty too!
Also people that drink tons of Coke clean the toilet when they use it ;).
I suppose they may not have them where you are, but try the Arizona Iced tea mixes. My dad loves them, they come in these little cans that contain individual mixes for something like twelve quarts. The ones my dad drinks have no caffeine and (I think) no sugar, and pretty much everyone who tries it devours the stuff. Water suits me just fine though.
Arizona also makes teas you can buy in cans for $0.99 that are about twice as big as a normal pop can. Maybe those could work for you. I enjoy their juices, myself... not a tea person.
For the record, I'm in Michigan. Not sure if they have them where you are.
Well, I live in Ohio and we do have the Arizona cans here for the same price. I really like their green tea with honey. Good stuff. The reason I don't use them for my lunches is that my lil' lunch container can really only hold a can of pop. We tried some containers and such for tea, but they leaked pretty badly. Oh well. Thanks for the suggestion, though. :D Michigan, you say? OH - IO! ;)
Oh, but on a cool science note, since you opened up that proverbial can of worms, to clean your toilet of all unsightly stains and stuff dump a two litre container of coke or pepsi in there and let it sit overnight. Give it a flush in the morning and BAM! no more stains.
Emergency Services also use Coke to take care of spilled blood on roads and such... it dissolves the amino acids in the blood and render most of the blood-born pathogens inert and then destroys them. Not to mention Coca-Cola uses their product to degrease their engines!
Once I ate McDonalds while watching "Supersize Me," I just wanted a Diet Coke.
This was a funny movie. Of course you will have those health problems if you only eat super-sized meals with sodas... However, my university did a similar study. Five students ate and drank ONLY things they bought from the McDonalds menu (shortly after that movie came out and McDs switched to a healthy menu) and guess what... If you eat salads, drink the bottled water, mix up the menu a little... EXERCISE! Well, they all came out of it healthier than when they went in.
Do not believe every piece of propaganda that hits the video market... If "An Inconvienient Truth" is correct, then this worst winter in 80 years is due to global warming... which is why most places froze.
Back on the topic of soda, though. It is great for an every-now-and-then drink, but it should not be a staple of your daily diet. Or, if you do with to drink soda a lot, then drink two parts of water between each soda (1 part being equal to the amount of soda you drink. That gives your body the ability to flush the toxins and sugars through your system without over-stressing it.
We get organic milk, from a farm. Eggs too, from free range chickens. Non pasteurized. Take skim milk, that stuff is just disgusting even when it is in cereal.
Ah, so you do get the good stuff. Lucky you! I don't live close enough to a farm to get that (anymore; I lived near one in Kansas for a few years), and you're right, it's much better than [S-word] milk.
... it's much better than [S-word] milk.
Well, there's you're problem! S*** milk, while chocolaty in appearance, is not really the best kind of milk to consume. The flavor is decidedly un-chocolate and it can wreak havoc on your digestive tract. You'd do much better sticking with cow's milk. ;)
While I'm at college, I'll have 2 glasses of OJ or Milk a day, and 2-3 cups of soda (usually dew, but I'm a DP fan as well)
While I'm at home, things are much different. 1 glass of iced tea and 1 glass of milk each day (I'm a cereal addict, so it ends up being about 3 glasses of milk total) during the week. On weekends when we DnD or have lan parties, I'm looking at 5 sodas/day.
Well, there's you're problem! S*** milk, while chocolaty in appearance, is not really the best kind of milk to consume. The flavor is decidedly un-chocolate and it can wreak havoc on your digestive tract. You'd do much better sticking with cow's milk. ;)
That wasn't the particular S-word I meant. The fact that you can even joke about it tells me you have never had the distinct displeasure of drinking sk--...that stuff Holy_Beholder mentioned in the last sentence of his post.
That wasn't the particular S-word I meant. The fact that you can even joke about it tells me you have never had the distinct displeasure of drinking sk--...that stuff Holy_Beholder mentioned in the last sentence of his post.
Ah. Well, it was funnier the way I interpreted it. Or not. Yeah.
The fact that you can even joke about it tells me you have never had the distinct displeasure of drinking sk--...that stuff Holy_Beholder mentioned in the last sentence of his post.
I know people that only drink sk-- milk, because its healthier. Whats really bad is when you don't know its skim, and accidentally drink some. Its bad enough when you know its coming and just have to deal with it. But when it get you by surprise...
Ah. Well, it was funnier the way I interpreted it. Or not. Yeah.
I was trying to be funny back; apparently I forgot the ;) smiley. No hard feelings?
I know people that only drink sk-- milk, because its healthier. Whats really bad is when you don't know its skim, and accidentally drink some. Its bad enough when you know its coming and just have to deal with it. But when it get you by surprise...
It's like a sneak attack, a hunter's quarry, and a warlock's curse, all at the same time--it sneaks up on you, it has it out for you personally, and your taste buds feel like they've been hexed off. Sk-- milk is very striking. ;)
I was trying to be funny back; apparently I forgot the ;) smiley. No hard feelings?
As was I, again. In a self-deprecating manner. To failure. Maybe I'm right about myself ... Hmm. I think the ;) smiley is actually underrated.
Hard feelings? From something the esteemed Mr. Kolsabrelabrus had to say? I dare say not! :D
I just had an idea. 1 part milk + 1 part soda ...
Laverne and Shirley. I think it was Laverne. Milk and Pepsi? Coke? Can't recall. It's not as awful as it sounds. But it's also not as good as it sounds, either. I hear tell that ye' olde mobsters used to drink Chivas and milk. I love my scotch, but I have yet to try this concoction. Chivas is most assuredly a mixable scotch (as in not nearly as good as others that beg to be had neat) so I may attempt it at some point. I'd hate to be disgusted by it, though. Still have to drink it so as not to waste, of course. But at what cost?
Hard feelings? From something the esteemed Mr. Kolsabrelabrus had to say? I dare say not! :D
Man, and I thought the Monsters Against Adventurers thread died and was forgotten a long time ago. Good times. I presume you've seen my Warlock Fluff thread?
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I should bring up some tea-making supplies, since we're not gaming at my house. But then, maybe they have them at my DM's house and I just don't know it. I should ask. Water is also good. And beer, if our host actually didn't oppose drinking alcohol on moral grounds (he probably wouldn't object if we brought some, it'd just feel a little disrespectful to me).
I actually tried to make a 4e MAA, never quiet kicked off.
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Weirder than that however, milk and apple juice. I can only say I'm glad that I can't remember the taste.
That convinced me to cut back. I only drink non-diet on the weekends now when I'm with friends and gaming.
Is it just me or doo all of these rant threads start off with a hasty generalization and then a declaration of opinion as truth?
Mmm, let's see...yes, I do believe that's the point. ;)
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Man, and I thought the Monsters Against Adventurers thread died and was forgotten a long time ago. Good times. I presume you've seen my Warlock Fluff thread?
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That was indeed a great time. I was reading alot of Heller at the time and it inspired Mr Winden's patterns immensely. Great to get that goofy stuff out of my head. It's a shame no one ever jumped on board to enter into our discussions. I'd have enjoyed seeing other posters take a similar tack and add to our letters. Oh well, fun while it lasted, though. :D
I've not seen the Warlock Fluff thread. I'll have to look for it.
I've not seen the Warlock Fluff thread. I'll have to look for it.
Links? Sounds like it might be worth a look.
Link to which--MAA or Warlock Fluff? Or both?
You can either read the whole thread here, which starts off as a generic examination of warlock fluff and then segues into a story about Valeran Aldrik, warlock extraordinaire, thanks to posters liking a few examples I put up which then got out of control...
...or you can download just the story (the reason people like the thread) in PDF form here, with a fancy background and an introduction and all 112 pages of the story. Yes, 112. I got a bit overenthusiastic. :D
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Is it just me or doo all of these rant threads start off with a hasty generalization and then a declaration of opinion as truth?
They're rants not lectures. It's an opinion not the law, I ask you people to discuss.
At least I think its milk. 1 and 2% aren't skim, right?
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I just finished the 112-page PDF. It is made of epic, awesome, win, and nutella. Thanks for the read.
At least I think its milk. 1 and 2% aren't skim, right?
2% is way better than skim. 1% is half way between 2% and skim, so its still way better than skim. There really isn't anywhere to go but up from skim. EldritchLord will back me on this.
I don't drink much milk anymore except in the winters. In the summer, or the heat, the milk sits in your system and spoils.
Just as a fun side fact in Canada Mountain Dew does not have any caffeine in it.
Wtf is wrong with that country?
Off-Topic, Has to do with Valeran AldrikI just finished the 112-page PDF. It is made of epic, awesome, win, and nutella. Thanks for the read.
I know how you feel. My grandparents only ever have skim milk. Learning that the hard way when you assume its the same stuff you have at home is not fun.
Whenever I'm going over to a friend's or a relative's house, I make sure my sister gets milk before I ask for any. If she makes a funny face and asks me if I want to finish it off, I know not to have any. :D
Thats just cruel. Also I have a younger brother, so now its my strategy.
Thanks. :D Hope it works for you.
Also, as for milk, if we had a numerical badness rating for how bad stuff tasted in percentage, it would have to be x/fat% for milk. That puts skim as infinite, which seems pretty accurate to me.
Like I said, it's an asymptotic approach to infinite badness as fat approaches 0, so skim milk is a black hole of flavor. Using that analogy, you might say that skim milk absolutely sucks.
Then again, I also drink Chai Tea which uses milk, as well as regular tea with milk and honey in it.
Have you suffered any major brain injuries related to the sense of taste, or major mouth injuries that may have removed it?
Nah, I just gotta balance out that love of fattening cola I have, remember? (The only guy on here that admitted to being overweight, which is surprising when you consider the average image of a D&D player...)
I eat everything I can find. More like graze. But I am still thin. Damn you high matabolizem damn you!
I don't eat very much, but I'm only in shape because an ellipse is a shape. Damn your high metabolism! ;)
I eat everything I can find. More like graze. But I am still thin. Damn you high matabolizem damn you!
I don't eat very much, but I'm only in shape because an ellipse is a shape. Damn your high metabolism! ;)
Don't worry about that metabolism guys - it will slow eventually. Trust me on that. I'm still pretty thin, but my gut and I are in a constant battle. I have to work to keep it in check. When I was younger, all I had to do was sleep. :D Enjoy it while you can. Growing older is a beatch. ;)
I have a love of sweet tea (I'm from Georgia, so real sweet tea, not the iced tea with sweet'n'low that you people up north have). Unfortunately, no one in my house drinks tea. Which means we don't really have it around. On the other hand, both me and my wife drink soda, which we do have around. I also drink fruit juices and milk. Though I will say, if I was to attempt to replace all of the soda I drink with milk, then I would die from the amount of fat in milk.
Not true. I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and I assure you I know what sweet tea is though mine is more like syrup than tea. 1 1/2 cup of real sugar to a gallon. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMM Good.
I go through about a bottle a week, roughly.
I prefer Sweet Tea (real Sweet Tea. You poor bastards up North will never quite know what we're talkin about. Though Miccy D's gets sorta close. )
Green Tea, (served either ice cold or piping hot I can't drink it room temperature go figure) raspberry tea.
I really prefer Lemonaids though, Strawberry (with real strawberries!) lemonaide, orange mango lemonaid. The list goes on.
I only get to drink those once a week at best though.
Mostly I drink Water.
Re: Metabolism mine's pretty high but I wasn't blessed with totally Superior Genetics. I have to fight to keep my abs looking good. (something I've recently regained since i got my job. It appears being a custodian burns fat at least if you work hard...) So my workout only has to be 40 minutes now instead of like two damn hours.