Why the "good" stuff is, well, good.

Reason number one. The good stuff has the word "good" in front of it.

No, that is most definitely not a legitimate reason.

Quite unfortunately, the very same wonderful person mentioned two blogs ago is, yet again, speaking foolishly about the "wonderful" flavor and "benefits" of drinking... Wait for it... Diet Coke.

That apocalyptic dingleberry!

Diet Coke, or as some call it, "D.C." Death Coke is more like it. There are many health- and food-related websites and forums out there that endlessly list the negative effects of drinking Diet Coke. Just to name a few:

• The human body gets confused by artificial sweeteners.
• Our sense of taste is being "infantalized," meaning our taste buds can't taste normal sugar because artificial sweeteners are sweeter than regular sugar by a hundredfold.
• Aspartame, the key artificial sweetener, is very widely rumored to be toxic.

The science behind artificial sweetening is very important, yet very boring. But the simple reason why Diet Coke is inferior to regular Coke is this:

It does not taste as good as regular Coke. Enough said. There is that strange aftertaste that many people can testify to, and it simply does not live up to the standards of the soda community. The other sodas (7-Up, Sprite, Mountain Dew, etc.) all look down upon Diet Coke. Drinking Diet Coke is like picking the Boca burger over the 100% Angus steak burger because you think that Boca patties are better. Drinking Diet Coke is like picking a Toyota Corolla over a Bugatti Veyron SS because you think that the Corolla can go faster. Drinking Diet Coke is like taking "Asian-American Studies" instead of "Introduction to Philosophy" because... Oh wait, that's like comparing Diet Coke to Diet Coke.

The only thing Diet Coke is good for is making soda bombs with Mentos or using the boxes they came in to make cat houses.

There are many things in this world that are better than Diet Coke, and to list a few:

• James May from the BBC show "Top Gear"
• Sanrio products
• YouTube videos featuring Ryan Higa, Freddie Wong, and Wong Fu Productions
• Ariel Atom V8
• 2000 Honda CR-V
• A decent backscratch
• A pet dog

For another perspective on this already-won battle against Diet Coke, visit Secret Asian's blog and look for her post on the drink that is as good as Jeremy Clarkson's haircut.
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