Why do people act like coffee in the morning is such a sacred routine but soda in the morning [basically the same drink] is lowbrow and unhealthy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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like, it's caffeine and water and brown, who cares. i drink diet soda so it's no calories, no sugar. versus the stereotype starbucks order, why is soda so demonized

the whole sort of basically woo stuff about oh there's antioxidants there which give you a 3% lower risk of skin cancer after the age of 65 like come on that doesn't count

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[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You probably should've asked this in !NoStupidQuestions...

The two beverages are not the same. Coffee can be served with or without milk/cream and sugar, but even with sugar, it has far less than is in soda. It also has a significantly higher quantity of caffeine.

People aren't downvoting you because you drink soda; it's because you asked a dumb question with a ridiculous and blatantly incorrect take. Just drink soda and don't worry about what other people think. There's not some mass of people judging you. No one cares if you drink soda in the morning..

But it's just preposterous to be claiming they're the same beverage or that soda is as effective as coffee at waking people up. How about milk and soda? Are they the same beverage? What about root beer and beer? Your argument is just blatantly false and silly. That's why you're being downvoted.

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

i was under the impression that 'casual conversation' meant 'not necessarily being chastized for asking a lighthearted question without literally citing sources like i'm writing a thesis'

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You made an absolutely absurd claim. It didn't seem like it to you, whixh is obvious now, but that was not a lighthearted comment more like it was a slap in the face.

At least, all the people responding seem to have taken it as a challenge