I agree with Mr. Staqmatyq's finely outlined argument.

I drank the Coke of Diet as a direct result of NEW COKE.

Even when NEW COKE went away and returned to CLASSIC COKE I drank the Coke of Diet, because CLASSIC COKE did not taste like original sweet pure brown Coca-Cola goodness.

Then later, I read a lot about nutra-sweet and stuff and stopped drinking the Coke of Diet.

I drink the Coca-Cola Classico now, not even every day, and it still tastes damn good to me in a glass or out of a can. No plastic.

But, hands down, in a pinch a Coke of Diet is tremendous in preferability to a Pepsi.

Yes, I say yes to that.

earlier, i said i CAN drink regular coke on ice

the fact is: regular coke is sometimes a wonderful beverage. esp. on ice. even straight out of a GLASS bottle or can.

but out of a plastic bottle, it is like cough medicine

i do not know why

and yes, pepsi sux

rc, however...sometimes, rc tastes to me like the best of the major colas

the best root beer of all time? sprecher.

Diet Coke - NOT CRAP
Diet Mountain Dew - NOT CRAP

All regular soda is now CRAP to me. Like glasses of that Torani syrup - pure sugar. I used to drink >= 6 cans of regular (leaded) Mountain Dew a day in college. After graduating, I went to the dentist who informed me that I had 14 cavities and had to go on a prescription toothpaste. No shit. I cut back to diet soda as a response to my rather sedentary lifestyle and have now cut back to about 2-3 cans a day of diet soda as a response to my very poor teeth.

Yes, diet sode tastes like shit at first, but you'll learn to love it. Oh yes, you'll learn.

The best root beer is A&W fresh from the fountain on a hot summer day. With a burger. Diet A&W is the best diet root beer, for what it's worth. Most of the boutique root beers (Thomas Kemper, Weinhard's) are way, way too sweet.

Dan

I'm guilty. I started drinking diet Coke about 4 years ago, though I never drank a lot of regular Coke. I always avoided it because of the sugar and calories. I'm thin, but I figured, Why drink all that sugar if there's a calorie-free substitute? I drink about one 2-liter bottle, with ice in a glass, every two days. I love the "with lemon" version, and request a lemon wedge in mine when ordering diet Coke in a restaurant.

I've heard things about aspertame, but for now I'm taking my chances. I vote NOT CRAP, though I suspect it probably is CRAP.

I drink coffee with Sweet N Low (sacchrine?) for the above reasons and because one packet is always enough for any size or strength coffee and I don't have to do complicated conversions in my head.

Fuck the diet coke, and fuck it's bitch of a whore mother regular coke.

drink Fresca,

It's Crap.
I work with many ladies and they all drink the shit like it was beer. Hence, I call it bitches brew.