Content-free existence?

[arethinn]

So I just ran down to the store (well, drove - it's bloody cold) seeking a can of Rockstar. They didn't have any, just Red Bull and various Red Bull knockoffs, and a new one on me - sugar-free Red Bull. The first thing that crossed my mind was "only in America..." We're just so into sugar-free, fat-free everything we can (and some things we can't - witness the various "fake fats" that have other undesirable side effects). In a weird way I think it reflects the way people don't take responsibility for things... wanting the luxury without having to pay the price for it, the "you can have it all and have it now without having to pay a thing" mentality whose financial cousin has much of America in debt up to their armpits. A hollow life with only flavour, no nutrition...

Comments

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

It's got aspartame in it, so those drinking that crap will pay for it eventually. Nasty, toxic shit.

[arethinn]

True - my dad has switched mostly to Diet Rite from his previous assortment of sugared/non-sugared and caffeinated/non-caffeinatedvarieties of Coke and Pepsi (which he would mix in weird cocktails, presumably in precise proportions of each, sometimes also with ginger ale), because the sweetener in it doesn't aggravate the inflammation in his joints or cramping in his legs or whatever it was like aspartame does.

[unworshipediety.livejournal.com]

<---new and improved protien free Daimon!

err...wait a second?!