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?

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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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After that, I have a NOS. Energy Drinks are the socially acceptable morning beverage that isn't coffee.

That's how I got my first and hopefully last kidney stone.

what is a NOS?

Brand of energy drink with packaging designed to resemble a nitrous oxide tank found in aftermarket automotive industry.

Everything anout energy drinks' branding screams unhealthy. Even their advertising is focused on partying and extreme sports, it's like they want you to increase your chances of dying young.

That being said, the actual evidence of energy drinks being particularly unhealthy is kind of mixed.