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they're really proving my point. just this pure implicit bias for the stodgy adult drink that is functionally the same as soda - it's liquid with caffeine
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.
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'
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
Lots of sodas, most in fact, doesn't have any caffeine in them at all.
People downvoting your question proves your point? That's all it takes? Then what the fuck have we been wasting our time for?
Someone, call science quick! We can save them so much time and energy if they don't need to do all that rigorous testing anymore, they can just ask the internet and see if it gets upvoted and downvoted!
Call the judges and cops and lawyers! They don't need evidence or proof anymore, we can all just vote and that will prove if someone committed triple homicide clear as day on camera or not!
It's filled with sugar man