[Whalen]

'The Undeniable Facts About The Safety Of Diet Coke.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Whalen

'The Undeniable Facts About The Safety Of Diet Coke.

I don't know who the blogger is but whoever she is it sounds like she's mentally upset because she hangs out with the wrong "friends". No one is putting a gun to her head and making her hang out with people who would bother her about what she eats.

She seems to go off and loses it when she compares people who don't have much to those who presumably have too much. She's telling us that we shouldn't be particular about our food when we have so much. OMG, I can't believe it! Based on her outlook we shouldn't have saved so much for our retirement and we shouldn't be living in The Villages. We shouldn't have beautiful homes and yards when there are people in the world who live in shacks.

Artists in The Villages shouldn't be so particular about producing good art so long as there are starving people who can't afford food let alone art. The developer shouldn't be setting up clinics and trying to improve healthcare as long as there are poor people in the world who have never even seen a doctor.

My advice to the blogger: Get new friends and stop comparing yourself to the poor and downtrodden of the world so as to justify your consumption of processed foods.

[pooh]

Guess it's all one's perspective. I didn't get the same from what she wrote as you did.

[Lbmb24101]

Whale, great blog!!
Loved it!

[senior citizen]

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[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Whalen

'The Undeniable Facts About The Safety Of Diet Coke.

Excellent!

[senior citizen]

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[DianeM]

Could we just "live and let live ". If I want that can of soda I'm going to have it. If you want a steak you should enjoy it. Enough already. Anything in excess is bad.

BTW Whalen I would have been your neighbor in GC South. I was. Franklin Square.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Whalen

'The Undeniable Facts About The Safety Of Diet Coke.

I tried reading the above link again figuring I might have missed something. It seems that in the restaurant, after her "friends" criticized her choice of beverage (Diet Coke), she gave it right back to them by saying the following: "That's nice. Enjoy your glass of city water filled with chemicals like flouride." Now I'm thinking this is just something they do and she's not an innocent bystander. She knows how to dish it out too, rather than trying to set a good example. So, being just like them, maybe she deserves these friends.

Then she wrote a whole paragraph to convince readers how healthy she is. After going on about how healthy her lifestyle is, she says: "In other words, I'm not health obsessed, but I do alright." So it seems like she wants to have it both ways. She's healthy but not obsessed, in her opinion. And drinking an occasional Diet Coke proves it.

My question: Was this set up as an advertisment for Diet Coke? It sure sounds like it to me.

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I am conflicted here. On the one hand I do not to prejudge but then I wonder why some folks are obsessed about what other people eat or drink or don't eat or drink?

Unless of course their eating something outrageous like worms.....

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I tried reading the above link again figuring I might have missed something. It seems that in the restaurant, after her "friends" criticized her choice of beverage (Diet Coke), she gave it right back to them by saying the following: "That's nice. Enjoy your glass of city water filled with chemicals like flouride." Now I'm thinking this is just something they do and she's not an innocent bystander. She knows how to dish it out too, rather than trying to set a good example. So, being just like them, maybe she deserves these friends.

Then she wrote a whole paragraph to convince readers how healthy she is. After going on about how healthy her lifestyle is, she says: "In other words, I'm not health obsessed, but I do alright." So it seems like she wants to have it both ways. She's healthy but not obsessed, in her opinion. And drinking an occasional Diet Coke proves it.

My question: Was this set up as an advertisment for Diet Coke? It sure sounds like it to me.

I think you missed the few humorous aspects of this article. I don't think it was meant for detailed examination and analysis. I think it was just someone trying to author a Viral Blog. And they succeeded.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I think you missed the few humorous aspects of this article. I don't think it was meant for detailed examination and analysis. I think it was just someone trying to author a Viral Blog. And they succeeded.

I was thinking it could even have been written by a man who works in advertising at the Diet Coke company. And the goal may have been to create an image of a strong, healthy, independent woman that other women will identify with. She's worldly because she knows about all the suffering that's going on around the world, and she cares. She claims as long as she's doing so much that is good, she should be able to enjoy a Diet Coke without anyone objecting. If the purpose was to advertise Diet Coke and have it go viral, Cha-ching...$$$$.

But how would you know it went viral?