Fats who lecture about diet soda Anybody else sick of fat people who have a comment about your diet coke or whatever? Every once in a while you see a  study that says diet soda makes you fat. This is based on the idea that getting used to sweet sugar substitutes encourages people (i.e. hams) to eat more sugary shit. Magically, I am able to occasionally drink  diet root beer in moderation and avoid stuffing my face with crap food. This is especially enjoyable when it's not accompanied by a fatso preaching about all the "organic" food/beverages  they eat in obvious over-abundance. While I have no delusions that diet soda is the best thing for you, it's a nice treat imo when you eat a pretty clean diet.