why is soda so good

Why do people ask dumb questions, grandpa?

>>7669998
it's cheap as fuck and goes well with salty, savory food, like burgers.

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>>7670003

>>7669998
Sugar and carbonation I guess

>>7669998
It's disgusting. I can only drink it when I'm eating something greasy and indulgent, like >>7670012
noted. By itself it's so sweet and "pointless" in a way. I don't get how people can drink so much of that shit by itself. Although I can drink a cheeky canada dry can by itself if I feel shitty coming home from school or if it's a hot day; it's so invigorating.

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>>7669998
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144
>Available evidence in humans shows that sugar and sweetness can induce reward and craving that are comparable in magnitude to those induced by addictive drugs. Although this evidence is limited by the inherent difficulty of comparing different types of rewards and psychological experiences in humans, it is nevertheless supported by recent experimental research on sugar and sweet reward in laboratory rats.

>Overall, this research has revealed that sugar and sweet reward can not only substitute to addictive drugs, like cocaine, but can even be more rewarding and attractive. At the neurobiological level, the neural substrates of sugar and sweet reward appear to be more robust than those of cocaine (i.e., more resistant to functional failures), possibly reflecting past selective evolutionary pressures for seeking and taking foods high in sugar and calories.

I like soda but I don't understand how people can get addicted to anything like that. I'm addicted to coffee because of the caffeine. To me soda is for children.

>>7670073
Same as me. It can be quite refreshing, but only if it's accompanying something equally trashy like a takeaway deep pan pizza or a cheap liquor.

Even Dr. Pepper just tastes like sweetened acid water to me nowadays.

>>7669998
its not. I only mix it in with alcohol and only maybe once a month max. Otherwise, it doesn't even quench your thirst.

>>7669998

It gives me a headache and I feel like I'm poisoning myself.

Its like a less intense version of the negative effects of alcohol, but without the intoxication we all love