I was on the swim team in high school (and for a bit in college, but I was mostly injured). The girl who swam the breaststroke leg of my mixed-medley relay team was . . . not scientifically inclined, let’s say. She thought that Diet Coke was called Diet Coke because it somehow neutralised the calories of any food you consumed when you were drinking it. When she first shared this opinion at a post-meet McDonald’s run, I laughed, because I thought she was doing a bit. But no: complete sincerity.
Compared to some people, though, she’s a rocket scientist.
From The Guardian:
“Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass – if poured on grass – so, therefore, it must kill cancer cells inside the body,” Oz said on Triggered with Don Jr, the president’s eldest son’s podcast. . . .
Don Jr responded by suggesting there might be something to his father’s habits: “But then maybe he’s on to something. Because I will say this: I know a lot of guys pushing 80, not a lot have his level of energy, recall, stamina.”
Do you know a lot of guys pushing 80, though, Don? Are they in the room with us now?
Open thread.