#I can’t commit fully to Diet Coke even though it would make my life easier

[malspinningyarns]

After Trump’s VP pick JD Vance made a bad joke that people are going to call him racist for drinking Diet Mountain Dew, the general reaction has been “What the fuck is he talking about?” And “Who drinks Diet Mountain Dew? And why?” I am, unfortunately, one of those freaks who drinks Diet Mountain Dew and, listen, our lives are as hard as it is. We didn’t need him calling attention to us. We drink something that is fairly hard to find, especially at restaurants, and regularly get mocked for it. I will tell you who drinks Diet Mountain Dew: mostly Midwesterners who used to drink regular Mountain Dew but then got told by medical professionals to at least switch to diet soda if you’re going to drink soda. And Diet Mountain Dew is the better diet lemon-lime soda because Sprite Zero is terrible.