I hate the way artificial sweeteners taste.

phony chemicals, am I right?

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LordShadowfire · M

It's nasty as hell, but apparently it's the closest thing we've come to replicating the taste of sugar.

DavidScottBianchet · 51-55, M

@LordShadowfire except, sugar itself... except with a different carbon isotope

LordShadowfire · M

@DavidScottBianchet The problem is that sugar is one of the few naturally occurring sweet things that isn't a poison. That's why we have the capacity to taste sweet things, to tell if something is poisonous.