The OAO CNN New Year's Eve LIVE with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen thread

[JN News]

This friday night, it all happens again. My favorite CNN show of the year. The ONLY show on CNN where everyone that works for the company, including Hawk 34's guy, John King, gets to loosen up their ties, sit back and be themselves.

Unfortunately, this year, my mother and I won't be able to make pizza, because my mother's still in the hospital with COVID (and apparently, so do I) and that means that the only pizza I can eat are the ones that I can order out from places like Domino's, Papa John's, Pizza Hut, & Little Caesar's.

I'm gonna TRY to have a good time, regardless. How about you guys?

 

[tekcop]

I hope you enjoy your New Year's.

Do you watch a lot of CNN otherwise?

 

[JN News]

Sometimes

 

[geniusMoment]

I'm going to try and make my Pepsi colder than ever this NYE.

 

[JN News]

I'm gonna order Little Caesar's and have that while watching the New Year's Eve special.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Gonna have any Pepsi?

 

[JN News]

I don't have any Pepsi, right now. But, I do have Gatorade, which is the next best thing.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

You should replace the Pepsi for Gatorade permanently fam

 

[AA484]

Gatorade definitely has its negatives but it is a much better longterm option than Pepsi. I drink a few Gatorade Zeros a week, which have no sugar and still taste pretty good.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Gatorade isn't that much more healthy than Pepsi, Povy but I guess baby steps.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Yeah, what Kam said. Gatorade Zero still has vile shit in it.

This ain't the beverage thread in the Food folder!

 

[AA484]

I'll just say I haven't weighed 160 pounds for the past 20 years by drinking Pepsi over Gatordade

 

[JN News]

I also like to watch Tom Foreman host "The Best & Worst of 2021", too.

 

[tekcop]

The average 20-ounce bottle of Gatorade packs 34 grams of sugar and 158 calories.

20 oz pepsi: Total Sugars 69g and 250 calories.

I mean, neither is great if you're just sitting around all day. But Gatorade is the clear winner here.

 

[AA484]

I mean, neither is great if you're just sitting around all day. But Gatorade is the clear winner here.

I was referring more to Gatorade Zero (which has "0" of both), which Epic said had "vile shit" in it

 

[tekcop]

Yeah. I was really just supporting YPOV's point. I guess the "vile shit" is artificial sweetener. Which I'm not personally a big fan of, although I do choose Diet Coke or regular on the rare times I do drink pop.

I've actually spent a fair bit of time over the years trying to figure out whether or not artificial sweeteners are bad for you or not. And honestly, I still don't know, lol. I've never seen a dietician or researcher specifically recommend any of them, but they also never really give reasons as to why they're bad either.

 

[AA484]

Yeah. I was really just supporting YPOV's point. I guess the "vile shit" is artificial sweetener. Which I'm not personally a big fan of, although I do choose Diet Coke or regular on the rare times I do drink pop.

I've actually spent a fair bit of time over the years trying to figure out whether or not artificial sweeteners are bad for you or not. And honestly, I still don't know, lol. I've never seen a dietician or researcher specifically recommend any of them, but they also never really give reasons as to why they're bad either.

Well, we are already down this rabbit hole so we may as well go further. I don't think there has been any definitive study on what - if anything - artificial sweeteners do to your body. The best I can tell is that they are "empty" and trick your body into believing it has consumed something which may end up making you hungry and looking for food to eat. Considering the alternative is drinking 70g of sugar, I'd say it's a fair trade-off.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I can’t believe people are really arguing what I said. Y’all gotta stop nitpicking

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I mean I only drink seltzer, water and coffee with unsweetened almond milk and I am still fat so who knows?

sorry for continuing the beverages talk, @Winter Epicland

 

[Mickey Massuco]

You don’t drink alcohol anymore?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Oh yeah. I still do but way less than I used to. Usually only one or two nights a week.

 

[JN News]

I just talked to my sister again, and if our mother passes away before the new year, she has given me her blessing to order pizza and drink Gatorade in honor of BOTH our parents up in Heaven, while watching Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen in Times Square.

 

[Dandy]

Y’all need to drink filtered tap water. You can thank me later.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I drink mainly Arizona soft drinks in memory of our fallen comrade, @Baby Shoes

 

[AA484]

Y’all need to drink filtered tap water. You can thank me later.

That's what I drink 6 glasses a day of!

 

[JN News]

I drink mainly Arizona soft drinks in memory of our fallen comrade, @Baby Shoes

Baby Shoes died?

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Nah, he just doesn't post here anymore.

 

[JN News]

Oh, thank God. I thought he actually died. I'd rather he not post here anymore than actually die.

 

[geniusMoment]

Me too

 

[AA484]

Oh, thank God. I thought he actually died. I'd rather he not post here anymore than actually die.

I wish I could say that about all of the former posters here but sadly I can't