OT: General OT Thread [NO POLITICS, RACE OR RELIGION]

[humanrefutation]

Every six months I try a sparkling water thinking the results will be different.

The only kinda sparkly water thing I've found that doesn't suck is bubbl'rs

I enjoy Sparkling Ice.

Sparkling Ice is pretty good, but I don't really consider it to be "sparkling water" because it has other ingredients, including sucralose. Compare that to LaCroix or Perrier, which is literally just natural flavor and carbonated water.

I was never really a sparkling water person myself until about a year ago. Suddenly, I found myself really enjoying certain flavors of LaCroix and Perrier Strawberry.

[humanrefutation]

This has been my go-to breakfast recently. Incredibly tasty and fairly straightforward to make. So **** flavorful and tasty.

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[Mags FTW]

I OD'd on Sparkling Ice a few years ago. Drank too much of it and it just started tasting weird.

Big into Gatorade Zero now.

[ReasonablySober]

I picked up five sparkling ice tonight. Will report back.

[engelmartin]

I’m still a LaCroix guy

[Finn]

I picked up five sparkling ice tonight. Will report back.

IMO, there are some great flavors & some that are horrible (YMMV). So I hope you bought multiple flavors to try.

[ReasonablySober]

I picked up five sparkling ice tonight. Will report back.

IMO, there are some great flavors & some that are horrible (YMMV). So I hope you bought multiple flavors to try.

I picked up a few pink grapefruit (love grapefruit so I'll always check that flavor out), a black cherry, a lemon lime, and an orange mango. Which ones do you recommend?

[Finn]

I picked up five sparkling ice tonight. Will report back.

IMO, there are some great flavors & some that are horrible (YMMV). So I hope you bought multiple flavors to try.

I picked up a few pink grapefruit (love grapefruit so I'll always check that flavor out), a black cherry, a lemon lime, and an orange mango. Which ones do you recommend?

Black cherry & black raspberry are my favorites. Pink grapefruit is good, lemon lime OK. Don't like anything mango (I'm weird). Cherry limeade & classic lemonade pretty good. Coconut pineapple is garbage.

[stellation]

IMO, there are some great flavors & some that are horrible (YMMV). So I hope you bought multiple flavors to try.

I picked up a few pink grapefruit (love grapefruit so I'll always check that flavor out), a black cherry, a lemon lime, and an orange mango. Which ones do you recommend?

Black cherry & black raspberry are my favorites. Pink grapefruit is good, lemon lime OK. Don't like anything mango (I'm weird). Cherry limeade & classic lemonade pretty good. Coconut pineapple is garbage.

Appreciate your acknowledgement that you are weird for not liking anything mango, but still feel the need to chime in and highlight you're a freak nonetheless.

Middle of summer here, and it's mango city around my house baby. Chopped one up and had it with yogurt and granola for breakfast, and by mid morning I was eyeing off a couple I had sitting in the fruit bowl and wondering if they might be ready to go (they are not). We are blessed with amazing/plentiful mangoes in Australia, and many of us go just a little crazy in the summer.

[ReasonablySober]

I picked up a few pink grapefruit (love grapefruit so I'll always check that flavor out), a black cherry, a lemon lime, and an orange mango. Which ones do you recommend?

Black cherry & black raspberry are my favorites. Pink grapefruit is good, lemon lime OK. Don't like anything mango (I'm weird). Cherry limeade & classic lemonade pretty good. Coconut pineapple is garbage.

Appreciate your acknowledgement that you are weird for not liking anything mango, but still feel the need to chime in and highlight you're a freak nonetheless.

Middle of summer here, and it's mango city around my house baby. Chopped one up and had it with yogurt and granola for breakfast, and by mid morning I was eyeing off a couple I had sitting in the fruit bowl and wondering if they might be ready to go (they are not). We are blessed with amazing/plentiful mangoes in Australia, and many of us go just a little crazy in the summer.

Like every other a*shole on the planet I'm starting the new year with a renewed goal of dropping some pounds. Doesn't seem fair to create a diet where I can eat bacon and blue cheese but not an apple or a wonderful, delicious mango.

But hey, can't lose 20 lbs in a month without stuffing your face full of chicken wings.

[MikeIsGood]

I picked up a few pink grapefruit (love grapefruit so I'll always check that flavor out), a black cherry, a lemon lime, and an orange mango. Which ones do you recommend?

Black cherry & black raspberry are my favorites. Pink grapefruit is good, lemon lime OK. Don't like anything mango (I'm weird). Cherry limeade & classic lemonade pretty good. Coconut pineapple is garbage.

Appreciate your acknowledgement that you are weird for not liking anything mango, but still feel the need to chime in and highlight you're a freak nonetheless.

Middle of summer here, and it's mango city around my house baby. Chopped one up and had it with yogurt and granola for breakfast, and by mid morning I was eyeing off a couple I had sitting in the fruit bowl and wondering if they might be ready to go (they are not). We are blessed with amazing/plentiful mangoes in Australia, and many of us go just a little crazy in the summer.

Ok that sounds amazing, but I also just saw a pic on Reddit of an Australian wasp the size of my fist being eaten by a spider the size of my torso.

[jute2003]

I always felt like the sparkling ice were a bit inconsistent and often super syrupy sweet. I preferred the vita ice. Even those seem to get too sweet though. The only ones i can drink are the black raspberry ones.

[ReasonablySober]

I love Katie Nolan but I gotta admit, I was a little conflicted watching her take down Dule Hill and Steven Webber tonight in Jeopardy. They played two of my all-time favorite TV show characters, man.

[ReasonablySober]

I OD'd on Sparkling Ice a few years ago. Drank too much of it and it just started tasting weird.

Big into Gatorade Zero now.

A handful of times a year Festival will have the 28 oz Gatorade Zeros on a big sale. It's usually something like 13 for $10 if you buy ten. It's the only time I buy Gatorade, and then I buy dozens over the course of a handful of trips. Most of the time I just leave them in my car and bring one into work in the morning.

[jschligs]

I really like Gatorlyte.

[Ryan5UW]

I’ll throw another vote at black raspberry sparkling ice. I always have some of those and strawberry lemonade in the fridge.

[ReasonablySober]

Speaking of,

[Mags FTW]

I OD'd on Sparkling Ice a few years ago. Drank too much of it and it just started tasting weird.

Big into Gatorade Zero now.

A handful of times a year Festival will have the 28 oz Gatorade Zeros on a big sale. It's usually something like 13 for $10 if you buy ten. It's the only time I buy Gatorade, and then I buy dozens over the course of a handful of trips. Most of the time I just leave them in my car and bring one into work in the morning.

Costco sells them by the case.

[ReasonablySober]

I OD'd on Sparkling Ice a few years ago. Drank too much of it and it just started tasting weird.

Big into Gatorade Zero now.

A handful of times a year Festival will have the 28 oz Gatorade Zeros on a big sale. It's usually something like 13 for $10 if you buy ten. It's the only time I buy Gatorade, and then I buy dozens over the course of a handful of trips. Most of the time I just leave them in my car and bring one into work in the morning.

Costco sells them by the case.

Just picked up a membership when they came to EC. I'll check this out, thanks.

ETA: Eh, nah. Costco is way more pricey.

[Mags FTW]

A handful of times a year Festival will have the 28 oz Gatorade Zeros on a big sale. It's usually something like 13 for $10 if you buy ten. It's the only time I buy Gatorade, and then I buy dozens over the course of a handful of trips. Most of the time I just leave them in my car and bring one into work in the morning.

Costco sells them by the case.

Just picked up a membership when they came to EC. I'll check this out, thanks.

They go back and forth between 28 packs of 12oz and 24-packs of the 20oz. I prefer the 20oz. obviously.

Propel is sometimes there in addition to Zero too.

ETA: Eh, nah. Costco is way more pricey.

Are you looking at online pricing?

I went 2 weeks ago and the 20-oz. 24-pack was $15.99 with Instant Savings.