# Once I start, I can't stop.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781 "2004-04-19T04:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vaioman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecccb3/32.png) [@Vaioman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaioman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/1 "2004-04-19T04:56:36Z")
…drinking a can of Mountain Dew. It seems to just disappear, with little to no effort. With other cola type drinks, I can take my time and enjoy the drinking process, but I seem to just chug every can of Mountain Dew that I open, without even thinking about it. I usually go to grab it for a drink, but it’s already empty. I just finished one, so it was fresh in my mind… and rather pointless. But feel free to share your mountain dew stories, or your impulsive consumption stories, if you care to. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/2 "2004-04-19T05:04:33Z")
I used to drink lots and lots of Mt. Dew. Now I’m more into Coke (-a-cola, that is). It does seem like Mt. Dew makes you more thirsty while you’re drinking it, so you drink it faster. It’s all part of their secret plot to make you drink more Mt. Dew. [How many Dews to kill you?](http://www.linkydinky.com/dewkiller.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/3 "2004-04-19T06:32:10Z")
I think it’s at least partially due to the fact that Mt. Dew seems to be less carbonated than most other sodas. It goes down easier. ---
**Author:** ![Vaioman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecccb3/32.png) [@Vaioman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaioman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/4 "2004-04-19T06:58:39Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I think it’s at least partially due to the fact that Mt. Dew seems to be less carbonated than most other sodas. It goes down easier. Yeah, I was thinking that as well. Goes down easier than water ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/5 "2004-04-19T07:01:38Z")
I’ve heard that once you start using Chapstick you’re on it for life. This has certainly been the case with me. ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/6 "2004-04-19T12:07:02Z")
Barbecue potato chips are my weakness. Plus, the super-inflated bags just increase the guilt factor afterward. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/7 "2004-04-19T12:29:00Z")
The [O’Franken Factor](http://www.airamericaradio.com/bin/blogExcerpts.cfm?blogId=1&prg=3) on Air America Radio. They replayed the previous week’s shows on Saturday, so I spent several hours inside on a beautiful, warm spring day with my ears glued to the computer speakers. ::smacks forehead:: It’s very hard to stop listening once you start. (I packed away the ski clothes and winter hats and stuff while listening, so at least I got something accomplished.) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/8 "2004-04-19T12:37:07Z")
Mountain Dew is icky. I’ll have a Coke, thanks. My only “can’t stop eating” food is Cheetos. I can eat the whole bag without even thinking about it. I have to stay away, though, because that orange dye does something horrible to my system. But they’re so crunchy and cheesy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/9 "2004-04-19T15:03:49Z")
You haven’t seen true cant-stop-eatingness until you’ve tried Chinese sunflower seeds. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/10 "2004-04-19T19:48:49Z")
I think it’s a combination of the saltiness and the wideness of the mouth (in the can, at least). You take a swig and feel momentarily refreshed because of the cold fluid. When that wears off, you realize you’re not quite there, so you take another slug. Repeat, ad nauseum. It’s also one of the few soft drinks that has vegetable oil in it. Yech. And yet I still drink it occasionally… Come to think of it, there’s a great deal similarity between Dew and pickle juice…except it’s not as refreshing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/11 "2004-04-19T22:45:46Z")
Although I don’t drink milk often, when I do get a jones for it, I have to drink the entire glass right away. And it absolutely MUST be ice cold milk. Also, assorted munchies such as Funions and Munchos are impossible for me to stop eating once I’ve had one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/12 "2004-04-20T02:18:55Z")
> [@roxx222](#): > > I’ll have a Coke, thanks. What kind? Mountain Dew? Pepsi? Orange Crush? Or Coca Cola? Egg nog for me is like catnip for kittens. I also really really like tequila shots. And tall, blonde, tan, pretty girls. Oh yeah, also short, petite, well endowed\* redhead girls. And lovely, brown eyed, tanned señoritas. And Teri Hatcher. Go figure. \*nothing to do with donating to a college, btw… ---
**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-i-start-i-cant-stop/240781/13 "2004-04-20T02:40:26Z")
Reading a good book. I’ve done more all-nighters just to finish a book than I’d like to admit to. Same thing with watching a series. I stayed up until the wee hours for several days watching all of I, Claudius, Traffik (the British series), and Red Dwarf. If a food is novel, and really good, I’ll eat it until I explode. Recent examples include homemade tzaziki sauce and lightly sweetened Japanese popped rice snackies.