# Would this diet pill be immoral? Would you buy it?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 5, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-diet-pill-be-immoral-would-you-buy-it/633701 "2012-09-05T01:38:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-diet-pill-be-immoral-would-you-buy-it/633701/21 "2012-09-07T22:37:58Z")

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And, the name of the pill should be:

[Vomitorium](http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-vom1.htm)™ (_a new way of eating_ . . . from Glaxo Research Labs)

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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-diet-pill-be-immoral-would-you-buy-it/633701/22 "2012-09-07T22:47:22Z")

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Thirty years ago some wise-guy chemist predicted that by the 21st century (what with computers and all) left-hand sugar, or L-sugar, with a molecular structure the mirror image of right-hand sugar, would have been invented.

L-sugar would pass through the body untouched. Diebetics could stuff their faces with chocolate cake with no ill effects.

I suspect Coke and Pepsi, in some smoke-filled back room, put a stop to that toot sweet to keep the price of their diet drinks sky high and forever climbing.

Peak Coke is just around the corner.

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