Artificial Sweeteners

You wait in line for your coffee in front of the new Tim Hortons on campus. After what seems to be days since you first got in line, you make it to the front of the counter and you order a medium-sized coffee with a Boston cream donut. When the cashier asks you what you want in your coffee, you are about to say “two milks and two sweeteners”, thinking that this will balance out the amount of sugar that you are about to consume in your donut. Pause.

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