I'm not sure no one would ever judge you for ordering a soda with breakfast, or for drinking soda early in the morning. I'm not sure it's considered just as classy to drink soda with desert (which must be why so many banquets and fine dining establishments only offer tea or coffee on the desert menu.) I am sure though that people regularly buy complex sugary "frappe" "mochiato" style coffees with more fat and sugar than a milkshake, and may be judged for being pretentious of shopping at a "hipster" or "mainstream" coffee house, but not so much for how much sugar is in the drink. Perhaps the judgment is in choosing a sugary beverage at a time where it is seen as excessive, or perhaps the judgment is in adding so much sugar over default. I'm sure people might look at you oddly if you put even one spoon of sugar into a soda. Do you though- and perhaps associate with people who don't stand in judgment of your beverage choices if this is a problem you regularly face.
I remember being on a plane and I asked for coffee with 5 sugars and 2 cream. The stewardess looked at me weird and just gave me two. Fuck, there's more than that in the soda they were serving. Give me my mildly coffee but more cream and sugar drink!
It's rather silly. I've seen all manner of unconventional choices in cuisine, and things that would make a chef cry. There are people who order prime rib medium well. Prime rib! But they're eating it not me. If that's how they want it or how they like it- enjoy. If Starbucks can put coffee and a tray of cupcakes in a blender and call it coffee, no need to judge anyone for wanting a few extra lumps in their Joe. This isn't Europe, we didn't work food crimes into The Hague convention.
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