how much is a lethal dose of coke

[Bloo Kirby the 2nd]

i'm asking for a friend
it's diet coke if it makes a difference

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[Foxscotch]

less than regular coke probably

[Rally]

I'm not a medical doctor but I'm still going to pretend like I know what I'm talking about:

I feel like there's a couple ways you could die, renal failure, maybe burn a hole in your throat and die of some complication thereafter, or like that one kid who drank too much water which caused his brain to swell and herniate. You could also die from a caffeine overdose but I'm not sure how much caffeine is in coke and it depends on your body weight as well

Suffice to say it'd probably take some serious willpower to kill yourself by drinking a forgetload of coke.

[torin²]

you probably wouldnt kill yourself but you would gain a ton of weight from the attempt

[Rally]

Watch out for kidney stones!

[Drydess]

depends on your weight if you snort it

[AutoBahn]

if you've got mentos, all it takes is less than a bottle

[MicroEDGE]

coke has 39 grams of sugar

you would have to ingest 2640 grams of sugar to kill you in one sitting (50% chance)
2640 / 39 ≈ 68

68 bottles of coke to kill you..or not.

that's regular coke btw

i think its about the same as diet so take my math with a grain of salt

[Gytyyhgfffff]

keep in mind as youre drinking that stuff your body is going to be getting rid of it somehow like either normally by pissing or by vomitting so you probably cant drink too much coke

although you still shouldnt do it because im not a loving doctor or nutritionist or diet coke pissing expert

[SeventhSandwich]

If you were just continuously chugging Diet Coke until it killed you, the first thing to do it would be the water, by far. Drinking ~17 355mL cans of coke would put you at the LD₅₀ for an adult weighing 75kg. This is because the water causes your body's concentration of sodium to plummet, which makes stuff like muscles and brain cells stop working.

[Sideswipe]

i thought there was a website for this
was it on vsauce once?
edit: found it https://www.caffeineinformer.com/death-by-caffeine

assuming your friend is 120 lbs, 240 cans will kill. apparently. assuming he is over 18.

[TristanLuigi]

If you were just continuously chugging Diet Coke until it killed you, the first thing to do it would be the water, by far. Drinking ~17 355mL cans of coke would put you at the LD₅₀ for an adult weighing 75kg. This is because the water causes your body's concentration of sodium to plummet, which makes stuff like muscles and brain cells stop working.

basically this; nevermind the sweetener and caffeine, the most immediate problem is simply fluid intake.

that said, the carbonation would likely make it difficult to consume enough before throwing up

[TristanLuigi]

okay stuff I pressed quote instead of edit

but while i'm here, i might as well post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3HivpHP-5I
once you drink enough, your cells and therefore organs will start to swell up with water; that's bad, but it's even worse when you consider the fact that the brain will now be pressed against your skull, which causes a loss of oxygen, possibly leading to cell death and permanent brain damage, in addition to severe seizures. also your blood vessels can burst and cause internal bleeding

so yeah don't drink forgettons of fluid, coke or not

[IkeTheGeneric]

if you drank like four gallons you would die

[Woof]

Enough coke to kill you, duh