Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
Top comments
I fundamentally couldn't much care less about the supposed effects of one synthetic sweetener over another versus highly processed sugars, if it were't for the fact that as soon as I taste whatever synthetic sweetener it is, it tastes disgusting to me. I just don't get how people are content to consume this stuff - they markedly change the taste, indelibly affecting the thing they're sweetening. Heck, even stevia adds its own distinct nastiness to whatever it flavours. So, I…
> Half of the world’s aspartame is made by Ajinomoto of Tokyo—the same company that first brought us MSG back in 1909. There is nothing wrong with MSG either
I believe the concern is aspartame's possible effect on the brain and on nerve transmission. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28198207/
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 308
- Total comments
- 453
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-16 | Aspartame: Once More Unto the Breach | dynm | 5 | 2 |
| 2023-07-02 | Aspartame: Once More Unto the BreachFirst breakout · Best thread | fortran77 | 171 | 199 |
| 2026-04-24 | Aspartame is not that bad?Latest 20+ point return | pHequals7 | 132 | 252 |