Can't do diet sodas, nope nope. Apart from not exactly retaining the original taste, they have this really bad aftertaste. They're completely last resort for me. And considering soda's my alcohol, I take to it whenever there's no other regular soda around. Still not as bad as Zero and other 0 cal equivalents, though.
As for real sugar vs. corn syrup...eh. I don't particularly prefer the versions of the sodas I like that actually tout using real sugar in place of corn syrup mainly because in those I find that they put sweetness before taste. I'm practically the Gintoki of sweet foods and drink, but there's a delicate balance there that needs to be maintained.
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But yeh, the water's fine, come on in.