A Frosty Reception for Coca-Cola's White Christmas Cans

[The Brain]

It's only acceptable to drink soda with meals if you are American or, worse, working class.

[fhdz]

I had half lemondae and half iced tea as lunch.

Those rock. Very refreshing.

[mongers]

People still drink that shit ? 

[Admiral Yi]

I like the way the acidity cuts greasy food.

I've mentioned it several times before: what you get if buy a Coke is actually New Coke.

[JonasSalk]

If you're quaffing litres of the stuff on a daily basis that's your business, but expect to get fat if you're not already.

People told me that by the time I got to my mid-20s that would happen to me.  Well, I still drink an insane amount of soda of all kinds (usually Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, and A&W Root Beer) and it hasn't happened yet. I barely exercise.

[mongers]

If you're quaffing litres of the stuff on a daily basis that's your business, but expect to get fat if you're not already.

People told me that by the time I got to my mid-20s that would happen to me, yet.  Well, I still drink an insane amount of soda of all kinds (usually Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, and A&W Root Beer) and it hasn't happened yet. I barely exercise.

fixed.

[garbon]

I like the way the acidity cuts greasy food.

I've mentioned it several times before: what you get if buy a Coke is actually New Coke.

[Admiral Yi]

I know.  It blew my mind too.

[garbon]

I know.  It blew my mind too.

So they just change the formula later without telling anyone and everyone accepted it?

[Admiral Yi]

So they just change the formula later without telling anyone and everyone accepted it?

They change it slowly over time so no one notices and thinks they're still drinking the old formula.

[garbon]

So they just change the formula later without telling anyone and everyone accepted it?

They change it slowly over time so no one notices and thinks they're still drinking the old formula.

Wikipedia has this on that notion:

Coke considered but rejected gradually changing the drink's flavor incrementally, without announcing that they were doing so. Executives feared that the public would notice and exaggerate slight differences in taste. In 1998, Joel Dubow, a professor of food marketing at St. Joseph's University, tested this "flavor balance hypothesis" and argued that it was not true. He and fellow researcher Nancy Childs tested mixtures of classic Coke and Coca-Cola II and found that the gradual changes of taste were not noticed by a significant number of tasters. Coke, he said, would have succeeded had it chosen this strategy

[Drakken]

As for soda with meals, I do that maybe once a month on average. If you're quaffing litres of the stuff on a daily basis that's your business, but expect to get fat if you're not already.

Coke Zero/Diet Coke is 0 calories, it'll take an eternity to get fat on this. It's basically soda with caffeine and aspartame.

However, it does make you more likely to be hungrier and eat more, and so can indirectly lead to fat.

[JonasSalk]

If you're quaffing litres of the stuff on a daily basis that's your business, but expect to get fat if you're not already.

People told me that by the time I got to my mid-20s that would happen to me, yet.  Well, I still drink an insane amount of soda of all kinds (usually Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, and A&W Root Beer) and it hasn't happened yet. I barely exercise.

fixed.

I'll give you an update when I hit my 30s.

[Zoupa]

If you're quaffing litres of the stuff on a daily basis that's your business, but expect to get fat if you're not already.

People told me that by the time I got to my mid-20s that would happen to me, yet.  Well, I still drink an insane amount of soda of all kinds (usually Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, and A&W Root Beer) and it hasn't happened yet. I barely exercise.

fixed.

I'll give you an update when I hit my 30s.

It'll hit you around 28.

[Razgovory]

It'll hit you when you aren't looking.