New York mayor seeks ban on sale of big sugary drinks

[Ed Anger]

http://www.demilked.com/what-the-world-eats/

Those German pizzas look awful.

[CountDeMoney]

Sometimes, you just need 64 ounces of Coca-Cola.

Not every day, though.

Like when do you need that?

Because it's pleasurable.  Until you have to urinate.

[Neil]

I'm not saying it's a great idea, but I think the target audience for a Double Gulp is someone who does physical labour and is using that coke as a means of hydration and cheap calories.

I think the target audience is fat (or soon to be fat) people who consume soda as their main means of intaking liquid because they really like sugar.

Yeah Beeb, it seems to me that the market for big Cokes is a lot bigger than just labourers.  Teenagers, first and foremost.

[Neil]

Still, why are we overproducing food if not to get people fat?  We won't let people do anything useful anymore, so what else do they have to do other than eat?

[MadImmortalMan]

The Mexican family had like a dozen big bottles of Coke. I don't drink that much in a year.