# Coke or Pepsi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 1999, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864 "1999-09-13T21:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/21 "1999-09-14T02:36:00Z")
I will drink both, but I prefer Coke. I don’t know why, really. Just like the taste a little better. Ans Sunbear, I just heard on MSNBC that a can of Pepsi actually has 10 teaspoons of sugar. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@ThisIsHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsHell)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/22 "1999-09-14T03:05:00Z")
Coke, but of course. I mean, they used to put cocaine in it…and it says right on the can “Original Formula”. Makes ya think now doesn’t it…? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/23 "1999-09-14T04:14:00Z")
IBC Root Beer. Pepsi would be second choice, though. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/24 "1999-09-14T04:17:00Z")
Coke. Coke is god. I am a Cokeite, a Cokatian, Cokish. Pepsi is the devil, the anti-Coke. Pepsi is evil, and so are the people who drink it. There are others like me, some of them are not nearly as Cokettish as I. Some of them are more liberal Cokeites. They like the cherry Coke, the vanilla Coke. They are slightly misguided, but I must admit that I was once like them. I was saved at age 18. Occasionally, I still find myself faltering, asking for a splash of vanilla, or a squirt of grenadine, but I always find my way back. There are others, not quite as menacing or destructive as the Pepsists, but there are others. The Dews, for example. They say they have no affiliations with the Pepsists, but everyone knows that Dudaism is directly descendant of Pepsism. Pepsist, Dewish… it’s all the same. Coke is the one true Pop. I will not be swayed. * * * Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/25 "1999-09-14T05:44:00Z")
Gotta go with all the Coke-ites on this one. But my second favorite is Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper. Kind of opposite ends of the spectrum, but they both taste great. Also, I would die of dehydration before I would drink Diet Coke. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![gypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@gypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/26 "1999-09-14T06:03:00Z")
Gr8Kat…Jones’ Soda makes an awesome Vanilla Cola * * * Unforgiven ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/27 "1999-09-14T11:50:00Z")
You know I’ve seen that there is such a thing as Caf. free Diet Dr. Pepper (it says so on the coupons that come with the 12 packs) but I have yet to see it anywhere around here. I’ve got to stop drinking soda around mid-afternoon so that I can sleep at night, the caf. free stuff would come in handy for evenings. ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/28 "1999-09-14T12:14:00Z")
This question is trivial … it has to be Pepsi. 🙂 * * * It’s bernard, just under new management ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/29 "1999-09-14T12:32:00Z")
There’s a cola for every purpose. Generally, raised in the South, I like RC. Coke goes great with rum and is my second choice if I can’t score on RC. Pepsi is at its best with a good, homemade cheeseburger. * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/30 "1999-09-14T12:42:00Z")
If a gun was at my head I’d have to go with Coke. In a bottle not can. But if I truly had my druthers, I’d go with Tahitian Treat. A fruit punch-flavored soda bottled by Canada Dry. It goes well with an authentic Pat’s Philadelphia Cheesesteak and a pack of Tastykake butterscotch crimpets for dessert. Num-nums! ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/31 "1999-09-14T13:01:00Z")
I’m a Coke man myself. Or Fresca. * * * Don’t let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in grey. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/32 "1999-09-14T13:06:00Z")
Coke, please. Burn, if you like Fresca, you’ll love Squirt. That’s my all-time favorite, although it tastes funky when it gets lukewarm. Citra, I have found, is an acceptable substitute. Fresca is a Squirt wannabe. Vernor’s Ginger Ale. Yumm! Detroit River water in a can with fuzz to boot! ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/33 "1999-09-14T13:06:00Z")
oooo Vernor’s yum yum yummy! I’ll have to try squirt * * * Don’t let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in grey. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/34 "1999-09-14T14:35:00Z")
Coke. More specifically, Diet Coke. * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@schicktech.com](mailto:ckeller@schicktech.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/35 "1999-09-14T14:37:00Z")
I believe that the small pocket of Moxie drinkers still extant is to be found in downeast Maine. The town of Damariscotta considers itself the epicenter of the Moxie lifestyle. Shops there sell Moxie paraphrenalia…mugs, glasses, etc., bearing the logo. Vernor’s is GREAT stuff! I’m not much of a soda drinker, but I always try to schlep back a case at least whenever I visit the midwest. It’s great with a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream in it…a confection usually called a “Boston Cooler,” but in this variation probably better call it a Detroit Cooler. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![OfficeGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@OfficeGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfficeGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/36 "1999-09-14T14:39:00Z")
anyone ever had Cheerwine? i believe it is only available in North Carolina. last time our family went there we brought back a couple cases of it. it’s yummmmmmmmmy scrum-diddly-umptious stuff. * * * [OfficeGirl in action](http://www.homestead.com/allusions/allusions.html) “Argue for your limitations; sure enough, they’re yours.” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/37 "1999-09-14T14:48:00Z")
I know why this wasn’t posted in _Great Debates_ - there is no debate. Coke is it, period, end of story. Of course, I was born and raised in Atlanta, but that has nothing to do with it. Coke is my main vice. I have one ever present (can or bottle, no ice to dilute the flavor). When the caffiene began to affect my heart rate I switched to caffeine free. Then I decided that I was drinking too much sugar. Now I’m relegated to the caffeine free diet version. Carbonated air, basically. But it’s still Coke. ::I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect har-mo-ny…:: * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/38 "1999-09-14T14:49:00Z")
The only person on here that has probobly seen this soda is Funeefarmer, the Dr. Pepper addict. Up here in upstate NY we have a drink called “Polar Dry Orange” soda, and also “Adirondack Citrus Frost”. Both are awesome sodas, and with a shot of vodka? Mmmmmmm On the Coke/Pepsi issue, I am a die hard Diet Coke fan, and my husband is horribly addicted to regular Coke. (in a can only). * * * It was dark all around. There was frost in the ground When the tigers broke free- ---
**Author:** ![vanillanice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecc23a/32.png) [@vanillanice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanillanice)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/39 "1999-09-14T15:44:00Z")
I have always been able to tell the difference between the two,even when I was little.I prefer Pepsi.Its less sharp.Although I LOVED coca-cola syrup,something my mom gave me once when I was sick.I don’t know what it was supposed to do,but it tasted great!(I threw up a few minutes after she gave it to me! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/40 "1999-09-14T16:09:00Z")
Diet Mountain Dew, in prodigious quantities. Also, the occasional Ale 81. * * * “Owls will deafen us with their incessant hooting!” W. Smithers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864.md?page=3)