# Coke or Pepsi?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445 "2017-12-13T23:37:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445/101 "2017-12-20T21:19:57Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> …I sure like Mountain Dew. Even if it does look like piss.

You might want to see a urologist.  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445/102 "2017-12-21T16:19:54Z")

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> [@singular1](#):
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> Diet Coke. Grew up with Pepsi, but the fam switched to Coke sometime in the 60s and never looked back.

I went to high school from '85-'89, and in freshman or sophomore year there was a pretty big Coke boycott due to our (perhaps limited) understanding of the company’s [contribution to apartheid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Investments_and_operations_in_apartheid_South_Africa). I don’t remember being much of a Coke drinker before then, but that’s when I got used to/started developing a preference for Pepsi.

> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> You might want to see a urologist.

😃

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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445/103 "2017-12-21T19:04:32Z")

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Diet Pepsi. It’s nigh unto a sacrament for me.

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445/104 "2017-12-22T15:38:43Z")

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Coke products / Diet Coke. In fact, I actively avoid any fast foot joint or restaurant/bar that serves Pepsi products. That’s why I’ll never eat at Sbarro, unless its in a food court and I can pop over to the McDonald’s and grab a Diet Coke. At a bar, I’ll often get a cheap or run-of-the-mill bourbon (Jim Beam for example) and “coke.” But if the “coke” is actually Pepsi, it’s just a horror show.

I travel a lot for work and I notice that up north, it’s much harder to find Coke-branded establishments. I’ve even been to convenience stores where there are no Coke products _anywhere_. Not from the fountain, not in the cooler case, and not on the shelves. PASS.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/804445/105 "2017-12-22T17:56:19Z")

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RC Cola used to be my favorite. Add a banana moon pie and OMG, I was in heaven. 😃

I haven’t bought a RC Cola in decades. I quit buying them when glass bottles were discontinued. Is RC Cola still as good?

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