Aha! I’ve missed all the Thor/PapaBear fun, but coming in so late, I’m guessing the dislike started with the Coke-Pepsi thing. It’s just a drink, for God’s sakes! Following such trivia disputes leads to divisions such as Serbs and Croats, neighbors divided by a common language.
And, of course, after this fine introduction, I have to go with an honest admission: I will drink (sugar)Coke or (sugar)Pepsi, but I WON’T drink Diet Pepsi, the worst Cola ever created aside from store brands.
I love coke as well, and for those of you who work in an environment where free soda is provided just note which ones get used up faster, the Pepsi or the Coke (although around here the Chocolate milk is gone in about 2 hours)
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
I have a friend who is(was?) temporarily employed by Frito-Lay. She was amused to find out that they are owned by Pepsi. Coke is not permitted in the factory(I gather this is one of those mostly informal rules. The security guard won’t make you leave it outside, but you’ll get heckled to death. And yes, luches do get inspected by the security guy to make sure you don’t bring glass into the plant, so you won’t be able to put it into the stuff being manufactured).
I’m also always amused by informal taste tests with an assortment of colas. In direct comparisons, few people can correctly identify which drink is the one they normally like. This has NO impact on their stated preference or tendency to prefer one or the other.
I personally usually prefer non-caffienated, non-cola beverages.
Cherry Coke or Cherry 7-Up. Wild Cherry Pepsi, like most other Pepsi products (I like Slice, and will drink Dr Pepper when I have no better choices) is utter swill. Pepsi is way too sweet, and tastes much more flat.
Let’s put it this way. According to the religion I created with my freinds, Coke is part of the Holy Trinity: Coke, God of the Drink; Charles les Cheaux (sp?) a certain cake, found only in a tiny town in France, which is the God of Chocolate and Sex (if you can get one, do not pass it up – it’s orgasmic!); and Television, God of the Mind. Pepsi is our version of the AntiChrist. And, of course, Sprite is the God of STDs. (1 in 3 wins a Sprite, 1 in 3 contracts genital herpes. Coincidence? I think not!) I stick to Coke.
Does anybody else think the Coke/Pepsi thing is regional? My husband is from Michigan, I’m from Tennessee. My family doesnt’ even think about buying Pepsi and his drink water if Coca-Cola is their only choice.
Saying that, my thoughts on various Coca-Cola products:
Coca-Cola (which my grandmother pronounces Co-Cola) is tops as a fountain drink. On a really hot day it is a magic elixir. Stay away from it in the cans, though, major burp time.
Sprite: best only when ice cold. The minute Sprite even thinks about getting towards room temperature it is NASTY.
Dr. Pepper (Which isn’t manufactured by the Coca-Cola company last I checked, but I’ll stick it in here anyway): Best soft drink if you can’t be assured of cold. Even before the movie “Blast from the Past” I had heard of people drinking it warm. Sometimes with lemon.
Iced tea must be brewed and sweetened. And best served in Mason jars.
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I’ve always felt that pepsi tastes like toothpaste. I like Coke way way better! But, Diet Pepsi tastes okay to me, and I like it more than Diet Coke. Unless the Diet Coke is at Mc Donald’s. For some reason, Diet Coke tastes best at Mc Donald’s.
To be honest, I think you’re all missing the point. What about Sprite vs. 7-up?
This is a very old thread. It’s not even a GQ! So in the spirit of IMHO, i like Pepsi.
a) Sprite tastes better…they’ve proved it! (Ad of the late 1980’s)
b) Hello? Where are the Administrators to bump this thing to IMHO?
kski, please don’t resurrect threads that are more than a month or two old unless perhaps you have a very specific factual answer to the original question that wasn’t answered previously. In any case, threads this old shouldn’t be bumped at all.
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