# pepsi drinker switches to coca cola **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041 "2004-01-01T01:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/61 "2004-01-04T22:40:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*You mean WMU is “an artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color?” Or were you referring to the colorful and varied students who attend WMU? > \*\* I’m talking about how you feel after attending a party up there, not showing by error of why spell check doesn’t always work. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/62 "2004-01-05T08:53:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cheddarsnax \* > \*\*Subway has Coke now. I’m boycotting. TRAITORS! \*\* There’s a Mexican restaurant over here that just switched from Coke to Pepsi. Seems everybody was asking for Pepsi and they gave in to demand. Evidently it works, folks! 😃 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*Pepsi is the drink of the gods. Coke is just liquid ass. \*\* Damn, I wish I had room in my sig for that. On preview, it looks like I do have enough room after all. May I? ---
**Author:** ![FabioClone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/63 "2004-01-05T09:27:45Z")
Sorry to come in here and start dictating everyone’s drinking habits, but this is for your own good. From this day forth, you will follow my decree: Give up all your wretched colas. Drink Fresca and be happy. (I only insist because I care about you all.) ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/64 "2004-01-05T09:28:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cityboy916 \* > \*\*Damn, I wish I had room in my sig for that. > > On preview, it looks like I do have enough room after all. May I? \*\* Um, sure. I seem to have found my way into a couple of people’s sigs recently. I’d be honored if you carried the message with you to other threads. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/65 "2004-01-05T10:42:07Z")
Thank you. **Horseflesh**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![i\_like\_bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@i\_like\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_like_bacon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/66 "2004-01-05T12:08:08Z")
my mother said “you drink too much mountain dew, you will blow up your kidneys” the images that brings to mind are scary as hell! eww yuck blown up renal tissue inside me. i mostly drink diet dr pepper. occasionally a pepsi never ever coke. one thing that has always bugged me tho, the ad slogan “diet dr pepper tastes more like regular dr pepper” my question is THAN WHAT??? pepsi? well i would hope so! ---
**Author:** ![dil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@dil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dil)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/67 "2004-01-05T17:47:47Z")
As a kid/teen, I never had a strong preference, but I would usually choose Coke over Pepsi out of habit. A few years ago, I discovered that I really liked Pepsi a lot better than Coke. Coke is too thick and caramelly. (dark-tasting… like molasses, or mole asses) Then I decided to switch to diet to avoid the calories. I hated Diet Pepsi though. So artificial tasting… then I tried Diet Coke. I was amazed! Diet Coke actually tastes more like a diet version of \Pepsi\ than a diet version of Coke! So now I am a Diet Coke drinker, and for the occasional treat, I’ll grab a Pepsi. Coke was originally intended to be poured over ice, and slightly diluted, that’s why it seems thicker than many other soft drinks. Also, Diet Coke was designed as a whole new soda, it was not a tweaking of the Coke recipe, thus it makes sense that it tastes more like Pepsi. (Pepsi was doing their marketing blitz and was winning all the taste tests at the time of Diet Coke’s creation) Diet Pepsi tastes like crap to me, but it seems from this thread some Coke drinkers prefer Diet Pepsi to Diet Coke. Interesting… ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/68 "2004-01-05T18:27:28Z")
Was that like real coca cola syrup? My mother used to give me that when sick. It always made me throw up. Tasted great, though! ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/69 "2004-01-06T15:53:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*We of the Dr Pepper underground will one day overthrow you all and your bloody tyranny! \*\* You tell 'em brother!!! **Dreaded Cuthulu** can I get an AMEN! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041.md?page=3)