# The worst US pop ever, your thoughts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984 "2017-07-11T04:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/21 "2017-07-11T14:59:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Tab. Believe it or not, it’s still sold. **[Tracy Morgan]** That’s CRAZY! **[/Tracy Morgan]** Tab is great. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/22 "2017-07-11T15:21:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Was it Canfield’s? I believe they also came out with a diet chocolate cherry soda. Yes, I think it was. We were in the Chicago area. Oh, I think she had chocolate yogurt, too. Also not a good combination. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/23 "2017-07-11T15:30:15Z")
**Moxie** is so hideous that I own a tee shirt advertising it. You really tend to buy some weird shit while on a Maine vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/24 "2017-07-11T16:00:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [del]Lava Lamp[/del][Orbitz.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz_(soft_drink)) I still have an unopened bottle of this in the back of my fridge. I have no idea why, but at this point it’s just kind of become a fixture. We tried a bottle when it was new and it was hideous (but then, I don’t see the allure of “bubble tea,” either–I don’t want disgusting slimy bits of anything floating in my drink). At this point, the globules have migrated about halfway down the bottle. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/25 "2017-07-11T16:04:28Z")
You don’t have to look any further than RC Cola. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/26 "2017-07-11T16:16:36Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You don’t have to look any further than RC Cola. Diet RC. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/27 "2017-07-11T16:31:38Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Tab was awful in the 70’s because it used saccharine as a sweetener. All the sodas that used that including Diet Pepsi and Diet 7-Up had a hideous aftertaste. . > [@Ludovic](#): > > Any of this style flavor gets my vote. Mr Pibb, Dr Pepper, even Jolt, I can’t see why anyone would drink. Put them together in 1980s Diet Dr. Pepper, and you get the nastiest soda swill I’ve ever tasted. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/28 "2017-07-11T16:47:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [del]Lava Lamp[/del][Orbitz.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz_(soft_drink)) This. If it’s a liquid and there’s stuff in it I have to chew, it better be soup. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/29 "2017-07-11T16:51:50Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > **[Tracy Morgan]** That’s CRAZY! **[/Tracy Morgan]** > > Tab is great. Stop by my house then. I had an 80s themed party a couple of weeks ago and we found Tab to serve, I think one person tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/30 "2017-07-11T16:54:49Z")
**Pepsi Fire** is one of the bigger misses I’ve tried lately and I try as many different kinds of pops I can. Even the slurpee at 7/11 is pretty bad. Tastes like Red Hot soda, which is worse than it sounds. I live in Michigan and we have Faygo, previously mentioned by others. Is Faygo now national? I grew up in the 80’s and it was a Michigan thing for sure. Their Chocolate Cream Pie was pretty good, but they discontinued the regular version and now only offer **[Diet Chocolate Cream Pie](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71JraBxvH1L._SY679_.jpg)**. It’s OK for a sip, but is pretty bad. Their [blue Moon Mist](http://www.faygo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/24oz_bot_blue_moon_mist-SM.jpg)is also pretty disgusting. Still, Candy Apple Faygo and Cotton Candy Faygo are two of the best sodas I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/31 "2017-07-11T17:10:43Z")
Pepsi Blue ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/32 "2017-07-11T17:34:09Z")
Realizing it is not just a 60s/70s thing, but to my sister and I Diet Shasta was the nadir of carbonated beverages. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/33 "2017-07-11T17:44:38Z")
Dr. Pepper. Totally hideous crap. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/34 "2017-07-11T17:44:46Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Seriously, nobody’s posted Moxie? That weird New England soda that tastes like a prune juice/battery acid mix? I find the taste more like carbonated Vicks VapoRub. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/35 "2017-07-11T17:53:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You don’t have to look any further than RC Cola. Hey, would Joey Heatherton do commercials for a crap product? :dubious: Joey Heatherton, mmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o As an aside, a counselor at a summer camp I attended as a teenager went around telling everyone that RC Cola makes you sterile. :eek: I could never tell if he was joking or not. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/36 "2017-07-11T17:56:49Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > Pepsi Blue A guy I used to know in Minneapolis would always buy six-packs of blue cream soda from Super America. It looked like he was drinking Windex. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/37 "2017-07-11T17:59:58Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Stop by my house then. I had an 80s themed party a couple of weeks ago and we found Tab to serve, I think one person tried it. Truman Capote used to drink it out of champagne glasses at cocktail parties. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/38 "2017-07-11T18:17:48Z")
I’m a huge fan of Tab. I got a vintage four set of the TAB hourglass glasses for $2 at a thrift store. And I still buy and drink the soda when I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/39 "2017-07-11T18:26:09Z")
Diet Chocolate faygo i think it was Ugh 95 shades of nasty. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984/40 "2017-07-11T18:33:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Hey, would Joey Heatherton do commercials for a crap product? :dubious: Yes. I’m glad she made the commercials but I don’t have to buy the product. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-us-pop-ever-your-thoughts/790984.md?page=3)