# What do you do when you can't get your cola of choice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [March 16, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838 "2014-03-16T15:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/81 "2014-03-17T23:27:34Z")
Sweet Tea is better for you, anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/82 "2014-03-18T02:18:33Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Who over 25 still drinks soda? That’s about when I quit. Same here, and I stopped going to the dentist around the same time. Now I just pay for the soda drinkers in my family to go. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/83 "2014-03-18T03:17:52Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Who over 25 still drinks soda? I’d rather have beverages that affect my teeth than my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/84 "2014-03-18T03:23:17Z")
The wife and I are in our mid-50s and both drink soda. As has been mentioned in other threads, that Fanta green is to die for. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/85 "2014-03-18T05:09:17Z")
If I can’t get Coke Zero, I ask for Coke. If I can’t get Coke, I ask for 7Up. If I can’t get 7Up, I’ll settle for Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/86 "2014-03-18T09:08:00Z")
If they have Pepsi products, I’ll take Mountain Dew ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/87 "2014-03-18T16:06:25Z")
I insist on Diet Pepsi because the can’s colors make it taste better. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/88 "2014-03-18T16:57:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I insist on Diet Pepsi because the can’s colors make it taste better. Diet coke cans taste better than diet pepsi cans. Strangely, the bottles taste about the same. No fries, chips! He’s my third cousin, but I treat him like a fourth cousin, because he’s vlahos. [sub]yes, I’ll beat that to death until someone acknowledges it[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/89 "2014-03-18T17:21:08Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Diet coke cans taste better than diet pepsi cans. > > Strangely, the bottles taste about the same. > > No fries, chips! > > He’s my third cousin, but I treat him like a fourth cousin, because he’s vlahos. > > [sub]yes, I’ll beat that to death until someone acknowledges it[/sub] acknowledged!😛 (I actually knew places like that in Hollywood) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/90 "2014-03-18T17:25:07Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Then why post? Some people like to make a big show about how they don’t care for the thing the thread is about. Literally nobody cares, folks. No one. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/91 "2014-03-18T18:28:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Diet coke cans taste better than diet pepsi cans. It’s because Coke uses a better grade of bauxite. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/92 "2014-03-18T19:11:15Z")
I voted for the first choice, but they’re not quite all the same to me. There’s a difference, but not anything that warrants any sighing. Except when I was pregnant, it HAD to be Pepsi. And previously I had a slight preference for Coke. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/93 "2014-03-18T19:34:44Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Some people like to make a big show about how they don’t care for the thing the thread is about. Literally nobody cares, folks. No one. Easy for you to say Miss Tonic Water! ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/94 "2014-03-18T20:42:07Z")
I would rather drink 5W-40 synthetic motor oil than Pepsi. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/95 "2014-03-18T21:43:54Z")
I picked both the top options because my response isn’t “it’s all the same” because I really do prefer Pepsi over Coke, but not to the extent that I’ll sigh if I don’t get Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/96 "2014-03-18T22:22:52Z")
I just take whatever’s available. They all taste the same. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/97 "2014-03-19T03:17:13Z")
Only bad people drink Coke. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/98 "2014-03-19T03:54:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Easy for you to say Miss Tonic Water! Do you have a better fizzy drink to put in your gin? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/99 "2014-03-19T04:53:34Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Do you have a better fizzy drink to put in your gin? From experience, I can tell you that cream soda is definitely _not_ in the running. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838/100 "2014-03-19T13:58:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Only bad people drink Coke. I’m a bad, bad man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-get-your-cola-of-choice/683838.md?page=6)