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Post by Afgncaap5 on Feb 19, 2011 19:24:53 GMT -5
I absolutely can't stand the soda/pop/soda-pop/coke/carbonated beverage argument. It is one of the dumbest things to argue about, and yet if I dare use the wrong term around some people it's like I've insulted their religion, political background, and cultural heritage with the utterance of a single word. It brings out the most cantankerous attitude even in the best people, and there's no reasoning with them once the issue is brought up. It doesn't matter if I use the right word after the fact, they keep pestering me about it afterwards, as if it was some sort of irredeemable breach of interpersonal ettiquette and manners.
I swear, if I could violently hit people with a club without causing permanent damage, this is exactly what I'd use it for. Even if I had no other uses of the magic club ever again and it cost me money to use it the one time.
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Post by Don Quixote on Feb 20, 2011 7:27:32 GMT -5
It's "soda", you f*cking feeb.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Feb 20, 2011 9:11:52 GMT -5
Sorry, DQ's right for once. It's "soda." The correct terminology is worth fighting, losing friends, and even perhaps dying for.
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Post by mccloud on Feb 20, 2011 11:51:07 GMT -5
I should pop you for that comment...
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Post by BJ on Feb 20, 2011 12:37:37 GMT -5
Whenever someone calls it "pop," I imagine they bought it at the malt shop on the way to the five and dime. They see the world in grainy black and white, and use adjectives like golly gee, swell and super. That's not a world I want to live in.
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Post by mccloud on Feb 20, 2011 13:56:53 GMT -5
Or we just live in Ohio.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Feb 20, 2011 17:31:33 GMT -5
I don't call it "pop" or "soda", I call it syrupy sweet crap water. Admittedly that isn't a catchy name.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Feb 20, 2011 18:35:18 GMT -5
It may be crap water, but it's damn good crap water.
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Post by Crowfan on Feb 20, 2011 18:43:05 GMT -5
It's highly addictive.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Feb 20, 2011 19:01:47 GMT -5
And disgustingly syrupy sweet. But I guess that appeals to you kids.
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Post by BJ on Feb 20, 2011 19:05:07 GMT -5
It's the acid and carbonation that keeps me away. If my stomach and throat are going to hurt from a drink, it better have alcohol in it.
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Post by Don Quixote on Feb 21, 2011 9:44:28 GMT -5
And disgustingly syrupy sweet. But I guess that appeals to you kids. Phantom: older than nineteenth-century beverage technology.
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Post by solgroupie on Feb 21, 2011 11:35:15 GMT -5
i have to agree with phantom now that i don't drink sodas (everyone else around here calls it "pop" or "coke") anymore. i gave them up two years ago because i was drinking waaay too many of them. a few weeks ago i decided to drink one for the hell of it and threw it out after a couple of sips.
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Post by Don Quixote on Feb 21, 2011 21:15:15 GMT -5
I actually gave up soda about four months ago, and I'm already seeing a difference. You just... don't crave it after a while.
I stick to tea or coffee if I want something stimulating, and watered-down juice when I want something somewhat sweet.
The only thing I really do miss drinking is Moxie. That stuff was tops.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Feb 22, 2011 4:28:54 GMT -5
I only really drink soda at friends houses if it gets offered. (Unless I happen to spot a Dr. Pepper made with real, genuine sugar in a gas station, then I might buy some for myself.) Soda gets better the less of it you drink, I think. It's "soda", you f*cking feeb. I didn't say it WASN'T you cretinous troglodyte!Woah, hang on, sorry. Felt like I was in Sloane for a second there.
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