• @WagnasT
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    pop is getting smaller and towards the midwest, eventually it will just be minisoda.

  • @Tyfud
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    That’s because Soda was originally said by the most population dense areas of the country.

    By default, that gives it a huge advantage in terms of shifting the cultural language. Especially since Hollywood often controls the cultural shifts and narratives of colloquial language.

    So this isn’t too surprising. It’s kind of like the whole “Land doesn’t get a vote” thing when you look at the Red vs Blue district voting graphs, without taking into account the majority of people live in the blue areas, and very few people, comparatively, live in the red areas.

    This visualization is pretty much the same thing.

  • @[email protected]
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    Maybe the Pop and Soda users can at least band together to get Coke removed forever before returning to their own fight. I don’t know really know which of those two I prefer, but it is insane to refer to a Mountain Dew as a Coke.

    • @[email protected]
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      Not at all surprised where it’s concentrated though. The poorest, least educated, least healthful States in the country, where corporate branding has superceded basic terminology.

    • @bitchkat
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      42 months ago

      Have you ever asked for a root beer and been given a Dr pepper?

      • @Buddahriffic
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        Just the other day, I tried to order a root beer at a taco bell and the guy said they didn’t have it, did I want a dr pepper instead. I was speechless for a second because it was so baffling that he thought that was the closest replacement.

        Then he listed the other options and I got a Baja blast, not because it’s the closest thing to root beer but because hearing that one reminded me that I don’t really care that they don’t carry root beer.

        Though still, wtf @ them not carrying root beer.

        • @bitchkat
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          And Taco Bell sells pepsi so if they did have root beer, you’d have gotten Mug which is better than Barqs. Jersey Mikes is great because they sell Stubborn root beer (a Pepsi “craft” brand) which is pretty good for a crafty pop.

    • @BeMoreCareful
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      I’ll never forget my horror when I asked for a medium coke and the lady just handed me some random beverage. She didn’t even ask what kind of coke I wanted.

      Though nowadays the only coke I drink is la croix.

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s not all that different from Kleenex, Scotch tape, Xerox, etc. Sometimes brand names become the common name for a product.

      • @[email protected]
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        82 months ago

        A Kleenex and any different facial tissue are very similar. A Coke and an Orange carbonated beverage are very different.

        • Captain Aggravated
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          Yeah imagine if we started calling all paper products of any kind “kleenex?” Yeah write that down on a sheet of Kleenex and mail it to me in a Kleenex box.

  • @[email protected]
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    I’m from GA, and I never understood people calling all soda a coke. Giving someone a Pepsi when they asked for a coke is enough to start an altercation around here – they are not at all considered interchangeable

    • @Allonzee
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      I mean, I assume part of that standoffishness is simply local pride since Coca Cola is headquartered there.

    • @[email protected]
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      You ever say “Scotch tape” when referring to a transparent tape that wasn’t made by 3M?

      Is it any different?

      • @TheBraveSirRobbin
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        I’ve been asked if I want a coke before and was handed a diet ginger beer. in what world are those interchangeable?

        It’s like asking for a piece of Scotch tape and being handed a piece of painters tape

  • Lad
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    Meanwhile in my part of the world

    L E M O N A D E

    for literally every fizzy drink

    • Bizzle
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      262 months ago

      Where do you live? That’s horrifying

    • @bitchkat
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      Dad’s is root beer (a type of pop).

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s petty popular to pop open a pop with your pop. You should pop in some time and give it a try.

    • ✺roguetrick✺
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      Soda is carbonated water made with sodium bicarbonate and citric acid (as opposed to natural carbonated water and modern injected carbonation). Pop is something that goes pop.

  • @saltesc
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    In Australia, they’re called soft drinks because they have little or no alcohol in them.

    • @Zarxrax
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      We call them soft drinks in America too.

      • @[email protected]
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        I was today years old when I learned that the soft on soft drink is the opposite of hard in terms of liquor.

    • @subtext
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      Sodageddon

      Popaganda

  • @randon31415
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    Born in a pop stronghold, and it is still holding. Coke is a brand, not all pop!

    • @nomous
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      The Dr’s less educated, libertine cousin Mr Pibb is even slightly better IMO.

      • @WordBox
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        Mr. Pibb, may he rest in peace, is no longer with us… only his edgy gamer brother.

    • @MehBlah
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      32 months ago

      But we buried you grandpa. How can you be on lemmy?

      • @swag_money
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        22 months ago

        i made a deal with the devil
        don’t tell gam gam

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    82 months ago

    I stopped needing to refer to carbonated beverages in everyday language like decades ago

    • @WordBox
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      Congrats

      You have transcended the want for fizzy

      Now upon your tongue, only pizzy.