Why I Hate Coca Cola

[haiiro]

There is nothing quite like a 20 oz. Coke alongside two toasted everything bagels (no caraway seeds!) with cream cheese. Heavenly perfection.

On the other hand, the one and only time I tried Pepsi Twist -- just a few sips, mind you -- I got terrible gas, accompanied by crippling bowel pain. I feel that this deserves more emphasis:

TERRIBLE GAS and CRIPPLING BOWEL PAIN

...as in, so bad it lasted for more than two days, and I called in sick to work for both of those days. Of course, I had also just bought Diablo II, so I did get to play two straight days of D2 instead of working. Granted, I grunted a lot and occasionally writhed in my chair, grimacing from the crippling bowel pain -- but still, Diablo II.

And no, I'm not joking. Try Pepsi Twist at your own risk.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Ass in a bottle, now that is funny, or would be if it were not true. Why the need for the sugar and caffine, no wait, I know, you ain't got game and your game is lame. Your game is so boring you need the artificial stuff to keep you awake. Realize the bigger problem people, put a pep in your step and kick your game up a few notches and wipe away those tired blotches.

 

[Seule]

Personally, I prefer ginger ale, preferably Vernors. Or milk. Or occasionally vanilla coke. Coke and pepsi are both pretty vile.

--Seule

 

[starwolf]

INFIDELS!!

All bow to the greatness that is Dr. Pepper! It is the one true soda! All others are merely imitations!

And for those of you who want sweet sugary goodness, you can buy Dr Pepper made from pure Imperial Sugar!

Actually only ONE Dr. Pepper plant still uses pure cane sugar in the bottleing process. The oldest and most famous Dr Pepper bottler in the world, located in the little town of Dublin,Texas; about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Most Dr. Pepper is actually bottled under license by either Coke or Pepsi (depends on the region)

 

[Mercule]

Re: Another Fact!

So those of you who leap at the chance to denounce the truly enlightened and socially progressive beverage known as Pepsi should know this: By displaying a preference for Coke, you are associating yourself with immoral degeneracy of socially deviant criminals of the worst sort, precicely the sort of biological waste that pretends to be human while failing to acheive that particular state of being.

Er... so you mean gamers?

 

[Lord Zardoz]

Of course not...

Gamers have obviously surpassed mere humans on the evolutionary scale.

However, Gamers who enjoy coke are obviously an abberation.

END COMMUNICATION

 

[Knightfall]

Ok, I know everyone here is either being funny or ranting but I need to give you something to consider.

I use to drink 3 litres of Cola a day (at least). This included Coke, Pepsi Twist (bad stuff but highly addictive) and sometimes Jolt, where I could get it. Add onto this a three to four chocolate bars a day habit and I was completely out of control.

Then I found out I had a condition called a fatty liver where so much fat was building up in my liver from the sugar and sweets I'd consume that it was expanding to the point where it would cause me intense pain.

What I did was hard, I gave up cola cold turkey. I had to, it was killing me. I won't drink any type of cola anymore and am trying to give up carbonated drinks altogether, which has been a struggle. (Just today I drank a two litre container of Sprite.)

Also, when I gave up cola, I lost around 30 pounds just by flushing the drinks residue out of my system. (It didn't hurt that switched to brown bread and skim milk.)

Now, I'm not perfect. Like I said, I still have problems with conbonated drinks such as Sprite and other really addictive drink called Mellow Yellow. I've been heavy into Iced Tea, which has caffeine it, even if it doesn't say it on the label (this replaced Coke for a while but I dropped it as well).

Right now, I'm drinking mostly Lemonade (a mix where I can control the amount of sugar added), water, skim milk and juice.

In conclusion, be careful how much of this stuff you drink. It could kill you like anything done to excess.

Later,

KF72

 

[s/LaSH]

Actually, Diet Coke contains phenylalanine, one of the twenty essential amino acids.

Phenylketonurics ("those who have phenlketones in their urine") are unable to process phenylalanine due to a deficiency in phenyalalanine hydroxylase, an enzyme which catalyses the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine. The result is an excess of phenylalanine in the blood, phenylalanine and byproducts (phenylpyruvate, phenylacetate, phenyllactate, and phenylacetylglutamine - collectively "phenylketones") in the urine, and mental retardation if left untreated.

Oh good, someone knows what they're talking about. I don't, you see (owing to never actually drinking the stuff). Oh, and they manufacture soft drinks locally here in New Zealand... I don't know if that changes anything for you foreign types.

You may smite me, but I've never tried Mountain Dew. Then again, I don't award XP in my campaign either. Call me eccentric.

 

[Snoweel]

Coke & Rum
Coke & Jack
Coke & Wild Turkey

In other words Coke is the great mixer Pepsi makes the above taste vile imo

Yes, Doc.

And you are now officially my bestest friend on teh intarweb for listing Rum & Coke first; It's my alcoholic drink of choice and I don't know anybody else who drinks it.

However, when my liver is pleading for respite, I drink Diet Coke; I find real Coke to be far too sweet. (Though it's always real Coke with my Rum).

Which brings me to:

Investigating the corrosive properties of various soft drinks, Coca Cola was actually fairly mild. If you see Fanta, run the other way - it dissolved calcium structures (simulated teeth) several times faster than Coke. Diet Coke, on the other hand, actually increased the mass of the calcium structures. That was rather scary.

Tell me about it. Why is this so?

As for this:

Originally posted by starwolf

And the #1 emergency use of Coca-Cola by mechanics (other than as a beverage): To quickly remove the corrosion on car battery posts and cable ends!

This is true, if you ever have trouble starting your car because of corroded cable ends just pour a little Coke over them, wait a few seconds and wipe off.

Not only that, but renderers (the guys who "render" a 10mm layer of sand-cement compound over block/brickwork) use Coke to stop the render from drying out too quickly.

At least, they do in Sydney.

 

[Datt]

Actually only ONE Dr. Pepper plant still uses pure cane sugar in the bottleing process. The oldest and most famous Dr Pepper bottler in the world, located in the little town of Dublin,Texas; about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Most Dr. Pepper is actually bottled under license by either Coke or Pepsi (depends on the region)

Yes you can. My wife got me a 12 pack for Christmas. It was the greatest! I was also told by some friends that the World Market in Fort Worth now carries them. I haven't gone to verify that, but they swear it is there.