Giving up one specific soft drink is a pretty small ask. Especially if the ask is "try to drink another cola if it’s that important to you. Sorry if it seems preachy but I can’t reconcile in my mind how that is a hard thing. I mean if it’s your favorite thing in the entire world and it brings you true joy and happiness, then sure, maybe? But it HAS to be Coca Cola, absolutely nothing else could possibly do?
Pop doesn’t play a huge role in my life, so maybe it’s just not possible for me to put myself in your shoes. But I think we’re proper fucked if that is anything resembling most Canadians’ willingness to sacrifice anything.
You could maybe not rush to judgement quite so quickly. For me, the challenge with pop is that I like to have something sweet and low-calorie with meals when I’m out, and the options are pretty limited. I’ve switched to a Sodastream (used, with 5lb co2 cylinder) and homemade kombucha for the most part, but when I’m at work and grabbing pizza for lunch at the local place, I have basically a choice between fountain diet coke/pepsi & a can from the vending machine. I could get plain water, sure, but I’d rather have something nicer.
Cove Soda, from the Maritimes, is very good, but it’s hard to get my hands on in any kind of quantity. There’s various low-cal sodas out there. Trouble is, it needs planning to bring from home, and enough self-restraint to not just drink it mindlessly at my desk! The convenience store near work used to sell it, but they went out of business and I’d have to walk a solid 20 minutes to get to the larger market.
I used to buy Costco flats of coke zero and drink them at my desk, but gave that up (even before the Trump fuckery) because it was an unhealthy amount.
Anyway. I’ve cut back, but as I said, coke(/pepsi) has been a particular challenge for me.
And jesus, please, just cut me some fucking slack, I’m trying.___
Interesting it sounds like it’s diet Coke specifically. Granted you said you used to drink coke Zero but there is apparently a very real, very large group of diet Coke devotees. Like they’ll say coke Zero is piss water and if someone offers them a diet Pepsi they’ll kill that person’s entire bloodline.
I wouldn’t be surprised if some people for whatever reason are getting a better buzz out of diet Coke specifically. Not saying it’s you, but hey, something to think about.
I’ve done a pretty good job of eliminating most American products from my life, but a few have slipped back in or maybe were missed, this just strengthens my resolve and I will do another review of everything I do.
I’ve discovered lots of great Canadian products, hardbite chips, Tough duck clothing, all sorts of alchohol, Presidents choice products are surprisingly good all around. Coke is the only tricky one for us, but atleast it’s canned in Canada and is more of an international brand now.
Where he lists a half dozen things hes shifting to buy Canadian, and also that he is constantly thinking and trying to shift the rest of his purchasing to Canada.
After reading that, you think a half dozen comments about soda pop and then this bat shit line:
But I think we’re proper fucked if that is anything resembling most Canadians’ willingness to sacrifice anything
Is somehow justified?
Zeolatry isn’t an argument, my dude. You come off as maniacal when youre attacking someone who is 99% onboard with your platform already. I fully support slapping the fuck out of the US here, but you’ve gone round and then off the bend, mate.
Giving up one specific soft drink is a pretty small ask. Especially if the ask is "try to drink another cola if it’s that important to you. Sorry if it seems preachy but I can’t reconcile in my mind how that is a hard thing. I mean if it’s your favorite thing in the entire world and it brings you true joy and happiness, then sure, maybe? But it HAS to be Coca Cola, absolutely nothing else could possibly do?
Pop doesn’t play a huge role in my life, so maybe it’s just not possible for me to put myself in your shoes. But I think we’re proper fucked if that is anything resembling most Canadians’ willingness to sacrifice anything.
You could maybe not rush to judgement quite so quickly. For me, the challenge with pop is that I like to have something sweet and low-calorie with meals when I’m out, and the options are pretty limited. I’ve switched to a Sodastream (used, with 5lb co2 cylinder) and homemade kombucha for the most part, but when I’m at work and grabbing pizza for lunch at the local place, I have basically a choice between fountain diet coke/pepsi & a can from the vending machine. I could get plain water, sure, but I’d rather have something nicer.
Cove Soda, from the Maritimes, is very good, but it’s hard to get my hands on in any kind of quantity. There’s various low-cal sodas out there. Trouble is, it needs planning to bring from home, and enough self-restraint to not just drink it mindlessly at my desk! The convenience store near work used to sell it, but they went out of business and I’d have to walk a solid 20 minutes to get to the larger market.
I used to buy Costco flats of coke zero and drink them at my desk, but gave that up (even before the Trump fuckery) because it was an unhealthy amount.
Anyway. I’ve cut back, but as I said, coke(/pepsi) has been a particular challenge for me.
And jesus, please, just cut me some fucking slack, I’m trying.___
Interesting it sounds like it’s diet Coke specifically. Granted you said you used to drink coke Zero but there is apparently a very real, very large group of diet Coke devotees. Like they’ll say coke Zero is piss water and if someone offers them a diet Pepsi they’ll kill that person’s entire bloodline.
I wouldn’t be surprised if some people for whatever reason are getting a better buzz out of diet Coke specifically. Not saying it’s you, but hey, something to think about.
Oh, I’ll drink whatever. Pepsi max, diet pepsi, diet coke. I really like diet dr pepper as well.
So dude posts this:
Where he lists a half dozen things hes shifting to buy Canadian, and also that he is constantly thinking and trying to shift the rest of his purchasing to Canada.
After reading that, you think a half dozen comments about soda pop and then this bat shit line:
Is somehow justified?
Zeolatry isn’t an argument, my dude. You come off as maniacal when youre attacking someone who is 99% onboard with your platform already. I fully support slapping the fuck out of the US here, but you’ve gone round and then off the bend, mate.
suggesting someone to drink another soft drink is LITERALLY maniacal attacks
so true bestie
Clearly I’ve got a date with The Hague coming down the line
That’s not the same person