Comments on: New Cokes And Pepsis

New Cokes And Pepsis

MiguelCardoso — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:20:41 -0800

Andrew Barlow's piece on the new Cokes and Pepsis, like all good satire, sounds like the future. Can the mix-your-own Coke on demand be far behind?

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:34:24 -0800

Funny. I think the specialization of cola to niche markets is the natural outgrowth of a consumer culture that at one time wants to embrace individuality, but is conversely conformist. The same thing happens to beer. Michelob for example, has more then a half dozen "versions" of lightly flavored piss, available from can, tap or bottle.

By: shepd

shepd — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:38:26 -0800

With all these different colas abounding, why the hell can't I get a Coke II [new coke] in Canada yet? ARGH! :-)

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:50:56 -0800

Why would you want such a thing, Shepd?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:57:05 -0800

Screw cola, be subversive. Be A pepper

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:59:22 -0800

shepd: here ya' go.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:07:58 -0800

Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?

By: shepd

shepd — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:15:34 -0800

I'm a Pepsi man, grabbingsand, but I'm willing to experiment. :-)

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:25:46 -0800

MWM: BiCola Curious. Seeks same.

By: liam

liam — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:30:19 -0800

The answer to the question may be yes mix-your-own will be far behind as the mass market tends to offer multiple choice over customisability. But you can always be creative with your condiments in a postmodern way. I like hot sauce mixed with my ketchup (or whole grain mustard with balsamic vinegar when I'm going more top shelf). Alchemy meets Althusser in the War on Condiments!

By: Satapher

Satapher — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:36:04 -0800

theyrule

By: jearbear

jearbear — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:02:55 -0800

Huh. Cocoa beans, you say? Is it wrong that that idea really intrigues me?

By: chrid

chrid — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:15:28 -0800

I, for one, welcome our new brown drink overlords.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:16:10 -0800

Coke II just tastes like pepsi. Anyway, you can already mix-your own sodas on demand. They're called 'fountan drink machines."

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:32:36 -0800

When I was a kid, it was common to mix sodas out of the fountain machine. We'd mix all the flavors to produce what we, inexplicitly, called a "suicide." I remember that it tasted like Dr Pepper.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:09:09 -0800

The all soda mix we had was called a Graveyard for some reason. Kind of nasty really. Nowadays I do the lemonade and iced tea mix.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:36:43 -0800

To satisfy my pregnant wife's Bloody Mary craving this past weekend at Mardi Gras, I mixed Bloody Mary mix with Sprite. Not too damn bad, really.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:41:00 -0800

Actually, since I quit boozin', I've been on something of an Ovaltine jag. Maybe I should hit this joint. When I need something cold, I'm all about the Dr. Pepper, though.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:59:16 -0800

Dr Pepper has no period. Haven't we been through this?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:16:36 -0800

Dr Pepper has no period. Perhaps Baby Pepper is on the way.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:35:22 -0800

Dammit, delmoi, I was going to say that (the fountain drink thing, that is).

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:56:18 -0800

When I was a kid, it was common to mix sodas out of the fountain machine. We'd mix all the flavors to produce what we, inexplicitly, called a "suicide." I remember that it tasted like Dr Pepper. I did this too! Only we called it swamp water. : )

By: subgenius

subgenius — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:36:59 -0800

It was "suicide" back in Minnesnowta. We were crazy in those days. The big breakthrough, however, came when I worked at Pizza Hut: Pepsi soft drinks, but 3.2 beer on tap. We had the worst deliver drivers ever.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 23:19:30 -0800

That kid stuff'll rot yer teeth, sonny.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:05:56 -0800

Whenever I drink Mid-Calorie Coke, I get knock.

By: synecdoche

synecdoche — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:41:20 -0800

SisterHavana, we called it swampwater too. Now I am thinking about trying that again. Haven't had it in years.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:38:01 -0800

yeah, me too. blahblahblah, right i like it also yadayadayda. what a great idea shit, i ran out of snark.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 12:33:25 -0800

Yet, post-irony is a glorious post-solipsism, in which the meaning of communication is unreal even to its originator. Thus, consumption, which has become a religious ritual for most, becomes a release through the denying of its intention. The meaning of consumption to the artist of the will to damnation is not the cessation of suffering, but just the opposite, the glutting thereof. There is no greater source of pain or sorrow that which has as its object happiness. Thirty-five years ago, Adorno argued that the jargon of authenticity is closely allied with the manipulations of advertising. Sure enough, as the twentieth century nears its end, the idea that one can rebel against bourgeois life by buying what Thomas Frank, the editor of the Baffler, has described as "soaps that liberate us, soda pops that are emblems of individualism, and counter-hegemonic hamburgers," is all-triumphant. We can see what the Baffler calls the "commodification of dissent" present in the pre-history of existential authenticity; perhaps by understanding the origins of both authenticity and fake authenticity we can finally get a handle on why (as opposed to how) the commodification of dissent has been so successful.

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 08:02:25 -0800

We used to do density experiments on the soda-machine... You could create a sort of "parfait" effect by putting the densest soda at the bottom and gently layering.

By: knapah

knapah — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 10:25:26 -0800

...i seem to be getting a thing on "samish-sex marriages" not coke/pepsi. or am i missing something?