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"[New Coke] was done in by a complicated web of interests, a mixture of cranks and opportunists—a sugar-starved mob of pitchfork-clutching Andy Rooneys, powered by the thrill of rebellion and an aggrieved sense of dispossession." https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/07/what-if-weve-all-been-wrong-about-what-killed-new-coke/
@estherschindler It was awful. If I'd wanted a sweet soda, I'd drink <urk> Pepsi. Today, Mexican Coke, which still uses cane sugar, is my cola of choice.
@sjvn @estherschindler i miss africola. Made with mineral water
@evistre @estherschindler I never met that one.
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Oh, no... It just tasted wrong.