CornBurrito
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What pray tell did the text say? And how do you know it was not purely coincidental.
I didn't say you were arab, I did say you were xenophobic.
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Coca Cola introduces new "Coca Cola Life", sweetened with cane sugar and Stevia.
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What pray tell did the text say? And how do you know it was not purely coincidental.
I didn't say you were arab, I did say you were xenophobic.
Do you have a condition with your tongue? I use stevia in my coffee every once in a while and have noticed effectively no aftertaste. Maybe the cheap coffee aftertaste won out though...
Secretarial Dog
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If you google this, seeing the arabic font and the meaning behind it, I think you will eventually understand that this sure cant be a coincident. Sorry for not giving you the meaning personally but I dont like to write it down. :/
Yes I know. Was just making sure that this has a serious meaning behind it for me and not some flag thing that someone else will bring on me again
Secretarial Dog
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What is a stealth muslim?
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Apparently, he's talking about this:
Vigilant Walrus
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I can't wait to try this! I stopped drinking Soda but I miss it. I like Stevia!
Something Tea Partiers accuse Obama of being.
Regardless I got your particular brand of lunacy wrong.
Devolution
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Mexican Coke still superior.
Apparently, he's talking about this:
This can't be serious. Surely people don't believe this.. This is the definition of a conspiracy theory.
CornBurrito
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If it is what the poster below you posted, then you are a paranoid and irrational person.
Secretarial Dog
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Moral Panic
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This half stevia thing seems to be the next big thing. I see adverts for Tropicana 50 which seems to be the same thing.
Kosher Coke is sold in 2 liter bottles (if you want something larger/cheaper) but it uses beet sugar instead of cane sugar.
Stealth anti muslims.
CornBurrito
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If you were stealth anti-muslim why would you be mad at coke for saying "no meccah, no allah" when you rotate the text of their logo, zoom, enhance, zoom, enhance, buff, varnish, buff, varnish, wax, then make a few minor alterations to the text, and then translate it to Arabic?
No, Coke are the ones who are stealth anti muslims
See back in 1886 when they were thinking of making a logo for the company they made sure that they had a design that would sneakily stick it to the Ottoman Empire.
Apparently, he's talking about this:
Is that even right? Shouldn't whatever symbols means "no" be repeated? Let's try google translate for "no Mohammed no Mecca"
لا محمد لا مكة
...not even close.
Hi, I'm a salesperson for Reynolds. Would you like to take a look at our tin foil catalog?
CornBurrito
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Ohhh.
And yeah that's reasonable. I can see in 1886 them choosing a cool looking English logo that also happened to be a slight against Islam when you rotated the text, made a few key edits to how it looked, and then translated the resulting rotated and edited text to Arabic. Seems rational and reasonable.
Secretarial Dog
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If it makes me refrain from Coke and all other Sodas for my entire life and live a healthier life with drinking just pure water, then so be it
But everyone has his unique motivation to quit something that is not good. One person quits Coke because of too much sugar in it, the other one because of the criminal actions in the Coke Management he doesnt want to support and the other because he is offended by the message Coce is forcing on him and so on. But why is a person not irrational when he knows that drinking Soda means putting your healthiness into the trash can but still drinks it?CornBurrito
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Is Secreterial Dog being sarcastic?
BigDes definitely was, and I was adding to it. It seems you don't get joint sarcasm.
If it makes me refrain from Coke and all other Sodas for my entire life and live a healthier life with drinking just pure water, then so be it
You don't understand it seems.
Not drinking soda because it is unhealthy is rational. Not drinking coke because you think the company is secretly anti-muslim because of some bullshit altered/flipped text is not rational.
Coke isn't forcing a message on you. You're reading a message that isn't there because you are paranoid and irrational. You somehow honestly believe that in 1886 they choose a cool looking English logo that also happened to be a slight against Islam when you rotated the text, made a few key edits to how it looked, and then translated the resulting rotated and edited text to Arabic.
soundscream
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I once tried a root beer sweetened with Stevia and it was awful. Hope this turns out better.
Secretarial Dog
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I clearly understood but I think you are forgetting something. If someone quits drinking soda is self-evidently rational. But what I was asking was, why someone knowing that health is in danger by drinking soda but still drinking it regardless, is not irrational?
That is not an answer, you are just repeating your empty phrase and I never said the company is anti-muslim. Please stop this.
If I can read the message clearly then for me it is there.
Dude, its just in front of you: لا = No
The same letter in arabic has many different shapes, to see this you have to understand the arabic alphabet which you clearly dont.
Necromanti
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This is amazing.Apparently, he's talking about this:
I wouldn't be surprised if this was more anti-Jewish propaganda by fanatics to show how those crafty Jews are polluting the world with anti-Muslim sentiment through their massive conglomerates, with every cent used towards missiles that will kill Palestinian children.
(Oh, wait. That was Pokémon cards I was thinking of, during that one stint when they were banned in some Middle-Eastern countries for a while.)
crazygambit
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9/10. Pretty good.
Reminds me of Pepsi RAW.
Who cares about the sweetner, it'll taste the same. What I'm interested in is the caramel color because they've used less E150 (caramel color in European) than regular Coke. I think it looks much better with that lighter color.
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Who cares about the sweetner, it'll taste the same. What I'm interested in is the caramel color because they've used less E150 (caramel color in European) than regular Coke. I think it looks much better with that lighter color.
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You do know Arabic is read right to left?
They already make a soda sweetened with stevia, Zevia. Stevia by itself has a bit of a 'bite' to it after you have some, which is why most stevia-sweetened products also contain erythritol, a sugar alcohol, to lose that aftertaste. Stevia/Erythritol is a great combo IMO, good taste, no calories, nothing artificial [if you're trying to avoid things that are]. In fact I had a Sobe Lifewater 0 today, which is sweetened this way.
I don't understand this product though, why go half way? Why not go full on 0 calorie instead of this weird middle ground.
I don't understand this product though, why go half way? Why not go full on 0 calorie instead of this weird middle ground.
Secretarial Dog
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Yes. Where is my mistake?
Cyclamate mixed with saccharin which is a pretty good sweetener, but cyclamate is banned in the US.
I love the reduction on sugar instead of outright removing it. Sweetened sodas usually have that thin taste and sugar isn't that dangerous. With 50% sugar a coke has less sugar than most (all?) juices.
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ل and ا creates لا, but there is only the ل in the coke logo and the Arabic at the bottom.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Sprite here in the UK has been rebranded Rediscover Sprite and it has had Stevia extract for a few months now. Guess Coca Cola is extending this across their drinks line.
I haven't bought Sprite since.
FutureZombie
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I'd like to see a soda that has 50% or even 25% the amount of sugar in regular soda. Don't replace it with any other sweetener, either. I bet it would still taste great, and sugar is the only really bad thing in soda.
I have been waiting years for this news. You made my day, OP.
edit: and a message Coca-Cola is trying to force? LOL, yeah a message that you have to put in a mirror and then alter to get something that somewhat resembles a certain way of writing a message that is in grammatically incorrect arabic. You're crazy, man.
edit: and a message Coca-Cola is trying to force? LOL, yeah a message that you have to put in a mirror and then alter to get something that somewhat resembles a certain way of writing a message that is in grammatically incorrect arabic. You're crazy, man.
Not Spaceghost
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The pepsi throw back thing is actually one of my favorite sodas recently. It's pretty tasty and refreshing.
Yet you made the decision not to consume any products of them anymore because of a rather constructed message akin to "playing records backwards reveals a message of the devil"? I hope you understand my confusion.
CornBurrito
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Not drinking soda isn't inherently rational. Actions are not rational in a vacuum, it is the reasoning behind the action that makes it rational.
And people can recognize the harm soda does, and drink it in small amounts without damaging their health. You can drink soda and be rational. I don't drink soda though so I don't see why you care.
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