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[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 80 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lol no? The Coca Cola was made, rinsed and filled by a machine. A rinsing and filing machine if you will. And I'm sure its not named Daniel.

[โ€“] fartographer@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

It's name is whatever you call it. Just like how Dickless Steve once called it Suck-o-Matic 5000

Itโ€™s a DAN-137 washing and filling machine

[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

They actually name their bottles like humans, "Share a coke". I recently bought an "Ivan", because I didn't want to buy a Coke and had never heard of "Share a coke" to this point, only to see the Cola-logo while paying for the bottle.

E: Lol, Daniel is listed two times on Cola's Share a coke website.

[โ€“] subignition@fedia.io 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

are you telling me you genuinely missed the "share a coke with" on the label and mistook the name for a different brand name?

[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well I'm not an experienced coke-buyer and had never heard of it, just wanted to stop being dehydrated and tired.

[โ€“] bestagon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Nothing like an ice cold can of Ivan to quench that thirst ๐Ÿ˜Œ

[โ€“] subignition@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

60+ grams of sugar is a rough side effect to trade for hydration, friend. I'm sure there are at least some options for caffeinated beverages with low to no sugar in your country. I can relate to choosing something familiar as a default when I'm tired though.

[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it actually hadn't any sugar. And if I have a choice between some softdrink with coffein and a Nestle water bottle, I'll choose the softdrink. Never will I ever buy a plastic bottle of tap water. Normally I don't buy softdrinks either, but the next place with free water was kilometers away.

[โ€“] subignition@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

Then please ignore my previous post, you made a good choice

[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm well aware of it. The bottle isn't named that. It's an instruction to share it with someone named that.

Never heard of it, just saw an Iwan in the fridge of the store.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

It is name like that. Just saw some this morning so instead of like Coca-Cola name you will have โ€œAdrianโ€ โ€œEmmaโ€ โ€œFerretyโ€ etc. And it is fucking confusing

[โ€“] Decq@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still fucking obvious it's Coca-Cola

Yup, but I was dehydrated and tired. Still not one of my proudest moments.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

No they do that during summer