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[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 27 points 3 days 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 13 points 3 days 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 17 points 3 days ago

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

[โ€“] subignition@fedia.io 11 points 3 days 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 11 points 3 days 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 7 points 3 days ago

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

[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 5 points 3 days 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 2 points 3 days 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 3 days 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 3 days ago

No they do that during summer