I mean it sucks and I drink coke (it's my mix for booze) but it's a welcome change (price increase). Soda pop should not be drunk as frequently as it is by people and anything to make it less common is a welcome change IMHO. If becoming more cost prohibitive to people makes them drink it less that's not a bad thing

Now the challenge becomes, because America is becoming a 3rd world shithole it's possible that coke is the only safe drink because thanks to the EPA being gutted over decades water isn't safe in many areas due to contamination. That's not cool.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You know that has a lot of sugar, which is a poison and will kill you right?

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Everything will kill you in excess. Live life and don't be a Debbie Downer.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Hey friend, I'm not the one complaining about the water or people drinking too much.
It's friday and I'm going to have plenty of drinks, there will be no soda in sight.
I wish you a good weekend.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Quick 'proof' the taller the can, the more material used:

Consider two cases ignoring the top and bottom only focussing on the surface area. In the first case, you flatten so much the can has no height. This forms a ring that when unwrapped makes a length of 2 pi R.

Now stretch the can to be 'infinitely' long. By construction, this is longer than 2 pi r. Given both are made of aluminum, and have the same density, the larger can has more mass requiring more material.

The total mass must be a continuous function ranging from the linear mass density times the circumference of the circle to the same mass density time times the 'length' of the infinite line. This must remain true for any small increase in length between the two.

I'll leave this as an exercise to the reader. What if the circle has an infinite radius?

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't the larger the can proportional to how does both top and bottom shrink? like, being the same amount of material, but with a different distribution.

[–] drop_table_username@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No he's right. The solution for an optimal surface area to volume ratio is a sphere. The farther you deviate from a sphere the less optimal you become. The actual math for this is finding deltaSurfaceArea in respects to cylinder radius for a given volume and then finding the maxima, which is a Uni physics 1 problem I really don't feel like doing. Long story short, optimal is when height = diameter, or as close to a sphere as a cylinder can be.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Thanks fot the aclaration.

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 77 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Not only do they cost more, the greater surface area means your cold drink warms up faster.

Neat.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 24 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Greater surface area also means more material for the same product, which leads to less effective transport, more waste and increased polution. Non-standarized can size means every can storage system and cup holder which have taken can size into consideration will be worse. I'm sure a lot of vending machines will have to be modified or scrapped for this can design.

Everyone are worse off because of this, and it's all for attempting to trick consumers and increase profits. Shit sucks.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Is this a new thing in the US? We've had these in Europe for years - and I mean 10-15 at least.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.ml 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Hey we get this revolutionary super can which is supposed to keep your beer cool.
The ribs are supposed to reduce the contact area of warm fingers.
It doesn't work obviously since they aren't big enough and skin on fingers are flexible enough to touch everything.
You only pay 30 to 50% more for this nonsense.
Everyone tries to avoid them but somehow the normal cans are more than often 'sold out' in stores.

[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

That's what you get for drinking jupiler

[–] JustEnoughDucks 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I only partake in the finest carapils

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.ml 1 points 36 minutes ago

A man of the people

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

Hey Stella snob, it's not like you always have a choice.
Also it's standard thirst or get drunk gulping beer, not a fancy trippel or geuze.
Doesn't really matter that much.

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[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

Dickflation.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago

Where is the one on the left no longer available? I live in the US and see those all the time.

[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 36 points 23 hours ago (15 children)

Just straight up stop buying shit. Drink filtered tap, and live off only what you need and shrug off ppl that think buying expensive shit will make them cool.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

A lot of the world can’t just drink tap water with a basic filter

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

How do I fit my coke addiction in your filtered water?

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

People with vending machines aren't going to be happy, those new ones won't fit.

[–] Crampon@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

As a consumer you should have thought about the consequences of your habits. Because of you they now have to replace all the vendig machines.

Its the consumers fault. Companies have absolutely no responsibility.

Huge /S if there ever was any doubt.

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