Slog - Comments on The New Coke?

Comment by I thought I was the only one

I thought I was the only one — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:23:47 -0800

I totally stopped buying Diet Coke at the convenience store next to my work on Eastlake Ave because the caps ALWAYS smell! I thought maybe the refrigerator at the store wasn't clean, but Coke Zero from the same store is no problem. To me it smells more like really rank mildew rather than BO, which makes me think there is some kind of sanitation issue at the local plant. It really is quite disgusting to almost ingest that. I've since quit my Diet/Zero Coke addiction.

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:28:14 -0800

I don't know, but I figured out that Coke Zero = Diet Coke for men.

Kinda like this but more subtle: http://www.alde.com/anime/pocky1.jpg

Comment by Aislinn

Aislinn — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:40:15 -0800

Why does anyone drink this shit? I will never understand.

Comment by not to scale

not to scale — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:50:49 -0800

down here in phoenix the new hippie pure soft drink is mexican cokes because they have real sugar instead of death corn syrup...i dunno from sniffin lids...why don' you make this website scratch'n'sniff?

Comment by not to scale

not to scale — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:56:34 -0800

what is the scent of Slog? what does Slog smell like? are there musty undertones like a box of bicycle seats? more flora than fauna? take anything and add thirty inches of rain? where can i send my Scent o' Slog submission? and, not to go off topic, but

Comment by RainMan

RainMan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:57:51 -0800

@2: I always thought Diet Coke was Tab for men.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:03:01 -0800

TAB is Tab for men; well, for me at least. My heart will always belong to that metallic taste. I wish I could find it around here. It's even better than Fresca.

Comment by Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:09:51 -0800

Fuck Coke Zero. Diet Coke and aspartame for life! Splenda wants to pretend it's sugar, aspartame doesn't offer any illusions.

Comment by The Fella

The Fella — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:15:10 -0800

ROYAL CROWN COLA.

'Nuff said.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:16:30 -0800

Yoo-hoo...Fnarfy...

http://www.drsoda.com/tab.html

Comment by cascadian

cascadian — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:53:45 -0800

@7 Tab has an energy drink now, I've seen it around town. Tastes pretty much the same just, ya know, roided out. As for Fresca I seem to remember reading somewhere that Coca-Cola invented it for the German market during the 30's so as not to have Coke itself assosiated with the Nazi while still making money off of them.
@7 why is it that RC reminds me of GNR, mall bangs and Shelton?

Comment by cascadian

cascadian — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:55:30 -0800

sorry ment @9

Comment by Scalpel

Scalpel — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:31:37 -0800

As someone who drinks about 6 cans a day, I have also noticed that the caps of bottled Diet Coke sometimes smell like mildew.

This is one of the many reasons I'm going to try quitting for New Years.

Comment by Scalpel

Scalpel — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:32:10 -0800

As someone who drinks about 6 cans a day, I have also noticed that the caps of bottled Diet Coke sometimes smell like mildew.

This is one of the many reasons I'm going to try quitting for New Years.

Comment by zgirl

zgirl — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:35:08 -0800

I think it has to do with nasty, smelly plasticizers. I never buy sodas in plastic bottles - whenever I have a rare indulgence it is out of a can. When my kids want me to buy them a plastic trinket I give it a smell test. A lot of the stretchy, squishy, brightly colored plastic toys smell oily and awful. Coincidentally lots of it is made right in China.

Comment by Handsome

Handsome — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:31:28 -0800

Don't drink diet-anything but I have gotten a few bottled beers at a local bar here in Philly that smelled like BO. The beer itself wasn't skunky, it was definitely the bottles. They smelled like nasty fetid underarm stench. Needless to say I order draught beers only at that bar now. Definitely the kind of place that probably stores cases of beverages in a dark dirty damp basement for a while before serving. I bet it's mildew.

Comment by Miss Piggy

Miss Piggy — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:34:42 -0800

My co-worker drinks at least 12 Coke Zeros in work day. Not to mention the cans he drinks at home. He's totally addicted, tried to quit, but couldn't do it. People started giving him Coke Zero as gifts, SCARY! The best part is he's at least 100 lbs over weight.

Comment by Bauhaus

Bauhaus — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:56:00 -0800

I remember discussing Coke Zero in marketing class a while back. It is Coke's attempt at capturing the young male market who thinks the term diet has feminine connotations.

But it begs the question: How fragile must one's masculinity be when one is afraid of being seen with a Diet Coke?

Comment by anna

anna — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:02:41 -0800

that has happened to me twice with coke zero. eeew. now i'm really grossed out. i always assumed i had just gotten a really old bottle.

Comment by becca

becca — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:35:25 -0800

yet another reason why dr. pepper is better than your soda.

Comment by antiuser

antiuser — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:37:19 -0800

Jessica #8: Coke Zero is also sweetened with Aspartame. The only Coke product that uses Splenda is Diet Coke w/ Splenda (it has a different label).

Comment by Christin

Christin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:13:58 -0800

Coke Zero's screw-tops always smell like girl-crotch to me. Not in a nasty you-need-to-wash way, just the way girls smell in a clean-cooch context. It freaked me the fuck out the first time it happened, but... I really like Coke Zero, so I got used to smelling lady-bits while drinking it? That sounds way worse when I type it out.

This only happens to me when drinking the 20-oz bottles, not from 2-liters or the little 12-oz mini-bottles. (Or else it used to happen and doesn't anymore, since I've switched from the individually-sold 20-oz to the 8-pack 12-oz bottles.)

Comment by Maria

Maria — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:04:22 -0800

soda is the cigarette of the future.

Comment by Gindy

Gindy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:48:15 -0800

#22, that scent in the plastic cap is part of the marketing to young males. It just happens that not everyone has the same reaction to the scent. For some folks, it is a "nice" smell, for others BO.
Most of the smells of our food are added after processing so we eat them. Read or see Fast Food Nation and you'll understand.

Comment by mundanejane

mundanejane — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:54:08 -0800

I noticed this same smell on a bottle I purchased last week. I drink A LOT of Diet Coke, and this was the first time I had ever noticed it. I attribute it to the delivery dude.

Comment by litlnemo

litlnemo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:43:36 -0800

"It is Coke's attempt at capturing the young male market who thinks the term diet has feminine connotations."

Maybe, but in reality it captures the market that wants to drink a low-calorie pop but thinks Diet Coke tastes like pure, unadulterated ASS. Which it does. Coke Zero tastes reasonably like real Coke, and Diet Coke is like Windex in a can.

Comment by grumpypants

grumpypants — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:39:02 -0800

Soda is a TREAT, not a food group, people. Drink it once in a while. If you are drinking it all day long with every meal, remind yourself what it would look like if you were drinking beer all day long with every meal. And then don't ask yourself why you are fat.

And if you are about to tell me that aspartame has no calories so it's ok, I call bullshit. Aspartame makes your body store fat, calories or no.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:14:58 -0800

I prefer Japanese roasted green tea, myself.

But one wonders if it might have something to do with the local water supply due to flooding.