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Coca-Cola Taxes (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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News: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2024/08/06/coca-cola-could-face-16-billion-irs-bill-after-its-tax-court-arguments-fall-flat/

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[–] Got_Bent 5 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I know quite a few people who have serious Coke addictions. They will simply refuse to drink any other brand and they go through Trumpian levels of the stuff daily. I don't know what it is about this particular brand. I've never met an RC head, but Coke heads are a dime a dozen, unlike the ten bucks a dozen their drug of choice charges.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I know quite a few people who have serious Coke addictions.

That's a great way to start a paragraph

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I've known pepsi addicts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

lived with a woman who drank a 12 pack a day. IDK how she has teeth

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I used to be like that. Drank 4 litres a day. Thankfully I got sick of feeling like shit all the time because of it and switched to just drinking water.

[+] Illuminostro 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Got_Bent 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Touche

I never got into that in my teen years because we had Jolt Cola - branded as "all the sugar and twice the caffeine"

Edit: Now I wonder if people were going into bars back then and ordering a Jack and Jolt, thereby far preceding the Red Bull and vodka.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Does it? Mountain dew has like 50-60mg of caffeine per 12 oz can, where an average 8oz cup of coffee can have somewhere in the 75-100mg range. A standard double shot espresso drink will have anywhere from 75-150mg.

Also, I don't think the caffeine content is the thing to worry about at any rate, I'm more concerned with the 46g of sugar per can.

[–] WordBox 2 points 3 months ago

Fwiw... Mt Dew Zero has 68mg/12oz. I think regular and diet are 55ish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Uff that used to be me. I went cold turkey for about 4 month of just drinking water. It then made me realize how coke isn't even good.

[–] Got_Bent 1 points 3 months ago

I stopped drinking soda years ago, but I never actively chose to do so. Somehow, it just happened. Definitely to my benefit, but I've long been perplexed how it happened.