• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    I’m from GA, and I never understood people calling all soda a coke. Giving someone a Pepsi when they asked for a coke is enough to start an altercation around here – they are not at all considered interchangeable

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      1 month ago

      I mean, I assume part of that standoffishness is simply local pride since Coca Cola is headquartered there.

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      1 month ago

      You ever say “Scotch tape” when referring to a transparent tape that wasn’t made by 3M?

      Is it any different?

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        1 month ago

        I’ve been asked if I want a coke before and was handed a diet ginger beer. in what world are those interchangeable?

        It’s like asking for a piece of Scotch tape and being handed a piece of painters tape