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[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[โ€“] subignition@fedia.io 11 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 1 week ago

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

[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Decq@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still fucking obvious it's Coca-Cola

[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, but I was dehydrated and tired. Still not one of my proudest moments.

[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks 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.

[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Never heard of it, just saw an Iwan in the fridge of the store.

[โ€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks 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€“] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

No they do that during summer