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[–] joeyv120@ttrpg.network 146 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

~~Shm.~~ Smh. The fucking people who call all sodas "coke".

Them: What kind of Ford do you drive? Me: a Chevy.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's from Coca-Cola (headquartered in Atlanta) having total dominance of the south for a long time.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s got what y’all crave

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Cocaine specifically

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

Atlanta is the most random place you can headquarter a company.

CNN is headquartered in Atlanta and like what? Why?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 years ago

See also My Names Is Earl. "She was Chinese... Japanese, specifically."

[–] MuThyme@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I could say the same thing about people calling all soft drinks "soda"

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"soda" is not also a specific drink though

[–] MuThyme@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The only time people say "soda" where I am, is when referring to soda water, which is a specific drink. (And imo a terrible one)

Edit: It's just an interesting difference in language, I'm not making an argument about what's right...

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If only there was a way to specify between a "soda" and a "soda water"

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

Except soda water occurs in a naturally carbonated form. It’s existed for a lot longer, I think it kinda gets the right to be referred to as just “soda”.

[–] RupeThereItIs@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Whats to distinguish, they are the same drink.

If you want a pop just ask for a pop, silly goose.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah that’s why we just say soda water.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Agreed, but we say pop around here.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dude it makes perfect sense.

The “so” is the first two letters from the word and the “d” is the third letter. And the “a” is obviously because…..

[–] MuThyme@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I'M SHOOK

You've changed my whole world

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

At least it's based on "soda pop".

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does "shm" mean? I'm currently only reading it as an onomatopoeia and I don't think that's right.

[–] Auzymundius@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Likely a typo for smh, which essentially means "shaking my head".

[–] rustyredox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, and here I thought "smh" was short for something like "*so much hate". That makes more sense.
Wonder what other abbreviations, on the Internet or elsewhere, go completely and blissfully misinterpreted by folks for years.