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[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago

To be fair it's not a full liter even if it was 1000ml.

Over half the damn thing is ice. They also have a custom blend so they can cut it with more water than normal coke. Not the same as pounding a new sealed bottle.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 hours ago

When I worked at Taco Bell, I would make food like how I would want it and I would ice and fill drinks how I'd want it: just enough ice and filled to the brim with no overflow or mess. The trick is to tilt the cup and overfill it, so that the foam rolls out of the cup as you're filling it, then untip it as you top it off. The momentum of the overflow keeps the side clean if you do it right, kind the same energy as snapping off a paper towel or toilet paper from a roll one-handed.

[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

...and they do it with coffee too. 1/2 litre of something that cannot be called coffee... you can see the bottom of your cup through it. recolonise!

[–] pulsey@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago

No, abondon!

[–] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

1½ cans worth, it's doable.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Imagine only drinking 250ml of water with a fatty burger and fries. Y'all are dehydrated.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The real insanity is still using X/Twitter

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago

Ahem, xhitter.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, but it's mostly ice.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Then, there is a horrifying 512-ounce version that they call child size. How is this a child-sized soda?"

"Well, it's roughly the size of a two-year old child, if the child were liquefied. It's a real bargain at $1.59."

Source: Parks and Recreation S5E02

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 2 points 10 hours ago

It's the size of a small child

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"liter of soda ot once.."

Well, unless you ask for no ice is more like 325oz of soda with 425oz of ice. Yet also cost $3.29 because fuck you.

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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 79 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You can ask for no ice and get the 1L of soda experience just as it was meant to be

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Meant to be, so with cocaine? Awesome!

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

A lot won’t do that anymore or have an auto size fill that even without ice you’ll get less of a product. Except for self serve stations, in that case, pour away! Oh, though some of them have added rfid tags to the cups so you can only use their cup and for a limited time. Ain’t capitalism grand.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 177 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well, you’re not really supposed to drink it all in one sitting. You’re supposed to drink it all in less than a full sitting and then get a free refill to throw out the window on the way back home because the ice melted and you have several liters of cola in your fridge anyway.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's insane to me that the US small is almost as big as the UK large.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

gEtTiNg R mUneY's wUrTh!!!!!!

[–] RonniePickering@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They don't have a litre. Just have a large, Farva.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's okay. They pack all the US sizes full of ice first, so it's simultaneously not that bad and a complete rip-off.

They get free refills.

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[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Even the smallest size is over 400ml? How are Americans not constantly dying for a piss and feeling bloated as hell?

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 64 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Aren't their drinks like 80% full of ice? I feel like despite the cup sizes they probably don't end up with that much more soda

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Drinking soda regularly (as a replacement to water) is fucking disgusting.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Important to bear in mind that Americans also put a ton of ice in the cup too.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the same in UK, ice is cheaper than cola syrup

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I was a teen we'd often get a "cube" (24 pack of 12oz cans) of Mountain Dew and drink it in a night. It seems horrific to me now.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Eww I’m gonna tell my buddy about this over the twelve pack of beer we split tonight.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 23 hours ago
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

80 percent water ice and 20 percent soda.

[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait until you get up to an 8 Ball of coke in one sitting...

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And yet... I will happily drink 2 litres of beer in one evening lol

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 35 points 1 day ago (9 children)
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[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

and they will probably all cost the same.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Another fun comment, movie theaters used to have absolutely gigantic portions (yes, even bigger than now). Cobb Theaters had a soda called "The Cobbster" which was 80oz. It was basically a popcorn bucket full of soda with a straw. And it came with free refills, it was the only size to do so. I imagine that was because only a maniac would actually come back for a refill. I did it once to "get my value", but I couldn't actually drink any more.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

there's two things you just can't take from us americans:

  • high power semi-automatic rifles
  • sodabuckets

edit: i'm not saying it's a good thing, i'm just saying we're weirdly politically motivated when it comes to these two things

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