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Couple things. Pinkerton's president Jack Zahran says what next, a game where Coke poisons people- well in fact, Coca-Cola has a pretty awful past and present o

Couple things. Pinkerton's president Jack Zahran says what next, a game where Coke poisons people- well in fact, Coca-Cola has a pretty awful past and present of hiring "the pinkertons" of south america to murder and "disappear" labor organizers. That's something Coke lives with. The pinkertons do have an awful history and its something they have to live with- they also have a pretty awful present, if you've ever worked with their international physical site auditors. I have and they were hired by an employer for my direction, and were awful. I put aside the historical context I knew of the company because in fact I was hiring a totally different company in the 2010's.. and reached the same conclusion. Thuggish, awful translation, basically came off as a hired gun, when they were supposed to be craftspeople of gentle mutually agreed site security audits.

gwern 8y ago
> Couple things. Pinkerton's president Jack Zahran says what next, a game where Coke poisons people- well in fact, Coca-Cola has a pretty awful past and present of hiring "the pinkertons" of south america to murder and "disappear" labor organizers. That's something Coke lives with. It's an awkward analogy because, whether you believe in caloric or sugar theories of the obesity epidemic, Coca-Cola is not a good guy either way. Quite a few people would say that yes, "Coca-Cola poisons mankind"...
- cronix 8y ago
  > Quite a few people would say that yes, "Coca-Cola poisons mankind" If you can use it to clean the contacts and corrosion buildup on car battery terminals... My dad used to do that.
  - whoopdedo 8y ago
    Coca-cola has a pH of 3.4 and in conjunction with carbon dioxide is good at dissolving metal oxides. And since one of the components is carbonic acids, it also works against lime. But then you still have to deal with the syrup residue. Fortunately, humans aren't made of metal so when you pour it into a stomach that's somewhere between 1.5 - 3.5 pH, not much happens. Except that suspended carbon dioxide is released and has to go somewhere.
    - crankylinuxuser 8y ago
      > Except that suspended carbon dioxide is released and has to go somewhere. That's an awkward way of saying that people belching is contributing to global warming!
      - benj111 8y ago
        No because the CO2 came out of the atmosphere! Coke is carbon negative!!

gwern 8y ago

> Couple things. Pinkerton's president Jack Zahran says what next, a game where Coke poisons people- well in fact, Coca-Cola has a pretty awful past and present of hiring "the pinkertons" of south america to murder and "disappear" labor organizers. That's something Coke lives with. It's an awkward analogy because, whether you believe in caloric or sugar theories of the obesity epidemic, Coca-Cola is not a good guy either way. Quite a few people would say that yes, "Coca-Cola poisons mankind"...

cronix 8y ago
> Quite a few people would say that yes, "Coca-Cola poisons mankind" If you can use it to clean the contacts and corrosion buildup on car battery terminals... My dad used to do that.
- whoopdedo 8y ago
  Coca-cola has a pH of 3.4 and in conjunction with carbon dioxide is good at dissolving metal oxides. And since one of the components is carbonic acids, it also works against lime. But then you still have to deal with the syrup residue. Fortunately, humans aren't made of metal so when you pour it into a stomach that's somewhere between 1.5 - 3.5 pH, not much happens. Except that suspended carbon dioxide is released and has to go somewhere.
  - crankylinuxuser 8y ago
    > Except that suspended carbon dioxide is released and has to go somewhere. That's an awkward way of saying that people belching is contributing to global warming!
    - benj111 8y ago
      No because the CO2 came out of the atmosphere! Coke is carbon negative!!