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And with that, billions of people vote with their dollars and express their dislike of drinking Coca-Cola (and show Coke who is boss) instead by drinking Dasani
by jamesdwilson 5y ago
And with that, billions of people vote with their dollars and express their dislike of drinking Coca-Cola (and show Coke who is boss) instead by drinking Dasani, Smartwater, Topo Chico, and Aha.
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- century19 5y agoOr tap water.
- coolspot 5y agoYeah, like we do here in Flint, Michigan
- SahAssar 5y agoA lot of countries have good tap water, in those countries there is no reason to buy bottled. In places where that is not true it's probably still better to drink water than coca-cola.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoMost people don't live in Flint.
- coolspot 5y agoStatistically, most people are living in India, Pakistan and China. Which of those has the best tap water?
- namlem 5y agoIf you live somewhere that uses reservoir water rather than groundwater maybe. Groundwater tastes like shit.
- gsk22 5y agoDepends where you live and how good your local water treatment plant is.
- falcolas 5y agoErr, I say exactly the opposite myself. I hate treated water from a public water system. All those chemicals (and whatever comes off the piping) are far from tasty.
- hondadriver 5y agoDepends on where you live. In the Netherlands, I don't think you can taste the difference or people even prefer tap water, because it tastes more neutral then some mineral waters. Sourcy and Bar-Le-Duc are even bottled from the same source as Utrecht gets its tap water from. Main difference with US is no chlorine is added. See also: https://www.vewin.nl/english/News/Paginas/Dutch_drinking_water_is_of_top_quality_as_shown_by_international_research_20.aspx https://www.vewin.nl/english/News/Paginas/Dutch_drinking_wat...
- prostoalex 5y agoIn the US it's highly dependent on where you live https://i.redd.it/iijl9wrr6h571.png https://i.redd.it/iijl9wrr6h571.png
- slacktide 5y agoThat depends entirely on your groundwater. In Florida, absolutely, it tastes like shit. When I lived in New York, it was great. Reservoir water, of course, is full of literal shit. Fish shit, birdshit, human waste runoff, etc, which all must be removed by a treatment system prior to use.
- meepmorp 5y agoIf you mean NYC, most of the tap water there comes from reservoirs upstate.
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- lepton 5y agoThe point was that all those brands are owned by Coca-Cola, after all.
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- century19 5y agoWas not clear to me.
- hirundo 5y agoIt was the contents of the bottle that Ronaldo objected to, not the label.
- jollybean 5y agoI don't think so. Even if that were true, he knows is power and influence and how it works with sponsorship etc.. So he would have known it would have been interpreted one way and not the other. Definitely moving a bottle of something aside he's not being paid for is rational in his part. If he 'said the names' of the water companies he was not sponsored by, that would be odd as he knows not to do that, but if he just said 'water' then that would be normal.
- runawaybottle 5y agoAnd I’m sure a company that found a way to still sell to the Nazis won’t adapt by having this guy sponsor their new water brand for soccer-focused countries. Side note: If you really think about the power Coke will amass in China, it feels staggering. Imagine having a quarter billion people (being conservative here) pay $1 for a can of soda. That’s $250m on a Monday. Do it again Tuesday, maybe have them buy two. It’s crazy money.
- cwp 5y agoIf they did, it would be a massive improvement to public health, wouldn't it?
- Scoundreller 5y agoI bet Coca Cola and Pepsi deeply fear tobacco style lawsuits. If you think tobacco-caused disease is expensive to treat, wait until you see diabetes and obesity. They’ve reduced the sugar of the Canadian version of coke (used to have more than US formulation). Bottles are all getting smaller (591 to 500) and smaller options than 355mL. And the obvious push toward low/no-sugar options.
- ASalazarMX 5y ago> And the obvious push toward low/no-sugar options. It's borderline evil to formulate even sweeter versions, but with zero calorie sweeteners: people drink them freely because they don't have calories, but the sweetness could be causing insulin resistance, which can turn into diabetes. Pushing for low sugar and moderation is better than no sugar and no moderation.
- abduhl 5y agoSeems like a lot of people replying are missing your joke here. Just to be explicit: Coca-Cola owns all of these brands.
- desktopninja 5y agoI'll add to that and say Coca Cola branded water costs more that the soda lol. Business!
- meepmorp 5y agoHe held up a bottle of water and said "agua". Why assume it's a rejection of the Coca-Cola corporation vs soda as a choice of beverages?
- jollybean 5y agoIt's a rejection of an entity that is not sponsoring him. These are 'businessmen athletes' who are intimately familiar with issues around sponsorship.
- robotron 5y agoHe's also a health nut. Someone that cares enough about their health to do something about it probably wouldn't drink carbonated sugar water.
- jollybean 5y agoI think that's fair. But he still knows what he is doing. If he were sponsored by a Coke 'sub brand' (i.e. water or healthy drink) ... he would have done it more gracefully for sure.
- aeortiz 5y agoCoca-cola has started buying all the bottled water brands in Mexico to stave off any people who won't drink soda. Tap water is dangerous to drink in most of Latin America.