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Pop vs. soda breakdown in the United States. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]brilliantNumberOne 19 points20 points ago

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I just want to know what the hell "other" encompasses.

[–]batcountry421 11 points12 points ago*

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"Gimme a liter o' cola! "

[–]Detroitvibe 6 points7 points ago

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Will you just order a large, Farva.

[–]brilliantNumberOne 6 points7 points ago

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I don't want a large Farva, I want a goddamn liter o' cola!

[–]Gothiks 0 points1 point ago

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Do we have "Liter Cola?"

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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"Tasty beverage"

[–]Howisdiscool 9 points10 points ago

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Drank

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Nice try, generic carbonated soft drink manufacturer.

[–]brilliantNumberOne 1 point2 points ago

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Relevant.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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If only.

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[–]brilliantNumberOne 0 points1 point ago

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Moxie?

[–]TuctDape 0 points1 point ago

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Moxie tastes like roofing tar.

[–]SanDiablo 2 points3 points ago

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Gimme some of that bubbly sweet water!

[–]brilliantNumberOne 0 points1 point ago

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I might start using this term.

[–]MLX4 1 point2 points ago

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don't forget 'cola'

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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sodie-pop

[–]JeepTheBeep 1 point2 points ago

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soft drink

[–]elumas 1 point2 points ago

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Fizzy lifting drink.

[–]gwglet 0 points1 point ago

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"cold drink" is another option. Usually pronounced "co'drink"

[–]brilliantNumberOne 0 points1 point ago

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Where does this happen?

[–]gwglet 0 points1 point ago

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New orleans, at the very least

[–]davidoffbeat 0 points1 point ago

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I notice there are a couple of green spots in NC (my state) possibly because Pepsi originated here. I say soda though.

[–]lunargecko 0 points1 point ago

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pepsi-cola

[–]ingroundeffect 7 points8 points ago

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The South always seems to go red...

[–]ivquatch 6 points7 points ago

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TIL In the south, the coke brand is synonymous with soda/pop. EPIC Corporate win.

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[–]ivquatch 0 points1 point ago

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So essentially the South would become coke-red states while the coasts become bastions of pepsi-blue?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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This looks fairly accurate from my experiences. it's weird how there are a few random soda counties in the middle of pop country.

[–]CrazyEight8 1 point2 points ago*

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I live in Michigan, and even my own parents give me funny stares when I call pop "soda". So yes, the map's accurate, at least for that state.

[–]dptronz 5 points6 points ago

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When you offer someone a 'pop' in California, you're offering them methamphetamine.

[–]binarybandit 2 points3 points ago

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I can confirm this.

[–]carlsaischa 2 points3 points ago

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You shouldn't go around LA offering people coke either.

[–]Ikarus3426 5 points6 points ago

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As someone from the South, I realize Coke is a brand name and 'soda' or 'pop' would make more sense to say. But soda just sounds to formal and pop makes me feel like a 2 year because it's a silly word.

[–]TexSavory 2 points3 points ago

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Note to haters: Many people--especially old-timers--from rural areas in Central Texas say "soda water".

[–]Zaos 5 points6 points ago

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I remember being called a Faggot because I called a soft drink something other then "Coke" in west Texas. And attempting to explain that "Coke" is a brand name just seemed to confuse and irritate the locals. Man I was happy to get the fuck out of that state. I live in Seattle now.

[–]lbmouse 0 points1 point ago

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"Texas — It's like a whole other country.®" -- And the rest of the states wish it was.

[–]gavriloe 1 point2 points ago

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Quite interesting, but is this real or just randomly made up?

[–]jarkana[S] 4 points5 points ago

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It is based on votes from an online experiment from popvssoda.com.

[–]connecttwo 1 point2 points ago

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It has been posted here before and the concern I have about this site that it only questions people who actively go out and seek this site.

This study obtains its data solely from responses to this web page

I'm no social scientist, but I would be led to believe it would skew the results.

[–]Gustav55 0 points1 point ago

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true but for the most part its accurate in my experience. Like it has been stated before if you ask for a soda in Michigan most people will look at you funny and then ask if you if you want a pop.

Or if you go down south and ask for a pop they don't even have a clue what your asking for, and will probably ask you if you want some Sweet tea. (and if you're smart you'll say yes because nothing beats sweet tea from the south)

[–]connecttwo 0 points1 point ago

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From the south. Would take good sweet tea over soda any day.

[–]lbmouse 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah... they get 399 votes for "tarzan slam"... 258 for "hot man gravy" and 125 for "Uncle Meatball's Wonder Tonic with a free swizzle stick for my Ultimate Bromance Lover Brad now drink it Fruity Pants"

[–]Please_Disregard 1 point2 points ago

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I live in Alaska, and I've never heard anyone say pop.

[–]aclark004 1 point2 points ago

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Alaska doesn't know what the heck to call it.

[–]ayohbee 0 points1 point ago

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They seem pretty confused.

[–]bgovern 0 points1 point ago

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I would suspect that the Alaska confusion is because there aren't a lot of people FROM Alaska. They are probably mostly people who move to the state for a job from elsewhere.

[–]coxlap 1 point2 points ago

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I can't imagine asking my friend if he would like an 'other' to drink.

and not because the word is weird. I just hate my friends.

[–]ayohbee 0 points1 point ago

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In my head, that conversation plays out like the smores scene from Sandlot. "Want an other drink?" "How can I have another drink if I haven't had one yet?"

[–]deathbyboobies 1 point2 points ago

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Pop is for the 1950s. Coke is a brand name. Soda . . . is what it is.

"You want a pop?" "Pop a pill? Am I popping a balloon or package bubbles?"

"You want a coke?" "Sure!" hands Pepsi "I thought you were giving me a Coke..."

"You want a soda?" "Sure, what kind?"

[–]yelnats25 1 point2 points ago

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What if you want a Mountain Dew in Texas? Do you still say, "I want a Coke"?

[–]Tobar 1 point2 points ago

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Yes. It's the most ridiculous thing ever and infuriates me.

[–]OCDTrigger 1 point2 points ago

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What no love for "fizzy drink"?

[–]DomoKunMD -1 points0 points ago

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rhymes with jizzy drink.

and I don't think I'd ever ask for a jizzy drink.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Weird that North Carolina is so mixed. I've lived in different areas of the state and have heard a lot of different terms, and the only one that sticks out as odd here is "pop." Pretty much everything else is used regularly.

[–]DebitsOnTheLeft 0 points1 point ago

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Just a personal observation. I remember seeing this in a college in 2005 and it seemed fairly accurate of Oklahoma. Now though, Oklahoma County (Oklahoma City) seems to be overwhelming "pop." West Texas is definitely still comprised of "coke" people though.

[–]TheFamousMrKlaw 0 points1 point ago

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El Paso County, Colorado -- A bastion of soda sanity surrounded by backward, perverse pop people.

This is extra funny if you know anything whatsoever about El Paso County

[–]eyedonutmadder 0 points1 point ago

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I've lived in a few of these areas and now have the habit of saying either 'soda-pop' or 'coca-cola' - referring to any brand.

[–]megaez 0 points1 point ago

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This completely confirms my theory from my Uni days of being able to tell whether someone was from KC or STL in an instant. Thank you good sir.

[–]brilliantNumberOne 0 points1 point ago

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I still defer to "bag" vs. "sack."

[–]ignatia_amara 0 points1 point ago

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I'm a lone "soda" in a whole state of "pop." And my county is one of the 80-100% ones, too.

"Pop" just sounds so weird to me.

[–]r0n0c 0 points1 point ago

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I have lived and traveled all over this country and lived in several places in Wisconsin. I can verify that I completely agree with this map except that I have never heard someone call Soda "Pop" in wisconsin without being called out for being a FIB. Wisconsin should be yellow, not split blue and yellow.

[–]MonkeysDontEvolve 0 points1 point ago

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I like how they broke Rhode Island up into it's 3 counties even though most of the counties on the map are larger than Rhode Island.

[–]idislikehate 0 points1 point ago

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From Western New York and I know nobody that says "pop."

[–]knubie 0 points1 point ago

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In some parts of appalachia they say "dope," or used to anyway.

[–]faceplain 0 points1 point ago

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I live in the little oasis of soda-sayers around St. Louis, MO!

[–]itlnstln 0 points1 point ago

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This makes it so easy to tell who's from Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.

[–]TheFoxGuy 0 points1 point ago

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Growing up in New Hampshire, we called it tonic. Imagine my surprise when I moved to Florida :)

[–]Pierre_Tramo 0 points1 point ago

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Evolved people says soda !

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Can u do one for crank vs meth lol

[–]hypocrisy1776 0 points1 point ago

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I am from St. Louis and can vouch that yes, if you go about 50 miles in any direction and ask for soda, you can't be sure what you will get.

[–]TheHopelessGamer -1 points0 points ago

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Coke is a brand name. The South, you have been duped into ubiquitous advertising.

[–]aminaked 10 points11 points ago

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Makes me so sad, I need a Kleenex.

[–]TheHopelessGamer 2 points3 points ago

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Just make sure you don't trip when running to grab that Kleenex. You might skin your knee and need a band-aid.

(I'd call them "Facial Tissues" but, well, I do not appreciate being laughed at for unintentionally saying silly things).

[–]latticusnon 0 points1 point ago

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Quick! Overlay this map with other maps so we can make broad assumptions about people! "HA! You called it pop, you are 20% more likely to develop melanoma!"

[–]Nibas 0 points1 point ago

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It's Soda. That's it.

[–]ReneeB 0 points1 point ago

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based on only 120,000 votes?

[–]DomoKunMD 0 points1 point ago

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I'm a biochemist, I like to ask for flavored carbonic acid.

My waitresses always seem to hate me for some reason :/

[–]crosscut 0 points1 point ago

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Smart girls!

[–]SailorMitch -2 points-1 points ago

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I like to take a second and remind Texas that Pepsi is not coke, coke is coke, it would be a soda or pop.

[–]latticusnon 1 point2 points ago

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I have heard of Pepsi being referred to as "Pepsi product"

[–]aminaked 1 point2 points ago

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It's like Xerox or Kleenex. The brand becomes the term for the whole industry.

[–]brilliantNumberOne 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, but who drinks Pepsi?

[–]JacobMHS 0 points1 point ago

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A generic carbonated beverage is a cola. However, we generally refer to all drinks as "drinks". More commonly, we refer to them by their names.

[–]monkeiboi -1 points0 points ago

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Yeah because you don't clean your ears with a "Q-Tiptm "

, or clean your windows with "Windextm "

or blow your nose with "Kleenextm "

[–]crosscut -2 points-1 points ago

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They missed "tonic" in the Boston area.

[–]corp 3 points4 points ago

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I've lived near Boston my whole life and have never heard anyone refer to soda as tonic.

[–]crosscut 1 point2 points ago

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I'm prolly a lot older than you at 61.

[–]toadkiller 4 points5 points ago

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Did I just see a 61 year old use the word "prolly"?

Fuckin' internet, man.

[–]crosscut -1 points0 points ago

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What can I say, been online practically full time since 1985. They used to deride you for it. "Wow, you're on the modem for an hour a day -- get a life, huh!"

[–]qrtr_inch_seam 0 points1 point ago

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I lived in the Boston area 10 years ago, I distinctly remember a grocery store aisle labeled "tonic".

[–]ebinsugewa 0 points1 point ago

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They didn't miss it, it's just not prevalent enough to unseat 'soda.' The eastern MA counties have a lower percentage of 'soda' use precisely for this reason.

[–]brickmaj -1 points0 points ago

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I tend to say 'soda pop'

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

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That's it ... I'm moving to California. Apparently the rest of the country is full of morons.

[–]monkeiboi 0 points1 point ago

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why yes...yes you can haz downvotes!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Ooo, original.

[–]the__itis -4 points-3 points ago

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Basically if you call it pop you are from a small town. If you call it coke you are ignorant.

I call it soda so :D

[–]JSK23 1 point2 points ago

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Yes... Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Seattle and Portland are all pretty small towns.

[–]the__itis 0 points1 point ago

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yeah compared to NYC, Miami, DC etc..... I'd say so

[–]JSK23 0 points1 point ago

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Detroit and Chicago are both bigger than Miami and DC and Cleveland is about the same size. Seattle and Portland are bigger than Miami (Seattle even over DC) so I'd say you still earned your down votes.

[–]the__itis 0 points1 point ago

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meh i don't care about down votes..... Saying pop to define carbonated benefits screams small town to me.

I go by metro area population not actual city residence. Chicago is the only one in there that has a good size rank (3rd). DC is 7th Miami is 8th.

all the others are inverse of your statement. yes we can argue semantics blah blah.... fact of the matter is that pop is backbush american slang. I have a bunch of friends in chicago (not sure if they are native, but I have never heard any of them say pop, nor have I heard it when I visit).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

[–]the__itis 0 points1 point ago

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meh i don't care about down votes..... Saying pop to define carbonated benefits screams small town to me.

I go by metro area population not actual city residence. Chicago is the only one in there that has a good size rank (3rd). DC is 7th Miami is 8th.

all the others are inverse of your statement. yes we can argue semantics blah blah.... fact of the matter is that pop is backbush american slang. I have a bunch of friends in chicago (not sure if they are native, but I have never heard any of them say pop, nor have I heard it when I visit).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

[–]ayohbee -1 points0 points ago

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The word "pop" or the phrase "soda pop" will never escape my lips. It feels downright unnatural. I've lived in Texas for my whole life and it's all coke to me. In fact, my favorite coke is Dr. Pepper.

[–]idislikehate -1 points0 points ago

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From Western New York and I know nobody that says "pop."

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

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There seems to be a striking resemblance between states that call soft drinks "soda" and states that voted for Barack Obama in '08.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

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Coke checking in. Pop is fine for 1950.

[–]Tobar 2 points3 points ago

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Coke is a brand.

[–]zynthesis 2 points3 points ago

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What type of coke woudl you like?

A pepsi.

:boggle:

Sometimes I hate living in the south.

[–]1BadAssMotherFucker -5 points-4 points ago

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repost

[–]brilliantNumberOne 0 points1 point ago

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Comment repost.

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