To many Americans, it doesn't matter. It's a dark, carbonated, caffeinated beverage. Who cares what brand it is?Then there are those of us who realize the monumental importance and PICK A SIDE.
I, as you may have already guessed, belong to the latter group. To me, it's obvious that there can be only one winner, and the world is divided accordingly:
Those Who Love Coke
"Coke, please."
"Is Pepsi okay?"
"Is paying in Monopoly money okay?"
and
Those Who Pretend Pepsi is Just As Good
"WE HAD SNOOP DOG IN A COMMERCIAL SO HA..."
Now, I realize that some of you may be offended by this grouping. I am here today to bring you along to the light side. {We have Coke.}
REASON #1: COKE IS THE ORIGINAL COLA.
Which came first, the Pepsi or the Coke?
Coke came first, simple as that. That automatically makes anything super similar to it a knock-off.
1886, this awesome guy named John Pemberton mixed up a solution, added carbonated water and decided it was pretty damn good. He only sold about 9 glasses a day of the for the first year. Now, over a billion servings are drunk every day :)
Yeah, Pepsi's a wannabe.
REASON #2: AND PEPSI KNOWS IT.
It might be different if Pepsi held its head up and and conducted itself with confidence. Unfortunately for Pepsi, this isn't the case. It spends all its time trying to convince people that "PEPSI IS JUST AS GOOD AS COKE." {<--click that} If this were true, they wouldn't have to work so hard to make people agree. You don't see Coke going around trying to be Pepsi.
Even Pepsi agrees: it's a wannabe.
REASON #3: COKE HAS BETTER COMMERCIALS.
You know it's true. There's something about watching a Coke commercial that just makes you smile, sigh, and agreed wholeheartedly.
Remember the commercial with the skating teenagers? {<--another clickable}The blonde girl skating around with her friends, doing little tricks, drinking Coke and loving life? And that song... "Oh my, starry-eyed surprise, sundown to sunrise. We're gonna dance all night, dance all night to this DJ..."
Good times, good times.
REASON #4: COKE TASTES BETTER.
Pepsi is too sweet, thick and fake-tasting. Coke when through a weird phase where they added too much sugar, and people started complaining that "it tastes like Pepsi!" Ha, wow. You know Coke tastes better when calling it Pepsi is an insult.
I could go on and on, but I won't. I don't need to. Coke's just better.
Face it world: Coke is the Chuck Norris of soft drinks.
~Stephanie
