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Ok new rule: Parks and Revolution.
Sounds like the Power Broker.
"Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents!"
I can't afford NOT to buy it!
It's funny at first glance, but I feel like people don't know the difference between Type-1 (juvenile) diabetes & Type-2. Soda doesn't cause T1D the way that it might contribute to T2D.
type 2 used to be called "adult onset" diabetes, but they had to stop calling it that because too many kids were getting diagnosed with it
Absolutely, the medical establishment has done away with "Juvenile diabetes" as well, because of the rare but statistically significant number of people getting T1D after their 18th birthday (mid 20's or even 30's occasionally). The need for specificity in medicine can't be ignored, they live for it.
Parks and Rec called it.
Fast food restaurants have been doing this on and off again long before Parks and Rec hit the airwaves. I remember KFC offering jugs of soda in the early 2000s.
Oh yeah I'm sure. Their gags weren't made out of thin air, they were based in the reality of the time. I'm sure the jugs from the show looked instantly familiar to many Americans.
A KFC "Mega Jug" was 64 U.S. fluid ounces (1893ml), which, if they're using the standard syrup dilution, is about 213g of sugar. Ignoring concerns about what else is in drinks like this, general guidance (e.g. the UK National Health Service, the Harvard School of Public Health) recommend well under 40g of free sugar per day as a maximum.
under 40g
LOL have you ever been to the states? you can't go to the grocery store without seeing several obese people with at least 3-4 12 packs of soda in their cart. that's just for home. they inhale energy drinks at work/school
meanwhile, I don't even remember the last time i drank anything but water.
tbf, ginger ale is incredible
2 L
No idea how much is in this "mega jug", but I have a feeling that it's way more than just a litre.
just over two litres
They have a vested interest in curing diabetes. Most of the sufferers aren't their clients and those that are don't live long enough.
Couldn't they have at least made it Diet Pepsi?
Are there people who actually donate to causes this way? Through corporations who only want to lower their tax burden?
It's fucking insulting when places ask me this. Go fuck yourself, Wendy's.
They are not ONLY wanting to lower their tax burden. Saying you are going to give part of the proceeds to a non-profit is a great marketing tool and increases sales among certain demographics.
The taxes are ultimately a wash. It's revenue in/revenue out.
Your second sentence is the real reason.
I am sure they found a way so that the tax refund they get from the donation + added price on the coke ends up being a profit for them and extra cost to the consumer. In other words: Fuck off
Soda is worth almost nothing; it's basically pure profit.
You are paying mostly for a plastic container that will stick around in the world longer than you will.
Gotta make a sacrifice to the sugar gods.
Just donate $4 yourself.