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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

The text in the picture says: โ€œThe choice is yours!โ€.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 48 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I forgor denmark didn't use the euro for a sec and I was extremely confused as to why pepsi costed that much in Denmark LMAO

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I thought it was per liter and moved on to the comments but I now realize that that would've been even worse. Don't really know what I was thinking, I can be stupid at times

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's extremely inexpensive. The generic 1.5 liter option costs about $0.60 USD.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Danish krona is actually pegged to the euro, so you are half right ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Nobody should drink either of these.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

both sugar and its substitutes are bad for you, in different ways.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Much much less so the substitutes, but otherwise this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody should drink either of these.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, not really, but significantly cheaper.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

falls out of the fuckin sky, I couldn't believe it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Depends on the country, in Scotland it's free.

Well... Free at the point of use. We pay what's called council tax which is a tax on the value of your home (even if renting) to cover services like street lamps, sewage, water, libraries, rubbish removal, etc.

But, it's free to use as much as you want. I could leave my taps on all day if I wanted, there's no meter, no charge per litre. So considering I have to pay that tax just to live, water is essentially free.

Obviously some countries have more access to water than others, but those without the worry of drought or rationing should definitely have free at the point of use water.

Fuck private interests, fuck profiteering, water is essential for all life, socialist public controlled water for all is the way to go. You only have to look at the water scandals of England to see what private control of water gets you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qdev4vyl5o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g097mpl79o

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

In Germany (at least where I live) is the same. Water is basically built into my rent, and I don't think about what I use except from an environmental perspective.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

DISCLAIMER: may contain Facehuggers and Chestbursters.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not if Nestle can have it their way

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Nestle did sell water they literally stole

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just some context: Lidl has this sort of campaign going on for years as of to promote their own store brands - other markets here do that too. They do the same with showing a shopping cart consisting of store brands vs brand products and on how much money u can save.

Maybe they can use the current momentum to push this campaign more โ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

The Cola Next bottle is just begging to be twisted until the cap rockets into the ceiling

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why is the bottle shaped like that? Seems really uncomfortable

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is a 1.5 litre bottle!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Did I fucking stutter?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That reminds me, does anyone have an EU or Canadian alternative to Bad Dragon?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Try sitting on an Amsterdammertje

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not my area of expertise, but I once did a double take in tesco when what I worried was a sex toy turned out to be an unnecessarily large herb and spice grinding device.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

On the contrary. It's a big bottle. The shape makes it easier to hold

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Just Saying:

Even if Lidl is not a monopoly it is currently, it will become one if we let it. Just think about it:

  • they control a lot of stores
  • it is still controlled by a very rich man
  • they will soon push out many independent products for their own

Even if we can't outlaw making a profit from the means of production, we should at least make all critical infrastructure (like supermarkets) be owned by a in German we call them โ€žFรถrderkreisโ€ with an ethics committee where the people working there and others associated with it can democratically vote about any and all changes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I donโ€™t drink soda these days but from past experiences I see the real crime here is that they are comparing it to Pepsi and not Coke ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Coca Cola Zero is awful. Most people I know, that drink sugar free, drink Pepsi Max.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I almost like coke zero more than regular coke, same goes for quite a few that I know in person. Must be a regional thing?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

So far, the only soda I've found where the sugar-free version is the same or better than the regular version is Big K [Kroger store brand] grapefruit citrus soda. I literally can't taste the difference between the sugar-free and regular versions at all.

Coke Zero comes pretty close, though, and I've never tried Pepsi Max.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I would have to agree, I only drank full strength sugary cokes!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Coke Zero did a major flavor change a few years ago (same time they changed to logo to a primarily red bittle with black text instead of the opposite), and I actually really like it now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Same. I used to only like diet coke, but that's not a thing here in Japan. Interestingly, when I went back to the US, I couldn't stand regular nor diet; there was something really weird and chemically going on there).

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't understand why we seek to be better in this kind of files (bad food, stupidly sugared beverage)

It's not like a national pride

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

And it's the choice of the new generation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I wish it was still called Max over here. The design was cooler back at the very beginning, but "max" still sounds cooler than "zero sugar". I understand why it changed for marketing, but I still think it's way less cool sounding and as extra syllables when I mention it.