r/mildyinteresting • • 2d ago

edible engagement 🍭 The hotel I’m staying at supposedly has Minute Maid Orange Soda, which was discontinued in 2005

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u/AlDenteApostate 2d ago

Put a dollar in and see what you get.

Do it.

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u/mvincen95 2d ago

I had to go and get change. I’m very disappointed to report…it’s a Fanta

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u/SingularityII 2d ago

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u/SingularityII 2d ago

"I'm pickin' up good vibrations,

Sunkist Orange Soda taste sensations..."

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u/i_was_axiom 2d ago

My least favorite orange soda, Sunkist can Sun Kiss my ass.

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u/Yoohooistasty 2d ago

Preach it!!!

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u/nochtli_xochipilli 2d ago

I had a feeling it was going to dispense Fanta

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u/AlDenteApostate 2d ago

Still, thank you for your service.

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u/itsmebitsh 2d ago

Thank you for your service. We all learned something today.

Im not sure what, but im sure it was important.

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u/dwehlen 2d ago

I don’t fuckin’ know either. I guess we learned not to do it again.

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u/ObjectiveOk9996 2d ago

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u/flecko_ 2d ago

hey it's George Russell

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u/TheBigSmol 2d ago

ah fuck man

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u/Vicimer 2d ago

This reminds me of when I asked my old roommate to get my an Orange Crush and he came back with Fanta Orange. A good soda in its own right, but scratched the absolute wrong itch.

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u/MediumAcceptable129 2d ago

Thats fucking bullshit

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u/DL4CK 2d ago

Why would they have a product stocked that hasn’t been produced in over 20 years? They obviously just never got around to changing the signs. At least it’s still an Orange soda.

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u/MediumAcceptable129 2d ago

The sign says minute maid orange. Thats fraud. This is the worst case of false advertising since they released The Never Ending Story

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u/AskMeForFunnyVoices 2d ago

Mr Hutz, it's nine thirty in the morning!

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u/DL4CK 2d ago edited 2d ago

You gonna sue the hotel for $1 worth of fraud?

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u/MediumAcceptable129 2d ago

Are you just gonna let the hotel industrial complex walk all over you?

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u/DL4CK 2d ago

Eisenhower tried to warn us

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 2d ago

Did you not wanta Fanta?

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u/mvincen95 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s good in its own right, but I was in it for the nostalgia. My wife did tell me I wasn’t allowed to drink the Minute Maid if it was real though.

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u/bigfatfurrytexan 2d ago

I drank a soda from the back of the fridge once. It had settled and separated.

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u/samsonite441446 2d ago

Why??? Lol Cause ud get sick?

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u/IronerOfEntropy 2d ago

The crystal Pepsi incident...

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u/ninjohnnothing 2d ago

Because of diabetes?

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u/Hot-Discussion-6823 2d ago

Do people pronounce it Fan-ta, or Fawn-ta. I have an on going dispute with someone who uses the latter. No way I say. Its Fan ta !!

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u/josherman61791 2d ago

don't you wanna Fanta

The Fanta commercial will never let me forget how it's pronounced.

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u/Original_Action8858 2d ago

Still sounds like fan-ta, I’ve actually never heard anyone pronounce it fawn-ta yet.

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree 2d ago

I think they’re pronouncing it like that due to the Spanish accent tho

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u/GBreezy 2d ago

But the drink is Nazi German

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u/mrsdoubleu 2d ago

I thought a Spanish accent would make it more like fawn-ta. Like the sound the a makes in "amigo"

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u/pandershrek 2d ago

Fan a Fanta, don't you want a Fanta?

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u/JackJ98 2d ago

Used to love that commercial as a kid

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u/SadMcWorker 2d ago

definitely fan-tuh (or fan-ta i assume you mean the same pronunciation)

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u/Hot-Discussion-6823 2d ago

Yes! Fan-tuh..not Fawn-tuh. 😁

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u/nochtli_xochipilli 2d ago

But but the song goes “Fawn-tah wanna, don’t you wanna Fawn-tah wanna!”

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u/N0085K1LL5 2d ago

I've always heard it pronounced fan-tah. Until about a year ago, where ive heard numerous people call it fawn-tah.

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u/innominateartery 2d ago

This reminds me of when I went to Australia and they called adidas “oddi-dos”

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u/Finger_Ring_Friends 2d ago

The company is named after Adi Dassler

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u/Bobsothethird 2d ago

It rhymes with wanta per the song, so canonically it's Fawn-tah

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u/Roomba13 2d ago

Fan-ta, unless I’m singing the jingle… then it’s “buena fawn-ta, don’tchu wanna” and you gotta shake your hips while you do it

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u/aminervia 2d ago

In spanish the letter a is always pronounced "ah" so it's "fawnta" all over Latin America. In the US I've always heard Fan - ta by English speakers.

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u/Triquetrums 2d ago edited 2d ago

If it's pronounced ah, how does it turn into aw when they say Fanta? I speak Spanish myself and have never heard a another Spanish speaker call it fawnta.

The fan- part is pronounced pretty much like the word 'fan' in english.

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u/aminervia 2d ago

No you don't pronounce the W, that's just how the sound is often spelled in english

f - ah (soft a like faun) - n - ta

(This is how I heard it pronounced in Mexico)

versus

f - a (hard a like able) - nta in english

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u/Triquetrums 2d ago

To make it less complicated. Just say the word fantastic and omit the -stic part. That's how Spanish speakers say fanta. 

Or just watch the ad the other user linked. The ad is in Spanish.

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u/aminervia 2d ago

... Right, in the ad they're pronouncing it how I was trying to explain it was pronounced

Fahn vs American fan with a hard a

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u/Triquetrums 2d ago

Doesn't sound like we say Fanta like faun because the A in faun sounds close to an O. We don't saw fonta, or faunta. We say fanta exactly the way you say Americans say it 

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u/aminervia 2d ago

Go watch the ad somebody posted -- that's the sound I'm trying to express (badly)

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u/GaJayhawker0513 2d ago

I thought it was obvious hope to pronounce it from the commercials

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u/Moonpony0 2d ago

In hebrew "fan ta"

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u/This_Caterpillar_747 2d ago

Like Fanta Clause?

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u/Fartjesus6969 2d ago

At least you tried.

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u/toomuchgel 2d ago

That's always the case. Ive had cactus cooler appear.

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u/AlternativeDonkey605 2d ago

Instant upgrade.

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u/AlmostLucy 2d ago

I have maybe 5 sodas a year, but dang a cactus cooler sounds really good right now.

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u/imforsurenotadog 2d ago

Is there no redditor among us who will venmo you a dollar for your sacrifice?

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u/BeerJedi-1269 2d ago

Holy schnikes!! OP delivers!! Huzzah!

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u/ArbysLunch 2d ago

Could be worse.

Could be Faygo. 

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u/bikemandan 2d ago

Shh you'll anger the juggalos

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u/ArbysLunch 2d ago

Most of them are on maintenance meds and cpaps now. Walk up a hill, a flight of stairs, you'll be fine.

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u/Bidcar 2d ago

https://youtu.be/LQqyDj7RX6Y?is=gupNcbjGhC_Kso2I I still sing this every now and then. When I was a little kid I. Would love it when it came on. Like seeing the Beatles for little me.

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u/comprehensivechick 2d ago

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u/ArbysLunch 2d ago

I'm glad they have a sense of humor about themselves. I actually respect them quite a bit these days, as a whole. But you won't catch me by the shores of Lake Hepatitis, it's just not my bag. It's just funny watching a group reform itself over time when that group's thing is basically chaos fueled by drugs and corn syrup.

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u/comprehensivechick 2d ago

it's true, they may be bona fide agents of chaos pouring faygo wherever they go, but the juggalos have gone from being counterculture to mainstream without changing so definitely they get much more respect these days than the FBI gang affiliate days lol

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u/TheBindingOfMySack 2d ago

hey, Faygo Dreamin' Orange is fantastic. don't sleep on Faygo

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u/ArbysLunch 2d ago

Faygo is fine if appropriately priced. A whole dollar for a 12oz can seems steep for Faygo when you can get what, a liter for a buck at a dollar store? 

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u/luigi517 2d ago

Travesty. Sunkist or orange crush would obviously be the next best thing. The real question though: were it a circa 2005 minute maid, would you drink it?

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u/YggBjorn 2d ago

Is it cold?

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 2d ago

What kinda question is that?

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u/Big_Boss_Wask 2d ago

Fantastic

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u/Naps_And_Crimes 2d ago

So you dontcha want a fanta?

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u/WhimsicalGirl 2d ago

Thank you for doing it, I love when Reddit is being silly with a bunch of strangers

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u/Frank__West 2d ago

False advertising go and demand your minute maid lmao /s

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u/Old_Ad_208 2d ago

I sell orange soda at my food stand. However, it can be any of three different brands depending on what was on sale. I let the customer pick what specific brand if I have more than one brand that day.

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u/Dry_Software_1824 2d ago

Thank you for following up. I was very curious

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u/Beautiful-Total-3172 2d ago

Ha I knew it!

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u/Frankdukes187 2d ago

I was going to say it's going to be a different kind of orange soda 😂

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u/jimbojimbus 2d ago

Thank you for your service

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u/urbanqueenvibes 2d ago

Thanks for the update! I was dying out of curiosity hahaha

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u/BlackGuyBostonAccent 2d ago

Fanta of the Sodera

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u/HighChinaman 2d ago

At least you didn't get Tango'd, you live another day.

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u/zerosumratio 2d ago

All of those button images are, like, from 2005 too. Pretty sure a Diet Coke or Sprite can with that imagery would be a time capsule that’s lost all carbonation.

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u/UngodlyTemptations 2d ago

You can see what it could look like when you pass those certain overpriced sweets/candy shops. They love to display the actual product in the front window and then never change it for 15 years.

There was one I passed in Amsterdam and it looked like all the contents of all the carbonated drinks had separated. The labels were completely sun-bleached. The Sprite looked like it was devouring itself. Some of the contents must've leeched out somehow, compressing the bottle.

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u/Slick_Dapperman 2d ago

Why is the Pepsi only 25 cents?

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Extreme-Sport-5951 2d ago

What a deal

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u/EPSG3857_WebMercator 2d ago

I’d rather just stay thirsty than have a 2.5 cent Pepsi

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u/This-Positive286 2d ago

I’d rather just stay thirsty, then have a Pepsi.

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u/thhpht 2d ago

Because it’s Pepsi.

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u/GamingGems 2d ago

Because these assholes overprice

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u/Psychological-Tea998 2d ago

Happy holidays

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u/AlmostLucy 2d ago

Why post slop when you could post the real deal?

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u/forsakeme4all 2d ago

I assume you tried it?

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u/AlmostLucy 2d ago

I did! It’s actually a cute story- the first year my sister brought her boyfriend to Thanksgiving, he brought the Jones soda thanksgiving pack. So we all tried little tastes of turkey and gravy soda, green beans, cranberry sauce, etc. Most of them were horrible, but it was an excellent icebreaker. That was almost 20 years ago and he’s still with my sister and they’ve got 2 kids.

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u/ItllMakeYouStronger 2d ago

Because you can't get Pepsi in a Coke machine. It's a joke

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u/j_cucumber12 2d ago

You've brought back memories I didn't know I had.

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u/Tatushua 2d ago

Damn I forgot that I used to drink that shit all the time

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u/j_cucumber12 2d ago

My grandparents had a soda vending machine in their garage with all kinds of stuff including Minute Maid orange. They'd let us pick out what we want and give us a quarter to get it out. I forgot that I got this one often.

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u/samsonite441446 2d ago

Whyd they have that?

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u/AlbusDumbbelldore 2d ago

A family friend of ours used to have a Glass Coke bottle vending machine. We would go over to swim in the pool and it was always the most anticipated part to get a glass bottle coke to have with lunch.

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u/samsonite441446 2d ago

Oh for sure. Id love to have a vending machine. I just think there are maintenance costs and a mschine like that costs.

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u/j_cucumber12 2d ago

I think it was mostly just for fun. It was probably also a way to limit how much soda the grandkids drank. Can't just open the fridge and take what's there.

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u/ValouIka 2d ago

Perhaps they still have one can from 2005, so if you're not afraid to drink something utterly disgusting, that would make you vomit, full of chemicals and with an aftertaste of iron, push that dasani button.

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u/redraider-102 2d ago

Who loves orange soda?

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u/infiniteturtles240 2d ago

I do I do I doooo-ooooo

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u/KawfeeBeans 2d ago

Here ya go

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u/infiniteturtles240 2d ago

loved Keenan and Kel when I was a kid

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u/JustLikeWhateverHuh 2d ago

You skipped a line.

Straight to jail.

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u/Beautiful-Routine295 2d ago

Orangjna??
My mom gave me when I was home sick except it was her fancy drink I got sprite….

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u/Expert_B4229 2d ago

KEL LOVES ORANGE SODA

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u/redraider-102 2d ago

Is it true?

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u/Capital_Past69 2d ago

Same people who wear short shorts

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u/CelticCynic 2d ago

Doesn't mean they don't have expired soda in their vending machine!

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u/okayest-commentor 2d ago

Way back in the day 2007-2008ish. I found a machine at my school that would vend the Dr Pepper that would match the label here. Internet search says discontinued in 2005. They were expired, but the machine was actively used it was weird.

After 3 or so old style expired ones it started to dispensed regular updated ones.

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u/Efficient_Working_82 2d ago

Don‘t be shy press the button

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u/CombPsychological507 2d ago

This post has to be fake becuss no way do they not push the button

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u/chrisinator9393 2d ago

That sprite logo is just delicious. It absolutely makes me want a sprite. 😋

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u/beamanblitz 2d ago

Find me fruitopia and we'll talk

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u/colombiancaveman 2d ago

Sir, that’s a motel

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u/EPSG3857_WebMercator 2d ago

OP, when you parked your car, was it directly in front of your room?

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u/mvincen95 2d ago

No it’s certainly a hotel. A Comfort Inn.

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u/EPSG3857_WebMercator 2d ago

That’s a motel in everything but architectural style

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u/Odd_Plantain_8915 2d ago

It’s probably just stocked with Fanta now.

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u/guttertomars 2d ago

This machine needs a ginger ale or cactus cooler

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u/Effective-Window-922 2d ago

2005 sodas and 2026 prices

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u/No_Opinion6993 2d ago

Thought Minute Maid was fizzy Lemonade no?

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u/livvybugg 2d ago

Minute Maid lemonade is not fizzy

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u/KvngDarius 1d ago

The can version definitely has some fizz

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u/livvybugg 1d ago

In the US??

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u/Ranch_it_up_bro 2d ago

No but it might be a thing in England idk 🤷‍♂️ I think I’ve heard their version of lemonade in general has some fizz to it

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u/TheGiantMetalMan 1d ago

I saw a whole debate between Americans and English people on their differences of the meaning of the word “lemonade” lol

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u/popstockndropit 2d ago

Try the old 4231 button trick to see if you can get a free soda

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u/AkioDaMann990 2d ago

Ween fan spotted.

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u/cdda_survivor 2d ago

Still question why the orange people would stop selling orange soda.

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u/Bukas_K 2d ago

The best orange soda was Orange Slice. KFC had Tropicana Twister and that was similar to OS but not the same.

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u/Electronic-Space-480 2d ago

It’s a perfectly sane soda to drink.

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u/percyman34 2d ago

Is it just me or did Sprite taste better when it had that logo?

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u/kshrwymlwqwyedurgx 2d ago

Minute made is gone?

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u/Bapposaurus 2d ago

The fizzy drink, yes

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u/Large_Lettuce_4468 2d ago

a local grocery near me has been selling energy drinks expired in 2020. I contacted the county on them

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u/LouieMumford 2d ago

They can absolutely do that and it’s not illegal. At least most places. The place I managed for awhile we didn’t even touch those because they’re vendor stocked. I found one that was best buy dated for like two years earlier. I tore the vendor a new one because it’s my store, but we didn’t bother to check them because the health department doesn’t check them. They’re nonperishable.

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u/Large_Lettuce_4468 2d ago

I told the same store 2 years earlier, so I was pissed to find the same drinks with same expiration date again, pointed it out to them again and told them I told them 2 yrs earlier lol.. this time I emailed county, did what I could do now. too bad because I liked those drinks

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u/Fbomb77 2d ago

Oh boy! Wow!

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u/Between-usernames 2d ago

The Minute you taste it..... 

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u/Alt123Acct 2d ago

4 2 3 1 is the button code to enter the menu and see the temperature and stuff 

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u/Quenz 2d ago

Man, do I love me some old style vending machines. Those ones with the elevators are all but guaranteed to lose your soda.

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u/RebelsParadox 2d ago

Omg I watched Burn After Reading a few times this year and that line always cracks me up
https://giphy.com/gifs/GQWSZHmRrK25y

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u/rnilbog 2d ago

Holy shit, that was my favorite orange soda when I was a kid (for some reason). Had no idea they stopped making it over 20 years ago. 

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u/bomilk19 2d ago

That’s why it’s $100. It’s a collector’s item.

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u/deadmallsanita 2d ago

It’ll probably just be Fanta orange

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u/viskoviskovisko 2d ago

I used to frequent a rehearsal space that had a soda machine with multiple “Pepsi” slots. The ones on the bottom were different types of beer.

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u/Yoohooistasty 2d ago

Minute Aid Orange Soda was delicious! But when you own two Orange Soda brands it makes sense that Fanta would prevail

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u/Triggered-cupcake 1d ago

I miss the orangeade

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u/Necessary_Story_7455 1d ago

Holy crap they bought our old vending machine. Yes we used to have beer in it.

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u/govunah 1d ago

There's a bar in a nice historic hotel in my area that has Bud Select 55. I haven't even thought of that beer in about 20 years

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u/prodalin 1d ago

man i havent seen that logo in age

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u/DirectionBorn2542 9h ago

We really do live in the ruins of a greater civilization

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u/Superb_Ant_3741 1h ago

That’s why it costs

100 dollars

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u/Odd_Reputation_1 2d ago

Big shoots what's going on with your muscles?! I can't tell what I'm looking at in that reflect. I think I see a bicep, but then I see three pecks, or 4 1/2 abs

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u/mvincen95 2d ago

That’s my fingers lol

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u/Ressy02 2d ago

Well, best Abs packed muscle fingers I’ve ever seen!

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u/Plampth 2d ago

They’re called fingers.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 2d ago

Hey now that language is uncalled for

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u/TheCrazyWulf 2d ago

Did you notice his weird penis too? Crazy

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u/benjamzz1 2d ago

I did, surprised you're the only one mentioning it tbh

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u/Erwx 2d ago

He’s gotta put that thing away, man!

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u/Additional-Walk3883 2d ago

You see two hands holding phone, and you think they are abs and biceps?

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u/forsakeme4all 2d ago

He fingers have biceps lol. And he's married. Happy wife, happy life!

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u/YajirobeBeanDaddy 2d ago

Bro what? The fingers??

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u/Native_Houstonian 2d ago

Also Coca-Cola hasn’t used “Classic” labeling on cans since 2009.