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[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

i don't want to be in a place that calls it pop that's stupid as fuck

idk who in Washington or Oregon calls it pop this map is inaccurate

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Coke is just as stupid, referring to any soft drink

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

it's stupid but the drink is also stupid and im not fat

[-] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Anyone else remember Soul Calibur 2 Conquest mode?

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No. Was that in the GameCube version?

FWIW I only rented the game once, so I didn't get to play it much. My most memorable moment in the game was when a female fighter said to Link, "you're all talk". Of all people, she chose to say that to Link. Fucking Link.

[-] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Arcade version only, I think. You chose a character and one of three factions, and then fought your eight matches against CPU versions of other players' chosen characters. The CPU difficulty was based on the performance of the character's player, and I think there was even some variation in the AI depending on the player's habits. Likewise, your own character would be in the system for other players to fight.

Anyway, each faction controlled territory on a map based on its players' overall W/L ratio, and it looked something like the image in the OP.

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

doesnt coke refer to coca cola specifically?

also pop sounds dumb as hell, soda all the way.

[-] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Not in the South lol. My grandma asks what kind of Coke I want, mountain dew or coca cola

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 days ago

When I asked for a Dr Pepper in Tennessee the waitress said 'here's your coke'. So I said 'wait, I didn't order a coke' and she said ' it's Dr Pepper'. I thought she was flirting with me, so I started smiling at her and gave her a nice tip. This whole interaction now makes a bit more sense.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago

Yeah... I'm gonna need a detailed breakdown of the rationale you followed to get from "she called Dr. Pepper coke" to "she's flirting with me", if you don't mind.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

He thought she was saying a small lie to get a reaction out of him. Like playing a small prank. Playfulness

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 days ago

Sure, lets go with that. The fact she was really cute did not cloud my judgment in any way.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 11 points 3 days ago

That would be a seriously weird way to flirt

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Could be said of 95% of all instances of flirting.

[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

In my adolescence I thought flirting was a secret art. Turns out it really is just being kinda weird and then the other person likes it since they would have liked anything you said with that cute mouth of yours.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

The UK map of where people say “scone” or “scone” is wild.

[-] blackbeards_bounty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The south is easily persuaded, hence brand name

Soda is what it is, comes from soda fountain, soda water etc.

Midwest on some otherworldly cute BS. Dafuq is pop, the sound it makes?!

[-] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Where is Carbonated Beverage on the graph?

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

What's going on down in Columbus County, North Carolina?

[-] knemesis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Strong guess: “Pepsi” the same way people use “Coke”

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 2 days ago

I saw we saw off everything south of the Mason Dixon line and deport all the Republicans to it.

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Wow, the evil forces of "coke" have made significant territory gains since the last time I saw one of these maps. I have never heard a single person call a random non-coke soda a "coke". I recently moved to a "pop" area, but I haven't received any push back from saying soda at least. I did hear some old people here specifically call it "soda pop" though.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 12 points 3 days ago

Coke is not synonymous with either pop or soda...

[-] Redacted@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 days ago

It is in the south, at least where i was

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[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I dunno where they got this data from, but the PNW is definitely not "pop" country in my experience.

[-] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah around here in Cascadia we just call it “the dark waters of imperialism”.

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[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago

I think the west side is a lot more blue than that. I've never once heard somebody refer to it as pop.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Utah should be a lot more blue, everyone says "soda" here.

[-] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Same with Colorado. I don't think I heard "pop" once in the 20 years I lived there

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

And Oregon. The only people that call it 'pop' here are 80+, and it's rare for them. I used to hear it called 'pop' by the elderly all the time when I was a kid, but that demographic has been dying out for the past twenty years.

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