On a drive across the country last week I stopped off at a gas-station to fuel my car and eat some lunch. Along with my sandwich and fries, I ordered a MEDIUM Coke. Medium, it turns out, is still a whole lot of soda.
The cup is twice as tall as my palm.
There was no estimate of the fluid ounces in the cup, but my thirst was definitely more than quenched.
I think I would have enjoyed that much to drink if it was water or juice, or if I didn’t have to get back in the driver’s seat for a few more hours. In the moment though it sure seemed like a massive portion of Coke, especially since the drink was just a “medium”. It turns out that fast food also equals a lot of food.
I hope I’m not off for mentioning this, but soda may appear to quench thirst, but it actually has very little net hydration. The high fructos corn syrup and caffein work to dehydrate the body. And most people don’t realize that carbonated beverages contain sodium. Though you do actually get a slight net hydration, its not very much. And because it fools us into thinking we are getting enough too drink, we usually become that much more dehydrated.
I personally love soda, I’m just saying–drink water too. 🙂
Perhaps they hope that size will make up for lack of quality.
Does the term “quench” actually have any sort of scientific meaning or is it just a description of a feeling? Is it actually directly related to the amount of water in your body, or can you “quench” your thirst while actually slightly dehydrating your body?
Quench means to extinguish. In its literal sense it means to put a fire out with water. So the quenching a thirst would be figurative and therefore subjective. So yes, I agree. You can quench a thirst without actually hydrating the body. Just like you can ease a symptom without actually curing the disease.
I’d like to also point out that a “Regular” soda at AMC Theaters is approx 8million ounces. Ok that’s a lie – it’s actually like 40 oz. THAT IS RIDICULOUS!
Why can’t we go back to the old-school style of 12 oz for a small, and 20 oz for a medium?
Because people want more! Hey its a long movie. What if I’m still thirsty before Neo is done with the machines.
Its my favorite movie. Relevance need not apply. :p
With as much ice as they usually stuff into these cups I doubt there’s as much liquid as one suspects.
Hey, with all that ice, maybe it does quench thirst. If you eat the ice, that is. 🙂
Jordan has figured it out. The American ploy. Do we really like cold drinks or have we been bamboozled by marketing guys who wanted to give us less liquid volume? I, for one, always try to ask for no ice.
However, if I did that for that monster above, I probably wouldn’t survive.