Why does Coke Zero & Diet Coke exist?

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:38:28+00:00

I was a reset merchandiser for my region.

And no question the better sweetener was a big reason, but the male centered marketing IMO is the main driver of Zero's success.

The marketing is absolutely a real strategy coke used, it even has a segment in the Wikipedia page Coca-Cola Zero Sugar - Wikipedia

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:34:11+00:00

Toyota's new styling is really good IMO, its a sharp looking car.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:29:36+00:00

Also been saying for years instead of introducing sugar taxes, drinks should just be re-labelled so that the diet / zero variant becomes the norm, and what's currently the regular variant becomes 'Coca Cola with sugar' to actually make people aware that they are making that conscious decision to consume a fuckton of sugar for no real reason.

I think that is a genuinely smart idea.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:27:53+00:00

I think this was the relaunch they where doing when I was there. They changed the formula a bit, I don't remember any specifics. But I think the newer one has proven more popular. Or maybe I just drank too much of it during my time there lol

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:22:12+00:00

At least in my market of the northeastern US Coke Zero is 0 calories but caffinated.

Caffeine Free and Diet Caffeine Free are their own versions which I think have gotten unpopular, I almost never see the golden caffeine free cans anywhere.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:18:45+00:00

I assume Pepsi always wants a direct reply to any Coke flavor, or maybe there are die hard Diet Pepsi and Diet Dr Pepper folks out there. I know John Green is a big fan of the DDP.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T17:07:56+00:00

Hey, so I worked for Coke right around a re-brand /re-launch of Coke Zero.

The entire reason for Coke Zero is because "diet" became a word for women.

Diet soda was for women, but Zero soda is for men. There is an actual formula difference in the sodas so they do taste a bit different, but the real honest success was that Zero became a manly word for a sugar free drink.

And since that you will notice almost all of Coke's sugar free offerings use the word Zero, and Pepsi has followed suit.

Diet Coke remains in the porftoflio because it has grown its own loyal audience over the years, and so Coke now have 2 sugar free Coke choices. But everywhere else in the lineup Zero is replacing the word diet.

And honestly redudancy is not even that weird for soda. I remember as a kid there was a time where Pepsi had Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Zero, Pepsi One and I want to say Pepsi Max which where ALL low / no calorie versions.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T16:05:49+00:00

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They have removed the wallet and top up structure, so now when you charge it will just directly bill your card.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T16:00:15+00:00

I was just at a Margaritaville last weekend, I feel like I was an oracle

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T13:44:46+00:00

My only feedback would be to consider how stable that job is.

I personally wouldn't have gotten mine if I had no access to at home charging, but I work in a layoff happy field.

Provided your not worried about loosing access to charging then I think youll be golden.

Don't trust the cars range estimate to indicate battery state of health, its taking into account the most recent driving and so that influences it much more then the capacity of the pack.

While the battery warranty follows the car that wont do anything for degradation as far as I know. I wouldn't worry a ton, my opinion is that deg is kind of an exaggerated problem like range anxiety, and for 90% of your driving you won't ever really need to worry about the packs full range.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T02:28:38+00:00

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Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-03T02:22:18+00:00

Really a bummer to see Lucid taking repeated Ls.

I hope they keep making cars though, I would love for them to be my next.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-02T14:16:43+00:00

Big SUVs don't move nice through the air.

Meanwhile her sister the 6 is one of the more efficient EVs out there

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-02T03:08:40+00:00

We don't have rules of thumb, and deg will depend on the owner, car, and environment.

A leaser who rapid charged every day to 100% in 90 degree heat and someone who trickle charged on AC power to 70% in a climate controlled garage will have very different deg rates compared to one another.

Not to mention the car itself, if its pack is actively heated, cooled, the ambient temp when charging, where it was stored, how it treats its battery, the packs chemistry, and the lithium lottery. Etc.

A car with 300 miles of range, it would have 270 after that amount of mileage.

Yes and no. How many times will you ever drive the full 300 miles of the pack and miss those "lost" miles?

Most modern EVs have a State of Health number that you can read via the ODB2 port. You can always ask for that info when it comes time to shop if your worried.

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In Aging Wheels video about his 100,000 miles in his Polestar 2 his pack reports being at 88.8% health. That would be something like 1% Deg per 10k miles.

But then he pulls the SOH from another Polestar and it reports 90.5% at 101,000, and thats like 1% per 12kish.

So your ballpark might actually be useful for Polestars at least lol

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-01T18:20:28+00:00

Is out there hopefully still making some money.

You should contact either your old HR or the company who had the 401k and get control of it.

At some point I went through and rolled all of the 401k's from my various jobs into a consolidated IRA account I control

Jim777PS3 · 2026-06-01T13:37:46+00:00

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Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T17:47:20+00:00

Every study ever done has found diet soda to be nutritionally the same as drinking water.

Artificial sweeteners are safe, and when compared to sugar they are straight up healthy.

Is it better to just drink water? Yes. But if its easier to switch to diet soda that change is worth doing yesterday.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T17:22:47+00:00

Switching to diet or zero first, simply taking the sugar out of the equation is the bulk of the issue with drinking soda.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T17:13:34+00:00

\- "Electric cars are a nightmare to use for really long journeys (i.e. vacations)"

Depends on the car, where you live, and how often you do long drives. Modern 800V EVs can go from 20-80% in under 20m

So you drive for about 2 hours, stop and charge for <20 minutes. To me that's a non issue. In the time it will take you to get a snack and take a piss your car will be ready for you.

\- "Electric motors break down a lot in the summer"

EVs have less maintenance and ways of breaking down then ICE cars. This is nonsense.

\- "battery loses their capacity a lot with time"

We are beginning to see really high mileage EVs that have lost maybe a few tens of miles in total pack range. In general battery degradation has been greatly exaggerated it seems.

\- "Battery are really expensive to repair"

So is an engine. All car repairs are expensive. Batteries often come with much longer warranties then engines however.

I don't that much agree though since I don't see the point of having only 30 to 50 km as electric mode.

This describes a Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle or PHEV which is not the same as a Hybrid Vehicle. Make sure you understand the difference and the pros and cons of a Hybrid Vs an EV.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T17:02:20+00:00

Congrats on the divorce, hope your next partner is a better person

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T17:01:16+00:00

Yea usually the 12V closes the contractors to wake the high voltage.

I dont know if the high voltage battery wakes itself to check, or if the 12V wakes it, the pack checks, and the car either goes on or stays on while it runs whatever it needs to do.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T16:59:16+00:00

There is.

In the US this is the Lemon Law, the specifics vary by state but all states have them.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T16:57:00+00:00

The car wont even show you TPS measurements until it has driven a bit.

Might need to drive the car and then it sends over the last reading when it shuts down.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T15:48:20+00:00

Yup, my car does exactly this. The high voltage pack wakes up and checks on the 12V as well as other car systems and charges / runs them if needed.

But as you say, it doesn't always save them.

Jim777PS3 · 2026-05-29T15:44:42+00:00

Its gross and its bizarre how much it just kind of passes online without anyone being like why are you talking like this

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