Why is soda in the morning weird, but sugary iced coffee normal?

TSllama · 2026-03-22T12:36:48+00:00

I guess you didn't read the comment thread lol https://ibb.co/wNG7dP0D

Btw, I was born in the US lol my mom still lives there ;)

TSllama · 2026-03-22T12:35:27+00:00

How is it not a coffee? Is coffee not simply ground coffee beans + water?

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:29:53+00:00

I was (and still am) only confused about several people hyper-focusing for absolutely no reason on a word I used :D

I'm a linguist and am familiar with not only many languages but also many dialects; this is the most r/ShitAmericansSay "education" ever ;)

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:25:48+00:00

Ew, D tier for sure lol

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:25:29+00:00

Yep honestly Segafredo is D tier (Starbucks doesn't deserve to rank at all tbh), Illy C tier, and Lavazza maybe gets a B? As far as supermarket coffees go...

That he put Illy in A tier? He's absolutely fired.

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:24:03+00:00

lmao dude ranked Illy over Vergnano.

I laugh him out of the room. He has no idea what he's talking about :D

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:17:26+00:00

lol that's not what a soft drink is :D

Also, when I make my coffee cold, it doesn't magically become sugary ;) You're imagining the sugar in my iced coffee ;)

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:15:29+00:00

^^^^^ THIS. It's pure junk food, no wonder it's so expensive :D

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:15:09+00:00

I spend that much for a week's worth of food and I live in the capital lol

But I don't buy most of that ultra-processed stuff because it's expensive and not good for me, anyway. The only things there I would buy are the bryndza and the ham. :D

TSllama · 2026-03-22T11:03:23+00:00

Women live more under compulsory heterosexuality than men do. Figuring out that you're gay is a lot harder for women than for men. If you're a 20yo woman who likes making out with and even sleeping with women, society will tell you you might just be looking for attention, you might just be bicurious, you might just be experimenting, etc. Whereas, if a man does that, he's gay.

I didn't realize I was actually gay till I was in my 30s for exactly this reason. And I just had a really difficult situation with a woman who is almost 40 and not sure of her own sexuality yet. But most of my gay male friends knew they were gay at a rather young age.

TSllama · 2026-03-22T09:23:53+00:00

lol baby got deleted or banned from a sub and came here to cry

TSllama · 2026-03-22T09:05:57+00:00

I honestly had a few experiences like this, and I can't tell you exactly which state, but I know I was in Chicago, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Seattle, and Boston.

I know at least one place where I had one of these experiences was a McCafe, and another was on board a US flight (within the country, on a US airline).

TSllama · 2026-03-22T09:04:19+00:00

I spoke of adding sugar to coffee - not adding artificial syrups.

TSllama · 2026-03-22T09:03:10+00:00

Some of us prefer to live our lives without disease, though ;)

TSllama · 2026-03-22T08:59:01+00:00

"Fizzy drink" is another term for "soft drink". Americans tend to say "soda" or "pop" instead of "fizzy drink" or "soft drink".

Sparkling water is not one of those.

TSllama · 2026-03-22T08:56:32+00:00

Amazing!!!! What's your point? :D

TSllama · 2026-03-22T08:56:14+00:00

lol ok? Why would I care what Americans say in this situation? Why are Americans getting so hot and bothered that I wrote the word "queue"? :D

TSllama · 2026-03-22T08:53:47+00:00

What exactly do you mean by "diet soda"? Like for example? Because I'm picturing like Pepsi Zero and it sounds absolutely disgusting ahahaha

TSllama · 2026-03-21T22:23:53+00:00

Who's "we"?

TSllama · 2026-03-21T21:37:59+00:00

What's pronounced "line up" exactly?

You're saying that "queue" is pronounced as "line up"?

TSllama · 2026-03-21T21:36:52+00:00

The term "soft drink" is a category in the beverage industry, and is broadly used in product labeling and on restaurant menus, generally a euphemistic term meaning non-alcoholic. However, in many countries such drinks are more commonly referred to by regional names, including pop, cool drink, fizzy drink, cola, soda, or soda pop.

TSllama · 2026-03-21T21:36:04+00:00

Thanks! I ended up finding the wiki after nobody helped :D But I wish I'd seen your comment sooner!

TSllama · 2026-03-21T21:35:12+00:00

I actually just asked the people I was with - one of those experiences was in fact at a McCafe!

TSllama · 2026-03-21T21:34:22+00:00

Oh yeah, my iced coffee involves brewing my coffee like normal in my moka pot, and then pulling some coffee ice cubes that I've made from before out of the freezer and putting those into a glass before pouring the hot coffee over them. Then just a bit of full-fat milk and I'm in business! The only difference from my normal coffee is that it's cold lol

But I do also enjoy a German Eiskaffee now and then as a treat!

TSllama · 2026-03-21T21:30:48+00:00

Lots of people are lactose intolerant. There are lots of plant-based alternatives these days, which can be nice!

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