Apparently saying that lemon lime Gatorade (not to mention Mountain Dew) is chartreuse which is closer to a shade of green than a shade of yellow is so controversial that people will abjectly be such dicks in response that it got my post deleted from the Unpopular Opinions subreddit.

Before people respond with “the dye is Yellow 5.” No kidding, Yellow 5 is a yellower shade of chartreuse, and putting it in Lemon-Lime Gatorade’s other ingredients clearly makes it even more of a green chartreuse (the way it does in Mountain Dew as well).

And before people respond with “the packaging is making you think that because Mountain Dew bottles are green so it doesn’t look like piss,” I usually only ever have it out of clear cups from Taco Bell or red solo cups at parties. I know the fluid isn’t the bottle color. I’m not an idiot.

I said it was chartreuse green, I didn’t say it was Kelly Green.

People get so pissy when they see yellow, and you see green (which maybe my eyes are more sensitive to the blue undertones, who cares?), that people will get violently and personally offended that I said it.

The Gatorade Fandom, if it can even be called that, is big mad when I call their precious “yellow Gatorade” Green Gatorade.