The Spectre@lemmy.mlM to Comics@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoHow the Japanese look at the US — comic in recent Tokyo newspaper.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down117
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minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoCoke started in Georgia, is huge across the south. Has marketed itself as like a family friendly or wholesome nostalgia brand for a long time. Which plays really well with the old white people. So we’ll in fact, there are swap meets and clubs for collecting Coke memorabilia. https://www.cocacolaclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=534374&module_id=394442 I’ve run across these meets/conventions while traveling for work. All the attendees are boomers.
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThey also have their history with Nazis, so it doubly fits.
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agohttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoI’m just going to assume they mean the powdered variety
Why should they get coke?
Coke started in Georgia, is huge across the south. Has marketed itself as like a family friendly or wholesome nostalgia brand for a long time. Which plays really well with the old white people.
So we’ll in fact, there are swap meets and clubs for collecting Coke memorabilia. https://www.cocacolaclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=534374&module_id=394442
I’ve run across these meets/conventions while traveling for work. All the attendees are boomers.
They also have their history with Nazis, so it doubly fits.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany
I’m just going to assume they mean the powdered variety