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versapak:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 02, 2009, 10:12:12 pm ---See my last paragraph. For you, it is short for "soda pop". For me, it is not; because the word "soda pop" is not used around here, nor has it ever been. While your ancestors were coining the term "soda pop", my ancestors were saying "Soda pop? That sounds silly. I'm not calling it that."

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You first implied an assertion that everyone was saying it short for soda water, because of its hundred year origins.

I was just chiming in to clarify that, no... For me it is indeed short for soda pop. I also would bet that is the majority. Maybe I'd lose that bet. Who knows?

I doubt a study will ever be done. ;D

 :cheers:


As for fountain vs bottle...

One can't say go to Burger King, because even Burger King to Burger King you are going to find inconsistencies.

I have had great fountain soda, but I will always prefer it poured from a bottle. It has a less watered down taste to me. That may be a specific issue to me though, because I will also always drink a soda (fountain, bottled, canned, etc...) without ice as well. I just can't stand it when it's watered down.



MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: versapak on November 02, 2009, 10:39:55 pm ---As for fountain vs bottle...

One can't say go to Burger King, because even Burger King to Burger King you are going to find inconsistencies.
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The major fast food chains are fairly consistent. The Burger Kings I've frequented most (Newport, ME; Bangor, ME; and various ones in Tucson, AZ) were all reliably good with their fountain Coke; sometimes slightly better than other times, but always better than any other option IMO.

I've wondered if perhaps both Burger King and McDonald's get special batches of Coke syrup made with the original sugar rather than HFCS. They are certainly big enough customers to do something like that. If the Coca-Cola company is willing to make up special batches of "kosher" Coke for extremely limited U.S. distribution (limited both in duration and region), then I guarantee that giant customers such as Burger King or McDonald's could get the same thing if they wanted it. I wonder about this because the only thing that comes close IMO is bottled Mexican Coke which is made with sugar (easily obtainable in Tucson, AZ).


--- Quote ---I have had great fountain soda, but I will always prefer it poured from a bottle. It has a less watered down taste to me. That may be a specific issue to me though, because I will also always drink a soda (fountain, bottled, canned, etc...) without ice as well. I just can't stand it when it's watered down.
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Yes, I stay away from ice. The soda comes out of the fountain cold anyway.
kagaden:

--- Quote from: TOK on November 02, 2009, 06:04:44 am ---
--- Quote from: kagaden on November 02, 2009, 02:43:16 am ---
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 01, 2009, 12:29:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: kagaden on November 01, 2009, 12:07:46 am ---I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

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Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

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But isn't saying "arcade" short for "arcade machine"?  :dizzy:

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Maybe, but its one of those things where shortening it changes the meaning which is why it annoys people that understand it.

Shortening "soda pop" to "soda" doesn't change its entire meaning to the place where you go to drink it.
An arcade is a place.

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I agree, and "pop" is a noise, and "Coke" is a brand... not really suitable to describe a general type of beverage. Which is why I said I put them in the same category as "arcade" as a thing, rather than a place. I had no idea so many people used the word "pop", that chart someone posted up there is pretty incredible. I'm surprised.

As for the cabs, here's a cool lookin one! I've never seen this one in the wild but and the controls should probably be by your side to reduce fatigue but a laydown cab is an interesting concept.

kagaden:
Here's likely the craziest arcade cab I've seen while I was at joypolis in Japan.

Storm-G 360 (Kinda like Stunn Runner but the seated area spins you around)



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axewater:
nice thread hijacking guys !

I think the coolest cab of all time would be Galaxian 3 !! (the 28 player version)
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