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[ChubbyHuggs]

Just down it and then ask for water if they offer again.

 

[Corpekata]

Only off brand sodas that are any good are Dr Pepper and Sprite knock offs.

 

[Johndoey]

Soda is soda dawg.

Nope.

 

[Generate]

just ask for water. Unless youre in Flint, it will probably taste the same.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I know the feels op.

Or when monsters bring that caffeine free, sugar free shit to a family party.

 

[Mossybrew]

Almost all cola tastes the same. Coke, Pepsi, RC, store brand.

Seriously. If it was poured in a glass with ice OP would be none the wiser.

 

[half a moon]

Off brand soda isn't bad

 

[Kthulhu]

Sales numbers are clearly an indication of quality. That's how we know objectively that Bud Light is the best beer, McDonald's is the best food and Wal-Mart is the best store.

That's correct.

 

[Stallion Dan]

They probably think you are ungrateful OP so give you the cheap stuff.

 

[Johndoey]

Seriously. If it was poured in a glass with ice OP would be none the wiser.

Are you people serious? You can tell the difference between different brands of soda. Get ya buds checked homie.

 

[creatchee]

I know just what you mean, OP.

One time I had a statistics sheet that I needed to duplicate and my friend offered to let me Xerox it. They then proceeded to lead me to a Canon photocopier. I involuntarily vomited a little bit in the back of my mouth at both my friend's inability to truthfully offer me things and the horrid DPI of the duplicate that was sure to come out of it. It didn't even have dual loading trays.

I've distanced myself from them.

 

[Hello? This is Hailun!]

Are you people serious? You can tell the difference between different brands of soda. Get ya buds checked homie.

Yup.

I was a Diet Pepsi guy till they ditch the aspartame.

 

[Hoo-doo]

How about asking for a proper drink instead of cola. If you come to my house I have beer, wine, liquor, coffee, tea, juice or water. I might get a bottle of cola if I expect my young nephews to visit or something.

 

[Schlep]

I know just what you mean, OP.

One time I had a statistics sheet that I needed to duplicate and my friend offered to let me Xerox it. They then proceeded to lead me to a Canon photocopier. I involuntarily vomited a little bit in the back of my mouth at both my friend's inability to truthfully offer me things and the horrid DPI of the duplicate that was sure to come out of it. It didn't even have dual loading trays.

I've distanced myself from them.

Perfect.

Regarding the OP...it's soda. In my entire life, I can't remember a time I got uppity about soda.

 

[jstripes]

Just drink the generic cola you ungrateful piece of shit.

Unless they give you diet instead of regular, in which case fuck everything.

 

[antibolo]

Is off-brand cola really that bad?

I mean... it's just fucking cola. Sugar water for children. Who cares?

 

[Sotha_Sil]

Just say "Sorry, I thought you meant Coca Cola."

Sounds like a situation out of Curb Your Enthusiasm lol.

OP made me think of so many Curb moments, I think the most applicable being Larry's gift to Ted Danson - a shirt with a hole needing to be patched. Which he then tells Ted to take to the shop.

"This isn't a gift, it's a problem."

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Is off-brand cola really that bad?

I mean... it's just fucking cola. Sugar water for children. Who cares?

Is this where we spew ignorance about products meant "for children" on a website dedicated to video games?

 

[taybul]

Was this American offbrand cola? If so, come back when you're offered local cola in some foreign country.

 

[GamePnoy74]

OP seems like the person that will bitch about drinking bud light at a party.

*raises hand*

At least have Coors Light or Miller Lite, yo.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Just take the L

 

[Ray Wonder]

Smash it in their face

 

[Opto]

It's all the same when you add rum

 

[John Rabbit]

Stop torturing your body with soda.

 

[DopeToast]

I've never really had a bad experience with the the bargain brand pops. They taste just fine, a little different, maybe not as sweet I guess, but just fine. Great for cheap mixed drinks in a pinch.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

Smh. Gaf awkwardness will never stop making me cringe and laugh at the same time

If it wasn't for this, I would spend like 1/5th the time on this site that I currently do.

 

[Rapscallion]

Generic soda I can deal with.

It's when they offer up Diet Coke as Coke that I lose it. Fuck that noise.

 

[Hilbert]

Jesus, you say "Thank you", drink it, and enjoy the company of your friends and/or family.

 

[baddvision]

OP cry me a river, and making it the nile

 

[Jenenser]

And that's why I always ask for water. If their water doesn't take like water, then things are really screwed up.

in germany, you would be served sparkling water then.

 

[Maedre]

That's why I drink only carbonated water or Tap water(Germany)

 

[PSqueak]

You are an awful guest and picky whiny child, OP.

Tho i do am baffled, who the fuck offers you a soda that is not a coca cola by saying "do you want coke"?

That's just weird, man.

 

[Rudimental]

 

[jmdajr]

I say,

"Feel free to get whatever you want."

Don't like the options? Bring your own I suppose.

But I can't recall ever being mad at anyone about this. It's stupid.

 

[theepicoftyler]

Some areas of the country might ask you if you wanted a Coke. Then they might ask you what kind. Then they might tell you the only 'coke' they have is Sprite.

THOSE are the places in which we need to #BuildTheWall

 

[The Lamp]

They ask you "would you like some Coke?" and you say yes, but you did not expect them to come out with that... thing.

You cannot say you don't want it now, because that would be rude.

You reluctantly take it and place it in your mouth fully expecting it to taste like waste water from a washing machine, and it does.

You torture yourself with gulp after gulp, because you don't want to leave the glass standing there full, that would be rude.

You try to hide your disgust, but they can sense it. You can sense that they can sense it. Crap.

Oh God why did I agree to come?

Order water instead. You're not screwing up your health and water rarely disappoints in expectation.

 

[Markoman]

It gets worse when they cheap out on snacks aswell and serve you no-name potato chips.
Savages

 

[Beer Monkey]

Big K is better than Pepsi.

 

[Triz]

RC Cola is better than Coke and Pepsi...

 

[CadetMahoney]

What about when they let you play their games console but only with an off-brand controller?

 

[GuyKazama]

Where are you guys from that "Coke" is just the generic term for cola? Every single time I've asked for Coke in a restaurant that doesn't have Coke, they give me the "Pepsi OK?" line. Every time. I have never, in my life, asked for Coke and been tricked into RC without warning. Obviously it's different at someone's house, but if someone gives me off-brand cola while calling it Coke, I thank them, drink it graciously, and then delete their number from my phone, because clearly I'm never talking to them again.

This is my experience. I'm always warned by the waiter that they have Pepsi, so I switch to water. For friends, I wave off any non-alcoholic drinks in a pro-pepsi or unfamiliar household or just request water. I would rather die of thirst than taste Pepsi again.

 

[The_Magical_Amount]

Get over yourself and drink it. They're offering you hospitality and you're gonna look the gift horse in the mouth? It's a drink. Don't judge.

If it bothers you that much ask for water next time.

This. It's free and probably nowhere near as bad as you're making it seem. Stop being overdramatic/inconsiderate and just suck it up.

 

[John Kowalski]

OP they're just trying to be nice you know, not everyone can afford good coke

 

[zethren]

Yeah dude, I know what you mean.

My friends tried to trick me into eating store brand fruity pebbles one time, but I could tell the difference immediately. I spat it out onto the floor and threw the bowl at the wall, demanding I be brought to the store and this horrible mistake corrected. I almost cut ties with them that day.

You don't fucking mess with a man and his name brand cereals, you absolute monsters.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Off brand soda isn't that bad OP.

 

[mavericktopgun]

The same for some no name chips :/

 

[Dipper145]

And then you go into the bathroom and the toilet paper is on whichever way is the wrong way too?

At that point just leave and never talk to them again, you'd be better off without that hassle and stress in your life.

 

[.JayZii]

Poor it on the carpet and then shit in the corner like the petulant child you are.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Cola all tastes the same to me.

It all tastes the same to everyone. Cola preference is like 99% marketing and brand loyalty.

 

[fredrancour]

Where are you guys from that "Coke" is just the generic term for cola? Every single time I've asked for Coke in a restaurant that doesn't have Coke, they give me the "Pepsi OK?" line. Every time. I have never, in my life, asked for Coke and been tricked into RC without warning. Obviously it's different at someone's house, but if someone gives me off-brand cola while calling it Coke, I thank them, drink it graciously, and then delete their number from my phone, because clearly I'm never talking to them again.

The American south does it, I think.