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I've done a pretty good job of eliminating most American products from my life, but a few have slipped back in or maybe were missed, this just strengthens my resolve and I will do another review of everything I do.
I've discovered lots of great Canadian products, hardbite chips, Tough duck clothing, all sorts of alchohol, Presidents choice products are surprisingly good all around. Coke is the only tricky one for us, but atleast it's canned in Canada and is more of an international brand now.
No offense... But you can't live without Coke? Other colas are that inferior?
I haven’t found a single cola that comes close to coke. Even coke zero tastes horrible comparatively.
This is obviously very subjective.
Sounds like your taste buds have adapted after years of drinking the same thing
I have the same issue work Aldi's knock off Red Bull. Even real Red Bull doesn't taste right anymore
I’m sure that’s what it is. Very sensitive to changes in things that I like.
Maybe it will help if you think of "living in a peaceful, sovereign, strong nation" as something you also like, as that is changing too. Then decide how important each thing is to you.
Its a coke, buddy. Chill.
The dude has clearly already made huge, direct changes to his purchasing to cut out American products. He got 99% of the way there.
No need to shame him with "buying a coke means you dont want a sovereign Canada" type rhetoric because it just makes you, and your goal, look ridiculous. Take the win you already have on this one.
I get it for sure. Coke is good.
But honestly it's a bit maddening to me if someone can seriously claim it's too hard to eliminate it/replace it.
Don't mean to be harsh, but to those people....suck it up?
not just coke we trusted america on all the brands. we thought we were good neighbours. many people traded in their blackberry for an iphone. canada has alot work to do.
I have also found coke challenging to fully eliminate. I have cut back, but it's just so convenient and I am maybe a little habituated to it.
It's a soft drink.
It's not even something we're supposed to be drinking at all.
Is Canadian sovereignty really less valuable than consuming this? Do we even deserve sovereignty if that's the case?
I am only saying that Coke is something I have personally found to be extremely difficult to cut out.
I don't need the lecture.
Giving up one specific soft drink is a pretty small ask. Especially if the ask is "try to drink another cola if it's that important to you. Sorry if it seems preachy but I can't reconcile in my mind how that is a hard thing. I mean if it's your favorite thing in the entire world and it brings you true joy and happiness, then sure, maybe? But it HAS to be Coca Cola, absolutely nothing else could possibly do?
Pop doesn't play a huge role in my life, so maybe it's just not possible for me to put myself in your shoes. But I think we're proper fucked if that is anything resembling most Canadians' willingness to sacrifice anything.