Living In A Modern World
motherjones: When McDonald’s execs first struck up their lucrative business partnership with the Coca-Cola Company in 1955, they were thinking small—literally. At the time, the only size of the beverage available for purchase was a measly 7-ounce cup. But by 1994, America’s classic burger joint was offering a fountain drink size six times bigger. And then it got bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Oh say can you see, by the dawns early light… America, baby, you know I love you, but you have to stop with the sugar…it’s tearing us apart.

motherjones:

When McDonald’s execs first struck up their lucrative business partnership with the Coca-Cola Company in 1955, they were thinking small—literally. At the time, the only size of the beverage available for purchase was a measly 7-ounce cup. But by 1994, America’s classic burger joint was offering a fountain drink size six times bigger. And then it got bigger, and bigger, and bigger.

Oh say can you see, by the dawns early light…

America, baby, you know I love you, but you have to stop with the sugar…it’s tearing us apart.

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    why would you even want a 128oz drink i dont understand
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    Oh say can you see, by...dawns early light… America, baby, you know I love you, but you...
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    WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER
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    they’ll admitt that the cups got bigger but they won’t admit that people are obese because they eat too much.
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    Who buys 128 oz of soda? What in the actual fuck?
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