

it wasn’t really a big deal as it was greatly overshadowed by the new coke debut which was around the same time. it got totally lost in the noise and part of me thinks that was by design–that part of new coke’s goal was to facilitate the change in sweetener. the ‘classic’ coke that emerged from the aftermath never did contain only sugar. the ‘original formula’ tagline on packaging and in adverts was a total lie.












up north we have such a thing in the winter for electric utilities. no shutoffs from like october to april.