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DumpstahKat t1_j9hmo1g wrote

Reply to comment by hopper89 in These Mountain Dews are two different colors by The_Mr_Yeah

I used to be a Mountain Dew addict. I am not proud of this, but I can say with absolute certainty that the smaller/skinnier bottles (>16 oz) are made with a slightly lighter green plastic, and the bigger ones (<20 oz) are made with a slightly darker green plastic. The bigger bottles are also made of a thicker plastic, so that could also effect the color.

I guarantee you, OP, if you pour out the actual liquid of both bottles into clear glasses, they're the exact same shade of almost-but-not-quite-piss-yellow. It's the bottles themselves that are different.

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alexjaness t1_j9hscj3 wrote

I had a huge coke problem for a few years, and even I am looking down at you.

Shame!

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Intercellar t1_j9i8yw7 wrote

This makes me want to try mountain dew

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DumpstahKat t1_j9ij162 wrote

Honestly, as someone who used to drink a minimum of two 20-oz bottles of Dew a day... I wouldn't really recommend it.

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PauloFernandez t1_j9joknh wrote

At least drink the one made with real sugar. The corn syrup ones are just okay at best.

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lucky_ducker t1_j9k9kcn wrote

>almost-but-not-quite-piss-yellow

It's like piss yellow with a little bit of Prestone green antifreeze.

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slanginwhips85 t1_j9icmyg wrote

The one on the left is 20

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DumpstahKat t1_j9iiwij wrote

With all due respect, you are 100% incorrect.

The only Mountain Dew bottles above the 20 oz are the gigantic Liter sizes, and those are too chunky to fit in even the more generously-sized car cupholder. The Liter sizes are also shaped very differently (they don't have that narrower grip part), so they're pretty visually distinctive. So the taller one (on the right) can't be anything other than the 20 oz.

Whereas the 13? 16? (can't remember which) sized bottle is narrower overall, shorter, and has a noticeably smaller cap, so the one on the left is 100% not the 20 oz. And the only bottles smaller than the 13? oz are the glass bottles and the tiny 8 oz. It can't be an 8 oz because the 8 oz bottles don't have that narrow grip bit at all and tend to also have black caps, not green.

ETA: I'll be damned, I was the one who was 100% incorrect. The one on the right is a 1-Liter, and the one on the left is the 20 oz. This is why you shouldn't get addicted to Mountain Dew, kids: it rots your brain cells and isn't even good for being an accurate know-it-all regarding Mountain Dew bottles on the Internet.

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danish07 t1_j9j8n4q wrote

The one on the left is 20 oz. A 20 oz bottle of Mountain Dew has 77g of carbs and 77g of sugar. You can zoom in on the nutritional facts.

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DumpstahKat t1_j9ja97r wrote

Well god damn it, you're right.

Even disregarding the nutritional facts, I made such a big deal out of the 1 Liters not having those damn grippy bits and didn't even look closely enough at the bottle on the right to realize that it didn't have a damn grippy bit. It's smooth-waisted.

I'd thank you for pointing out my mistake but I'm too busy eating my own words and being salty about it.

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Purithian t1_j9ju5jo wrote

Hey at least you're one of the honest reddit users who don't flip shit on people when a counter point comes up!

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Kongsley t1_j9kh45r wrote

If your piss is the color of Mountain Dew, you are drinking too much Mountain Dew.

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