ThemosthighstrangeWhat the Hell is this Bull shit ?
Did no one notice I bought 20 oz not 16.9 oz bottle I got ripped off
noticed the same with 1.25L bottles replacing 1.5L and 1.7L replacing 2L
I saw that immediately, that’s so illegal. You should record it and report it to the appropriate 3-letter agency (no idea which one).
Doubt you’ll get the money back, but making the assholes that run that machine deal with the government would be worth it to me.
ValmondSoda bottles in the us shows both ounces and milititers.
Large bottles are sold as “2 liter soda”…that’s it.
Smaller bottles are in ounces (with the metric label just a requirement I guess - no one I know here talks about buying a 500ml soda)
Everything else is ounces or gallons, I’m sure someone will ‘umm actually’ me…but generally nothing else is metric; like milk and juice.
RoseLarge bottles are sold as “2 liter soda”…that’s it.
I’m from Finland. It never stops being weird when Americans talk about 2 liter sodas. First, it being in liters, and second, 2 liter sodas are huuuuge. (Large bottles are usually 1.5 liters here.)
Then again, I never saw a 6 pack of large bottles of coke until I came to Norway, where every grocery store seems to sell 6 packs of the 1.5 liter bottles, so Europeans are not exactly without their own Coca Cola habits to support.
Yeah, they are huge bottles sold individually…great for pouring a reasonable amount for many people.
Not as great for 1 person drinking it, unless you drink way too much, it will go flat before you can finish it. Never seen a 1.5l bottle before searching it now, that looks like something some one could easily carry with them to have soda all day long!
2 liters is pretty common for foreign stuff in Estonia. Aka stuff made by coca cola mostly. Price per liter is a bit better than 1.5 liters so it makes more sense for get-togethers.
Locally made stuff usually doesn’t get past 1.5 liter bottles except for kali (kvass). And juice too, but that’s in tetrapak not bottles.
Recently shrinkflation hit juices. What used to be 1/2 gal, is now 1.5 L (at least in my grocery).
I used to buy soda in 2L bottles as the best price, so it was sufficient for a family or a single person several days to a week. The reality is if it’s there I’ll drink it: the sugar rush is addicting. I think a lot of people still do this.
Now I buy soda in a can, despite the much higher price and packaging, because I’m more successful at moderating myself to a can a day (and it’s usually sugar free so the calories are no longer the problem)
still waiting on any company, agency, government to give a shit about the grocery stores selling eg 200g of meat but only giving 165g. not the prepackaged ceap, actual cuts of meat. numbers are examples but it happens way too much where the actual is always less then the advertised weight.
buy a scale, weight meat. get enraged
In the US, your state’s department of weights and measures might care. They’re the ones who verify grocery store scales, taxi cab fare meters, gas pumps… they exist to make sure you’re not getting ripped off. If you’re in a blue state they care, in a red state ymmv.
Bro thinks CIA gonna be bustin’ down Pepsis door
The three letter agencies are the spooks the MIB’s the guy’s who disappeared Epstein.
You are looking for something more boring like the Health department.
He’s looking for the number to call on the sign that indicates the vending machines are ran by a third party company, then he can talk to a customer service representative after spending over an hour trying to get through the AI support, after providing all his personal information, a video of the incident, and a drop of his blood. Then he’ll get a check mailed to him in 6-16 weeks, maybe.
So the DOA?
Usda
United States Department of Agriculture.
That’s what mom calls them when their in trouble.
"You'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company"
Naw mate, I just noticed you clicked on that shit when you could have been enjoying a Dr. Pepper. Wtf?
HorseChandelier68ml short of a Pint in my book. Dunno where they got the idea that 500ml is 1.09 pints
PogogunnerA pint in the united states is 16 fluid ounces (473.18 ml)
What a small volume… Should have stuck to English measures when you escaped back along 🤣
ORbituary
Left as CenterIt’s because of beer. British beer tastes better so you can have a bit more.
If only there was an unambiguous unit to measure fluids…
olympic swimming pools for sure, football fields is for area, and elegants for weight
Elegant elephants
You mean the Oregonian gluten free bakery?
We’re not. Except in inner cities where it’s thriving
we’re miles behind in rural areas
TheTechnician27“Streets behind”, even.
“Blocks” behind
I’m happy that the US is adopting metric.
I don’t know if you’re just not from the US, but this dual labeling of groceries has been ongoing for decades. The US formally began transitioning to metric during the 1970s and has had plenty of dual uses ever since; it got cut short due to a mix of public apathy and active public disapproval, and when it was on its last legs, Reagan axed the metrification board early in his first term (not a defense, but it was seriously barely doing anything by that time because of public unwillingness to change). Rulers have inches and centimeters; there are imperial and metric tools; kids do learn metric in schools (usually in the context of a science class); etc. You aren’t expected to know metric as an average functioning adult, but it’s everywhere and useful to know in US society – usually just kind of in the background like here.
TL;DR: “Is adopting” said in 2026 in response to soda labels is a steep misunderstanding of metrification in the US.
bdonvrWe measure sodas bigger than this in Liters.
Not other liquids… just Soda. Milk you buy a gallon of. Soda? 2 Liters. Saying you’re gonna buy a gallon of Soda sounds very strange to an American. There’s also 1 Liter bottles.
It’s the one of the most stupid Americanisms.
Weird. Chugging cola from gallon jugs sounds like the most American thing one could think of, strange it’s not a thing yet. Also never understood why Americans buy milk in jugs. Isn’t this like the one thing you actually want to be in the smallest container possible? Do people drink that much milk, or are they commonly tossed unfinished when it inevitably spoils?
From Wikipedia:
The imperial pint (≈ 568 mL) is used in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL).
A dry pint would be hard to enjoy
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY FUCKING CALORIES?!”
Rob T Firefly
pewpewI thought the same, but they still make the 20 Oz bottles. Looks like the vending machine company is either cheating people or forgot to update the placards - www.target.com/p/…/A-12979694
Damn, that is why I can’t get my hand into the pringles tube. It is smaller in diameter.
Cylinder stuck in a Mini M&Ms tube
The missing ingredient is air.
Ran out of bottles using freedom units, had to use rest-of-the-world units instead. Thanks, Trump.
DecknameNever heard of that.
Maybe US territories all over the world.
Coca-Cola recently issued a 750ml bottle in Japan, where it had always been either 500ml or 1.5l.