I used to say pop all the time but I moved to NYC and had to switch to soda. Went back to the Midwest and realized soda was permanently cemented in my new vocabulary 🥲
Metro Detroit — and Michigan in general — is pop territory, like it or not. When someone asks for a pop here, we follow up with “which one?” Unlike in some places where you ask for a “coke” and they respond with “what kind?” — which makes no sense because Coke is a brand, not a category. I can live with “soda,” but replacing “pop”? That’s crossing a line.
I will hold onto pop until my dying day. No one will take it from me.
I used to say pop all the time but I moved to NYC and had to switch to soda. Went back to the Midwest and realized soda was permanently cemented in my new vocabulary 🥲
Metro Detroit — and Michigan in general — is pop territory, like it or not. When someone asks for a pop here, we follow up with “which one?” Unlike in some places where you ask for a “coke” and they respond with “what kind?” — which makes no sense because Coke is a brand, not a category. I can live with “soda,” but replacing “pop”? That’s crossing a line.
I crossed over in 2010. Join the soda side pop boys…. It’s sweeter on this tab.
Pun intended?
I hate that you ask but as a person who knows better I must claim this second to lowest level of comedy. I should’ve led with my trans jokes.
I live in south east Ohio and we for sure all call it pop
I called it pop for most of my life until I realized calling it soda made it sound like I received an actual education.
South burbs Chicago/ it’s POP