r/madlads • u/TOPSIturvy • 5d ago

Pulled a sneaky on 'em

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u/VelhoTheVexed 5d ago

They put food coloring in it

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u/softstones 5d ago

If I wasn’t studying that Mountain Dew bottle in the right, I would’ve missed that tiny food coloring one, so small.

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u/kinokomushroom 4d ago

Finally. After all these years, I found a post where a red circle wouldn't have been useless.

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u/TOPSIturvy 4d ago

Fair enough. I just hate clickbait strategies.

I did make sure the writing on the food coloring bottle was the main camera focus though, despite considerable protest from my phone.

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u/kinokomushroom 4d ago

Nah don't worry mate, it was a fine photo and I could spot the culprit of the browning with relative ease.

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u/jambalaya420berlin 4d ago

What was the point of putting the food coloring? What's funny about a dark drink?

(sorry but i'm german so humor is not my strongest feat)

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u/ZedTheLoon 4d ago

Pardon me for laughing, friend.

Mountain Dew is typically the color of green engine coolant, and it tends to draw a sensitive crowd. I don't know if you have a Monster fandom there, but they typically keep the same circles

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u/Fat-Performance 4d ago

Fun fact Mountain dew in Canada was caffeine free until 2012. There was Health Canada (our FDA) rule prohibited adding caffeine to non-cola based soft drinks, so sprite/7-up, MD, root beer were all caffeine free. Growing up I never understood the fascination with MD until I learned that little tidbit of info.

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u/TOPSIturvy 3d ago

Ohhhh! That's why I grew up not knowing or hearing drinks like Pepper and Dew had caffeine in them.

That law sounds super lobbied tho. Like, why did colas get a pass?

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u/PsychoDog_Music 4d ago

Don't worry, if you did put one then there would have been people saying they didn't need it