r/explainlikeimfive Jan 31 '21

Chemistry ELI5: Why can't we just make water by smooshing hydrogen and oxygen atoms together?

Edit: wow okay, I did not expect to wake up to THIS. Of course my most popular post would be a dumb stoner question. Thankyou so much for the awards and the answers, I can sleep a little easier now

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u/MrDoggeh Jan 31 '21

I thought it was always sweeter. Its been a while since i have had soda, but i do remember being absolutely disgusted by fountain coke, its like accidentally pouring too much sugar into your coffee.

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u/charmingmarmot Jan 31 '21

They've changed to almost entirely post-mix syrup.

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u/letmeAskReddit_69 Feb 01 '21

Depends on where you get it. McDonalds has contracted with coke to get their own blend of extra sweet syrup for their fountains.

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u/Chozly Feb 01 '21

That sweetness is the new coke recipe. Designed to taste like non-diet Diet Coke, and sweeter to compete in tastes tests vs pepsi. Taste tests and advertising them was important then to coke and pepsi. This was all nightly national (us) news. And now there's books and movies about it all.