Mad U I at U now by mikeerson
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Yeah, I'm Mad... Let me explain.
When I was a child, Mountain Dew was the first pop I ever had. I loved it. I've loved it all these years, However...
When I was still in grade school, Pepsi bought Mountain Dew. I found out and felt Mountain Dew was going to be taken away and never heard of again. My Older Brother told me it was a good thing and that the Pepsi Co. would make more Mountain Dew. He told me they might mess with the art on the can or change the formula... Well, within this last decade, they started screwing with the art on the can. Being an artist, I hated that they changed it.... they've changed the art so many times I lost track. This year, Pepsi decided to drop "Mountain" and abreviate it to Mtn - aaaarrrrgghhh!!!
I also loved Mountain Dew because I moved to the Mountains when I was 4 about the time I had my first Dew. After changing it to Mtn, it looked generic - it was sad.... My imagination told me that Pepsi was just going to drop Mountain, Mtn, and just call it DEW.... Less than two weeks ago, I was at the grocery store and saw that the old art on the can was back, and they put on the can "throwback". Man, I was sooooo happy. I got home and cracked one open. I took a big drink and it tasted like diet pop!!! I checked the ingrediants, the up to date DEW has less sugar, less salt AND....
THEY DROPPED THE CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE!!!
I believe the orange juice is the key to why I love this stuff.
So, I thought I'd add this to my gallery... I use my gallery as a diary (kinda).
ABOUT THE PICTURE -
The top picture is when they changed the art of Mountain Dew. I was given a Mountain Dew mug from a good friend of mine. Shortly after he gave it to me, I was just staring at it and noticed with the "new" lower case added to it, you could now read "Mad U I at U now" ... I have been mad at Pepsi.... And if they don't do something quick, they will lose all the people that love the drink - AND... Mountain Dew has been making more sells for Pepsi for years than the regular Pepsi sodo pop....
BAD MOVE ON PEPSI.... This may be the end of Mountain Dew... and if that happens in this economy, I can see Pepsi going under - How important is Art/Taste???
I had to gripe, and I felt I had to warn other DEW drinkers out there -
MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE INGREDIANTS ON THE CAN. IF CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE ISN'T LABLED, DON'T BY IT - I'M SERIOUS, THE AFTER TASTE TASTES JUST LIKE DIET POP.
IF YOU LIKE MOUNTAIN DEW, AND WANT IT SAVED, COMPLAIN TO PEPSI AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AT:
PEPSI.COM
ALSO, PLEASE FAVE THIS SO OTHERS SEE IT AND WE GET OUR DEW BACK! I've never asked for anyone to fave me before, but this is for a good cause, please, help out.
Thanks for reading and your support.
Comments (34)
lyron
Wonderful story and image!!!
Sylvia
~Awesome~ So Interesting Story... FABULOUS!!! Thanks for sharing
blankfrancine
It is a sure sign of the decline of Western civilization when they start tinkering with the ingredients! They think no one will notice. Why mess around with a classic soft drink? They have no shame. Cool piece, Mike.
jdehaven
I dont know about it tasting like Diet soda- I would rather have sugar, high fructose corn syrup ANYDAY rather than Asparatame and Splenda- those fake sugars (Asparatame=Nutrasweet and Splenda=Sugar with an extra clorine molecule) are disgusting and potentially more harmful than any form of concentrated corn syrup or sugar could ever be. But anyway, if people dont like it, the product will suffer- if you dont like it- dont give 'em your money!