Why do white working class people like Mt. Dew?

[Anonymous]

Why do upper middle class white people like eating salads?

[Anonymous]

I know a decent number of Mountain Dew-drinking multimillionaires but I am from Silicon Valley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only people I know who like it are Mormon.

+1. Also addicted to diet coke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its from Tennessee so its popular in appalachia.

Hey fellow Appalachian/Tennessean! There are dozens of us in the DMV—DOZENS. And we don’t take too kindly to how we are represented as being poor and stupid. Amirite?

[Anonymous]

My dad loves it and he's a cardiologist! he doesn't drink it for the caffeine, he just thinks it tastes good. He also likes the blue one.

[Anonymous]

Marketing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it fascinating. What accounts for why this one particular drink holds such an appeal for this specific demographic?

Do you also wonder why African Americans like Kool-aid, fruit punch, and orange sofa?

Let’s leave furniture choices out of this

[Anonymous]

In college, everyone slammed Mt. Dew around exam time. Even students from the Main Line, North Shore and Point Dume.

[Anonymous]

My DH drank it in his 20's, but now switched to coffee for less sugar. He's from the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only people I know who like it are Mormon.

+1. Also addicted to diet coke.

What? The Mormons I know don’t drink caffeine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only people I know who like it are Mormon.

+1. Also addicted to diet coke.

What? The Mormons I know don’t drink caffeine.

The Word of Wisdom prohibits "hot drinks." There has been a LOT of discussion about this within the LDS community,

The LDS Church website has clarified that this prohibition does not extend to caffeinated soft drinks.

SALT LAKE CITY - Maybe now, reporters, bloggers, outsiders and even many Mormons will accept that the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not forbid drinking cola.

The LDS church recently posted a statement on its website saying that "the church does not prohibit the use of caffeine" and that the faith's health-code reference to "hot drinks" "does not go beyond (tea and coffee)."

A day later, the website wording was slightly softened, saying only that "the church revelation spelling out health practices … does not mention the use of caffeine."

The same goes for the church's two-volume handbook, which LDS leaders use to guide their congregations. It says plainly that "the only official interpretation of 'hot drinks' … in the Word of Wisdom is the statement made by early church leaders that the term 'hot drinks' means tea and coffee."

https://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/It-s-Official-Coke-and-Pepsi-are-OK-for-Mormons-3845672.php

[Anonymous]

"do the dew" marketing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Might also be a function of where the advertising dollars get spent.

You could also look at whether advertising of Colt 45 and menthol cigarettes was targeted at lower middle-class black areas while you’re at it.

[Anonymous]

Because it was marketed (e.g., nascar) to white, rural areas.

[Anonymous]

My guilty pleasure drink is actually diet Mountain Dew. I get made fun of all the time when my friends see me drinking it.

#noshame