If anyone needs me, I’ll be over here suckling like a malnourished piglet
The real reason is that Coca-Cola sends McDonald’s the actual syrup for mixing and specifically calibrates their machines.
Every fountain drink machine uses “actual syrup”. They’re all mixed in the machine in real time. But yes, many places fuck up the ratio and don’t bother correcting it, and don’t check it regularly.
McDonalds routinely checks the ratio. They also use an amount of syrup such that if some (all?) of the ice melts, you still have full strength soda. So it’s extra flavor before any ice melts. I don’t have a citation for that, but a friend once posted a citation explaining it, and I read it. Seems legit. McDonalds Diet Coke has more flavor that a can of Diet Coke, even.
Oh. I didn’t know it was that complicated.
Fresh Sprite is the only reason I would ever go into McDonald’s.
McDonald’s janitor here:
No, it’s the creature. Part of my duties include feeding it and cleaning its cage.
Do you feed it the maggots from the milkshake machine?
You mean the maggots that make the milkshakes or the regular kind that sometimes get into the machine by mistake?
Either way, no.
Artist is calkearns
I hate looking at this but I am enthralled by the art style. The way the artist adds texture to the clothing and skin with like… black smudges over the color is wild (Feel free to correct me if there’s a proper term for that technique)
It reminds me of old timey children’s books illustrations in a way
Absolutely horrifying illustration…I love it and crave sprite now. Can we get this in front of whatever ad agency Sony hired to produce this?
Ronny shitting in the woods wasn’t on my '26 bingo card.
That would be Chris Cunningham’s work. He’s got some…ah…very unique creations out there.
I usually don’t lie to my children. That being said, they now believe this.




