New York Bans Soda larger than 16oz

[UMULAS]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/new-york-approves-soda-ban-big-sugary-drinks_n_1880868.html

 

[phill4paul]

I wonder at the wording of the law. Could you sell two side by side 8 oz. cups that are connected with a straw/tube linking the bottom?

Sell them with advertising mocking the law. "Try our new Double 8 Ouncer!"

 

[opal]

cuz there's just nothing else to do in a city meeting... right

 

[Dr.3D]

cuz there's just nothing else to do in a city meeting... right

Na... they are apparently just having problems thinking of more ways to control people.

 

[aGameOfThrones]

McDonald's soda special, "buy one 16oz get one free". Of course the current 16oz soda will have a higher price.

 

[AlexAmore]

 

[fr33]

I foresee a future with speakeasies serving twinkies and big gulps. Black market ftw.

 

[Dr.3D]

McDonald's soda special, "buy one 16oz get one free". Of course the current 16oz soda will have a higher price.

Or buy one for the price of a 32oz and get the second free.

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How about an accordion cup that collapses to 16oz but when pulled all the way out holds 32 ounces? They can hand the cup to the person as a 16oz cup and let the person pull it out to 32oz before they fill it from the fountain.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Idiots.

 

[phill4paul]

"Buy one 8 oz. cup get a second at 3/4 price and receive a 16 0z. "I ♥ New York" commemorative cup for free!

 

[VanBummel]

It's shit like this... I only hope it wakes some more people up. At least then it won't be a total loss.

 

[Anti Federalist]

LOL

Can't say it enough, us kooks and crazies tried to warn people about this 30 years ago with onset of MADD, anti smoking campaigns and seat belt laws.

There's no stopping this shit now, a government that can prohibit your soda, your cheeseburger, your toilet bowl or your light bulb can prohibit or regulate whatever it fucking feels like.

 

[phill4paul]

LOL

Can't say it enough, us kooks and crazies tried to warn people about this 30 years ago with onset of MADD, anti smoking campaigns and seat belt laws.

There's no stopping this shit now, a government that can prohibit your soda, your cheeseburger, your toilet bowl or your light bulb can prohibit or regulate whatever it fucking feels like.

 

[acptulsa]

Thought propaganda was supposed to support a certain position. This one just illustrates how stupid it is to limit the amount of tea or diet drinks you can put in one cup just to try to keep people off of corn syrup.

Meanwhile, don't hold your breath on the creative marketing. Cups which are barely enough to quench your thirst have the same profit margin as cups big enough to last a minute. This thing is good for somebody--and as usual, it's businesses, not individuals, who benefit.

 

[DamianTV]

“The United States is a no Smoking nation – no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, no women (unless, of course, you’re married), no guns, no foul language, no red meat. Land of the free.” - Snake Pliskin

How long until they do try to outlaw Red Meat, Salt, Bacon, Butter, and everything else that they say is bad for you? When they eventually do, only the Outlaws will have these things, and no one else will have a life worth living.

 

[acptulsa]

How long until they do try to outlaw Red Meat, Salt, Bacon, Butter, and everything else that they say is bad for you? When they eventually do, only the Outlaws will have these things, and no one else will have a life worth living.

And only the bad guys will have the strength to win a fight, too...

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Bloomberg and his creepy health board are a bunch of pathetic busy-bodies.

The goal is to point to any future tiny drop in the New York City obesity rate as "proof" this worked, and thus more stuff is needed. The Nanny State is all about small steps; they can't get enough public support to do their whole agenda all at once (though there isn't majority public support for this, enen in liberal New York City; Bloomberg needed his unelected, unaccountable group of health board statists to decree it.)

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Now most people will buy two 12oz drinks.

 

[CaptUSA]

I know how this turns out... Pretty soon, all the cool kids in the neighborhood will start drinking 20oz sodas just to prove how much of a rebel they are. Then the police will start cracking down on all these rebels. Then they will start an underground market where the pop sizes get larger and larger. Little Jimmy will get caught in the crossfire and they will start banning pop paraphernalia like plastic straws and CO2 dispensers. Before you know it the pop war will get out of hand and they will have to ban all sizes, you know, for the children!

 

[RickyJ]

Yeah, I can see people drinking 44oz drinks all over the place just as a protest. I think Bloomberg has dementia or Alzheimers, just a few months ago he declared it donut day in NYC.