Soft Drinks

A concoction of diabetes in simple words. It does more harm than good. (writes this while sipping KoKa Kola).

There is a lot of sugar and hypocrisy running in my blood right now. That is another blog altogether. 

What is with the name "Soft drink"? It apparently comes from the fact that it has "low" alcoholic content. I have seen enough people get charged up by chugging 2-3 bottles of these "soft" drinks. But if you are updated with the current methods of this world, you'd know that "soft" drinks aren't kept soft anymore. They are now mixed with the so-called "not-so-soft" drinks to make the experience more "lively". 
Mandatory Star Wars meme

(I should stop using quotations so much, it is not "funny". Hehehe, okay. Last time. Seriously.)

The advertising community of India seem to glorify soft drinks to totally another level. You would scratch your head and might say "Dimag ka bhosda ho geya hain".

Bhai ne bola hain to sacch hi hain
You will see famous celebrities doing crazy CGI stunts that will make Newton dig himself out of his own grave and bitch slap all of these advertising crews. All this to create a connection between drinking this diabetes-in-a-bottle and these unphysical activities. And the best thing is... people fall for it. They really do.

 They will connect any desirable human activity (from getting a life partner to getting a job) with drinking a soft drink.

sigh

Furthermore,

Let me go through a famous ad of a soft drink that resonates with the slogan rhyming with "Ghar ke age Ajeet hain" (Copyright reasons)

Bhai gets ready for a skydive. Bhai is scared. Bhai is concerned. Bhai looks worried. Bhai takes a sip of the "soft drink". Bhai's fear is gone. Bhai is back to being Bhai. Bhai jumps fearlessly. Bhai lands. Bhai says the slogan in a very Bhai way. Bhai is confident. Bhai walks into the sunset. Bhai.

Conclusion: That soft drink has cannabis.

 The irony hits you like a truck when athletes promote soft drinks. Once I saw an ad featuring Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri promoting a soft drink. Now we know why the previous Indian teams were so unfit. :p


ipsum wagera wagera



Rating: (Insulin-ka-bhosda)/10


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