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Mountain Dew was THE soda of my childhood. When we drove across the country in the summer of 1980, it was a big fucking deal when the soda machines at various rural gas stations and campgrounds were stocked with it (they were very much in the minority).
I broke my addiction to it in my freshman year of college. It was available from the machine in the dorm laundry room for thirty-five cents a can, so it fueled many an all-nigher. One night and one can too many, I turned to my studio mate and said, fully convinced in the moment, "Justin! I'm having a heart attack!"
I wasn't, but it was the first time I'd had that anxious vibrating sensation of WAY TOO MUCH CAFFEINE, and I did not care for it. Stopped pretty much cold turkey, and knew to avoid Jolt Cola when that came out a couple of years later.
Edited by Dave Kopperman on 14 October 2026 at 3:47pm
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