• Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    4 days ago

    This is such a good “Well, yes, but actually no” factoid. Coke back then was a medicinal drink with cocaine as the active ingredient. Nintendo originally made playing cards. Jeans probably would have repelled Dracula in the source text since they are associated with the working poor.

    • Depress_Mode@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      4 days ago

      Coke was originally among many other “tonics” pushed back in the day, but it also wasn’t marketed under the name Coca-Cola while it was sold as a patent medicine tonic. It also was only was sold in that form for a few months before being made nonalcoholic and marketed as a beverage later that same year. Sales were initially poor and only picked up with aggressive advertising campaigns, which I suppose is a strategy that Coke never left behind and leads us to the world where we are today.