I can't believe someone on the Pepsi legal team thought that publicly announcing that their drink is so corrosive that mice are turned into "jelly-like substances" was a good idea.
Fun fact: human stomach acid has a ph level of below 3 (I think it's about 2), so you could disolve the mouse with the acids your body produces even faster!
Well pH 2 is ten times more acidic than pH 3, so you might dissolve the mouse in a tenth of fifteen months. Not that I believe it to be directly comparable, but I hope someone more versed in chemistry or body dissolving can bring a bit of clarity?
@@DinJaevel It would be faster than 1/10th of 15 months because of pepsin (funny name given the video title) which is a protease enzyme (breaks down proteins) in the stomach which would get to work on all of the meaty bits. Stomach acid would just be needed for teeth and bone, which are both high in calcium and dissolve in acid easily. Also your stomach moves things around and grinds them up using peristalsis, so it would expose more surface area and make it happen even faster. Most would be gone in under a day. Fur would remain in your poop.
@@DinJaevel So, I was curious about this and went on a googling spree, and from what I can tell, while "raw" gastric acid is around a pH of 1.8 to 2, it actually gets diluted-for lack of a better word-around food and averages out at around a pH of 3. This makes sense when you consider that we digest food in several stages: * The secret first step most of the time is cooking the food, which essentially makes it easier for every subsequent step to function. * Barring that, the first step on the GI tract is us chewing the food, which physically breaks it down and begins pre-digestion thanks to various enzymes in our saliva. * Then food ends up in our stomach, where gastric acid and more enzymes are released, and the food is broken down over the course of an hour or two. * And finally, after the food has spent its time in the stomach, it travels on to the small intestine, where the pH actually swaps and becomes more basic as it travels along, which helps break down some remaining elements that can handle our acidity. So, even though our stomach is more than capable of dissolving the mouse in theory, in practice, we'd probably have to eat it the conventional way we eat everything else; if we just somehow skipped past everything else and the mouse went directly into our stomach, it's fairly likely that we wouldn't be able to dissolve it properly, and I'm frankly not sure what'd happen in that case, but I'm sure it's not great.
In Pepsi’s defense (not that they need it.) the claim was the man found a rat CARCASS, not a “jelly-like substance.” So by explaining how by the time the man opened the can, it wouldn’t have been a carcass anymore, they where trying to say “This claim is bull and this guy just wants money from us.” Now of course there was probably a better way to say that, but that’s what I think the idea was.
My teacher in high School, Mr. Shirley Atkins, had a bottle of Pepsi with a Mouse in it,they tried everything to get that bottle back from him but he kept it and showed it off to all of us who immediately became Coke drinkers. You got you a nice little channel here, Hoss, very eentertaining.
Congratulations Qxir, you've become so popular that you now have "Don't Read My Name" bots in your comments. I've always believed in you, ever since I watched the Killdozer video years ago and was instantly hooked.
@@Krosis_it's 7:30am Saturday right here. Unfortunately I watched this while drinking my thick morning protein shake through a straw..I can taste the jelly mouse.
3:37 Not sure if you're refering to your own literal personification the Pepsi Co or not, but Pepsiman was an actual mascot for the company in the 90s in Japan, notably in the videogame bearing his namesake. It was essentially a Pepsi commercial that played like a predecessor to one of those 3D forward running game you'd see everyone duplicating back the early 2010s that despite only releasing in Japan, had an all American cast. Also he has his own theme song. 🎶 Pep-Si-MA-HN! 🎶
Other soft drink mascots got video games. On the Sega Megadrive/Genesis there was a Fido Dido game and a "Cool Spot" game- both were mascots for 7-Up on either side of the Atlantic. The 1990s were weird.
Yes they were my friend. We had a line of food themed military toys. And not interestingly designed ones like those Transformers based off of McDonalds menu items from their Happy Meals. Literal anthropomorphic food items playing GI Joe. I personally blame all the cocaine done by the executives in the 80s for the 90s weirdness.
Your advice for disposing of bodies is so uneconomical & careless, you steal the ingredients, carbonated water and Mountain Dew syrup, from the Pepsi Truck to dispose of your bodies. Buying cases of the crap at Walmart could get you caught... @@Qxir
Y'know, every time I see some kind of acid in a game, I always joke about it being a "new experimental Mountain Dew flavor". Pepsi's defense in this case makes that inside joke of mine just that little bit closer to a statement made partially in earnest.
As a Mtn Dew connoisseur, there's some absolutely wild flavours out there that _do_ exist. Off the top of my head, the craziest flavours I've had were Gingerbread, Fruitcake, and Marshmallow.
When I was a kid I had a can of Coke violently explode in my face. It wasn't frozen, nor shaken up and hadn't even tried to open it yet, just picked it up. When we called the number on the can it was like they knew about the exploding cans and sent us a bunch of free sodas and swag. Who needs to sue when you get $300 worth of free Coke merch?
Coke are oddly chill about that kinda thing honestly i chalk it up to a mix of 'enough money it doesn't matter' and 'well we can't fuck up all bad in this action compared to pepsi'
It was probably a batch with weak seals on the can. Worst that happens is getting soda in your eyes, maybe slipping and falling, and MAYBE a cut from sharp metal (which is on every can when you open it) so I it as pretty damn reasonable to get that Coke merch to show off on the playground while shotgunning 2 more cans of coke and vomitting it up since your 8 year old stomach can't handle all the fizz at once then getting yelled at by your grandma for ruining your new shirt.
My late father was Irish, coming to NZ in the 60s. I love listening to you, you remind me so much of him, he had the same story telling gift and way with words. I miss Daddy so much, and listening to you helps. Thank-you.
People need to understand that "The mouse would have been dissolved by the citric acids" is not an admission of guilt, its them saying "You finding a full mouse in that can is outright impossible"
1 million!!!! Heck yeah Mr Qxir sir!!!! Been with ya for years and I'm so happy you're still out here making bangers AND being rewarded for it! Just started supporting you directly and I've no regrets! Keep on keeping on, ya git!❤🎉🎉🎉
Damn, I am here since you were under 10,000. Congrats to the million, it took way too long, you deserve more. I am looking forward for you on every Friday, and you're the only RU-vidr I've actually ever bought merch from.
The dissolving defense reminds me of a bit in one of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books where he goes to a new dentist who is very intimidating. The dentist lectures him about drinking soda by showing him a tooth that was left in a bottle of cola for months.
2:50 While I agree with you, I think in this case. It worked for them because a breaks the narrative of the guy. Basically, they just got to convince the judge and jury that the guy bringing the story has holes in it. (No pun intended)
Congrats on the 1 million followers! You deserve it so damn much! And, yeah, this is an incident that has seared itself into my memory. I can't drink Mountain Dew for the life of me, and I am pretty damn sure it's because of all of this!
Do people genuinely not know soda dissolves things? This doesn't mean it's gonna kill you or anything either. Water causes rust on contact with iron, baking soda has a violent reaction to vinegar, sugar is highly flammable, just because something has an effect in a certain use case doesn't mean it's harmful to ingest
Its more just a gross statement “There cant be a mouse in your mountain dew can because it would be jello.” Also the public is pretty stupid and sheep herd esq
@@dlfhtr-o8xYou’re right, it probably has more to do with the ‘they acknowledged their customers could be drinking liquid mice’ part than the ‘so acidic it can burn though a mouse carcass in a couple months’ part. Most people know soda can rot your teeth, but a good few less remember that Mt Dew is famous for dissolving them.
I’ve followed Qxir since the beginning and he never disappoints! A combination of his humour, story telling and drawing makes him the best damn channel in the world! Congrats on making 1M subs…….let’s go for 2!
Wow! congratulations on 1 million subs!!! 🎉 Btw -Still waiting on your story behind the “mad hatter” phrase and how syphilis and urine brought it about. Its your kinda tale!
Congratulations on 1M, Qxir! Frankly, can't believe it took this long; you're criminally underrated! Remember to take breaks and not burn yourself out! ❤
Don't know what's worse: a dead mouse in a soda or someone who has such a bad sense of smell, that he drinks from that soda without noticing, that it reeks like a grave.
Congratulations on the Million subs.🥳 And thank you for all the great Tales from the Bottle (I lap these up like the Irish did all that whiskey, back at the Fire)😄
My Canadian grandfather has been telling this story for decades, but it was a bottle of beer. He said it happened to him and he did drink the rest anyway. I'm even starting to also doubt that the walk to school was uphill both ways
My father is the same he said “in 1965 I walked 5 miles to school and back uphill in the snow both ways” well dad grew up in San Diego in the 60s (ya know where it’s 72 degrees ALL YEAR) lol. Old timers and their absolutely bs stories lol
As soon as I noticed a delay in the end cards I was like “Oh, did he finally hit 1M?” Congrats man! I always look forward to Friday afternoons because of you.
Congrats on the million subs! That said, I can pretty much assure you that no American says, "thieving git." While I've eased off in my old age, I'm one of those who didn't mind a shot of Pepsi or diet Pepsi before starting the day, as I don't drink coffee. When I got to work, I'd often have soda and a cup of tea on my desk. I love Pepsi and nothing will make me hit the store before a snow storm as will the thought of not having enough soda to get me through 3 days snowed in the house.
I love your videos. The first one i ever saw was the one about the Methed up Finish soldier in WWII. Not only are they informative but your accent and the way you put things is hilarious. The word shiit had me cracking up in this one.
i love Qxir so much im so happy to see this channel grow to a million subscribers, i know you probably wont read this but honestly props to you for making such awesome and entertaining content for such a long time i've always loved it. here's to another million!
its awesome to see you hit a mill, been around since the first video not like that was that long ago in the grand scheme of things, you just came out guns blazing and it worked man.
Most Pepsi bottling facilities are independently owned and managed, Pepsi just sends the syrup. Basically all pops produced around the US are slightly unique!
This scenario happened to me back in the mid 90s. I drank part of a can of soda and realized a furry clump was in the can. Trembling, I cut it open with a knife and threw it across the room when I saw that it wasn't just my imagination. The brand of soda was Josta.
This entire episode was a banger dude ahahah, had me laughing the whole time. listen, don't blame Pepsi Co. for Pepsi Man going rouge on your family, he acted alone.
I live in a very rural area of Arkansas served by a small general store. In the mid-1960s, the vending machine at said general store dispensed a bottle of soft drink containing, along with the beverage, a mouse. Since the rodent was in a bottle, the varmint was immediately noticed and the bottle remained unopened. The customer was refunded his purchase price (a dime at the time) and the bottle was placed on display on a sill of a window of the store. The rodential novelty remained on display for years without transformation into gelatinous goo.
The point of saying "it would be a jelly like substance" was to point out that he wouldn't have found a full mouse carcass in there, so he had to have planted it himself..
Denying there being a mouse problem would admit something it's best to not confirm or deny on the public level especially when that isn't the point of a matter
As far as I have heard in the EU there is a maximum legal amount for rodents (and/or rodent droppings) in the sugar you can buy in a store. The thought behind that is that it would be impossible to guarantee 100% purity. So 0% contamination is not possible - therefore there HAS to be some level that's both realistic and okay. I would assume the same is true for other areas / countries and other food products. So my thought is: Maybe they didn't want to deny it because it would be easily proven that a dead rodent in their product is possible. So they likely didn't want to focus even more attention on this!
I was eating! 🤢 Btw, if I didn't already say it, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Well deserved, bach, your storytelling abilities would please the old bards themselves. Pop over the puddle and take part in the International Eisteddfod. You'll definitely be different but you'll have everyone in stitches! 🏴🫂🇮🇪
*CONGRATS ON 1 MILLY MY BROTHER !!!* I’ve been a fan since the beginning.. One of the Best but underrated channels on YT, You more than deserve it. It’s been a fun journey, keep it up!
