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Old 09-10-2008   #1 (permalink)
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what is it about the average american and being ammused by mentos and coke like honestly OMG OMG ITS FIZZZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol its like the volcano we all made in 3rd grade =P
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Re: A funny question please leave your opinion ^.^

This would probably have been better placed in psychology, because I think it is the reaction to the reaction, rather than the reaction itself that you are interested in.

So, why that reaction? People are impressed by novelty. I think it is that simple.


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well alot of americans are amazed by shiny things O_o


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its not even a chemical reaction, so even the reaction itself does not belong here


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what is it about the average american and being ammused by mentos and coke like honestly OMG OMG ITS FIZZZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol its like the volcano we all made in 3rd grade =P
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wow so totally pointless lol


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wow so totally pointless lol
like life?

According to a report in New Scientist magazine you get a bigger, better reaction with diet coke!

Is it any sillier than the 'cult of the celebrity'?
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Rofl!


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What can i say?
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The guys that do this say that you get a good reaction from regular coke as well, but because diet coke does not have sugar, it is easier to clean up after getting soaked in it.

By the way i think the psychology behind us liking that is not dissimilar to that behind liking fireworks, rockets and other projectiles. We are generally fascinated by things that defy gravity or logic, we are fascinated with things we can not explain, our minds are tuned to detect motion, and because of that, moving things tend to fascinate us more then not moving things, things that make subtle sound arouse our predatory instinct, which gets further reinforced with the movement of an object, (this is not the case with fireworks and rockets, but is with coke). And exploding things, such as the volatile reaction that makes a bottle of diet coke spew a fountain of soda into the air, also give us a small sense of danger, all of which induces the release of endorphins and adrenalin, both of which, unless in a dangerous situation, we tend to enjoy...


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