Would you buy Sunset Sasparilla if it was a real brand ?

[Mauzer]

If the brand Sunset Sasparilla existed in real life, would you buy it? If yes, what price would you realistically imagine, and would you buy it just once to try, or if it tastes good and the price is reasonable, would you also buy it regularly? How about other drink brands from the Fallout world like Nuka Cola in its variations or Vim? What do you expect from these drinks when you buy them?

How about other drink brands from the Fallout world like Nuka Cola in its variations or Vim? What do you expect from these drinks when you buy them?

[CEPHY]

I'd guess Nuka Cola would be like Pepsi - the Coke you can't have at the restaurant.

Vim probably tastes like regular ol' soda.

Sunset... I dunno what that even is in-game. Cola? Beer?

[Vex Hilarius]

I don't drink much soda but I like root beer and ginger ale. I forgot which one is closer to sarsaparilla but yeah either way I'm down to try it. Whatever the price is for premium rootbeer/ginger ale is I'll pay.

I'm assuming Nuka Cola is just Coca Cola so I probably wouldn't bother. I would try Quantum, Victory, or Quartz tho.

I have no idea what Vim is.

[Amanoob105]

Do these questions assume we are equally aware of the downsides to any of these drinks?

Sunset Sarsaparilla as an example has the slightly concerning list that includes:
Consuming large quantities of the product resulted in a wide range of harmful side effects, including kidney damage, nausea, digital numbness, anxiety, loss of visual acuity, dizziness, occasional nosebleeds, joint inflammation, tooth decay, sore throat, bronchitis, organ rupture, and halitosis.
The companies response to these findings was to make a robot cowboy that would ignore people when asked about it, claiming he's "hard of hearing".

Nuka Cola also has such "fun" things going for it as:
Their Quantum drink contains a LITERAL nuclear isotope. We know that Initial testing for it as they tried to find the "safest" option which still resulted in a number of fatalities, major internal organ failures and internal radiation burns. The number of people that died to it in testing are at least 50, if not over a hundred.
The families of those that died were sent cheese and fruit packages as "condolences".

Normal nuka cola isn't THAT bad, but does still hold the title of containing 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar.

If so I guess my answer would have to be: Not even if you payed me .

If I'm answering this not knowing much, or any, of the above I'd likely be willing to try them. But you would have to pay me an awful lot to be willing to drink any of the ones that glow in the dam dark.

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Finally there's the real world example of a fallout drink existing in real life. When fallout ♥♥♥♥♥♥-the-pooch (a.k.a. fallout 76) was set to release people could order an alcoholic drink called nuka cola dark.
By all accounts it tasted about as well as the game played.

Somewhat ironically I'd say that the resulting product was precisely on par with what we would likely expect from how the fictional companies are portrayed in the games.
Only without the near total monopolies and complete lack of any form of social media that would have allowed them to otherwise get away with it scot-free.

[Mechenyi]

OP forgot the clearly superior drink of choice in the fallout universe - BAWLS Guarana. Nuka Cola wouldn't even DARE to challenge their market.

[Mtwarrior]

https://youtu.be/Bg7aEwv4HEQ

[NightmareGats]

Only Sunset Sasparilla, maybe the nuka cola quantum.

[Popo Bigles]

Sunset Sasparilla is just really sweet root-beer on sugar-cane crack. I don't know if the health hazards will also be transitioned to the irl market, but I'd still definitely choose it over the other brands from Fallout.

[KizuneOni]

If the drink Sunset Sarsaparilla existed, I would buy it without hesitation. The cult status and mysterious quest line surrounding this drink made me curious. The unique flavor of sarsaparilla roots combined with secret herbs promises a refreshing and exciting drinking experience.

[Sh*t_Dawg]

If Sunset Sarsaparilla was really available on the market, I would buy it without a second thought. The fact that it is considered a sort of cult drink in the gaming world arouses my interest and curiosity. The thought of experiencing the unique flavor of sarsaparilla roots enhanced with mysterious herbs is extremely enticing. Additionally, I would enjoy being part of the fan community and discussing and enjoying the drink with other Fallout enthusiasts. It would be a piece of gaming experience that spills over into the real world, further deepening my passion for Fallout.

[EasyOut]

Sasparilla would be sort of like root beer and I love me some root beer.

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

Hell, no. Given the known (and potentially unknown) toxic side effects of drinking ANYTHING in the Fallout universe I wouldn't touch it with a ten-meter cattle prod, partner.

[LordOfPants]

Yeah, sodas are not known for being healthy, but Fallout sodas go well beyond 'unhealthy' - Nuka-Cola gives you a bit of radiation poisoning (way more with some variants), Sunset Sarsaparilla has the side effects listed above. I don't think either one is supposed to be very different from their real-world equivalents of Coca-Cola or Sarsaparilla sodas other than the dangerous weird-science stuff, so I'd just stick to real-world products.

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

Normal nuka cola isn't THAT bad, but does still hold the title of containing 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar.

This isn't as impressive as it sounds. While there's not actually an RDA of sugar, the American Heart Association recommends no more than 36 grams of added sugar per day for men and 25 grams for women. A real-world standard 16-oz bottle of coke has 39 grams of sugar, so it's already over 120% for women and still over the recommendation for men.

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by LordOfPants:

Yeah, sodas are not known for being healthy, but Fallout sodas go well beyond 'unhealthy' - Nuka-Cola gives you a bit of radiation poisoning (way more with some variants), Sunset Sarsaparilla has the side effects listed above. I don't think either one is supposed to be very different from their real-world equivalents of Coca-Cola or Sarsaparilla sodas other than the dangerous weird-science stuff, so I'd just stick to real-world products.

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

Normal nuka cola isn't THAT bad, but does still hold the title of containing 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar.

This isn't as impressive as it sounds. While there's not actually an RDA of sugar, the American Heart Association recommends no more than 36 grams of added sugar per day for men and 25 grams for women. A real-world standard 16-oz bottle of coke has 39 grams of sugar, so it's already over 120% for women and still over the recommendation for men.

Interesting to know.

To try and give the fallout drinks "some" credit, I don't think the radiation poisoning is a part of their normal drinks effects and was for the same reason that most food and drink in the wasteland adds to your rads. That it was sitting in a radiation rich area after the bombs landed.
With the exception of the glowing options (Quantum holding top spot on that list) I don't think they would have normally had that side effect, on top of all the other ones they already had.

I had assumed that the OP's question was meant as; did we want to try drinking the version of these things from before the planet got nuked?

[LordOfPants]

Nope, I'm confident that radioactive ingredients is part of what gives nuka-cola it's special 'zing'. It fits with the general fallout 50s 'nuclear is fun!' ethos and the general disdain for consumer safety in the Fallout world. If you think it's not, how do you explain that all of the nuka-cola you find is radioactive but only a few specific locations have radioactive sunset Sarsaparilla? And why is nuka-cola you can make from non-irradiated ingredients radioactive (and again, Sunset Sarsaparilla isn't)?

[Mauzer]

Originally posted by LordOfPants:

Nope, I'm confident that radioactive ingredients is part of what gives nuka-cola it's special 'zing'. It fits with the general fallout 50s 'nuclear is fun!' ethos and the general disdain for consumer safety in the Fallout world. If you think it's not, how do you explain that all of the nuka-cola you find is radioactive but only a few specific locations have radioactive sunset Sarsaparilla? And why is nuka-cola you can make from non-irradiated ingredients radioactive (and again, Sunset Sarsaparilla isn't)?

Designchoices of the devolopers, if nuka cola was irradiatet ther woud be some sort of newartikel about this industrial scandal or hints about it. Even if it was part of of the produkt it would be part of ther marketing.

This is lazy writing/designchoices. The question im was asking was would you buy it in the real life with the time given production and health standerts ? (this includes the produkts do NOT emiter some sort of radiation)