Diet Coke Lime is back on store shelves. I don’t know why they ever got rid of it. This soda rules.

I’m glad it’s back. I’m just thrown off by Coca-Cola ’s odd decision to try to make me feel old.

Officially, this product is labeled “Retro Diet Coke Lime.” This is an alarming name because it originally hit store shelves in 2004 and was last spotted in 2018.

Is Coke calling this soda “retro?” Or is it just applying a retro aesthetic to the can?

Either way, I don’t like that I just had to consider whether 2004 qualifies as “retro.”

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I’m not a soda can scientist. But I dabble in the field.

Looking at the art on the can, I’m guessing that Coke was trying to invoke an art style of the late 70s or early 80s.

When I first looked at it, I had a moment of pa

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