Hypothetical Situation:
Let’s say you found a can of diet coke in your house that you know is from December 2007. Let’s say you hypothetically know this due to the holiday graphics on said can. Let’s then say that you then ponder whethere or not you should drink it even though the expiration date on the bottom of the can says March 2009. This is a turning point for you. You have a choice here. Do you believe the expiration date and throw out the yummy goodness of the last diet coke in your house or do you push ahead and drink it anyway under the assumption that “diet coke can’t really go bad, can it?”
(if you look closely at the above photo, you will notice the christmas silver bells on the can)
In this hypothetical situation that did not happen on Sunday, you drink the diet coke. Or, you try to. Sadly, when you take your first sip, you notice that something is off. It just doesn’t taste right. Not bad, but not right. So, like the champ you are, you take another sip. Still not right (as if you were expecting a change). What you are tasting is carbonated water. Carbonated brown water. The yummy deliciousness is gone from the can and you are left with carbonated brown water. Not good. Again, not bad. But it makes you feel funny to be drinking brown water that used to taste like diet coke but somehow does not even though the can was never opened so where could the goodness have gone?
Hypothetical Advice:
Diet Coke can go bad. Do not drink it 10 months past its date of purchase and 7 months past its expiration date.
