Thursday, September 21, 2017
BYU + Coke: It's the Real Meme
University lifts 60-plus year ban on caffeinated drinks; internet loses shit.
Posted By Enrique Limón on September 21, 2017, 3:14 PM
And lo, it came in the form of a fizzy beverage.
Starting today, and following a 60-plus year ban, BYU will include caffeinated Coke products in its vending machines, cafeterias and sporting events.
Excited by the news, and perhaps jacked up on the good shit, many took to Twitter to express their utter joy:
This is how I imagine Coke trucks driving to BYU campus are rn. pic.twitter.com/ZSREJcAl6c
— Josh Furlong (@JFurKSL) September 21, 2017
Did I just buy the first ever caffeinated Coke Zero Sugar sold in #BYU's Wilkinson Student Center?
— Christopher Jones (@ccjones13) September 21, 2017
Yes, yes I did. pic.twitter.com/zjKFFuQB6w
If you had the parlay of “In 2017, Donald Trump will be President and BYU will sell Coke on campus,” please return Biff’s Almanac.
— Zach Bloxham (@zblox) September 21, 2017
If allowing caffeinated sodas at BYU marks the death knell of pseudo-rabbinical parsing of the Word of Wisdom, I am all for it.
— BCC (@ByCommonConsent) September 21, 2017
The church is true, my prayers have been heard. Caffine on campus 🙌🍺🍻🍹🍷🍾🥂🥃 #byu #lds
— Kindle Fire 🔥 (@kendelle_james) September 21, 2017
Nativity Scenes just went on sale at the BYU Bookstore today... pic.twitter.com/uj58BSmbJz
— Hank R. Smith, PhD (@hankrsmith) September 21, 2017
Diet Coke in the sacrament cups at #BYU this Sunday
— LDS Bishop (@ldsbishop) September 21, 2017
Some brought the Holy War into it:
So now you have red cans and we have blue cans? What a crazy, mixed-up world we live in.#BottomsUpBYU https://t.co/lxMeLhYytP
— University of Utah (@UUtah) September 21, 2017
Byu will begin selling caffeinated beverages for the first time since Taysom Hill's freshman year.
— Ute Pilot (@ute_pilot) September 21, 2017
President Worthen on BYU serving caffeine, "figured we all needed a hard one after losing 7 straight to Utah"
— Weston Farnsworth (@CKS_4) September 21, 2017
Live look at the #byufootball offensive line after the caffeinegate announcement!!#BYU #BYUSN pic.twitter.com/snHnvUagI0
— BYU Sports Nation (@BYUSportsNation) September 21, 2017
Then there were the contrarians:
this is disappointing. Caffeine free soda is what makes BYU what it is. I'm sad people are so happy to see them stray from their culture
— D.A.R.E Grad (@okelleykm) September 21, 2017
WHAT NEXT, HEROINE IN THE VENDING MACHINES??????
— byuAP (@byuAP) September 21, 2017
Can't even complain that BYU parties like it's 1895 because at least the soda then was made with real cocaine
— Butch Chastity (@HeckenButcher) September 21, 2017
First caffeine on BYU campus?! What's next consent?
— DCM (@dietcokemamii) September 21, 2017
And, as always, Sen. Orrin Hatch chimed in to give the whole deal a bit of gravitas:
The last time BYU sold caffeinated drinks on campus I was serenading Elaine in the Wilkinson Student Center https://t.co/grfIWlyvFk #utpol pic.twitter.com/jga83YP8R0
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 21, 2017
Sing it with me!
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