<p>“Pop seems to be used almost exclusively by lower income brackets.”</p>
<p>No. No just no.</p>
<p>@777Blue77 Anytime someone says something you don’t agree with != ■■■■■. Nobody I know says pop. The only time I hear people say pop is at McDonalds or something.</p>
<p>It’s amazing that somebody who joined on July 7 knows so much about me ;)</p>
<p>■■■■■■ all over Michigan call it pop.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.popvssoda.com/”>http://www.popvssoda.com/</a></p>
<p>I’m a proud ■■■■■. Nothing against Yoopers, I just like southern Michigan better :p</p>
<p>1) drinking soda is unhealthy and something either old boomers stuck in their ways enjoy or people with low SES and a diabetic death wish continue to recklessly guzzle and 2) I’m middle class and in Metro Detroit, with friends who are mostly upper middle class. None of their families really even buy the stuff, let alone say “pop”. The last time I heard pop was in McDonald’s and probably like the Meijer beverage aisle, both by obviously lower class families.</p>
<p>Hense my assumption, via my experiences, that “pop” is something lower class families continue to use.</p>
<p>Its pop. </p>
<p>I can’t really speak for comp sci (if you consider that engineering) but 200 level courses aren’t really anything. Just wait. So like I said, you haven’t started engineering. </p>
<p>But yeah, in general I’m not a fan of these threads… after one year. Sadly, Michigan has its fair share of know it all students. Basically still living in high school. They fade each year though</p>
<p>“1) drinking soda is unhealthy and something either old boomers stuck in their ways enjoy or people with low SES and a diabetic death wish continue to recklessly guzzle and 2) I’m middle class and in Metro Detroit, with friends who are mostly upper middle class. None of their families really even buy the stuff, let alone say “pop”. The last time I heard pop was in McDonald’s and probably like the Meijer beverage aisle, both by obviously lower class families.”</p>
<p>@Oliver18 </p>
<p>You seriously need a reality check. Yes, I consider drinking pop to be unhealthy. However, there are plenty of middle class people who drink pop. Furthermore, how do you know the families in the McDonald’s and Meijer were lower class families (how was it so obvious)?. You need to learn not to be so quick to judge people. </p>
<p>Additionally, look at this map</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.popvssoda.com/”>http://www.popvssoda.com/</a></p>
<p>Haha ThisIsMichigan, Have you ever heard of EECS 281? It’s one of the toughest classes at the university behind 381. For cs, most upper level classes are actually much easier than core curriculum.</p>
<p>And OUCH…computer science isn’t really engineering??</p>
<p>:( :’(</p>
<p>And wow the soda vs pop debate escaleted quickly… :O</p>
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<p>Nope. I mean, yes that 381 is harder than it. No that it’s one of the toughest classes at the university. </p>
<p>Well, Oliver 18 (post #25) I am someone who according to your definition, must be of the lower class since I still refer to soft drinks as “pop”. Not only am I “lower class” but I am not even a native of Michigan. It’s a Midwestern thing with the exception of St Louis where they refer to “pop” (Coke, Pepsi, etc) as “soda”. I am much older than you and probable 95% of everyone who frequent this forum as well – receiving my Ph.D. in the 70’s and still doing research at probably the most noted biomedical/medical Institute in the world. I just brought my 12-pack of “pop” into my office this morning.</p>
<p>PS We don’t have a Meijer on the east coast but my wife and I love that place when we come to visit our boy (senior CoE). We feel right at home at Meijer with all of our other lower class folks.</p>
<p>Michigan: “pop” 19,622; “soda” 10,783</p>
<p>one third of the state calls it “soda”</p>
<p>“pop” is the standard lingo in the Boston area, which, generally, evinces a fairly high level of academic attainment as well as a high level of education. “they” also call water fountains “bubblers”. Most/all of these linguistic differences follow the standard paradigm of inclusion/exclusion: if you want to blend and appear local, you use the local lingo; if you think that rejecting the local lingo provides some sort of play for social dominance, go for it. Many of these differences are also just quirks with no discernable point of origin but celebrated by locals who want to be that unique snowflake. Overall, it seems like a tempest in a teapot.</p>
<p>So, do you want to blend in or be a cultural warrior or to communicate?</p>
<p>There is quote along the lines of: “The best bred person in the room is the person who can make the most people feel comfortable.”. The question is, which word is right for which context, not “what is the universal truth”…this is language, not math…solutions need not be unique.</p>
<p>Never understood why people need to make a big deal out of these things. Whether you call it “pop” or “soda” everyone knows what you’re talking about. </p>
<p>Fwiw, I don’t really care what anyone calls it. Most of my grad friends call it soda since there is an ungodly amount of people from California in my program. It really makes NO difference to me. </p>
<p>Where my feathers get ruffled is when people try to “correct” others. It’s immature and condescending. </p>
<p>You just finished your first year and you’re gonna tell me what the hardest class at the university is??? Hahaha. Go home freshman. Read this list in 3 years and be disgusted with yourself.</p>
<p>There is no “hardest” class.</p>
<p>How can you determine that a particular class is the most difficult class when you don’t take anywhere near all of the classes available?</p>
<p>@777Blue77
Agreed. Difficulty is subjective, and is determined by the individual.</p>