I struck up a conversation with my roommate when I saw a box of "Mexi-Mountain Dew" (which I like to refer to as the cane sugar over high fructose corn syrup versions of soft drinks south of the US-Mexico border). He said it wasn't his and I pursued the conversation by asking whether he thought it tasted different from the "actual thing" or not and man, was this guy hard to get through to. He was staring dead-eyed at reddit and mumbled things like "What are you talking about? It's the same thing. Just with an old fashioned cover."
I verified that it was Mexi-Mountain Dew when I read over the ingredients... no high fructose corn syrup. But my so-called roommate just exasperatedly replied "What's the difference anyway?" to which I replied, you don't know the difference between cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup? I even poked fun at all the reading he was doing on the net (because this wasn't the first time he didn't know common, researchable knowledge.... mind you, I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just trying to be over-friendly as I do with people I consider close).
Well, nothing doing, I heated dinner and went upstairs. He's not anti-social because I can hear him guffawing his throat out when he's playing League with friends (or my housemate who has also been somewhat cold-shouldering me) but eh, I did walk in today to find my roommate still sleeping at 4 in the afternoon so a number of things could've been awry for him today.
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