That crappy Zima drink came out in 93 as well. I think all these clear drinks must have been marketed to women, at least in my crowd a guy drinking Zima raised eyebrows.
Freegards
Zima was invented because saying “b1tch beer” in public was becoming frowned upon...
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KYPD
There was a thing about clear sodas being more pure in 1993, and that fad did not last.