Hey--Are You Freaking Serious?--Dr. Pep Is Better Than Mtn Dew?--As If! Hamilton Nolan · 03/31/16 01:17PM Americans are drinking less soda with each passing year—which makes the remaining soda that we do drink all the more important. Sadly, new evidence indicates that this country’s taste in soda is going to hell. Hey, someone call a “Doctor....”