I stopped drinking soda my junior year of high school when one of my coaches told me that soda wasn't very good for your body. I know, I know, Duh!! Carbonated sugar water isn't good for you??
That was five years ago, and today the only time I drink soda is when it is mixed into a yummy alcoholic beverage such as a captin' and coke. I get the hiccups if I drink it straight out of the can, especially with sprite/7up. Beer doesn't make me hiccup, but it seems like it is less carbonated than soda. I would be pissed if beer gave me hiccups.