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 Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:08 pm
I have a large adoration for Monsters, to begin with so that you have an idea of where I am in this.
It has been presented by the media, educators, and parental units alike that excessive amounts of caffeine in the form of such liquids are to be constantly avoided. I am not stating that all say this, as there is a general upward trend in the purchasing and consumption of energy drinks, but it is common.
I can see to an extent the damage:
1.Getting addicted and dependency. [I am, though they no longer provide any sort of boost or rush. I like the flavors and concept of them.] When one feels as though they CANNOT function without, they should step back and slow down.
2.Typing of which! Building a resistance. One of my my ex-boy friends has drank so numerous these energy providers, that they AND alcohol do nothing for him. Thus, he takes in more and hurts his body.
3.Again! The detrimental points of energy drinks. Yes, too much taurine [ah, I even know how it smells...] can be bad for your system as can just about anything. The sugar content added to some of these delicious liquids is horrid, too.
In contradiction: coffee has been a morning requirement for many for a lengthy amount of years, and while energy drinks are for the most part more extreme than the average "cup'o'joe", it is the same idea that it is needed. Monster had a lot of added vitamins, as do others today. Sometimes the ingredients are natural, like in Bawls.
So!
Where do you position yourself: "yay" or "nay" to things such as Rockstar and Tab?
On various drink cans and bottle labels: do not drink more than two in a twenty-four hour period for risk of stroke, heart attack, or seizure.
Last night I discovered what is called Monster Java- it's coffee in a can by my favorite energy drink company, with taurine added. There are three flavors, and it was really freaking good.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:17 pm
Bawls sucks its namesake.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:56 pm
This'll be moved to the debates subforum in t-minus 24.
But I believe that energy drinks are a rediculous fad, coming from the origins of the trend myself.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:19 pm
I don't even know any of them xd
I don't really like energy drinks or coffee because it's not natural to boost your energy like this and it can only be dangerous for your body. And I don't like the taste anyway so it's easier for me not to take them. It's not that I'm totally against it and that I think they should be forbidden or something (although I do feel that taking it all the time is a really bad habbit) but I just don't feel the need for them.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:24 am
You know what drink I miss from back in the day? Surge. That was a real energy drink.
The first time I drank it, I only took like five sips.
And then I vomitted.
INTENSE.
EDIT: But seriously, I don't much like energy drinks. They taste nasty. And they don't do anything for me. The only drink that ever did was Surge, but they got rid of it because it was too dangerous or something like that.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:11 am
FULL THROTTLE RULES YA!!!!
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:21 pm
x] Monster is overrated.
D:
People at school have like three-hour conversations on the "greatness that is Monster".
IT. IS. SO. ANNOYING.
rolleyes
Even though they're like, my best friends... I'd still like to SHOOT THEM.
xD
I don't like Energy Drinks.
I'm not supposed to have a lot of caffeine either.
No caffeine after 3PM.
gonk
I had a Rockstar once, most DISGUSTING thing I've ever tasted.
xd
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Senorita Retro
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:14 pm
all evergy drinks are VERY VERY VERY BAD for you.
do some research on the ingredients. And, i prefer to stay away from the caffine, it's stunts your growth. also, my school once supplied them at a dance, free of charge. how dumb.
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little_evil_goth Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:07 am
God Monster tastes like ******** s**t. I bought it at Subway when it first came out and practically dropped asleep at the table.....and as an insomniac thats just ******** wierd.
The only reasonably good one is V. Oh and pusle...now that one I HATE tastes like liquified gummy bears but its an energy drink AND an alcoholic beverage the equivalent of two standard drinks.....mmmm vodka...
Energy drinks and caffeine in general is my love//hate affair. I despise it with a passion. But as a passionate drinker of that horrid vien & blood infecting disease I also understand the sheer need to consume it, see it's a very smart plan these companys have. It's gives you a kick at first, so you have more and more till your tolerance to the s**t is so high it does nothing for you, to the point your drinking enough you might as well be shooting up smack. That's a pretty harsh comparison right? Caffiene to smack. But it's not.
Not long ago I was consuming at least 5 cokes a day, 2 coffees, a can of V ((once a week though)) and whatever other sugary caffiene pumped crap was put infront of me. ((Mostly because they tell you caffiene makes you gain weight but thats not true it supresses my appetite)) This to me does not seem alot, maybe it does to you guys or maybe your just as desensitised. I was on this bender for 2 years and could easily pick it back up. Then I noticed I felt like s**t ALOT. I was having mood swings, picking fights with my friends and family, one mintue I was on top of the world the next I was tired alone and violent or just lying on the floor in a depression so deep I wasn't sure if I was depressed or bored. And my insomnia was through the ******** roof. So I kicked it altogether.....Don't ever do that. It was the worst week of my life. Coming down like that. So as you can guess I was back on it months later. But those months didn't remove my insomnia in the least, so I found something else for that but thats another story.
So I picked it back up. it'll be 3 years this November that Coke and I have been destroying me. happy memories.... I've cut down alot. One coke a day One coffee and thats ALL. But that doesn't kill the want and the need. Because my tolerance is still there. I thought it would've dropped but it doesn't seem so. Or the fact I can feel it like a disease in my system ******** it up and tearing it apart. So tomorrow i'm going to do the poshest unlike me thing i can and go to the supermarket and buy lots an lots of different flavoured caffiene free teas! ew.....but i have to try! cuz decaf is just wrong....
The moral to the story? I don't have one! I just like sharing. I guess if you can take it as a lesson NOT to get addicted to such an easily available drug then do so. But i've never warned anyone to not follow their hearts....
omg I just realised something......I'm a caffeine addict.....wow.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:13 am
I like Monster and Bawls. Bawls tastes like cream soda ^^
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:09 am
xXxravynxXx all evergy drinks are VERY VERY VERY BAD for you. do some research on the ingredients. And, i prefer to stay away from the caffine, it's stunts your growth. also, my school once supplied them at a dance, free of charge. how dumb.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:00 pm
i dont drink energy drinks obssessively... but do drink monster.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:21 pm
ROCKSTAR ALL THE WAY.
Redbull = D:
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:38 pm
~Chrono Signz~ xXxravynxXx all evergy drinks are VERY VERY VERY BAD for you. do some research on the ingredients. And, i prefer to stay away from the caffine, it's stunts your growth. also, my school once supplied them at a dance, free of charge. how dumb. like i said, do some research. they're really bad for your heart too. mostly your heart.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:28 pm
Monster. I can't stand Red Bull.
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