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09-06-2008, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Osaka, Japan
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I drink plenty of coffee. Occasionally I'll drink an energy drink if I really need a boost in the middle of the day (of which this country has a rainbow variety of, for all those overworked salarymen).
A few times in college when I had to pull an all-nighter to write a research paper, I would drink 3 or 4 Red Bulls, which would keep me awake but did nothing for my ability to focus or think clearly.
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09-06-2008, 06:42 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: a'Straiya
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Rockstar FTW! Those things are liquid happiness.
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09-06-2008, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: England, South Glos, Bristol
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Originally Posted by Wednesday Friday Addams
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What's a V?
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09-06-2008, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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V is an energy drink.
I'm not a fan of energy drinks myself, I'd rather stick to coffee since it doesn't make me feel like I'm pumping my body full of something completely unnatural.
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09-06-2008, 08:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sugar Hill
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Energy drinks are pretty much just a trick to get you to buy overpriced, poor-tasting soda with extra calories.
It's the same theory behind energy bars. When I was out on the trail I started out snacking on multiple Cliff bars a day (which I still like) till I realized that $2 and up was way too much to pay, when I'd get the same or more calories and stuff from snickers bars and the like, for less than half the price.
I'll down an energy drink on occasion, if I'm on a long car trip and don't want anymore coffee, but they really don't give me much more energy than a coke or mountain dew.
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09-08-2008, 05:55 PM
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#31
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 50
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I like Rockstar.
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09-08-2008, 05:58 PM
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#32
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: griffin,ga
Posts: 207
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Have you treid that fruit punch flaver.
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09-08-2008, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 54
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I enjoy Monster, only the original monster though, and only half a can at a time on certain occasions. Like if I score perfect on one of those agonizing biology tests that my teacher gives us. I enjoy things more if I know I did something to deserve them.
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09-08-2008, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I like Amp, when I worked on ten hours night shifts they were the only thing that could keep me coherent while trying to troubleshoot with grumpy/tired Americans 
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09-11-2008, 04:05 PM
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#35
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Raxacoricofallapatorius
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People used to drinking coffee regularly will not be effected by energy drinks. Try depriving yourself of caffine for about three weeks then have a BFC of monster. You'll fly. Also, those starbucks energydrinks make you jittery as shit.
They're terrible for you. Drank a case of rockstar once on a bet, was wired for days. I won fifty bucks though
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09-11-2008, 04:36 PM
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#36
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
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Blech I am not a fan of energy drinks and due to the amounts of stimulants that I have been on they don't do shit for me so I don't touch them. Plus they are bad for you, even in moderation they can fuck with your system.
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09-11-2008, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Uhm...
I am not a habitual user of energy drinks. I get my fix with caffeine and nicotine. I guess you can call me old fashioned.
But I did go through times when I had to drink them. Specially some pretty boring analytical courses for the military.
Funny story:
We were training for a deployment to Southwest Asia, and I am enjoying a red bull.
This freak of a man comes over to me, and starts to read me the riot act on how bad they are, how they thin the blood, and if you get shot, you will bleed to death much quicker than a non energy drink user.
I almost slapped that man. I told him: "you fucking nitwit. If I get shot enough to be bleeding to death, my blood being to fucking thin is the least of my problems. Give me a tampon, plug the bullet wound and shut the fuck up".
It was an epic moment seeing this guy, who probably told that story to hundreds of soldiers, walk away with some thoughts to ponder.
So kiddies, if you find yourself in a situation where you might bleed from an artery, don't drink energy drinks LOL.
Uncle Jerry.
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09-12-2008, 03:44 PM
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#38
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: In a hole
Posts: 12
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SoBe?
I enjoy SoBe.
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09-16-2008, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: United States.
Posts: 1,670
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I drank 6 monster energy drinks two weekends ago and to say the least it was not good at all. I lost my mind.
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09-18-2008, 11:50 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Earth
Posts: 2,000
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I'll stick to my coffee, thanks.
Also, I was surprised when rockstar made my piss flourecent yellow.
Yuck! I don't care how much vitamins and ginsing are in energy drinks.
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09-18-2008, 02:23 PM
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#41
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Humboldt, CA
Posts: 143
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I don't drink them unless they are organic.
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09-23-2008, 12:03 PM
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#42
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: No where right now, I attend Job Corps in North Carolina
Posts: 24
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I love moster and nos.
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09-24-2008, 01:24 AM
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#43
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Raxacoricofallapatorius
Posts: 1,750
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Nos tastes like pineapple, which is always good.
Starbucks sells an energy drink that comes in a can, tastes like coffee. This thing has about twice the amount of "energy" ingredients per cup than monster. It's fucking POTENT.
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Because before too long there'll be nothing left alive, not a creature on the land or sea, a bird in the sky. They'll be shot, harpooned, eaten, and hunted too much, vivisected by the clever men who prove that there's no such things as a fair world with live and let live. The Royal family go hunting, what an example to give to the people they lead and that don't include me, I've seen enough pain and torture of those who can't speak...
- Tough Shit, Mickey by Conflict
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09-25-2008, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: griffin,ga
Posts: 207
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I was at the store yesterday and seen this new one redline.I have heard about it and thought I would try it and see if it is any good.They taste pretty good but they come in a small bottle.It didn't give me no extra energy but I think 2 or 3 will wake my ass up.Look for this stuff.It is hard to find but it is reaally good.
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09-25-2008, 07:04 PM
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#45
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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I have never tasted an energy drink, though I buy them all the time for my son and daughter. No Fear Gold is their favorite.
EDIT: unless you count Starbucks Grande Cafe Mocha. With whipped cream and nutmeg! Yum-yum.
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09-25-2008, 08:00 PM
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#46
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
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I'll have a lift plus once or twice every month perhaps but only if I want to feel my cells being forced into action. I also heard an interesting fact about how they obtain Taurine. Apparently Taurine can come from Bull semen. Now, I wonder how they realised that Taurine could help you when procuring it from a Bull...
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09-25-2008, 08:08 PM
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#47
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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You gave me a heart attack with that Corpsey! However Red Bull has this section on this website that says "THIS IS SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS, WE DO NOT GET THIS STUFF FROM BULL TESTES"
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09-25-2008, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
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Hahahaha I know.
I read a bit into it after posting that and found out they get it mostly from Bile, or something of the sort, and that it's an essential nutrient in our diet. Not quite an amino acid, but close enough. It also is found in seaweed a lot, so there must be a lot of taurine floating around in me right now, for I just had Sushi.
Just something I pondered on.
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Everyone has a ghost...a phantom behind us which slows and drags us down.. This ghost or spectral has a name..."Regret".
"I've never regretted anything..." - Light Yagami
Life is a shit sandwich. Unfortunately, it's always lunchtime. How much bread you have goes a long way toward determining how easy it is to swallow.
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09-26-2008, 07:46 PM
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#49
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In AL, which sucks
Posts: 500
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If I could, I'd replace my blood with Monster. I love it like a fat kid loves cake.
Oh, and you can't beat Redbull and vodka. Now THAT'S an energy drink of kings!!
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09-26-2008, 09:20 PM
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#50
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: somewhere in hawaii
Posts: 87
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I don't hate them, but I don't love them either. Occasionally I'll have one or two Red Bulls mid-morning on Saturday, which is my busiest day of the week at work. Normally, though, I stick with coffee because energy drinks are too sweet.
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