• Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    Can’t relate at all

    I tried monster once in like 2019 and it tasted so bad I never bought an energy drink since

    If I want caffeine I just get coffee

        • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
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          16 hours ago

          So coke makes you an “asshole” apparently. I wouldn’t call cynicism and slight aggressivness asshole traits (at least that’s what cigarettes make even more noticeable in my personality). If there is one thing I objectively love about myself it’s cynicism.

          And of course don’t smoke. It really fucks with your lungs and makes mental health problems way worse.

              • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                8 hours ago

                Well it is a stimulant.

                Not sure how the same it is. Like saying dilotted and alcohol are the same because theyre both depressants.

                I’m not sure it destroys your body less, but it certainly destroys everyone else’s bodies a lot more.

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        3 days ago

        Then you’re making coffee wrong!

        (Or just don’t like it, which is totally okay too)

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        3 days ago

        [sound of 1000 amateur baristas inhaling in preparation for a 2-hour lecture about how you are making your coffee wrong]

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        3 days ago

        Unfortunately the cost of an energy drink at least around here is nearly the cost of a large gas station coffee ~2.50$. and that’s for shit gas station coffee, if you go to like Starbucks you will pay double that easily.

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        I treat caffeine as a drink for the effects, not for the taste. Only energy drinks are good for the taste when I want both.

        Instant coffee, raw coffee, the shitty coffee that comes in MRE packets, the fancy stuff that costs too much, espressos, 5-hour energy, I’ll chug it all down all the same. Treat it like vodka or whiskey - don’t bother trying to taste it.

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      3 days ago

      I have bafflingly inconsistent stomach problems. Coffee wrecks me, but Monster and Red Bull are totally fine for some reason

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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      4 days ago

      I love the taste of energy drinks, it tastes like liquid gummy bears to me (which is a good thing). But the name brand stuff is super expensive and I definitely don’t want to have a pint of it in a container that can’t be closed again. Also I get digestive issues from caffeine, haha