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lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
November 23 2010 17:23 GMT
#1

IM GOIN LOCO FOR DEM LOKOS
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/nyregion/15loko.html
It will not be on the shelves much longer. On Sunday, state officials announced that Phusion Projects,
the Chicago company that makes Four Loko, had voluntarily agreed to halt shipments to New York State by Friday.




Every1 loves these, they taste very good, but it's a pretty insane concoction. A couple of these will get you feelin chill, I guess a downer + upper didn't go well with the law. RIP..

Even asians rock them
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****
You can't fight the feeling.
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 17:28:49
November 23 2010 17:28 GMT
#2
These would make a ton of money even if they took the caffeine out. People buy them because of their price, not because of the caffeine.
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Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
November 23 2010 17:29 GMT
#3
Taking the caffeine/guarana out of it sorta kills the fun of how f'ing drunk you can get though.

They'll still make money but I'll bet it'll be a lot less than what they sold before they decided to remove the stuff.

I love these drinks~
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sung_moon
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10110 Posts
November 23 2010 17:29 GMT
#4
WHUR U GIT IT AT I BOUGHT OUTA DA KONO STOWO

this song is too good lol. too bad it's banned in PA. gotta get it form otehr means D:
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Lovedrop
Profile Joined April 2010
2629 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 17:46:10
November 23 2010 17:30 GMT
#5
On November 24 2010 02:23 lokiM wrote:
Every1 loves these, they taste very good,


They taste like shit, the fruit punch tastes like bitter cranberry juice. In the end though, they served their purposes.

They're all gonna be reformulated soon, so grab them when you can !
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lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
November 23 2010 17:35 GMT
#6
The fruit punch is actually the only one I don't drink, it's too bitter like you said
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BadManner
Profile Joined July 2010
71 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 17:37:49
November 23 2010 17:37 GMT
#7

FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
November 23 2010 17:38 GMT
#8
Haha friends of mine threw a Four loco party just before it was banned.
Trowabarton756
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States870 Posts
November 23 2010 17:43 GMT
#9
What...is it...? Is it just like those sparks drinks with caffeine/energy boosters added?
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ulf5
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden208 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 17:44:26
November 23 2010 17:43 GMT
#10
So are these energy drinks with alcohol or?
Edit: stupid me, didn't see the link.
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
November 23 2010 17:46 GMT
#11
Ahh, the official drink of the fighting game community bites the dust :/
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Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 17:48:37
November 23 2010 17:47 GMT
#12
Let me explain this to people.

The true purpose and best use of Four Loko is to drink 1 (one) before going out so you can already be reasonably (but not retardedly) drunk, and energetic so you can party.

It saves you money at the bar for one. Also no social awkwardness while you're getting drunk since you already are! The issue is people who drink two or three or four and keep doing it all night, as with ANY ALCOHOLIC DRINK.

They do taste horrible. But it's a convenient combination of things and the feeling is great between stimulants and alcohol.

Edit: It's equivalent to around 6 light beers or 4 manly 12oz. beers, and sources say anywhere from 1 to three cups of coffee.
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Amnesia
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3818 Posts
November 23 2010 17:48 GMT
#13
four loko es no joko
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
November 23 2010 17:51 GMT
#14
There is something wrong with that picture.
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Shotcoder
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2316 Posts
November 23 2010 17:52 GMT
#15
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AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
November 23 2010 17:53 GMT
#16
damn these things were terrible tasting and terrible for you and yet they were so popular. i'm not gonna lie, I did kind of liked the little fad before it got banned in Michigan. It was just goofy to see them everyone, like at parties or even on the street cause they looked so much like Arizona ice teas
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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
November 23 2010 17:57 GMT
#17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_(energy_drink)

jesus, some of those things are 12% alcohol. whatever happened to rocking a bottle of wine at a party?
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mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
November 23 2010 18:07 GMT
#18
holy shit if this happens to Texas I'm actually going to cry
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Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
November 23 2010 18:08 GMT
#19
these got banned in washington recently also. I always was a beer drinker and think these things are nasty but i don't agree with govenment telling us what we can and can't drink. Some kids at my school stocked the fuck up though.
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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 18:17:59
November 23 2010 18:16 GMT
#20
They are removing the caffeine and still selling them.

Hey

Hey guys

Listen

I wonder what would happen if you drank one of the new Four Lokos...

and then

guys, get this

ALSO drank an energy drink...

Mind=Blown

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TheMango
Profile Joined April 2007
United States1967 Posts
November 23 2010 18:19 GMT
#21
On November 24 2010 03:16 sob3k wrote:
They are removing the caffeine and still selling them.

Hey

Hey guys

Listen

I wonder what would happen if you drank one of the new Four Lokos...

and then

guys, get this

ALSO drank an energy drink...

Mind=Blown



Not quite the same, as you're essentially diluting the amount of alcohol by drinking the energy drink. Obviously they should increase the alcohol % to compensate.
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Shotcoder
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2316 Posts
November 23 2010 18:27 GMT
#22
On November 24 2010 03:19 TheMango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:16 sob3k wrote:
They are removing the caffeine and still selling them.

Hey

Hey guys

Listen

I wonder what would happen if you drank one of the new Four Lokos...

and then

guys, get this

ALSO drank an energy drink...

Mind=Blown



Not quite the same, as you're essentially diluting the amount of alcohol by drinking the energy drink. Obviously they should increase the alcohol % to compensate.


or they should just provide a caffeine supplement pill for each can of new Four Loko they sell
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Hittegods
Profile Joined April 2007
Stockholm4640 Posts
November 23 2010 18:32 GMT
#23
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.
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Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
November 23 2010 18:37 GMT
#24
On November 24 2010 03:32 Hittegods wrote:
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.


The caffeine doesn't fuck you. It makes you feel alert so you keep on pounding it.

And then the caffeine wears off.

And then you're fucked.
It felt like gravity.
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
November 23 2010 18:40 GMT
#25
On November 24 2010 03:37 Straylight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:32 Hittegods wrote:
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.


The caffeine doesn't fuck you. It makes you feel alert so you keep on pounding it.

And then the caffeine wears off.

And then you're fucked.


So what's the difference between these "four"-drinks and say.. Vodka Redbull?
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TheMango
Profile Joined April 2007
United States1967 Posts
November 23 2010 18:46 GMT
#26
On November 24 2010 03:40 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:37 Straylight wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:32 Hittegods wrote:
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.


The caffeine doesn't fuck you. It makes you feel alert so you keep on pounding it.

And then the caffeine wears off.

And then you're fucked.


So what's the difference between these "four"-drinks and say.. Vodka Redbull?


Not much really, in fact, in the same volume quantities, I'm pretty sure there is more alcohol and caffeine in a vodka redbull than a four loko.
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QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
November 23 2010 18:49 GMT
#27
What happened to a good bottle of Whiskey with Ice and a couple of energy drinks as a side dish. ( Side note: Not for mixing purposes because that would ruin the Whiskey ).
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Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
November 23 2010 18:50 GMT
#28
On November 24 2010 03:40 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:37 Straylight wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:32 Hittegods wrote:
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.


The caffeine doesn't fuck you. It makes you feel alert so you keep on pounding it.

And then the caffeine wears off.

And then you're fucked.


So what's the difference between these "four"-drinks and say.. Vodka Redbull?


Four Loko is putting it together in one drink, whereas Redbull doesn't make alcoholic energy drinks. Of course nothing's stopping you from doing that on your own.
It felt like gravity.
TheMango
Profile Joined April 2007
United States1967 Posts
November 23 2010 18:53 GMT
#29
On November 24 2010 03:46 TheMango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:40 grobo wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:37 Straylight wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:32 Hittegods wrote:
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.


The caffeine doesn't fuck you. It makes you feel alert so you keep on pounding it.

And then the caffeine wears off.

And then you're fucked.


So what's the difference between these "four"-drinks and say.. Vodka Redbull?


Not much really, in fact, in the same volume quantities, I'm pretty sure there is more alcohol and caffeine in a vodka redbull than a four loko.


To expand on it, the ban isn't really due to some kind of serious health risk (though there is some truth to caffeine making you feel less drunk, so you end up drinking more), it's because of its accessibility (very cheap compared to a redbull cocktail and it's premixed), and because it's become a fad among the younger crowd. There was a similar, but much shorter lived 'outrage' back when I was in college about redbull vodka, but it didn't lead to a ban like this.
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Ipp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States456 Posts
November 23 2010 18:56 GMT
#30
On November 24 2010 03:16 sob3k wrote:
They are removing the caffeine and still selling them.

Hey

Hey guys

Listen

I wonder what would happen if you drank one of the new Four Lokos...

and then

guys, get this

ALSO drank an energy drink...

Mind=Blown


Well then you would be paying $4.50 instead of $2.50 to get that Buzz which adds up pretty quickly. Idk about you but if I went to McDonalds and they suddenly gave me two less cheese burgers, I'd start going somewhere else.

I guess its back to Jack n Jolt after my 4 lokos supply goes away. I wonder how many kids are gonna just start drinking mass amounts of "home made lokos" with much higher alcohol content and get sent to the hospital.

It's not the drink, it is the bad parenting - If alcohol is a huge no-no kids are going to drink, and if they get in trouble because they have it; they will finish whatever bottle they get their hands on to get rid of the evidence. A lot of people start drinking responsibly after they get over the fact of being able to buy alcohol.
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Contagious
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1319 Posts
November 23 2010 19:37 GMT
#31
dude this stuff really should be banned. I drank 2 each night during this last weekend before I started drinking, and I ended up browning out pretty easily both nights. Shit's pretty dangerous.
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
November 23 2010 19:44 GMT
#32
Good riddance. That stuff is poison.
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Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
November 23 2010 20:05 GMT
#33
On November 24 2010 03:07 mOnion wrote:
holy shit if this happens to Texas I'm actually going to cry


Yeah its banned in a few states, but now they're just taking out the caffeine/guarana so ionno if other states will ban it after that

And to people saying it wont change, yeah...no

its the reason jaegarbombs fuck you up, the alcohol slows you down the energy drink speeds you up, your body stays alert and feels better than it should after consuming as much alcohol as that. Hence why people get fucked up so badly.
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Neverhood
Profile Joined August 2009
United States5388 Posts
November 23 2010 20:14 GMT
#34
Stocked up 20 cans of this while i still could, was harder than expected cause a lot of gas stations around here already took them off the shelves.
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Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 20:41:44
November 23 2010 20:16 GMT
#35
Guys the difference between this and Vodka and Red Bull is that Vodka and Red Bull is like $5.00 USD, and you'd need five of them or something to equate to a Four Loko, which is $1.99 USD. So they differ in price by a factor of 12. It's 12 times as expensive to get the same effect from Vodka and Red Bull.

And the caffeine definitely makes a difference. It makes you want to dance more and hook up with bitches when it's super late and the non Four Loko drinkers are throwing in the towel.

Edit more: Liquid volume is an issue. A 40oz. and a couple no doz or Excedrin would do the same thing, which is what I used to do (and might do again due to the ban ). But a 40oz. is almost twice as much to drink before going out and is actually slightly less alcohol.

Also, the ban is because idiot kids who don't understand dimensional analysis can't figure out that a 24oz. 12% drink is actually serious, even if it's sugary. So they hammered it like retards, fucked themselves up, and went to the hospital.

And outraged parents and politicians decided that it's better to ban a drink than to admit that they have done a bad job in teaching kids about alcohol (i.e., in the U.S.A. at least, the official educational policy is to tell kids that all alcohol is bad and therefore they have no information to make decisions, and experiment and make poor decisions instead of having any idea how to moderate their intake).
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Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
November 23 2010 20:43 GMT
#36
Can I go loco for dem loko's in Canada?

I occasionally get bombed on dem jagerbombs but never been loco for dem lokos.
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11552 Posts
November 23 2010 21:08 GMT
#37
4lokos suck anyways

good riddance
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Reikobi
Profile Joined November 2010
United States12 Posts
November 23 2010 21:16 GMT
#38
LOCO FOR THEM LOKOS!!!

Seriously though, these things are disgusting. None of their flavors do a good job of masking the awful malt liquor taste that lingers in your mouth. There are so many better options if your goal is to pregame. Just take two or three shots to get started; it's not a more expensive option by any significant margin, and a lot less painful. Four Lokos rank among the worst alcoholic beverages I've ever tasted, but at least they're better than Jungle Joose. Ugh...

But they shouldn't be banned. Cmon guys, don't try Prohibition again. It doesn't work. Next thing you know they'll outlaw Jagerbombs. You're cool as long as the officer doesn't see you dropping a shot glass into your cup of Red Bull.

JAGERBOMBS JAGERBOMBS JAGERBOMBS
Scorcher2k
Profile Joined November 2009
United States802 Posts
November 23 2010 21:19 GMT
#39
They taste like shit... I don't get why people are so hung up on them getting rid of them...
crazeman
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
664 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 21:24:43
November 23 2010 21:24 GMT
#40
On November 24 2010 03:50 Straylight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:40 grobo wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:37 Straylight wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:32 Hittegods wrote:
Do you guys seriosuly feel fucked up on caffeine? 12% alcohol drink that doesn't taste like alcohol might get you, adding some caffeine to the mix wont do shit.


The caffeine doesn't fuck you. It makes you feel alert so you keep on pounding it.

And then the caffeine wears off.

And then you're fucked.


So what's the difference between these "four"-drinks and say.. Vodka Redbull?


Four Loko is putting it together in one drink, whereas Redbull doesn't make alcoholic energy drinks. Of course nothing's stopping you from doing that on your own.


Is this why we never see something like a cosmopolitan-in-a-can, yet there is cosmopolitan mixes available for people to mix with alcohol? I mean I can see cosmopolitan-in-a-can being the exact same thing (minus the caffeine) and have it mass appeal to girls.

bearbuddy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3442 Posts
November 23 2010 21:25 GMT
#41
I was convinced by my friend to play four loko beer pong...

Never again >__<
DoXa
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Switzerland1448 Posts
November 23 2010 21:29 GMT
#42
never heard of this stuff, but why the hell would people drink this if it tastes bad? is alcohol so expensive in the US? and i think this will cause more people to drive drunk because of the caffeine they think they can drive even if they can't.

happy to have good ol cheap tasty beer and wine and....
Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 21:33:06
November 23 2010 21:31 GMT
#43
On November 24 2010 06:16 Reikobi wrote:
LOCO FOR THEM LOKOS!!!

Seriously though, these things are disgusting. None of their flavors do a good job of masking the awful malt liquor taste that lingers in your mouth. There are so many better options if your goal is to pregame. Just take two or three shots to get started; it's not a more expensive option by any significant margin, and a lot less painful. Four Lokos rank among the worst alcoholic beverages I've ever tasted, but at least they're better than Jungle Joose. Ugh...

But they shouldn't be banned. Cmon guys, don't try Prohibition again. It doesn't work. Next thing you know they'll outlaw Jagerbombs. You're cool as long as the officer doesn't see you dropping a shot glass into your cup of Red Bull.

JAGERBOMBS JAGERBOMBS JAGERBOMBS

Everyone is right, they taste terrible. But I am a Four Loko aficionado and I will tell you the basics of my experience.

1) You buy the drink, thinking "tonight is going to be wild!"
2) You open it up in the comfort of whatever your pregame abode is
3) You sit there looking at it, thinking "man that doesn't sound good right now.
4) The first couple of sips ... disgusting. You feel a little sick when you've had about a tenth of it.
5) After half, you start feeling a little tipsy and it's a little more tolerable.
6) You can kill the rest easily because you're drunk at this point. And energetic. Nothing sounds better than hitting the club / parties and raging.
7) You go out, keep drinking. You feel a little buzzed but are also hammered. You talk to everyone, some cigarettes might help to keep it going for a while longer.
8) You dance the night away like a damn fool but have fun.
9) You review your mental inventory of all the girls you've seen/talked to that night and decide which is the best compromise of attractiveness / easiness etc. Try your best and if you fuck up just go home with your bros. But you probably won't fuck up because of the auspicious and amazing beginning to your night that makes everything else awesome.
10) Reflect the next day on how shitty you feel (hopefully you at least took some ibuprofen) but acknowledge you'll do it again, at least until exams or in my case, road bike racing season starts. (Riding 100km is a great way to kill the hangover).

Not bad at all.

On November 24 2010 06:29 DoXa wrote:
never heard of this stuff, but why the hell would people drink this if it tastes bad? is alcohol so expensive in the US? and i think this will cause more people to drive drunk because of the caffeine they think they can drive even if they can't.

happy to have good ol cheap tasty beer and wine and....


I think alcohol is acceptably priced, but a $4 shot at a bar or a $5 mixed drink, or even a $1 draft special is less efficient than a $2 drink equivalent to 6 light beers and a cup of coffee. Even for a college student, that is about 10 or 15 minutes worth of paid wage labor.
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lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
November 23 2010 21:34 GMT
#44
it's 12% so that's 3 beers not 6 beers but yeah what you're saying is still true
You can't fight the feeling.
jeebuzzx
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada365 Posts
November 23 2010 21:34 GMT
#45
with a name like 4 locos who can you go wrong
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
November 23 2010 21:49 GMT
#46
On November 24 2010 02:23 lokiM wrote:
Every1 loves these, they taste very good

I can only assume you mean this in the most sarcastic manner possible.
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mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
November 23 2010 21:52 GMT
#47
On November 24 2010 06:49 tree.hugger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 02:23 lokiM wrote:
Every1 loves these, they taste very good

I can only assume you mean this in the most sarcastic manner possible.


they're all good except lemonade ewwwwwwwwwww

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Kakera
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States419 Posts
November 23 2010 22:12 GMT
#48
Seriously though, why is this being banned? They've had alcoholic energy drinks around for years now. Jooze is one, Sparks is another and none of those made as much hype as this... All this hype though is making me want some, might go check it out for my bday. I've had jooze which is the same premise. Since when did America start getting rid of temptations instead of teaching kids not to over do it? But yah, I can get drunk for 250 and wasted for 5. It's a good fucking deal!
rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
November 23 2010 22:47 GMT
#49
it tastes like nail polish remover infused with flavored redbull, i was out of breath and couldn't sleep for a good 5 hours, but it got me fucked up after 1.5 cans
Danzepol
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States211 Posts
November 23 2010 22:49 GMT
#50
hey guys, after checking this blog, check mine out, its a blog basically on the subject, thanks



p.s. ty loki for posting this here.
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forgotten0ne
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States951 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 22:52:16
November 23 2010 22:51 GMT
#51
To anyone that thinks these taste like shit, I have two words for you: Mad Dog
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Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 23:20:31
November 23 2010 23:09 GMT
#52
On November 24 2010 06:34 lokiM wrote:
it's 12% so that's 3 beers not 6 beers but yeah what you're saying is still true

No the point is it's 12%, while a regular light beer is around 5% or slightly under. And a regular beer can is 12oz. while a Four Loko is 24oz. So if we estimate a shitty light beer to be 4%, then it's exactly six light beers.

Edit: Even if you consider a beer to be 6% which is around average for cheap beer it's 4.
The Nature and purpose of the martial way are universal; all selfish desires must be roasted in the tempering fires of hard training. - Masutatsu Oyama
VonLego
Profile Joined June 2010
United States519 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 23:25:36
November 23 2010 23:15 GMT
#53
Some stupid 19 year olds "didn't know" there was alcohol in them and ended up in the hospital... now this? Obviously you can tell you're ingesting alcohol long before the "oh my gawd I'm dieing from alcohol poisoning" moment.

Listening to the speaker at the courthouse was ridiculous and made me rage... here is essentially what she said.

"These thing have as much caffeine as five sodas and the alcohol of five beers! I can't drink 5 sodas or 5 beers so it should be banned!"

Who the hell cares what you can drink lady. The caffeine of five sodas would hardly faze me (hello 1.5 cups of coffee anyone?) and five "beers" she is talking about is five crappy cans of 3.5% junk which I'm pretty sure anyone who enjoys alcohol could do no problem.

That being said I probably drink once a week on average in a low amount. I do not drink cheap beer and I do not drink 4loco -- I love me my good old german beers... which have about as much alcohol in them as a 4loco.

Hell yeeeeah

[image loading]

banning these things is as dumb as banning high alcohol content malt liquors and energy drinks. I don't like either one, but who the frick cares if you drink 4 shots of some crummy grain alcohol or 6 shots of vodka. I'll drink an occasional energy drink, but they're not my thing.

That seems to be the argument folks use against 4loco. "I don't like it/can't drink it so it should be banned." Elitist political snobs.
Terrakin
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1440 Posts
November 23 2010 23:19 GMT
#54
On November 24 2010 03:56 Ipp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:16 sob3k wrote:
They are removing the caffeine and still selling them.

Hey

Hey guys

Listen

I wonder what would happen if you drank one of the new Four Lokos...

and then

guys, get this

ALSO drank an energy drink...

Mind=Blown


It's not the drink, it is the bad parenting - If alcohol is a huge no-no kids are going to drink, and if they get in trouble because they have it; they will finish whatever bottle they get their hands on to get rid of the evidence. A lot of people start drinking responsibly after they get over the fact of being able to buy alcohol.

I agree it is the "parenting" but even if alcohol is yes-yes by the parents, which some are, it still causes problems by being too lenient. I hate seeing these goddamn cans littered everywhere though, glad to see it will stop for a few weeks at least..
Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 23:27:40
November 23 2010 23:24 GMT
#55
On November 24 2010 08:19 Terrakin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 03:56 Ipp wrote:
On November 24 2010 03:16 sob3k wrote:
They are removing the caffeine and still selling them.

Hey

Hey guys

Listen

I wonder what would happen if you drank one of the new Four Lokos...

and then

guys, get this

ALSO drank an energy drink...

Mind=Blown


It's not the drink, it is the bad parenting - If alcohol is a huge no-no kids are going to drink, and if they get in trouble because they have it; they will finish whatever bottle they get their hands on to get rid of the evidence. A lot of people start drinking responsibly after they get over the fact of being able to buy alcohol.

I agree it is the "parenting" but even if alcohol is yes-yes by the parents, which some are, it still causes problems by being too lenient. I hate seeing these goddamn cans littered everywhere though, glad to see it will stop for a few weeks at least..

I don't know where you live but I see much less Four Loko litter than beer can litter, in fact like less than 1% of it is Loko cans, but it doesn't matter because hobos bag them all to get a little cash.
On November 24 2010 08:15 VonLego wrote:
Some stupid 19 year olds "didn't know" there was alcohol in them and ended up in the hospital... now this? Obviously you can tell you're ingesting alcohol long before the "oh my gawd I'm dieing from alcohol poisoning" moment.

Listening to the speaker at the courthouse was ridiculous and made me rage... here is essentially what she said.

"These thing have as much caffeine as five sodas and the alcohol of five beers! I can't drink 5 sodas or 5 beers so it should be banned!"

Who the hell cares what you can drink lady. The caffeine of five sodas would hardly faze me (hello 1.5 cups of coffee anyone?) and five "beers" she is talking about is five crappy cans of 3.5% junk which I'm pretty sure anyone who enjoys alcohol could do no problem.

That being said I probably drink once a week on average in a low amount. I do not drink cheap beer and I do not drink 4loco -- I love me my good old german beers... which have about as much alcohol in them as a 4loco.

Hell yeeeeah

[image loading]

Yes the old people who are making these decisions are horrific and degenerate excuses for human beings. I don't know how you can get into a position in life where you just make absurd rulings that affect the entire populace when you literally don't know jack shit about the issue.

But I guess it's the populace who is responsible for voting in these insufferable douche bags. The sort of people who hold elected office in America sicken me, but I guess they're from the ranks of people whose decision making skills and logical reasoning ability would also sicken me.

Edit: Yes it's like 5~6 or so light beers, tastes horrible, and has an extremely tolerable amount of caffeine. And I believe every case brought against the company is because parents or kids who drink it think it's exploitable because they can take advantage of the prevailing "don't let anyone sell anything that has any potential to hurt people if it's also fun and popular."

So the courts and executives of the FBA buy into it. And the people who fucked up drinking too much get tons of media attention, perhaps money (I haven't read into it), and the FDA declares it to be unsafe and a threat to the populace. Bullshit.
The Nature and purpose of the martial way are universal; all selfish desires must be roasted in the tempering fires of hard training. - Masutatsu Oyama
VonLego
Profile Joined June 2010
United States519 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-23 23:27:41
November 23 2010 23:26 GMT
#56
Preach it brother.

I'm not a fan of the "politician by career choice" thing we have going on, but a tanget would be pretty rude to the OP and thread as a whole.
lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
November 23 2010 23:29 GMT
#57
On November 24 2010 06:29 DoXa wrote:
never heard of this stuff, but why the hell would people drink this if it tastes bad? is alcohol so expensive in the US? and i think this will cause more people to drive drunk because of the caffeine they think they can drive even if they can't.

happy to have good ol cheap tasty beer and wine and....

did you even read the blog? 1 of the main reasons why peopel buy it is because it's cheap
You can't fight the feeling.
Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
November 23 2010 23:33 GMT
#58
On November 24 2010 08:26 VonLego wrote:
Preach it brother.

I'm not a fan of the "politician by career choice" thing we have going on, but a tanget would be pretty rude to the OP and thread as a whole.

Haha yeah. It's slightly on topic I guess... I will say German beer is good but I myself am a fan of the Belgian beers.

I enjoy them a lot, but if I drank the same amount of alcohol strictly from Hoegaarden and Grey Goose I would be out of a home and education. Four Loko is so goddamn cheap it's ridiculous.
The Nature and purpose of the martial way are universal; all selfish desires must be roasted in the tempering fires of hard training. - Masutatsu Oyama
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
November 24 2010 00:48 GMT
#59
Holy hell I did not realize Four Lokos is THAT DAMN POPULAR. It sucks right? As far as I know here they will still sell it, without the caffeine. I've been stocking up on it lately, especially the orange blend. Mmm.

Heh I read that some of you won't drink just fruit punch, before the orange blend for me it was the opposite... I guess I just like bitter shit.
XK ßubonic
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
November 24 2010 00:52 GMT
#60
On November 24 2010 06:25 bearbuddy wrote:
I was convinced by my friend to play four loko beer pong...

Never again >__<


LOL oh shit. I've played pong with strong shit but lokos, that can't be good for you, especially if you have a bad heart.

before 4L I used to drink Joose. Have yall have that? Better taste in some, but slightly weaker in %.

XK ßubonic
Kakera
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States419 Posts
November 24 2010 01:00 GMT
#61
On November 24 2010 09:52 Bub wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 06:25 bearbuddy wrote:
I was convinced by my friend to play four loko beer pong...

Never again >__<


LOL oh shit. I've played pong with strong shit but lokos, that can't be good for you, especially if you have a bad heart.

before 4L I used to drink Joose. Have yall have that? Better taste in some, but slightly weaker in %.


Yah I mentioned this up a bit on this page, haven't tried 4loko yet though. Shit's gross but drunk for that cheap is worth it.
Reikobi
Profile Joined November 2010
United States12 Posts
November 24 2010 01:13 GMT
#62
On November 24 2010 10:00 Kakera wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 09:52 Bub wrote:
On November 24 2010 06:25 bearbuddy wrote:
I was convinced by my friend to play four loko beer pong...

Never again >__<


LOL oh shit. I've played pong with strong shit but lokos, that can't be good for you, especially if you have a bad heart.

before 4L I used to drink Joose. Have yall have that? Better taste in some, but slightly weaker in %.


Yah I mentioned this up a bit on this page, haven't tried 4loko yet though. Shit's gross but drunk for that cheap is worth it.


My. God. Joose is even worse than Loko. The grape one I made it through; being tipsy didn't help me finish it either. Then I tried the "jungle" one with a ridiculous color scheme on it...disgusting. Try pouring a little of it into a glass. The stuff glows in the dark like a damned glowstick. Just what I need. Malt glowstick liquor.
funnybananaman
Profile Joined April 2009
United States830 Posts
November 24 2010 02:12 GMT
#63
Well I think they're pretty fucking disgusting (and just kind of a gross concept in general imo) but to me that doesn't factor in to it because think its retarded that the government regulates things that grown adult people freely choose of their own independent will and doesn't affect anyone but themselves.

So no i definitely don't think they should be banned, but people do need to be made more aware of how horrible they are. Maybe a huge warning label on the can or public health education similar to what exists to prevent people from smoking cigarettes.
lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
November 24 2010 06:32 GMT
#64
This is like a guys' girly drink ... you kinda look like an idiot drinking this stuff.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20010 Posts
November 24 2010 23:38 GMT
#65
The day it was banned my roomates bought 6 cases of it. People all over campus have been buying this like crazy. Getting ocho loko (drink 2 four lokos) always leads to a night of good stories.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
November 25 2010 04:15 GMT
#66
On November 24 2010 10:13 Reikobi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2010 10:00 Kakera wrote:
On November 24 2010 09:52 Bub wrote:
On November 24 2010 06:25 bearbuddy wrote:
I was convinced by my friend to play four loko beer pong...

Never again >__<


LOL oh shit. I've played pong with strong shit but lokos, that can't be good for you, especially if you have a bad heart.

before 4L I used to drink Joose. Have yall have that? Better taste in some, but slightly weaker in %.


Yah I mentioned this up a bit on this page, haven't tried 4loko yet though. Shit's gross but drunk for that cheap is worth it.


My. God. Joose is even worse than Loko. The grape one I made it through; being tipsy didn't help me finish it either. Then I tried the "jungle" one with a ridiculous color scheme on it...disgusting. Try pouring a little of it into a glass. The stuff glows in the dark like a damned glowstick. Just what I need. Malt glowstick liquor.


Yeah man that joose jungle shit was the worst. Some of my friends was telling me how so good it tasted and shit. I got myself to buy one and regretted it. Tasted horrible, couldn't finish the last 3/4 of it of it. I threw that shit outta here. I fucking hate grape.

XK ßubonic
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