EPTWhen an article is that far off of a very obviously and easy to check fact, you need to ignore it completely and find better media to try and let brainwash you.
Looking at you, people who actually believe anything Fox News or Daily Mail says.
Energy Drinks - Kids Beer? - Page 3
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Figgy
Canada1788 Posts
When an article is that far off of a very obviously and easy to check fact, you need to ignore it completely and find better media to try and let brainwash you. Looking at you, people who actually believe anything Fox News or Daily Mail says. | ||
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JPP
Finland104 Posts
On November 10 2012 23:03 Figgy wrote: I knew this article was a joke when it claimed Energy drinks were half the price of the soda. When an article is that far off of a very obviously and easy to check fact, you need to ignore it completely and find better media to try and let brainwash you. Looking at you, people who actually believe anything Fox News or Daily Mail says. So you know better than all the finnish people here who have been saying that it's true? At my local store, a 0.5 l soda is 1.90€, while you can get a 0.5l energy drink for 1€. That's pretty much half-price. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Most people who walk into a shop to buy a bottle of drink will not come out with a bottle of coke or a water, they come out with a can of red bull or any other numerous energy drink label. Something needs to happen with these energy drinks imo, they are not good for you in large amounts and are only supposed to be used as stimulants, just like coffee is a good "wake up" drink. Be interesting how they tackle this issue in the coming years, as im sure it will cause issues with health down the line. | ||
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Leetley
1796 Posts
On November 10 2012 23:03 Figgy wrote: I knew this article was a joke when it claimed Energy drinks were half the price of the soda. When an article is that far off of a very obviously and easy to check fact, you need to ignore it completely and find better media to try and let brainwash you. Looking at you, people who actually believe anything Fox News or Daily Mail says. But the article isn't a joke. I really wish people under 15 couldn't buy energy drinks, so they couldn't fuck up their health so easily. | ||
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827074148.htm And the half price thing seems crazy. Buying a 2L bottle of pop is roughly just less than $2 any given day where I live. The cheapest energy drink of the 473ml variety is at cheapest, $2.50 as part of a deal. I don't think I've ever seen, even as part of a sale, equality in price per size for an energy drink and a pop, let alone half the price of a similar-sized pop. | ||
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MajorProblem
Sweden14 Posts
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BlACKTrA
Germany187 Posts
1,5 litre bottles for 80 cents available ,but they have all exactly the same amount of caffeine & taurin if you look more closely at the ingridients... | ||
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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Felnarion
442 Posts
Lets get some sources that show they're more dangerous than coffee, because I've never seen any. And no one is up in arms about kids drinking coffee. If it's the caffeine, coffee contains double per 8oz. If it's the sugar, there are obviously varying levels of sugar in all energy drinks, from sugar-free to tons of it. Same for sodas, same for coffee. Should be done in moderation, but its no more dangerous than any other sugar drink. It we're going to pretend it's the supplements, then that's crazy, as its pretty much just a few vitamins and amino acids which range from useless to good for you. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
It's not a big deal. People die from all kinds of things all the time, we can't go and ban everything or control everything. Keep telling the parents about the potential dangers and leave it at that. And once in a while someone will die - but in the same time period, hundreds of people will have died from choking from trying to swallow a huge hunk of meat. | ||
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Geefking
Australia41 Posts
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
That's making me wonder how's the marketing of energy drinks like, and is that 'buzz' like a beer high? I don't know how it feels because I've never drank a can of sugar, sugar and sugar before. | ||
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Kich
United States339 Posts
On November 10 2012 20:25 Callynn wrote: I used to do this in my youth, and yes it can cause diabetes, it can cause hypertension and yes, it can cause dizziness and sleep problems. But let's put this into perspective, I am now 26 y/o and my brain is in perfect health, the same cannot be said for kids who would have abused alcohol instead of energy drink. I am glad it's more focused on a less harmful substance than alcohol at the moment, and comparing sugar + cafein with alcohol is retarded at best (said from a biochemical and health standpoint). However, I do think there should be warnings on the cans with a recommended limit (not the small 1mm line there is right now). Also, its less harmful than sigarettes. There is a limit that governments should not cross when trying to stop people from consuming potential harmful drinks. I would be pissed if I couldnt do my exams without energy drinks back then, but also today (though I switched to expensive drinks like RedBull which don't screw up my intestines and which keep me from overconsumption). Drinking 20 litres of water is also bad for your health. So what I recommend is education - teach the kids in school (during health, PE and/or biology classes) that overconsumption of energy drink is bad for their health and warn them about the possible problems that could arise from overusage. Can we just do away entirely with the "JUST SLAP A WARNING ON IT AND TELL THEM ITS BAD!" mentality? I'm not attacking you here, it's just that warnings are universally useless. If you can't judge yourself whether something might cause you harm, then we have way more things to worry about than people consuming sugar. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On November 11 2012 00:19 Kich wrote: Can we just do away entirely with the "JUST SLAP A WARNING ON IT AND TELL THEM ITS BAD!" mentality? I'm not attacking you here, it's just that warnings are universally useless. If you can't judge yourself whether something might cause you harm, then we have way more things to worry about than people consuming sugar. What do you suggest? Barge in people's house and whip them 10 times if they try to open a second can? Doing a little something that's not invasive is better than doing nothing. If it can make a few people realize that they shouldn't abuse a product it's good. | ||
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Wetty
Australia419 Posts
Energy drinks are pretty dangerous, mostly because they can help you push yourself beyond whats normally capable. In the case of kids drinking them by themselves, this can't be good. But when they get mixed with alcohol is when they can become very dangerous - if they sustain you more than usual, so you can drink more alcohol, it's quite possible to get severe alcohol poisoning where you would have otherwise just passed out way beforehand without the energy drink. Something to be careful about. | ||
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ichnaschekot
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Lysanias
Netherlands8351 Posts
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Neeh
Norway458 Posts
Can't do much about it, it's "cool"  | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On November 11 2012 00:37 Lysanias wrote: 16+ to drink those toxin cans. It's serieus poison, and should have regulations like smoking and alcohol does. It's a lot less dangerous than many of the things we consume every day. Calling it "poison" is a bit abusive. | ||
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