• @[email protected]
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    It’s a win win they can fulfill their contractual minimum orders, that they failed to reach last months and can write these off. Win-Win situation.

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      Isn’t prime caffeinated? That’s dehydrating and not at all helpful to people who need water…

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        I don’t think the main goal is to actually help people. Most likely PR/brand awareness and tax write offs.

        • @droans
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          They’d get the same tax deduction by disposing of the drinks.

      • @[email protected]
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        The cans have caffeine. The bottles don’t. Pic looks like the bottles.

        Still tons of sugar though.

        • @kameecoding
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          Actually not sugar, these are full of sweeteners and very little sugar, lots of potassium, little sodium, it’s a great way to create some electrolyte imbalance

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            Ok fine, but it’s cloyingly sweet. Try Meta Moon hydration and tell me it’s not way too sweet.

            • @kameecoding
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              I heard that it’s sweet as fuck, but I am not giving a single dime to that motherfucker Logan “film dead bodies for clout” Paul, he can go fuck himself

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        I don’t think it is, it’s supposed to keep you hydrated, all it is is water with a shit load of sweeteners and flavouring (and allegedly lead)

  • @kameecoding
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    They only did this because they are sitting on a bunch of inventory they can’t sell, so they used it for marketing, check out LegalEagle on youtube he has a 20 minute video on the lawsuit they are facing, they agreed a contract to have a custom factory line built then backed off when sales plummeted

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      You mean tax deductions… More lucrative than just biting the loss.

      • @kameecoding
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        Not sure how the Us tax system works, but I am guessing storing inventory is also not free

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        Isn’t that a good thing in this case? If they lose slightly less money when donating compared to burning the money companies are more likely to donate it.

  • @nl4real
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    How the fuck does this guy have a career after the suicide forest video?

    • @Madison420
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      You’re not concerned about the multi million dollar Bitcoin scam or just didn’t know? Dudes up to all sort of shady shit

      • @nl4real
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        Lol, I know, it’s just amazing the shit this guy gets away with.

    • @EnderMB
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      The man has also been involved in numerous scams.

      I’m obviously not his demographic, but my wife (a teacher) says that there are loads of kids 10 and upwards that love Logan Paul and KSI. I think the suicide forest thing predates many of them, or they just don’t know/care about it.

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      I have recently started watching some streamers. The suicide forest stuff is just par for the course. The entire genre is largely based around doing things you aren’t supposed to do for content.

      In this world of marvel movies, conspiracy theories, and other unreal distractions, there is something both addictive and refreshing about just seeing an unfiltered idiot who is fucking around and finding out. I actually think watching streamers has made me a little more socially confident. If they can be that reckless and have it turn out ok most of the time, then maybe I don’t have to be anxious about things that might happen in public when I’m being reasonably careful.

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        This sounds interesting to me. Do you mind sharing a couple of examples?

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          Of course! I mostly watch streamers on Kick, which I loudly warn you has a chat culture similar to 4Chan. Be prepared.

          One of the first streamers I started watching live was ShakoMako. She is a woman from Iraq whose family fled to Germany during the war. She has several screws loose, but there is something weirdly endearing about her. She reminds me of a character in a Gaspar Noe film—an alluring train wreck of a human.

          Shako travels the world and has absolutely no consideration for her safety. This week, I watched her go up to strangers in Egypt, negotiating cheap or free tours of the slums in their personal cars or carts, and then wandering around those slums with her two phones visibly out, a fake gold weed leaf gangster chain swangin’, and telling anybody who will listen that she wants to find the really haram shit.

          Before watching streamers for hours on end, I would have been certain that this kind of behavior would definitely lead her to be raped and killed in the streets of Cairo. Yet I’ve watched her do this in nearly a dozen countries, and so far she has had only one close call with a driver in Laos who took her to a remote spot and then ditched her.

          I don’t condone any of this behavior, but seeing an unedited version of how far the line can actually be pushed has helped me a lot in realistically assessing danger when I’m in the streets or traveling. If Shako can survive her time in the slums of Egypt, I will be fine walking down a public street in Mexico, or New York, or wherever.

          Other kick streamers to check out:

          SuzieSmalls - a three foot tall entertainer who streams her life as a recovering alcoholic in NYC.

          DBR666 - a former dealer from London who travels around trolling people, he does a pretty good job of making pranks funny and not too mean.

          Shoovy - 18 years old, reckless as hell, currently headed straight into the path of the hurricane for content. He might not live, and I’ll be amazed if the cell signal holds, but I’ll definitely be tuning in to check up on him.

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            It’s the camera. Younger streamers have no idea about the past but the older ones do. They know it’s the camera that changes the whole proposition. Some of them have talked about this. If people think they’re live on camera then everything is different when there’s an audience and they believe it might be someone famous to whatever extent. Nobody wants to cause an international incident.

            When random nobody put themselves in sketchy situations with nothing else but their nobody self then they are absolutely putting themselves in danger whether they perceive it to be or not. There’s neither a live audience nor the illusion of “celebrity”.

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              Shako is great. She is traveling to another country right now, so she will probably stream again in a day or two.

              I’m watching Shoovy right now, and I seriously think this guy is going to die.

              Edit: Shoovy didn’t die, but he was arrested for armed burglary today: https://streamable.com/sx4ksm

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              Why tf would you support this kind of bullshit? Do you really crave the brainrot? Do you really need this much of an escape? It’s a cancer and you’re actively injecting yourself with it. Why?

  • @drdalek
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    Well, they can’t sell it, may as well get a tax break on it.

  • @Burn_The_Right
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    These people lost everything. Maybe we should monetize a video about sending a truckload of bibles and coyote urine! We’re super awesome, y’all!

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    Gooooddddammit, I actually didn’t mind the PRIME electrolyte powder for when I’m sweating like mad (brought it to Burning Man this year), but Logan goddamn Paul owns it? Fuck I hate that guy

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      FYI they advertise it as “electrolytes” because it’s full of potassium and has next to no sodium, which is the main thing you lose when sweating, and they do that to say it’s sodium free while still having “electrolytes”

      • @kautau
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        Right, Gatorade, a long standing “sports drink” has 12% of your DV of sodium or something for the reason you stated. Fuck logan paul and fuck his “get the kids to get their parents to buy this” garbage

    • @dejected_warp_core
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      Oh, is that what this is? Here I was thinking they “shipped Amazon Prime” to people and thought “well that’s bad grammar but… what did they actually ship using Prime?”

      And yeah, fuck that guy.

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    I broke down and bought a pack of Prime to try recently after seeing it everywhere, even in the hands of people I don’t associate with the whole Logan Paul circus.

    It tasted like piss and chemicals. If you’re at all sensitive to the taste of sucralose, it’s like drinking battery acid. I simply cannot fathom how it is as successful as it is.

    edit: typo

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      It’s got electrolytes, its what hurricane survivors crave. Brought to you by Truth Social.

    • @Harvey656
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      Kids, their taste buds are still developing so when they taste it and don’t instantly vomit they think it tastes good. After that their taste buds are permanently shifted towards those types of flavors, making the problem worse. Should be illegal.

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      It’s a nonsense mixture of electrolytes. We mostly sweat out sodium, not potassium. Prime has a lower level of sodium and a higher level of potassium. It just doesn’t make sense.

      And, y’know, it’s just fully a scam. It’s mostly successful because he’s famous. The business seems to be failing in a big way.

      • @Fosheze
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        The higher potassium does make some sense if you consider that most people already get excessive amounts of sodium in their diet and comparitively little potassium. Sodium is in practically everything, potassium not so much.

        I would personally love to find an electrolyte mix with more potassium because I’ve had issues with potassium deficiencies. Of course I’m not about to buy this garbage and I doubt the shitheel selling it put that much thought into it.

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      Just a swallow or sip of sucralose I fused drinks can send my to bed in a dark room due to migraines.

      That drink may kill me.

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      I broke down and bought a pack of Prime

      You need to work on that. That’s not good.

  • @Snapz
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    Alt headline:

    Multi-millionaire donates tax write off of $12,652, adds, “These cattle better be taking photos of this shit and sharing while mentioning the brand or I’m not fucking doing it!”