why is nobody buying the freedom juice?

  • Vespair@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    Honestly beyond the tacky 'Murica theming here, I still don’t understand how or why energy drinks became the new de facto drink.

    Far as I can tell, they’re just sodas that taste bad? I’m not exactly championing soda as some positive thing here, but exactly what have we gained by replacing 70% of the soda section with “energy drinks”?

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      23 minutes ago

      this is a mystery for me as well. I may be too old. I tried Redbull twice in my life (not good), never tried any of these other brands. If I want “energy”, I drink a mate based soda, kombucha or a ginger shot (oh, and tea/coffee of course)

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      1 hour ago

      Energy drinks have caffeine, usually more “exotic” or special flavor varieties and come in larger cans. Vitamins and stuff to make them seem healthy.

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    18 hours ago

    There was a brief time this summer when Mountain Dew renamed itself “American Dew,” and I sure as fuck hope that’s over. I have a hard time imagining these companies having that much success marketing to douchebags.

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      16 hours ago

      The gas station near me still has a bunch of diet ‘American’ dew. They most not have sold well

  • Stores around me have been pulling NOS off their shelves despite it usually getting sold out, while they have whole aisles of Monster and RedBull that barely ever take a hit to the inventory. It doesn’t make any sense. How much are the companies behind Monster and Redbull paying the store to keep so much unsold stock?

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    17 hours ago

    I switched to Red Bull thanks to thier large sponsorships of the 250 BS events!

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    18 hours ago

    Besides it just being tacky. I don’t drink energy drinks. Only coffee. I think Ive only had 1 red bull in my life, didn’t like it. And I think I had one mixed drink with a monster zero. Didn’t like it

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        17 hours ago

        So far, I know of only two energy drinks that tastes good.

        1. Burn Apple Ginseng, mild and smooth apple flavor, great for sipping 50cl during a 12h night shift.
        2. Monster VR64, tastes like generic chemical orange flavor, fairly mild, I like it.

        If I need an energy drink I mostly drink Red Bull, tastes fucking terrible, but does the job

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          4 hours ago

          Monster has a flavor now called Pacific Punch, which tastes exactly like Hawaiian Punch did back in the 90s (the current Hawaiian Punch recipe is atrocious), and I love it so much.

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      14 hours ago

      There’s one name brand energy drink I like strictly for the taste. But I told myself I wouldn’t drink energy drinks anymore. If they had a caffeine free version I’d drink it probably. I won’t say which brand because I’m not going to give them any free publicity lol.