• pedz@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Monster is actually a company that I will try to avoid as much as possible, specifically for their marketing. It’s one of the few energy drinks that I can tolerate and it would be my default “go to” when I need one, but I refrain from buying them because I remember seeing their giant pickup trucks in the streets of my city and I hate them.

    I bought hundreds of cans before but since I’ve seen a few of their monstrosities parade in my city, I avoid them.

  • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    monster be viral marketing to trans women super hard the past decade and i’m tired of pretending it’s “just a meme”. this is a fucking ad.

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      11 hours ago

      is people talking about a movie they saw on a movie board also an advertisement in your definition of the word?

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        Its not the same. The people are not talking about monster energy because of the taste or the effect, they are talking about it because of their marketing. It would be like people talking about a movie because of poster they saw.

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          i don’t see how that is different, people are discussing things they enjoy and the community that has developed around that.

          the queer and trans communities making monster a common character trait has even advertised to, like if understand if they had specifically done a unch of shit but unless you consider them sponsoring https://www.capitalpride.org/pride_sponsors/ or their corporate ass “diversity” page https://www.monster.com/about/diversity-and-inclusion/ I don’t think they’ve done much to encourage trans people to drink their drink

          would you think the weed community sending a stoner meme is the same thing? I wouldn’t consider that an advertisement

          would you consider a video game sub talking about an update an ad?

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    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

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    1 day ago

    i have a niece that is going to be 11 soon, and one of her stand out personality traits is making animail noises…

    I look forward to her adulthood

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    Okay, flame war time.

    You need caffeine, but you also want some decent flavor.

    Redbull, Monster, or Rockstar?

    (Not including Reign because that is a “I need to do this 6 hour drive, fuck my organs” drink)

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      4 hours ago

      Redbull Waldmeister and Grapefruit flavour. Probably not available outside of DACH because no one else uses Waldmeister/Sweet Woodruff as a flavour.

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      12 hours ago

      Redbull Sugar Free. Zero is not as good. Original is ok too. We gave a try with Monster Ultra (zero sugar) once, it was wayyyyyyy to sweet. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Rockstar in any shop

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      22 hours ago

      Yerba Mate, Coffee, black tea, green tea, oolong tea, espresso

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      Redbull is overpriced and tastes like the most generic energy drink flavor and Rockstar has no decent sugar free options (although blueberry Rockstar was pretty decent if I recall, but I don’t like the idea of having so much sugar). Leaves only Monster.

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        19 hours ago

        Redbull tastes generic same way as LOTR feels like generic modern fantasy. It sorta defined the whole thing and became the standard.

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      I find energy drinks disgusting, the sweetness is overwhelming, and I generally don’t mind sweet drinks, but there’s something in those that just disgusts me.

      And I’m in Italy so coffee is life.

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        Monster white isn’t sweet for what’s worth, it has lime, but if you dislike them more power to you since they are not really healthy, besides the caffeine they have a bunch of stuff.

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          19 hours ago

          if you dislike them more power to you since they are not really healthy

          No worries, I make sure to compensate with plenty of different unhealthy stuff

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      Buying name brand energy drinks, in THIS economy? And I definitely don’t want to have half a liter of it in a container that can’t be closed, so if those three are the only options I pick Red Bull.

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      That’s my current favourite. Here in Germany, it’s sold both at Penny and Rewe, tastes like lemonade and uses sweeteners instead of sugar. Bangin

      Edit: And it’s really cheap. 60 Cents for a 0,5l can plus 25 Cents deposit

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      For the flavour, cafe latte.

      But really, if you need caffeine, your body is addicted and need to lay off the stuff for a while to get your natural self back. You shouldn’t need it to function.

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 hours ago

      Buy some guaraná pills, eat the dust out of the pill directly so the caffeine activates faster and then drink whatever non caffeinated drink you like, like orange juice.

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      22 hours ago

      I wish… caffeine makes me feel like my heart is going to explode. Harder stimulants are fine, apparently. I miss coffee.

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      24 hours ago

      Aldi Brand. ~$1 a can and I haven’t had a regular Red Bull in long enough that I’m no longer sure if they taste different. They’re pretty similar though.