Current Events > People shouldn't be shamed for drinking energy drinks

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since they were in middleschool. Some people just need the energy boost and can't get through their job without monster energy and starbucks/dutch bros.

I've seen kids buying Bang energy drinks and I really really think they shouldn't be allowed to. No kids needs to down 300mg of Caffeine.

wanderingshade posted...

I've seen kids buying Bang energy drinks and I really really think they shouldn't be allowed to. No kids needs to down 300mg of Caffeine.

If we don't want teens to become dependent on caffiene, I feel like an easy solution is to not make them wake up at the crack of dawn for school.

COVxy posted...

If we don't want teens to become dependent on caffiene, I feel like an easy solution is to not make them wake up at the crack of dawn for school.

^^^

Also for a little while earlier this year my work was IDing people buying Bang. Wild

kids need more sleep, but need to start class by 7:30am while dealing with tons of homework then when they get to highschool they have to deal with homework, a part-time job, and raising a kid. They need energy drinks if they aren't able to get their sleep when so much of their childhood is dedicated to class and work rather than personal growth.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

since they were in middleschool. Some people just need the energy boost and can't get through their job without monster energy and starbucks/dutch bros.

I've never seen anybody get shamed for buying energy drinks.

wanderingshade posted...

I've seen kids buying Bang energy drinks and I really really think they shouldn't be allowed to. No kids needs to down 300mg of Caffeine.

I've never seen kids buy any energy drink before.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

kids need more sleep, but need to start class by 7:30am while dealing with tons of homework then when they get to highschool they have to deal with homework, a part-time job, and raising a kid. They need energy drinks if they aren't able to get their sleep when so much of their childhood is dedicated to class and work rather than personal growth.

solution to this is start classes later & eliminate homework (if you can't properly teach the material in class you're not teaching well)

COVxy posted...

If we don't want teens to become dependent on caffiene, I feel like an easy solution is to not make them wake up at the crack of dawn for school.

true. class starts 7:30 and kids usually have to be awake by 5:30 OR earlier to be able to get ready. Not all kids gets to take a bus to school or have parents drive them so they have to wake up extra early to walk to school.

FaultyCircuitry posted...

^^^

Also for a little while earlier this year my work was IDing people buying Bang. Wild

I've never heard of that happening.

COVxy posted...

If we don't want teens to become dependent on caffiene, I feel like an easy solution is to not make them wake up at the crack of dawn for school.

These kids were like 9 and rode their bikes into the store. They all bought a Bang energy drink. I was side eyeing the register the whole time.

and people need to stop bragging about how they get through school/work just fine without coffee/monster energy. Congrats you got good genes and developed good eating habits at a young age.

Revelation34 posted...

I've never heard of that happening.

couldn't find any news stories identifying walgreens as doing it, but did come across a few reddit posts about it

don't know why we stopped actually

they tried banning the sale of energy drink to minors, but it was difficult to enforce and kids would just shop elsewhere.

What's funny is coffee addicts gets almost no shame but energy drinks and soda pop are always shamed on, mostly by wannabe health freaks.

VeggetaX posted...

What's funny is coffee addicts gets almost no shame but energy drinks and soda pop are always shamed on, mostly by wannabe health freaks.

coffee is a lot healthier (provided we're talking about coffee and not creamer and sugar with coffee added)

FaultyCircuitry posted...

couldn't find any news stories identifying walgreens as doing it, but did come across a few reddit posts about it

don't know why we stopped actually

Probably because they're not illegal to sale to minors. There's no age minimum for caffeinated beverages.

FaultyCircuitry posted...

coffee is a lot healthier (provided we're talking about coffee and not creamer and sugar with coffee added)

That's pretty much how most people drink it. Even really good coffee is still bitter.

theyre terrible for your heart

anyone drinks more than a can/bottle a day should be shamed.

Ricemills posted...

anyone drinks more than a can/bottle a day should be shamed.

Nah that's fine. Just don't go over 300.

Revelation34 posted...

I've never seen anybody get shamed for buying energy drinks.

It's not literal shaming, so much as it's always someone commenting "You shouldn't drink those. It's not good for you."

I don't think it's shaming, so much as it's trying to keep children healthy. You grow up on that shit, you're probably gonna use it for the rest of your life honestly.

NoxObscuras posted...

It's not literal shaming, so much as it's always someone commenting "You shouldn't drink those. It's not good for you."

I haven't had that one in awhile.

You shouldn't drink those. It's not good for you

Who is shamed for them? Been drinking Monster and Red Bull since like middle school and I've never really seen any shaming, except maybe some jokes with Monster and gamer cringe stuff.

Honestly though, give me a Red Bull over 98% of alcohol drinks anyday.

FaultyCircuitry posted...

^^^

Also for a little while earlier this year my work was IDing people buying Bang. Wild

Wait... what? How and why would a company care that your drinking an energy drink?

if energy drinks are so bad, then why aren't these kids growing up with tons of health problems?

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

if energy drinks are so bad, then why aren't these kids growing up with tons of health problems?

They are though.

I tried them a couple times and had a bad reaction. I get nauseous when I see someone drinking them

FaultyCircuitry posted...

solution to this is start classes later & eliminate homework (if you can't properly teach the material in class you're not teaching well)

That last part is a shit take.

itachi15243 posted...

They are though.

such as?

health problems caused the drinks themselves, not overeating or the heavy consumption of other drinks/substances

I basically need a caffeine iv drip to survive.

As long as it's not kids drinking bang

Not even adults need 300 mg of caffeine

I mean in moderation anything is fine

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

such as?

health problems caused the drinks themselves, not overeating or the heavy consumption of other drinks/substances

• Sleep disruption.
• Jumpiness or restlessness.
• Increased anxiety.
• Mood swings.
• High blood pressure.
• Abnormal heart rhythms.
• Seizures.

And probably some other things like diabetes and heart disease from all the sugar and caffeine. I'm not saying kids should be banned from having them or anything, but children really shouldn't need one to stay awake. And while there is a problem with children getting enough sleep, excessive caffeine use or overuse is only going to make it better over time.

i like energy drinks as an appetite suppressant and for an energy boost ofc. makes me feel more alert than coffee too.
used to drink 3 sugar-free ones a day at my old job. I was constantly sleeping like 2-5 hours tho but mainly because i was also addicted to osrs and had to get my ehp up after work. id play it for like 8 hours after working a 12-hour shift (+ also 1-hour total commute). just felt like something I had to do.

i hardly drink them now but whenever i do i feel happier :)

To me, none of these drinks are energy drinks... for their caffeine levels are so low by volume.

Espresso is the only true energy drink. For it is king of caffeine by volume at 100-120mg caffeine per ounce (one shot).

1 doppio (2 ounces - 200-240mg caffeine) in the morning... and 1 doppio with lunch is usually enough for the sleep-deprived.

COVxy posted...

If we don't want teens to become dependent on caffiene, I feel like an easy solution is to not make them wake up at the crack of dawn for school.

For real.

I honestly could have used an energy drink when I was in high school. I was taking medicine that was making me sleepy, and I often didn't have time for a real breakfast so I'd just buy a cinnamon roll on the way to 1st class. I'd end up crashing hard midway through and kept getting in trouble for sleeping in class.

Even before that, I hated getting up at the crack of dawn every day. Some of us just weren't built to that.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

Congrats you got good genes and developed good eating habits at a young age.

former just sounds like an excuse and the latter is worse than an excuse since it makes it seem like it's some upper-echelon effort reserved only for the peak of humanity, in order to cope with their own inadequacies.

To be fair, kids don't develop good eating habits on their own typically. If your parents never taught you and you never had a teacher run you through it, it's easy to go through your early years eating junk. Teen you doesn't have to care because your metabolism is still insane.

Then one day you become old and all that catches up to you big time. Now that's not to say you can't eat healthy as a child, but some people really didn't get help in that regard.

IDC about energy drinks but people should be shamed for buying from Starbucks. Thats a Yuck from me

Umbreon posted...

Then one day you become old

this is also an expression i hate since you don't really become anything overnight.

you just "choose to" ignore the signs every morning you wake up even though your body keeps gradually warning you about it day after day after day until "one" day you actually want to pay attention which is also the point you finally admit to yourself you might have a problem.

Now that's not to say you can't eat healthy as a child, but some people really didn't get help in that regard.

the problem is that literally nothing stops them from eating healthy/developing healthy habits as adults except for their own inadequacies which is fine tbh.
it's when they try to debate it away as something only reserved for the peak of humanity that just reeks of projection and worse yet, inspires others to think the same way.

Signs? What signs? Most teens don't have signs of declining health. That usually happens later in life, at which point the actual cracks start showing. Doesn't happen overnight of course, but once it happens you can't exactly erase years of bad habits in a day either.

Not saying eating healthy is only for the best of the best, nor am I saying someone is blameless for their bad habits. All I'm saying is that it's real easy to not notice if no one taught you what to do. At least, until those bad habits catch up to you.

Umbreon posted...

at which point the actual cracks start showing.

yea, those signs which is the body's way of telling you to slow down.

you can't exactly erase years of bad habits in a day either.

this is the point. it took years to get to that point and it'll take years to get out of it.

the question is why it's so easy to tell yourself that "one day it just caught up to me" and then proceed to think it's too late to do anything about it?

I drink energy drinks, because I cant drink coffee or tea.

AsucaHayashi posted...

this is the point. it took years to get to that point and it'll take years to get out of it.

but they can be gotten out of right even if it takes years?

AsucaHayashi posted...

the question is why it's so easy to tell yourself that "one day it just caught up to me" and then proceed to think it's too late to do anything about it?

I didn't say it's too late. Also it's technically is "one day" because bad habits usually don't start off hurting you. It's only when you see the signs later do you look back and say "I probably could have avoided this".

Children and teens usually don't have to worry about prolonged concequences, so they normally don't worry too much about them. It's that adult hindsight that tells them why they should have. There's no immediate concequences for eating poorly as a kid, kid you isn't getting the bill on that one.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

but they can be gotten out of right even if it takes years?

if they couldn't then those insanely popular before-after transformation videos wouldn't exist.

and none of them took "one day" but yet again it's so so easy to say that "one day" things just caught up. why aren't these people saying "one day i stopped ignoring what my body has been telling me for years"?

Umbreon posted...

I didn't say it's too late.

"yourself" as in the people who rationalize away their bad habits even though they're fully grown adults. not yourself as in "you, Umbreon" xd.

AsucaHayashi posted...

why aren't these people saying "one day i stopped ignoring what my body has been telling me for years"?

Because in many cases their body wasn't telling them that in their youth. Doesn't help that teens usually are on that "I am invincible!" mindset. I suppose it's more accurate to say "One day, it became noticable".

AsucaHayashi posted...

"yourself" as in the people who rationalize away their bad habits even though they're fully grown adults. not yourself as in "you, Umbreon" xd.

Ah.

Well I can't speak for anyone else. The generic reply would be people really hate admitting when they fucked up.