• ZILtoid1991@kbin.social
    31·
    1 year ago

    It did not make me trans.

    However, it did give me heartache or something, so I try to avoid energy drinks nowadays.

    • gk99@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I still go for a Monster every now and then when I’m feeling spicy, but I cut back on my energy drinks when I was trying to write something at work and was struggling because I was shaking from a Rockstar Energy drink. That shit tastes like poison and the only reason I had so many that I was drinking them regularly was Halo Infinite cosmetics.

      They’re a fun “sip this to keep from passing out once in a while” sort of drink but energy drinks are absolutely terrible.

  • Vespair@lemm.ee
    16·
    1 year ago

    Don’t let brands artificially stake themselves to your identity. Organic memes don’t build demographic brand associations; be very wary of insidious shit like this

    • Lena [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      6·
      1 year ago

      While i fundamentally agree with the negative impact of brands and associations, monster has become a part of transfem meme culture and the company itself has donated to multiple LGBTQ+ organisations such as the It Gets Better project and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

      • Vespair@lemm.ee
        11·
        1 year ago

        I’ll admit I’m not familiar enough with the company to know the answer to this, but here’s my question: how is Monster as an employer? What’s their track record on workers rights and fair treatment? I don’t think we should be so excited to embrace a company that makes positive gestures that we end up ignoring the moral failings and compromises of said company.

        This is why things get messy quickly with companies; if we associate with them for their good works on LGBTQ issues, are we then culpable for their failures on workers issues?

        And to be clear, I don’t have the answer; I’m genuinely pondering what’s the right answer, because it’s not obvious to me. I just know the inherent dangers of corporations makes me hesitant to accept their support unwaveringly 🤷

    • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      1 year ago

      I doubt Monster likes us enough to make/encourage these memes. Look how many viral moments they could have had that they didn’t play into as a brand. Could be that I am unaware.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.deDeutsch
    7·
    1 year ago

    There’s a reason why Red Bull comes in small cans. Monster Energy: “We we’re going, we don’t need reason”

  • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’ll take a good old Yerba any day over one of these abominations. If you genuinely think it tastes good, I weep for your tastebuds, because they have given up the ghost long ago.

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      I don’t usually drink it but I got the new (or so I think) Mango one and honestly it was pretty good.

      • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        It’s gotta taste better than kombucha I guess lmao, and I drink that shit, so I don’t have much room to talk.

      • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The amount I like the smell or taste of energy drinks is inversely correlated to the health of my diet. The healthier I get, the more stuff like that puts me off, to the point where it kinda makes me nauseated smelling them these days, so I feel you there.

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m still a fan of the black and blue Low-Cal/Low-Carb, but you’re lucky to find one in a hundred facings these days. The odd gas station might carry one.

  • Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    1 year ago

    On the topic energy drinks… How about Alani? Some are straight up candy flavored(cosmic stardust=mouthful of skittles), but Hawaiian Shaved Ice is my jam!