Do you guys drink Monster?

I used to hate it. But lately I've been really getting into the taste. It's kinda like candy flavoured soda at this point.

Nope, it nearly killed a friend of mine so I've avoided it. Shit weakened his heart.

C0FFINCASE wrote:

Nope, it nearly killed a friend of mine so I've avoided it. Shit weakened his heart.

That only happens if you drink it religiously. I only get one when I go on a road trip.

Thomas wrote:

That only happens if you drink it religiously. I only get one when I go on a road trip.

Sorry, I prefer to drink my beverages religiously without having to risk cardiac arrest.

Full of sugar. If you want energy, have a banana.

The UnIntelligible wrote:

Sorry, I prefer to drink my beverages religiously without having to risk cardiac arrest.

The only beverage I can drink religiously is water. Idunno, anything else make me feel weighed down.

Thomas wrote:

The only beverage I can drink religiously is water. Idunno, anything else make me feel weighed down.

Lemonade is the same for me.

I enjoy monster and energy drinks in general, but rarely get them. Mostly because me, as a high school-er, can't afford to spend $3.50 for a drink. I mostly drink Ice Tea now if I'm super thirsty, but I drink water religiously.

My Brother got Kidney stones from M0snters. He drank them ALOT. One day about 9;00 PM at night he called the house sounding faint and asking for our mother and then he hung up and I freak out lol. Yep, he had sharp pains.

Artificial wrote:

Full of sugar. If you want energy, have a banana.

Faggot .

Artificial wrote:

Full of sugar. If you want energy, have a banana.

I never drink much in the way of soda anymore; These days I always have a pitcher of lemon and sugar-laced iced tea with mint in the fridge the whole time.

I stopped drinking that shit in high school.

Just had 3 of it.
And it's not as bad as you might think. I got us going for 2 days straight.And i haven't slept for 48 hours till now.

I drink Java Monsters when I have a double shift (7 am - 12/1 am). They keep me wired and hyper from start to finish.

La Vie Cruelle wrote:

I drink Java Monsters when I have a double shift (7 am - 12/1 am). They keep me wired and hyper from start to finish.

Don't you have your own restaurant or something ?

I don't drink caffeine, so that's an immediate no.
Further, if I wanted diabetes, I'd eat a donut. The health risks associated with them is fucking retarded, and anyone who drinks them cares little enough about their own health they might as well take up smoking.

Drinking liquid diabetic heart attacks for "energy" is as dumb as smoking cancerous COPD for "stress relief."

I have no clue what people's obsession with energy is. People drink energy drinks and just sit around watching TV. Retarded.

I've been getting them daily until I realize how much they were increasing my anxiety at work.

Smoking cigarettes is really stupid. Nothing out of it except for social benefits, which you can make differently. Soooooo . . . don't smoke cigarettes, it's stupid and useless.

Jah wrote:

Don't you have your own restaurant or something ?

I manage a restaurant that somebody else owns.

Basically I'm calling the shots with other people's money. It's way more fun.

Stormie wrote:

I've been getting them daily until I realize how much they were increasing my anxiety at work.

Yikes, I don't think I could drink them every day. I try and keep them limited to once every few months.

Jah wrote:

Smoking cigarettes is really stupid. Nothing out of it except for social benefits, which you can make differently. Soooooo . . . don't smoke cigarettes, it's stupid and useless.

That's your opinion. Don't expect the masses to do things based on how you feel.
It's terrible for you and your health sure, but many people don't do it just for social acceptance. Smoking, like many other substances, becomes an addiction.

Stormie wrote:

That's your opinion. Don't expect the masses to do things based on how you feel.
It's terrible for you and your health sure, but many people don't do it just for social acceptance. Smoking, like many other substances, becomes an addiction.

There's no way you can rationalise an argument without concluding that smoking is anything but stupid. Addiction or not, you're paying for a substance that is slowly ebbing away at your life. People are actually paying to be killed.

Obviously, doesn't mean that's a good enough reason for the users of the substance. Take me for example, I'm trying to quit, (first time after starting a year or so ago), not because of the health risks, but because I want to save money. It takes a lot more motivation for addicts to quit though, Like alcoholics or hard drug users, and trust me, I'm pretty positive that their safety isn't first on their worry list.

Stormie wrote:

Obviously, doesn't mean that's a good enough reason for the users of the substance. Take me for example, I'm trying to quit, (first time after starting a year or so ago), not because of the health risks, but because I want to save money. It takes a lot more motivation for addicts to quit though, Like alcoholics or hard drug users, and trust me, I'm pretty positive that their safety isn't first on their worry list.

Again, the fact that it's addictive and/or hard to quit in no means detracts from the idiocy of it all. Jah said smoking is stupid and useless, which isn't just his opinion - it's fact. Unless you want to drop some pros, it's a pretty one sided argument :p

Good on you for trying to quit though!

Not saying it's not idiotic, but it's not enough of an argument for an addict, that's what I'm saying. They'll believe anything they want, including believing they're insusceptible to the health risks or their addiction, especially if they've been at it for years. Or honestly, they just don't care. But I do understand from an outside view how it can seem. Like how the civilians who are against marijuana have probably never smoked it, they've just been conditioned to thinking it's the most unspeakable thing you could do. It's hard to see it from all angles.

We're talking about it from two different angles. You, if already addicted (though your argument really had nothing to do with smoking, but more addiction in general), and me if not. I've smoked cigarettes in the past (only when out drinking), and other than the perceived social benefits, there isn't any pros to be gained from it. You don't get a high, like you do smoking other substances, it costs money, makes you smell terrible, and in the long term is harmful to your health.

All I'm saying, and I suspect what Jah was alluding to, is that smoking to the point of addiction is what's stupid. Knowing full well how harmful they are to, smoking to the point of reliance is ridiculous, particularly if you're well aware to all of the facts.

Mm, but just because you don't feel the affects doesn't mean others don't. I for one experience small highs when smoking quickly, and many people use it to relieve stress, and whether it actually works or not doesn't really matter since most people are able to trick themselves into thinking it does.

Yes, I do agree that smoking to addiction is ridiculous, but I think people want to experience the relief that daily smokers claim comes from it, again, even if they're only tricking themselves.

Stormie wrote:

Mm, but just because you don't feel the affects doesn't mean others don't. I for one experience small highs when smoking quickly, and many people use it to relieve stress, and whether it actually works or not doesn't really matter since most people are able to trick themselves into thinking it does.

Yes, I do agree that smoking to addiction is ridiculous, but I think people want to experience the relief that daily smokers claim comes from it, again, even if they're only tricking themselves.

Then just smoke a joint if you wanna feel the relief and no stress.
Seriously, look, they say that smoking a cigarette takes away a few mins when you consume it, and say that you gain minutes by laughing.
Well a joint makes you laugh till you can't stand it, that means that you are gaining more mins in your life xD
No kidding.
Also, you do get a small high when you don't smoke for like 2 days, it's cause your body is used to it. If i didn't smoke for weekend , I used to get a little dizzy the first one. And the morning one is kind of good. But it's really just so useless, I smoked for a year, i haven't smoked a cigarette for like a month, joints only. I don't feel the urge to smoke a cigarette. I'm serious.

Edit: When you first try to smoke , it's always with someone, so it actually is a social reason.

Jah wrote:

Then just smoke a joint if you wanna feel the relief and no stress.
Seriously, look, they say that smoking a cigarette takes away a few mins when you consume it, and say that you gain minutes by laughing.
Well a joint makes you laugh till you can't stand it, that means that you are gaining more mins in your life xD
No kidding.
Also, you do get a small high when you don't smoke for like 2 days, it's cause your body is used to it. If i didn't smoke for weekend , I used to get a little dizzy the first one. And the morning one is kind of good. But it's really just so useless, I smoked for a year, i haven't smoked a cigarette for like a month, joints only. I don't feel the urge to smoke a cigarette. I'm serious.

Edit: When you first try to smoke , it's always with someone, so it actually is a social reason.

That's retarded. I smoke cigarettes on my breaks at work. I don't feel like getting arrested.
ALSO, SMOKING ANYTHING IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY GIVE YOU CANCER. Your whole weed argument is invalid.
Also, not everyone starts with friends, that's a generalization. Some kids try their parents when they aren't around, just buy one for shits and giggles and many other reasons. Stop presuming that just because something is common, it means EVERYONE acts in the same manor.