• Alcoholic Energy Drink Made Maryland Woman 'Lose Mind'
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You know they say if you drink 4 of them, you go loko
Some of my friends only have Four Lokos in their fridge, stocking up before they were maybe getting banned (but they weren't).
[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;26026428]Damn, this isn't that far away from me, like a 30 minutes drive. Also Four Loko is shit. [editline]13th November 2010[/editline] I support their ban too. Loko is harmful alone and is being sold, which gives them enough of a reason to ban them. Whatever jackass at their offices that thought it was a good idea to put caffeine and alcohol in a single cheap as shit can and sell it to completely unknowing more-than-likely-already-drunk people should be fired.[/QUOTE] It's their own fault for being unknowing, how about reading the label before you blame the makers that they didn't tell you what was in it?
I have to respectfully disagree with this. My favourite drink of choice is a Jagerbomb which is Red Bull mixed with Jagermeister. Myself and a friend have gone through a fifth of Jagermeister and 4 pack of Red Bull in one night before; I never felt "crazy" or "out of my mind" at all.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;26013154]Who the fuck drinks 2 drinks of 12% alcohol when they're built like that?![/QUOTE] You clearly aren't very familiar with the North-European (Finnish) drinking culture, hah. [QUOTE=faze;26013817]I've downed 1.75L of Vodka in an 8 hour period and I'm just fine. I weigh 155lbs.[/QUOTE] I bet you weren't so fine at that time. 1.75 l of vodka takes at least 2 and a half days to burn. Must have been one hell of a hangover. Btw 5-6‰ can already paralyze your medulla, stop you from breathing. Especially if you're young. [QUOTE=Ca5bah;26061451]I have to respectfully disagree with this. My favourite drink of choice is a Jagerbomb which is Red Bull mixed with Jagermeister. Myself and a friend have gone through a fifth of Jagermeister and 4 pack of Red Bull in one night before; I never felt "crazy" or "out of my mind" at all.[/QUOTE] Still a fifth of Jagermeister isn't comparable to 420 ml of 40% alcohol for a 45 kg girl. Facing the truth: Caffeine + Alcohol doesn't make you crazy, but sure ain't good in high doses. There are many cases where someones heart has stopped when combining alcohol+caffeine+physical stress.
[QUOTE=Maucer;26062104] Still a fifth of Jagermeister isn't comparable to 420 ml of 40% alcohol for a 45 kg girl. Facing the truth: Caffeine + Alcohol doesn't make you crazy, but sure ain't good in high doses. There are many cases where someones heart has stopped when combining alcohol+caffeine+physical stress.[/QUOTE] Fifth = 750mL @ 35% alcohol > 420mL of 40% alcohol. Then again I do weigh 250lbs and am 6'2".
I don't see why more people don't look at this more objectively. [i]This just in:[/i] Several young adults aged 18-24 died while under the influence of alcohol. This is all COMPLETELY new and it MUST be the drink's fault and not my little angel's!!
I just don't get this statist/regulation mentality. Wrong way: "Mixing caffeine and alcohol may kill you, and that's why we're making it illegal so you don't have to decide." Right way: "Mixing caffeine and alcohol may kill you, don't buy these energy drinks if you don't want to risk your life."
I mix really strong energy drinks and vodka all the time, whoever died from that is a pussy.
isn't LOKO or loco Spanish for crazy
[QUOTE=Ca5bah;26062847]Fifth = 750mL @ 35% alcohol > 420mL of 40% alcohol. Then again I do weigh 250lbs and am 6'2".[/QUOTE] Aa I misunderstood what a fifth means.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26025271]Yeah, just ban things you don't like or want in the world, that'll fix it. Not like i can't make something similar to this by mixing drinks myself easily enough. These things don't deserve to be illegal, the idiots who call for the illegality of things are just woefully stupid people entirely incapable of the thought of personal responsibility.[/QUOTE] Banning things that are generally not good for people usually does fix problems next to a comprehensive societal change.
[QUOTE=Godline;26065960]isn't LOKO or loco Spanish for crazy[/QUOTE] yes
It turns out my cousin was at [b]THE[/b] party that sent all those Washington college students to the hospital. I guess they all thought they got rufied. Bunch of dumb asses can't handle cheap Flavored Malt Liquor, and ruining it for the rest of us. :( [editline]14th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Atchell;26020459]loko is awesome.[/QUOTE] It is, for getting wasted. I drank 3 cans one time and just got really drunk. I never even noticed the Caffeine. Learned my lesson though. [editline]14th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=TheChantzGuy;26021300]some kids in my school drink like 3 or 4 of these a party, makes me feel like a puss, but i'm not blacking out[/QUOTE] I puked a couple times, wandered around a state park, and then went to sleep. [editline]14th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Rick Ross;26042292]To anyone who drinks four loko, I have learned time and time again that one is enough.[/QUOTE] One and done, I always say. [b]Edit[/b] I don't drink anymore, though.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;26018817]I don't think either of those are a depressant or stimulant, but I could be wrong.[/QUOTE] You are wrong. Weed is a depressant. E is a stimulant, especially since many times E contains meth, caffeine, and other stimulants. MDMA (pure E) is a stimulant. Caffeine and weed can go well together.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26021353]I swear, if it gets taken off shelves, this is just proof of a nanny nation forming, and people becoming blithering fucking idiots too stupid to take responsibility for their fucking actions. Own up to it, things are better when you just accept responsibility. What? Do we have a nation of fucking children? [editline]12th November 2010[/editline] Why not just drink real absinthe...? It's far better than anything else you're going to get watered down like that. And these drinks aren't that serious. I mix my own drinks that are similar but harsher than this, I handle them fine. It's idiots like this girl who fuck this up for the rest of us.[/QUOTE] America is already a pussy nation. We've been banning anything that has a negative effect on anyone for a LONG ass time. People in this country need to remove the pointy stick from their ass, grow a set, and stop being such pussies. [editline]15th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Pepin;26075247]You are wrong. Weed is a depressant. E is a stimulant, especially since many times E contains meth, caffeine, and other stimulants. MDMA (pure E) is a stimulant. Caffeine and weed can go well together.[/QUOTE] It's called X, or extacy. No one calls it "E." [editline]15th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Lenni;26064482] Wrong way: "Mixing caffeine and alcohol may kill you, and that's why we're making it illegal so you don't have to decide."[/QUOTE] Welcome to America, where the government tells you how to live your life.
Wait so she got drunk and crashed. How is that the fault of the specific drink?
[QUOTE=wraithcat;26076191]Wait so she got drunk and crashed. How is that the fault of the specific drink?[/QUOTE] According to the article, it has "high amounts of caffeine and alcohol." Don't know about the caffeine levels, but the alcohol content is only 12%, and the FDA won't let you sell something with crazy amounts of caffeine, so I don't see a problem here. Probably underlying heart issues or something. Or soccer moms using the media to try and get something else outlawed.
[QUOTE=faze;26075805] [editline]15th November 2010[/editline] It's called X, or extacy. No one calls it "E."[/QUOTE] Everyone around here calls it E.
I knew this chick in a way, she was friends with some of my friends. Shame what happened though. People around here are still talking about her and everything
[QUOTE=faze;26075805]It's called X, or extacy. No one calls it "E."[/QUOTE] It's got hundreds of names. No one calls it just one single name.
[QUOTE=faze;26075805]Welcome to America, where the government tells you how to live your life.[/QUOTE] Says the communist...
"A high and a low do not mix well together," Sherwood said. lolwut?!? They're both poision.
Their getting emergency banned here in Washington (fucking nanny state) All the gas stations are blowing them out for a buck each to get rid of them before the 17th when they become illegal. The news says this has made them sell better. Nothing like free publicity.
this instantly reminded me of 2 really fat and drunk dudes who ordered pizza and I was the one who had to deliver it at like 9:30 pm. they were screaming about how "four loko is fucking crazy" and how "it will fuck you up". they smelled like shit and burped for like 4 seconds at a time and couldn't look at me without swaying like they were on a boat. fucking four loko.
The label just needs a big-ass warning. If you are under 5 feet and under 120 pounds, don't drink this!
[QUOTE=Swilly;26072965]Banning things that are generally not good for people usually does fix problems next to a comprehensive societal change.[/QUOTE] Really? That sure has stopped the enormous drug culture. Hasn't it? Drugs are all illegal, but since the 1950's, we've seen a 10,000% increase in users, isn't that staggering? Yeah, making them illegal sure has killed off the culture spawned by them. Fuck sakes.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26093556]Really? That sure has stopped the enormous drug culture. Hasn't it? Drugs are all illegal, but since the 1950's, we've seen a 10,000% increase in users, isn't that staggering? Yeah, making them illegal sure has killed off the culture spawned by them. [/QUOTE] But it's irrational to say that this was because of they were banned.
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