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post #46 of 54
11/28/10 at 5:04am
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Originally Posted by Krish the Fish View Post
That's socialism for ya.
regulation != socialism. But it is pretty foul shit that I'd never drink, except due to this new legislation me and some friends are going to drink as much as possible at the next party only because we still can.
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post #47 of 54
11/28/10 at 5:37am
never had it. i think NY disturbers voluntarily pulled the plug on these. should i scramble to find out what all the hype is about?
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post #48 of 54
11/28/10 at 5:45am
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Originally Posted by Nil View Post
It tastes like regret the next day.

it tastes like regret the moment it goes down your throat. the watermelon flavor is especially bad.
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post #49 of 54
11/28/10 at 5:50am
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Originally Posted by AlbertCamus View Post
regulation != socialism.

But it is pretty foul shit that I'd never drink, except due to this new legislation me and some friends are going to drink as much as possible at the next party only because we still can.

I don't think my point was made across the intranetz as well as I had hoped... but such is life.

People did this binging with salvia before it was illegal too. I hated the stuff before, and I'm sure as hell not going to consume after it's illegal. (This applies to salvia too)
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post #50 of 54
11/28/10 at 10:01am
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Originally Posted by cptjeff View Post
No, that's a governmental regulatory body deciding that enough reports of serious incidents related to a certain product justified removal of an unsafe product from the market.

You've got to be kidding me. Why not just ban alcohol?
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post #51 of 54
11/28/10 at 11:08am
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Originally Posted by cptjeff View Post
No, that's a governmental regulatory body deciding that enough reports of serious incidents related to a certain product justified removal of an unsafe product from the market.

lolwut. Unsafe product? All they did was put A + B in C(an). It isnt the can thats dangerous, its A + B. I say we ban alcohol and caffeine, the would would be a better place.

I remember the same government outcry when red bull and vodka was the craze in NY, but they couldn't aim their guns at one vodka company, so nothing was done. 4Loko was just an easy target. Looks like we have survived the RBV epidemic just fine.
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post #52 of 54
11/28/10 at 5:19pm
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Originally Posted by cptjeff View Post
The frat parties I've been at (where you would be likely to find 4 loko) are a lot more stingy about the liquor. It's a shot and a half in a 12 oz plastic cup full of coke. Yeah, they pride themselves on getting drunk, but a drink adheres to the standard "one drink" rules. Yeah, a more mature cocktail is going to be smaller and have near equal proportions. That's not what's being drunk at these parties. And a bar ain't gonna serve one too you without special request. 4 loko is marketed as a single serving can. That is how it's perceived. And, due to the various energy drink components, you don't feel nearly as drunk as you are getting. So you drink more, becuase you do not realize just how drunk you are getting, and the body's natural defense against drinking too much, sleep, is being prevented by the energy drink portion. So you continue to drink where you would have long been out cold had you been drinking rum and cokes, or any other traditional mix. There is, much, much less caffeine and other energy drink shit in coke or even red bull then in one of these things. And they're loaded with alcohol that most don't realize is as strong as it is. That's a very dangerous combo. Bum wine doesn't have that.
Honestly you can concoct any idea of things that add up to Four Loko... What about drinking a cup of coffee and then having a bottle of wine? That would, in essence, be drinking a Four Loko. This is just another way to "protect the children" by taking rights away from adults. If people can create their own homemade Four Loko by crushing up a caffeine pill into vodka and juice... then all the government is really stopping is the ability to market a product which can be legally produced in your own home. Absurd. And please don't lecture me on the effects of caffeine and alcohol, I'm no teetotaler, very experienced with both substances. If you go to a party and bring 8-10oz of Jager, as long as that's all you drink, you'll never get alcohol poisoning or overly drunk from jagerbombs. If you go to a party and bring 2 Four Lokos, same logic applies. Not REALIZING how strong something is is not the company's fault. When they clearly label a drink as having 12% alcohol, what more can they do? It should not be the government's job to regulate stupidity. When people see a bottle of tequila that says 40% alcohol on it, they don't start chugging it. When they see something that says 12% alcohol, they should realize that you wouldn't drink 3 liters of wine and it's probably not a good idea to drink 3 liters of this either. If you ban something for being dangerous when abused, then alcohol, OTC painkillers, tobacco, solvents, etc. all need to be banned. The government needs LESS regulation, not more. I cringe every time idiocy and emotional panic passes into law.
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post #53 of 54
2/4/11 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by RyJ Maduro View Post
Why are they all wearing Polo?

you have obviously never seen a black person.
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post #54 of 54
2/5/11 at 1:12pm
One of my room-mates in college used to buy 4 of these every night, drink them within an hour and pass out cold by 7 o clock on the couch. He only stuck around for one semester though.
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