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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm going to make a 6-pack of pre-packaged Moscow Mules where one can has like 2000mg of caffeine in it and call it Russian Roulette.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Inside of me there are two wolves - the personal responsibility neoliberal who is annoyed that people don't read the warnings and kill themselves, and the social responsibility communist that understands that it's ridiculous to expect everyone to make an informed decision before doing seemingly trivial things. The communist wolf is beating the shit out of the neoliberal one, don't worry.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hey this is not a conflict at all , "Personal responibility" is complettly compatible with communism ,.. have you ever heard of "the Wall " ? soviet-playful

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

actually the only reason that was justifiable was because the ruling class will only give up power by force

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“The Lemonade that kills people” is genius marketing.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago

My mug filled with the lemonade that kills people has a lot of people asking questions already answered by the mug

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Right? I didn't even know Panera had a caffeinated lemonade until it started killing people. Now I want.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

i saw legal eagle's video, and then 2-3 posts about it here and i'm starting to get that insidious reinforcement. Starting to think about how long it's been since i had over-priced soup in an over-priced breadbowl.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wild that companies will just sell food that straight up kills people

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But libertarians said the market would regulate itself. People have stopped buying the deadly lemonade right?

Right?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I have actually read arguments made before the laws on food safety that unsafe food is good actually because the market trends towards replacing flour with sawdust because it's cheaper and poisoning everyone is good if the market said to

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

smoking-fish cigarette companies: you don't even get to eat it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought the lemonade was complimentary since it was a self serve station.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Worry not, friends, it s not like there's a pandemic raging uncontrolled that makes people more susceptible to heart failure!

Hmm, what's that? THERE'S A WHAT?!?!?!

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh I forgot about that one

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

I'm torn between "why are they putting caffeine in lemonade" and "I'll take 2 please"

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This lemonade is the final ingredient to my Kahlua + 4loko based cocktail that I've been inventing.

I call it the Heart Palpatini.

It'll be drank by line cooks in 45°C kitchens everywhere. Which means it'll be consumed along with lines of cocaine in the walk in cool room.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

The bigger question, in my view, is why should Americans rely on a law firm, and the eventual decisions of a judge and jury in Delaware to decide what will effectively be a national standard for caffeinated lemonade? The answer is that the United States’ regulatory bodies are far too feeble to sufficiently protect the public against hazardous products, and so they essentially outsource this task to consumers and the lawyers who represent them. In peer nations—like, for instance, the United Kingdom—the government imposes strict and consistent regulations on the front end: It requires warning labels on drinks with more than 150 mg of caffeine and bans the sale of these drinks to children under 16. In the U.S., by contrast, the FDA barely regulates caffeine: It does not require manufacturers to include caffeine on the ingredient list of many caffeinated beverages, let alone disclose the amount of caffeine on the label. Nor does the U.S. government bar any consumers from buying ultra-caffeinated products, mandate an explicit warning label, or monitor advertisements. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/panera-charged-lemonade-that-kills-you-lawsuit-facts.html

having caffeine labels on products would blow my mind. i didn't even think about it until seeing this, but of course slightly-more-normal countries provide labels because it's a profoundly powerful drug. i have been steadily weaning myself down over the last decade--i used to be a complete freakshow--and it's not easy given how prevalent it is and how we have to look shit up online to know how much is in something. i would say i'm somewhere between 50-75 mg / day, with the occasional jump up to 150 mg which feels "intense". i can absolutely have days under 40 mg or even 0 mg and not get a headache or anything.... but i will really want to siesta in the afternoon lol. and now i really appreciate the perk of a cup of green tea or even black tea if i'm feeling daring.

one of these lemonades would fuck me up lmao.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If we start regulating uppers in drinks, I'll never get to taste the proper coke

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's wild to think some confederate fuckface invented Alcohol/Cocaine Soda in the 1800s because he wanted a nice relaxing beverage to drink outside in the Southern heat while weening himself off of morphine lol

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Maybe if our economy didn’t normalize stimulants (as a function of maximum productivity output) this wouldn’t be a problem

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

this shit absolutely needs to be regulated, but i won't act like the yuzu citrus flavor wasn't delicious and didn't have me wired all day.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can't stop me from eating a handful of Pepper X. I will die in dignity rage-cry

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, is this why I'm seeing lemon emojis everywhere?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  • "I can't believe the raging antisemitism of tankies"

  • "🍋 yourself"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

🍋 yourself and everyone around you.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Also be careful with some of these energy drinks out there people, a Celsius has an insane amount of caffiene, like three red bulls for an 8.4oz

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I want regular unhealthy snacks but I keep getting offers/coupons that only apply to all these weird drinks with caffeine levels measured in kilo Sieverts and the taste is fizzy septic sludge.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I heard the news, I went to Panera for the first time in ten years to try the poison. I got the strawberry, I think. It was tasty lol.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Panera is killing people as a viral marketing scheme

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