I never understood the appeal of energy drinks. Hell, even the branding ain't appealing. You ever read the back of a "relentless" can? Shit sounds like the sort of insane "motivational" speeches given by wall street bosses. And does one of those cans pictured just say "HELL" on it? No thanks.
Until I had to do a dissertation. So much writing. So much bullshit academic bureacracy. So many times rewriting the same damn things in a slightly different way to please some asshole with his head up his ass. I don't know how anyone can handle that free of any kind of chemical, be it caffeine or alcohol, or fuck, even drugs.
The thing that kills for me is the kind of "rubber band" effect. I liked to do my writing in huge chunks, so usually, I'd buy a 2-litre bottle of mountain dew, which would last me a good one and a half days of writing+other work. At the end of those days I'd feel on the verge of fucking collapse, despite barely leaving my chair, so it's easy to see how if you intend on steaming through a long event (like this LAN thing) you could end up just on a string of the damn things.
As for what caused it, fuck knows, but I'm with the article. That much energy drink in such a short space of time ain't ever gonna be good.
Oh, and also, quit being so hard on the kid, guys. For one, he's a fucking kid, two, he certainly sounds shook up by the whole thing and learned his lesson, and three, we spend so much of our damn time telling our kids not to have sex or drink or do drugs that we rarely bother warning them about the hazards that are just lying around in everyday life, readily available.
Until I had to do a dissertation. So much writing. So much bullshit academic bureacracy. So many times rewriting the same damn things in a slightly different way to please some asshole with his head up his ass. I don't know how anyone can handle that free of any kind of chemical, be it caffeine or alcohol, or fuck, even drugs.
The thing that kills for me is the kind of "rubber band" effect. I liked to do my writing in huge chunks, so usually, I'd buy a 2-litre bottle of mountain dew, which would last me a good one and a half days of writing+other work. At the end of those days I'd feel on the verge of fucking collapse, despite barely leaving my chair, so it's easy to see how if you intend on steaming through a long event (like this LAN thing) you could end up just on a string of the damn things.
As for what caused it, fuck knows, but I'm with the article. That much energy drink in such a short space of time ain't ever gonna be good.
Oh, and also, quit being so hard on the kid, guys. For one, he's a fucking kid, two, he certainly sounds shook up by the whole thing and learned his lesson, and three, we spend so much of our damn time telling our kids not to have sex or drink or do drugs that we rarely bother warning them about the hazards that are just lying around in everyday life, readily available.
