I remember back when Four Loko and Spark were being sold as energy drinks. I was working at a convenience store when the ban happened. People were buying as many as they could carry, and the space for it was bare for about a month after. And now Monster has expanded its brand into the alcoholic department with "The Beast".
Vodka and Powerade was my goto concoction. Drink enough Powerade to empty a pint. last time I made that was in San Fran. walking around China Town getting tore up slowly. Sober 4 years now
I remember I was in 10th grade and saw a kid drinking redbull at school. I was like "you gotta hide that" I thought it was beer. We had never seen soda like that plus the smell.
I work in a factory and I can confirm that we consume an insane amount of monster, there’s a vending machine that holds two hundred cans of the stuff and the supplier comes to fill it twice a day, and that’s just in our small corner of the factory lol, there’s one in every section
I only remember Sparks because when it came out me and some friends spotted it at a local 7-11, stocked with the energy drinks, and according to the clerk on duty he had been selling them to middle school kids all day unaware that it was alcoholic. If any energy drink deserves to come back though it's gotta be Crazy Larry, that stuff literally had me tripping balls.
Can't find a full label on crazy larry's and it seems to have been a very small launch. Outside of 88 grams of sugar and 92 grams of carbs there isnt anything crazy about the product. With the added ginseng I can only assume it has a similar effect to Mountain Dew Voltage.
I drink an energy drink only when I absolutely, positively need one. That frequency amounts to drinking one once in a blue moon. I can't even imagine drinking one or more every day. I don't think my body could take it.
yeah i buy them simi often and tend to keep a few in the fridge and just leave it there for a while and will maybe have one if i'm hanging out with people late and don't have work the next day i'm really small so i gotta be carful
My Friend Andrew was actually the one who recorded that lady's presentation about how Monster is satanic. It's wild how viral that video has gone since then. We had a good laugh about what she had to say! 🤣
I grew up in a small community of homeschool families and many of the parents in that community saw that video and fully believed everything that lady said. They'd show it to all their friends like they had just uncovered some grand conspiracy.
You start to see a pattern when you realize that the number of the beast is actually 616, not 666. Just shows that even the most avid zealot doesn't understand their own teachings.
i'm from jamaica and we have a HEAVY red bull presence (they especially love to sponsor carnival events, i rememeber one carnival i jumped w the red bull truck and they ONLY served rum and red bull just like the song says we ought to drink lmao) so i was kinda surprised to see that their marketing in other countries outside the US is still extreme sports centered, i guess here it's more party centered plus the regular american stuff
Pretty sure that just offered more sugar and caffeine, but none of the other stuff put into true energy drinks, although I did really get that Jolt from it.
I’ve always thought the increasingly heavy amount of caffeine through the 2000s always had something to do with literally everyone in their teens/20s having stress and anxiety issues now.
Caffeine worsens those things. I think people do it because it’s a stimulant and helps with energy and also there is like 1000s different options for energy drinks
Or it could just be the increasing stresses in their lives they're instantly thrown in to when they become an adult and realize they're not going to get a job like their father got that pays a living wage to raise a family on and still be home in time for dinner.
I remember the explosion of various energy drinks in the 90s. We even had Shark icecream (and we kids wanted to have it all the time because it was really tasty). But we weren't allowed to drink it, except for one called "Michael Jackson History", which didn't have any caffeine in it. I miss it, it was really good.
Wow! What a spiffy looking cans at 4:05 !!! Great video! Love seeing educational videos on the topic! And thanks for the crediting of the cans! I feel famous now. 😂
Best presentation I gave my entire time at college was one I did on the film 8 1/2 for a class on Fellini, for which I had calmed my nerves for by mixing red bull and whiskey before class. Got an A+
Living la vida local baby. I am pretty horrified at how often I've had these drinks after a shot of vodka or tequila just so I could stay awake. Gonna bing tea now.
I didn't get my diagnosis of ADHD until in my early 30s, not as noticeable really as I have Inattentive type, formerly known as ADD. Which explains why I still somehow remember fondly going to a soccer tournament in Sweden with the team I was on back then, as a Norwegian we didn't have energy drinks, as they were illegal still as they hadn't been approved, Norway still had a ban on artificial coloring back then. This was in 1998, we were 12-13, and we realized the shops were selling Red Bull! The reason I remember it... is how oddly well rested I felt on that trip, we were sleeping on air mattresses in a school classroom, it didn't make sense! Along with the fact that after like 6 cans of Red Bull, 1 can of Jolt Coke, and one of those frozen popsicles that you squeeze on the bottom to push up the icee or whatever they're called, but in energy drink form by the energy drink called Magic, I was the first one to fall asleep, and I slept well! I was so well rested it actually sticks in my mind still how nice that was... Turns out energy drinks... can function similarly to ADHD medication, as it makes you more relaxed, and from what I was told, ADHD never turns off, so even while you're sleeping it's going on, so in a lot of cases despite having slept, people with ADHD don't feel well rested after sleeping, thus.... I remember that one time when I was a kid I felt well rested, without knowing why. And it kinda makes sense really, as in the beginning of the video amphetamines were mentioned, that's basically my medication, ADHD medications vary some, but I think the most common ones are based on amphetamines, so if energy drinks were made to replace what my medication does... while not as affective as the medication of course, or it'd not be sold in stores, it makes sense. Also explains why I thought people who got energetic from coffee or energy drinks were just riding high on placebo.
Lol, that's funny! I didn't know that. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD as well (I'm 46, so pretty late), and have a similar experience from about twenty years ago that came to mind as I was being tested. I was at a party at a friend's collective, drinking and all that. Someone pulled out a bag of speed and offered it to me and two others. I'd never done any drugs besides marijuana (haven't since, either), but decided to snort with the others. In the five minutes after, I'd managed to fall asleep on the floor while the others went crazy on the dance floor 🤣 When I mentioned it to my doctor, she said, "yeah, that's a pretty good indicator that you do indeed have ADHD." 😂
I have adhd to and i was drinking like 2 redbull a day for 7 years. I was felling so fucus for like 30 min. I start taking meds for my adhd and stop red bull. i miss the kick of my first red bull in the morning.
I've looked this up online a bit, because I also get sleepy after coffee, and it makes me wonder if I have ADHD in some manner. It'll four in the morning and I'll be drinking a strong espresso and bam, sleepy time. People go on about a "crash" after caffeine, but I get no energy at all, just tired.
The paradoxical reaction to caffeine while being better to Stay on task is a big sign of ADD ADHD. It’s better than Ritalin because less long term stuff
Jolt Cola should have gotten at least a nod in the video. All the sugar and twice the caffeine, as the can said, and it actually tasted good, unlike most energy drinks.
Monster had "Unleaded" for a while. It was caffeine-free, but still had the rest of the "energy blend" all energy drinks like to boast about on the back of the can. It actually still "worked" as intended. Just too many people, understandably, didn't give it a chance thanks to "what's the point in that?" mentality.
Loved that stuff, I use to have one every night so I still had something tasty to drink but could actually fall asleep. Now I just don't fall asleep. Good times.
During the 2000s, I consumed an ungodly amount of caffeine and energy drinks and to this day, I am relieved to have survived. For 20-somethings involved in the rave / club / nightlife scenes during that time, it was not unusual to get cases of free beverages. I had tons of free Red Bull and Sparks. We would also get cases of drinks for free to sell at our parties. I have no doubt that this practice, more than any media advertising, is what made Red Bull so popular. Lipovitan-D is kind of a different animal with a very different market. It was for people of my mom's generation and I still remember the commercials I'd see on the Japanese TV station when I was a kid. "Tonic" beverages are still a huge seller in Japan, especially for things like collagen supplements. One category that I could see eventually taking off in the West would be "jelly" drinks -- these were the energy boosters marketed to young people in Japan in the 90s and they continue to evolve and be popular today. Mostly they are not caffeinated these days and some contain things like collagen, just like Japanese tonic beverages.
I came of age during the OG Four Loko boom and while I've personally never been drunk, I assure you they earned their reputation as a blackout in a can.
I remember when I went to Van's Warped Tour around the same time all these energy drinks were on the rise. This one surf/skate company "Lost" did a collab with Hansen (before Monster??) and they had a Tent at the event which had a wheel to spin to see how many drinks you won. This one kid won a whole case of this drink. Mind you as kids back then we were just dropped off with little to no money and called our parents to pick us up after event was over . Water costs $$$ at events but they were just handing out these energy drinks. Long story short I saw the same kid at McDonald's and he was having anxiety and was shaking really bad because he finished most of the case he won. His mom picked him up soon after. The good ol' times =D
I went to Warped Tour, also, when energy drinks were, like, brand new. There were a few tents dedicated to handing out cans of different energy drinks. Way before it became a 'thing.'
@@kewl851 yes and they a tasted gross. Did you ever go to their last tour? I did and now that I was older I wasn't shy to go the band tents and ask for autographs and pics.
@@cowwcho The last one I went to, I think it was the only Warped Tour ive been to. Something Corporate was there. Totally 2005 or something. So, forever ago. I've never been an autograph person. I think it's cool, tho. th-cam.com/video/2iCGJoEFxdY/w-d-xo.html Edit: I think they called it Piano Rock haha it was really good, tho!
@@cowwcho They even had free cigarettes when I was there. Then, it wasn't a big deal, but looking back, im like, "Energy drinks and cigarettes ? no." haha
Cigs and Energy drinks?? Sign me up jk lol Love that song! Fun fact I sorta got to play with them at the same show (Jack's mannequin) with my first band at a University =D Also I believe 2005 was my 1st Warped. I remember vividly the singer from taking back Sunday hanging upside down from the stage lighting rig lol. Oh I never went to autograph signings I just walked up and asked while the members were sitting there, but they weren't the huge bands they young new up and coming bands like Movements,Turnstile, Knucklepuck etc. I think I did stay in a line for Andy Black with a friend but that was the only time lol.
@@CertifiedSlamboy Second this; former manager crushed probably 4 monsters on a daily basis. I don't understand how that man didn't develop kidney stones or something similar.
That first Japanese product explains some things, namely what Sailor Moon gave to her friend Sailor Venus in that episode where Venus was trying to get her pure heart crystal stolen
So, I am actually one of the crazies who drink energy drinks for the taste. I’m not a big fan of sodas and no amount of caffeine can keep me awake if I’m sleepy. Rockstars mango loco is my current fave 😋
Monster has always been my favorite by far. Unfortunately, the company itself are a major bully throwing petty lawsuits around and destroying small companies 😢
I never tasted it, but I saw a taste test of a bunch of energy drinks and it came out on top. Only tasted red bull and that Japanese thing. Red bull tastes like vitamin chewables 🤔
About six years ago I did event security at a motor sports bike event sponsored by Monster. Backstage where I was posted one of the celebrity riders filmed a commercial for the newest Monster product. The ad read included claims that the product was like a healthy meal in a can.
Geeze, my mom drinks about 2 Monsters a day. I used to work night security, and even then I only drank one a day, now I almost never drink them because I just like soda better.
When I was in college I used to down two Amps or Red Bulls a day. On Thanksgiving day one year I downed two energy drinks and then went to black Friday shopping that night on a whim and took a five hour energy when I got there. I ended up hallucinating in my car for much of the night before being driven home and only getting two hours of sleep over the next couple days. I ended up going to doctors appointments for three months trying to figure out why I had the jitters and couldn't focus. Well, I had stopped drinking the energy drinks cold turkey after my black Friday experience because it scared the crap out of me. My doctors determined I had forced myself into detox because my body had become dependent on it. After four months I returned to normal and never touched an energy drink again. It's been about ten years or so since I drank one.
We’ve also come full circle with Four Loko because just recently Monster and Mountain Dew BOTH just launched an alcoholic beverage that’s now sold in every major grocery store!
Except those have no caffeine or sugar in them at all. They are just hard seltzers with branding. And hell, there is even a Sunny D hard seltzer now...
I've never cared about energy drinks. The only one I've ever liked was Josta, but I didn't even know it was supposed to be one until years after it was discontinued.
When Red Bull needs to add as a warning that it doesn't actually gives people wings in order to be able to fly... It says a lot about its customer base! 😏
I didn't know Red Bull was that old. I remember Jolt, I always got the blue one and loved the pop sound it made when you opened it the first time. I forgot about Jolt until this video
Never will I ever again consume 300mg of caffeine in energy drinks, be it in single cans or multiple smaller ones. When I had my first Bang, there was a moment I thought my faster heart rate might progress into actual palpitations.
I have tried the Steven Segal’s Lightning Bolt. This was in 2008. It was in the clearance cooler at Walmart for $1. Neither I nor my college roommate could take more than one sip. 15 years later, my hair still hasn’t recovered.
Monster has a history of filing frivolous trademark lawsuits, mostly against game studios (indie and big corporate). How they continue to get support from gamers is beyond me, though I do remember a time when they were the "better" energy drink company for that market. But hey, at least it's not Rockstar. Rockstar had super cringe people marketing for them and at least where I live, it was considered to be an energy drink for try-hards. It was the fedora of energy drinks.
It depends on my schedule. If I worked a 14 and have to work another 14 the next day, I'm slamming at least one energy drink. If it's just a couple 8 hours, I don't need it.
Honestly gotta give Red Bull respect, they had such a localized launch campaign. I remember skating the local park and the red bull guy would pop by and hook us all up time to time. Proper
They need to bring back BooKoo Energy Drinks. That's the only energy drink that has ever made me feel like it impacted my energy levels. In our teenage years, we used to play Xbox all night and drink those like crazy.
I don’t like energy drinks, they taste strange to me. And I’m one of those weirdo’s who doesn’t get the desired effect of caffeine, it actually calms me down, especially when I’m having major anxiety attacks
Whoa I remembered Lipovitan as a kid, that shit is stored in our fridge for days. My dad drink it a couple of sips at a time. I remember my mom saying not to drink it but as a dumb kid I drank it anyway. That shit is strong
Same! I will _sometimes_ go for a small cup of coffee _(Mocha, really)_ when I start my night shift schedule rotation _(the first day only)_ to give me a hand, but even with half the quantity of coffee (about 45 mg of caffeine) I'll definitely feel the caffeine within minutes and it isn't always comfortable _(I get super hot and I'm already naturally hot, my heartrate increases and I have a weird feeling across my body)_ Amongst my friends and relatives we call caffeine my ''magic potion'' because its benefits are *highly* observable ahaha - back in the day when playing sports I'd take a few sips of a friend's energy drink and my performance would be greatly enhanced ahahahaha To this day I still consider it a ''magic potion'' - it really increases my physical aptitudes but also psychological ones - a few months ago I had to work on a very important project and had a very small window to work on it so I used some caffeine and my productivity was massively increased - but I do not want to lose that sensitivity to caffeine so I rarely ever consume some, saving it for critical moments
I had no idea Four Loko was ever marketed as an energy drink! I remember Sparks though. Drank 2 once and it was a very strange feeling. Also remember when they began to ban energy drinks from school vending machines.
@@AllisonWonderland101 My interest in theater came from a local production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It left such a strong impression that the same troupe came back the next year and did the production again! This is an obscure reference, but I was also the Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch) from Batman: The Animated Series for Halloween one year.
@@btetschner that’s cool :) at my HS we read the book and our final was a tea party where we got to dress up as characters from Wonderland. It was a lot of fun.
I remember back when I was in highschool. I had two cans of full throttle in a couple hours and a bunch of greasy pizza, then went to the park to run around. I puked so much.
The Steven Segal drink was so nasty...it's like someone squeezed the sweat out of his ponytail, carbonated that sweat, and put it in a can. Walmart sold them for a buck a can...we used to use them at work to "welcome" new cooks in the kitchen...
Thank you so much for the energy drink info. I don’t personally drink them, except December of 2019, when I suddenly had to move. I always thought they tasted nasty. Being Jewish, I found it interesting about the logo from Monster 😊.
Haven't watched the video yet, but the first one I remember seeing on shelves was Josta in like '96 or so. It was a soda with 'energy' by way of guarana
I like Red Bull, Bang, Rockstar and quite a few other flavorful e-drinks; but MONSTER is definitely my go-to muzzle guzzle of choice! (Especially the coffee ones)
That first Japanese drink is huge in Korea, too. When my adopted sister and I went there to meet her biological family, it was always being offered by hosts at meetings and get-togethers. It was sold everywhere, too. I forget the taste, but I'm more of a coffee or beer drinker, so... I'll take a Hite instead 😂 🍻
I remember back when Four Loko and Spark were being sold as energy drinks. I was working at a convenience store when the ban happened. People were buying as many as they could carry, and the space for it was bare for about a month after. And now Monster has expanded its brand into the alcoholic department with "The Beast".
You suck! Your harshing my buzz!!!
Vodka and Powerade was my goto concoction. Drink enough Powerade to empty a pint. last time I made that was in San Fran. walking around China Town getting tore up slowly. Sober 4 years now
Maybe red bull will make a milder version for girls and granny. PINK BULL maybe? 😂😂😂
@@wintersoldier2835 you mean hard Red Bull?
Still no caffeine in the Beasts tho
I’m still waiting for my wings to grow from drinking Red Bull, after 18 years you think I’d have some sort of chicken wing by now.
sue em for false advertisement😂
Good one 😂
Why not? I've heard of someone who sued Buffalo Wild Wings because the boneless wings are just breaded chicken breasts! 😂
Why red bull it's so much more expensive for less caffeine and less drink
@@dillinger445 already happened bruv
yall need to keep this guy on narration duty
For sure
Yeah the chick is annoying
@@TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWKshe doesn’t even make any jokes
He’s epic.
For real I honestly can’t listen to the girl. she hurts my ears Lmfaooo
I remember I was in 10th grade and saw a kid drinking redbull at school. I was like "you gotta hide that" I thought it was beer. We had never seen soda like that plus the smell.
Yeah, that smell really discouraged me from trying them until more options were available.
After seeing that episode of Family Guy where Peter gets addicted to Redbull, I vowed never to touch the stuff!
You were a chill ass kid to not snitch on him and just be like “hey you gotta hide that” 😂
Boomer
no mention of Ghost on the rise?!
1:24 that laugh will haunt my dream! I love it.
I work in a factory and I can confirm that we consume an insane amount of monster, there’s a vending machine that holds two hundred cans of the stuff and the supplier comes to fill it twice a day, and that’s just in our small corner of the factory lol, there’s one in every section
I hope there’s more that 300 people in that factory or else holy CRAP you’re all majorly addicted lol one a day is the way to go
AAAHHH! I lived in Japan for more than 10 years and became a GREAT fan of energizing drinks to get through the LONG days of work...
"Just mix some vodka in there to take the edge off". Greatest line ever. You should have some reward for that catch line.
Would love a video about all the limited time foods that came and went from fast food places. The popeyes chicken sandwich release was pretty nuts
Seriously, good thing the sandwich became a permanent part of Popeyes’ menu
they already have that.... open up your damn eyes.
Not as Nuts as the McRib fad.
I only remember Sparks because when it came out me and some friends spotted it at a local 7-11, stocked with the energy drinks, and according to the clerk on duty he had been selling them to middle school kids all day unaware that it was alcoholic. If any energy drink deserves to come back though it's gotta be Crazy Larry, that stuff literally had me tripping balls.
never heard of crazy Larry
@@quanbrooklynkid7776 have you heard of Crack Larry?
I had a friend that would drink that crap, because he couldn't stand beer.
Can't find a full label on crazy larry's and it seems to have been a very small launch. Outside of 88 grams of sugar and 92 grams of carbs there isnt anything crazy about the product. With the added ginseng I can only assume it has a similar effect to Mountain Dew Voltage.
I drink an energy drink only when I absolutely, positively need one. That frequency amounts to drinking one once in a blue moon. I can't even imagine drinking one or more every day. I don't think my body could take it.
yeah i buy them simi often and tend to keep a few in the fridge and just leave it there for a while and will maybe have one if i'm hanging out with people late and don't have work the next day i'm really small so i gotta be carful
@@violetraven9440 nah, kidney stones rule :3
My Friend Andrew was actually the one who recorded that lady's presentation about how Monster is satanic. It's wild how viral that video has gone since then. We had a good laugh about what she had to say! 🤣
I grew up in a small community of homeschool families and many of the parents in that community saw that video and fully believed everything that lady said. They'd show it to all their friends like they had just uncovered some grand conspiracy.
I saw that video on that lady's claim about Monster energy drinks! I just rolled my eyes and exclaimed, "That woman is nuts!" LOL 😂
“Now, you do you know what a milf is?”
@clawmagic26 It's film spelled backwards.
You start to see a pattern when you realize that the number of the beast is actually 616, not 666. Just shows that even the most avid zealot doesn't understand their own teachings.
Interesting. Would love to see a video on the history of Gatorade one day. :)
That shit’s boring.
You’re not gonna believe this..
Four Loko was literally a PG version of a speedball
Four Loko: If you wanna destroy your entire life in one very energized night!
The drink that makes you want to go 87 miles per hour on a highway hitting a family owned corner store in only five minutes!
i'm from jamaica and we have a HEAVY red bull presence (they especially love to sponsor carnival events, i rememeber one carnival i jumped w the red bull truck and they ONLY served rum and red bull just like the song says we ought to drink lmao) so i was kinda surprised to see that their marketing in other countries outside the US is still extreme sports centered, i guess here it's more party centered plus the regular american stuff
I'll be honest rum and red bull sounds terrible... In a way that I'd probably love.
@@incredibleflameboy for context it's white rum lol
Weird that Bawls didn't get a mention, seeing as how it was doing the big esports/gamers energy drink thing way before Monster.
I've had two sips from a RedBull.
Nasty stuff.
Agree
I can’t believe that we are halfway through, and you still have not mentioned Jolt Cola. Unreal!!!
Pretty sure that just offered more sugar and caffeine, but none of the other stuff put into true energy drinks, although I did really get that Jolt from it.
No Jolt, No Rockstar, No Redline, lame video.
No Wired. That stuff was over the line 😂
I used to mixed four loco and K2 back in high school before they changed their original formulas. That was a trip!
I’ve always thought the increasingly heavy amount of caffeine through the 2000s always had something to do with literally everyone in their teens/20s having stress and anxiety issues now.
Caffeine worsens those things. I think people do it because it’s a stimulant and helps with energy and also there is like 1000s different options for energy drinks
Or it could just be the increasing stresses in their lives they're instantly thrown in to when they become an adult and realize they're not going to get a job like their father got that pays a living wage to raise a family on and still be home in time for dinner.
Nah that would mostly smartphones and social media
I remember the explosion of various energy drinks in the 90s. We even had Shark icecream (and we kids wanted to have it all the time because it was really tasty). But we weren't allowed to drink it, except for one called "Michael Jackson History", which didn't have any caffeine in it. I miss it, it was really good.
Wow! What a spiffy looking cans at 4:05 !!! Great video! Love seeing educational videos on the topic! And thanks for the crediting of the cans! I feel famous now. 😂
Best presentation I gave my entire time at college was one I did on the film 8 1/2 for a class on Fellini, for which I had calmed my nerves for by mixing red bull and whiskey before class. Got an A+
Lying female dog.
Great film!
Living la vida local baby. I am pretty horrified at how often I've had these drinks after a shot of vodka or tequila just so I could stay awake. Gonna bing tea now.
I didn't get my diagnosis of ADHD until in my early 30s, not as noticeable really as I have Inattentive type, formerly known as ADD.
Which explains why I still somehow remember fondly going to a soccer tournament in Sweden with the team I was on back then, as a Norwegian we didn't have energy drinks, as they were illegal still as they hadn't been approved, Norway still had a ban on artificial coloring back then.
This was in 1998, we were 12-13, and we realized the shops were selling Red Bull!
The reason I remember it... is how oddly well rested I felt on that trip, we were sleeping on air mattresses in a school classroom, it didn't make sense!
Along with the fact that after like 6 cans of Red Bull, 1 can of Jolt Coke, and one of those frozen popsicles that you squeeze on the bottom to push up the icee or whatever they're called, but in energy drink form by the energy drink called Magic, I was the first one to fall asleep, and I slept well! I was so well rested it actually sticks in my mind still how nice that was...
Turns out energy drinks... can function similarly to ADHD medication, as it makes you more relaxed, and from what I was told, ADHD never turns off, so even while you're sleeping it's going on, so in a lot of cases despite having slept, people with ADHD don't feel well rested after sleeping, thus.... I remember that one time when I was a kid I felt well rested, without knowing why.
And it kinda makes sense really, as in the beginning of the video amphetamines were mentioned, that's basically my medication, ADHD medications vary some, but I think the most common ones are based on amphetamines, so if energy drinks were made to replace what my medication does... while not as affective as the medication of course, or it'd not be sold in stores, it makes sense.
Also explains why I thought people who got energetic from coffee or energy drinks were just riding high on placebo.
I stopped taking real ADHD med and just spam energy drinks
Lol, that's funny! I didn't know that. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD as well (I'm 46, so pretty late), and have a similar experience from about twenty years ago that came to mind as I was being tested.
I was at a party at a friend's collective, drinking and all that. Someone pulled out a bag of speed and offered it to me and two others. I'd never done any drugs besides marijuana (haven't since, either), but decided to snort with the others.
In the five minutes after, I'd managed to fall asleep on the floor while the others went crazy on the dance floor 🤣
When I mentioned it to my doctor, she said, "yeah, that's a pretty good indicator that you do indeed have ADHD." 😂
I have adhd to and i was drinking like 2 redbull a day for 7 years. I was felling so fucus for like 30 min. I start taking meds for my adhd and stop red bull. i miss the kick of my first red bull in the morning.
I've looked this up online a bit, because I also get sleepy after coffee, and it makes me wonder if I have ADHD in some manner.
It'll four in the morning and I'll be drinking a strong espresso and bam, sleepy time.
People go on about a "crash" after caffeine, but I get no energy at all, just tired.
The paradoxical reaction to caffeine while being better to Stay on task is a big sign of ADD ADHD. It’s better than Ritalin because less long term stuff
So that’s what kiru keeps on drinking in yakuza games energy drinks
R.I.P. to the OG Four Loko. I still miss it!
Jolt Cola should have gotten at least a nod in the video. All the sugar and twice the caffeine, as the can said, and it actually tasted good, unlike most energy drinks.
A+ video!
Awesome topic (rarely talked about too), lots of great images, great commentary!
Monster had "Unleaded" for a while. It was caffeine-free, but still had the rest of the "energy blend" all energy drinks like to boast about on the back of the can.
It actually still "worked" as intended. Just too many people, understandably, didn't give it a chance thanks to "what's the point in that?" mentality.
That's like saying that NA beer still "works." It doesn't. It WAAAY doesn't.
At least Rehab us still marketable.
that sucks, i never saw that, I used to drink monster for the taste so a caffeine free version would have been nice
Loved that stuff, I use to have one every night so I still had something tasty to drink but could actually fall asleep. Now I just don't fall asleep. Good times.
@@adamgh0 ... What makes an energy drink categorically different than the average soda?
During the 2000s, I consumed an ungodly amount of caffeine and energy drinks and to this day, I am relieved to have survived. For 20-somethings involved in the rave / club / nightlife scenes during that time, it was not unusual to get cases of free beverages. I had tons of free Red Bull and Sparks. We would also get cases of drinks for free to sell at our parties. I have no doubt that this practice, more than any media advertising, is what made Red Bull so popular. Lipovitan-D is kind of a different animal with a very different market. It was for people of my mom's generation and I still remember the commercials I'd see on the Japanese TV station when I was a kid. "Tonic" beverages are still a huge seller in Japan, especially for things like collagen supplements. One category that I could see eventually taking off in the West would be "jelly" drinks -- these were the energy boosters marketed to young people in Japan in the 90s and they continue to evolve and be popular today. Mostly they are not caffeinated these days and some contain things like collagen, just like Japanese tonic beverages.
I came of age during the OG Four Loko boom and while I've personally never been drunk, I assure you they earned their reputation as a blackout in a can.
I remember back in the late 90's when Josta and Jolt were the only available "energy" drinks.
Tom Blank is back! Yes!
Four Loko brings me back to college 😂
Taste like domestic violence......lol
@@eriklee1794 I still say that about Steel Reserve when people ask me how it tastes.
Love the nod to Reviewbrah, an important part of energy drink lore
I remember when I went to Van's Warped Tour around the same time all these energy drinks were on the rise. This one surf/skate company "Lost" did a collab with Hansen (before Monster??) and they had a Tent at the event which had a wheel to spin to see how many drinks you won. This one kid won a whole case of this drink. Mind you as kids back then we were just dropped off with little to no money and called our parents to pick us up after event was over . Water costs $$$ at events but they were just handing out these energy drinks. Long story short I saw the same kid at McDonald's and he was having anxiety and was shaking really bad because he finished most of the case he won. His mom picked him up soon after. The good ol' times =D
I went to Warped Tour, also, when energy drinks were, like, brand new. There were a few tents dedicated to handing out cans of different energy drinks. Way before it became a 'thing.'
@@kewl851 yes and they a tasted gross. Did you ever go to their last tour? I did and now that I was older I wasn't shy to go the band tents and ask for autographs and pics.
@@cowwcho The last one I went to, I think it was the only Warped Tour ive been to. Something Corporate was there. Totally 2005 or something. So, forever ago. I've never been an autograph person. I think it's cool, tho. th-cam.com/video/2iCGJoEFxdY/w-d-xo.html Edit: I think they called it Piano Rock haha it was really good, tho!
@@cowwcho They even had free cigarettes when I was there. Then, it wasn't a big deal, but looking back, im like, "Energy drinks and cigarettes ? no." haha
Cigs and Energy drinks?? Sign me up jk lol Love that song! Fun fact I sorta got to play with them at the same show (Jack's mannequin) with my first band at a University =D Also I believe 2005 was my 1st Warped. I remember vividly the singer from taking back Sunday hanging upside down from the stage lighting rig lol. Oh I never went to autograph signings I just walked up and asked while the members were sitting there, but they weren't the huge bands they young new up and coming bands like Movements,Turnstile, Knucklepuck etc. I think I did stay in a line for Andy Black with a friend but that was the only time lol.
I've never tried energy drinks. My younger co-workers will sometimes drink two during the workday (and then wonder why they can't sleep at night).
I've never tried energy drinks either. I have a hard time sleeping as it is.
I drink between 2 and 5 a day and my sleep schedule is excellent.
Not everyone is the same.
@@CertifiedSlamboy Second this; former manager crushed probably 4 monsters on a daily basis.
I don't understand how that man didn't develop kidney stones or something similar.
I don't think I want to. I'm high-strung as it is! 😂
I just want Bolt cola back. Tasted just like RC but had enough caffeine to wire a house.
That first Japanese product explains some things, namely what Sailor Moon gave to her friend Sailor Venus in that episode where Venus was trying to get her pure heart crystal stolen
So, I am actually one of the crazies who drink energy drinks for the taste.
I’m not a big fan of sodas and no amount of caffeine can keep me awake if I’m sleepy. Rockstars mango loco is my current fave 😋
Some of them do taste great, I also enjoy drinking them for the taste albeit I only drink one maybe every few months
Many energy drinks have a mild sour aftertaste, if it wasn't for that I'd prefer them to normal sodas.
Same honestly. Idk who really can stomach energy drinks if they don’t like the taste. Otherwise I wouldn’t be an occasional Monster drinker.
“Nobody drinks these things for the taste”
I exclusively drink monster for the taste lol
I use these sparingly as a way to get migraines to go away faster.
I'm surprised, no mention of gfuel or even, drinks that's similar to it, but this video, is covering within a general way, all the energy.
4:05 Caffeine Man reference! Great show on energy drinks!
Monster has always been my favorite by far. Unfortunately, the company itself are a major bully throwing petty lawsuits around and destroying small companies 😢
owned by coca cola now
I never tasted it, but I saw a taste test of a bunch of energy drinks and it came out on top. Only tasted red bull and that Japanese thing. Red bull tastes like vitamin chewables 🤔
If you owner a business you would see why they do what they do. Nintendo does the same
About six years ago I did event security at a motor sports bike event sponsored by Monster. Backstage where I was posted one of the celebrity riders filmed a commercial for the newest Monster product. The ad read included claims that the product was like a healthy meal in a can.
I drank that nastiness as a teen but never would’ve believed it’s healthy or meal replacement in a can 😂
Makes me think of the opening of Role Models, "No thanks, I'll have a Minotaur"
Enough calories as a meal probably but it damn sure ain't a healthy one lol all sugar
Hansen’s energy drink taste was incredible
I thought I had accidentally set the playback rate to 2X there for a second…
And the next thing we know, new energy drinks are invented and they turned peoples into Titans.
Jolly: CAMEO!
This video is full of energy
A speed epidemic in Japan? Would never have guessed
Geeze, my mom drinks about 2 Monsters a day. I used to work night security, and even then I only drank one a day, now I almost never drink them because I just like soda better.
Jolt Cola deserves its own video!
When I was in college I used to down two Amps or Red Bulls a day. On Thanksgiving day one year I downed two energy drinks and then went to black Friday shopping that night on a whim and took a five hour energy when I got there. I ended up hallucinating in my car for much of the night before being driven home and only getting two hours of sleep over the next couple days. I ended up going to doctors appointments for three months trying to figure out why I had the jitters and couldn't focus. Well, I had stopped drinking the energy drinks cold turkey after my black Friday experience because it scared the crap out of me. My doctors determined I had forced myself into detox because my body had become dependent on it. After four months I returned to normal and never touched an energy drink again. It's been about ten years or so since I drank one.
If a Four Loko is equivalent to drinking 6 beers then you're drinking piss beer.
Remember Jolt Cola? I miss that stuff!
Monsters make monsters
and Monsters making monsters
How’s that?
We’ve also come full circle with Four Loko because just recently Monster and Mountain Dew BOTH just launched an alcoholic beverage that’s now sold in every major grocery store!
Except those have no caffeine or sugar in them at all. They are just hard seltzers with branding. And hell, there is even a Sunny D hard seltzer now...
Ironically what keeps nurses and other night staff awake to take care of you😂
Amen (nurse here)
I've never cared about energy drinks. The only one I've ever liked was Josta, but I didn't even know it was supposed to be one until years after it was discontinued.
When Red Bull needs to add as a warning that it doesn't actually gives people wings in order to be able to fly... It says a lot about its customer base! 😏
Monster Energy Supremacy!
If a new Weird History vid doesn't put a little pep in your step, no energy drink can help you.
When I was dancing professionally, I was
known to down a 5 hour energy or two during the day.
I didn't know Red Bull was that old. I remember Jolt, I always got the blue one and loved the pop sound it made when you opened it the first time. I forgot about Jolt until this video
Never will I ever again consume 300mg of caffeine in energy drinks, be it in single cans or multiple smaller ones. When I had my first Bang, there was a moment I thought my faster heart rate might progress into actual palpitations.
I have tried the Steven Segal’s Lightning Bolt. This was in 2008. It was in the clearance cooler at Walmart for $1. Neither I nor my college roommate could take more than one sip.
15 years later, my hair still hasn’t recovered.
Monster has a history of filing frivolous trademark lawsuits, mostly against game studios (indie and big corporate). How they continue to get support from gamers is beyond me, though I do remember a time when they were the "better" energy drink company for that market. But hey, at least it's not Rockstar. Rockstar had super cringe people marketing for them and at least where I live, it was considered to be an energy drink for try-hards. It was the fedora of energy drinks.
I've only drank a Red Bull *ONCE* in my life.
I wish there were this many drinks to go to sleep at night. That's what I really need
It depends on my schedule. If I worked a 14 and have to work another 14 the next day, I'm slamming at least one energy drink. If it's just a couple 8 hours, I don't need it.
Honestly gotta give Red Bull respect, they had such a localized launch campaign. I remember skating the local park and the red bull guy would pop by and hook us all up time to time. Proper
They need to bring back BooKoo Energy Drinks. That's the only energy drink that has ever made me feel like it impacted my energy levels. In our teenage years, we used to play Xbox all night and drink those like crazy.
I love my Salted Caramel Monster. It's a heart attack waiting to happen, but man does it get me going.
I don’t like energy drinks, they taste strange to me. And I’m one of those weirdo’s who doesn’t get the desired effect of caffeine, it actually calms me down, especially when I’m having major anxiety attacks
Could be ADHD. Same here.
Get checked for ADHD
@@britt4558 I’m diagnosed with ADD
Three ADHD brains bump together and confusion ensues 😂
@@DanielSmedegaardBuus happens all the time 😂
Whoa I remembered Lipovitan as a kid, that shit is stored in our fridge for days. My dad drink it a couple of sips at a time. I remember my mom saying not to drink it but as a dumb kid I drank it anyway. That shit is strong
I’m highly sensitive to caffeine so I can’t have energy drinks. Even just 50mg of caffeine and I’m up all night.
Same! I will _sometimes_ go for a small cup of coffee _(Mocha, really)_ when I start my night shift schedule rotation _(the first day only)_ to give me a hand, but even with half the quantity of coffee (about 45 mg of caffeine) I'll definitely feel the caffeine within minutes and it isn't always comfortable _(I get super hot and I'm already naturally hot, my heartrate increases and I have a weird feeling across my body)_
Amongst my friends and relatives we call caffeine my ''magic potion'' because its benefits are *highly* observable ahaha - back in the day when playing sports I'd take a few sips of a friend's energy drink and my performance would be greatly enhanced ahahahaha
To this day I still consider it a ''magic potion'' - it really increases my physical aptitudes but also psychological ones - a few months ago I had to work on a very important project and had a very small window to work on it so I used some caffeine and my productivity was massively increased - but I do not want to lose that sensitivity to caffeine so I rarely ever consume some, saving it for critical moments
no amount of caffeine effects me, i can, and have many times drank a monster or 2 like an hour before i go to bed, and i sleep fine every time
You develop tolerance to it rather quickly.
I would say the german slogan for Red Bull is even catchier, being a simple "Red Bull - Verleiht Flüüüügel" (Red Bull - Gives you Wiiiings)
Loved Them Intro Horns Is That An Actual Song
when the glass bottle redbull availability ended, that was it for my interest in energy drinks. coffee is the way.
I had no idea Four Loko was ever marketed as an energy drink! I remember Sparks though. Drank 2 once and it was a very strange feeling. Also remember when they began to ban energy drinks from school vending machines.
Awesome profile name btw
@@btetschner thank you!
@@AllisonWonderland101 My interest in theater came from a local production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It left such a strong impression that the same troupe came back the next year and did the production again!
This is an obscure reference, but I was also the Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch) from Batman: The Animated Series for Halloween one year.
@@btetschner that’s cool :) at my HS we read the book and our final was a tea party where we got to dress up as characters from Wonderland. It was a lot of fun.
@@AllisonWonderland101 Your HS knows how to create a fun and meaningful event! Was that at a private school?
I have never tried a Four Loko. I heard the adverse effects from that beverage lol
Well, here in Brazil there actually IS a kinda energy dink aimed at kids.
Tbh, its more like a soda with added vitamins, so little caffeine, but still
I remember back when I was in highschool. I had two cans of full throttle in a couple hours and a bunch of greasy pizza, then went to the park to run around. I puked so much.
I only drank Energy Drinks for the taste. I think they actually taste great. Super unhealthy but taste good.
Watching this as I'm drinking a Zoa energy drink. I've tried to give these things up many times but keep going back to them.
The Steven Segal drink was so nasty...it's like someone squeezed the sweat out of his ponytail, carbonated that sweat, and put it in a can.
Walmart sold them for a buck a can...we used to use them at work to "welcome" new cooks in the kitchen...
I didn't know that there was a drink named after Steven Segal!
@@melissacooper8724 yep! An energy drink. It was not around for too long, it kinda sucked.
LMAO "heart failure... kinda the opposite of energy" ... why is that so funny to me lol🤣🤣🤣
After watching this, might want to go for some 5-hour energy.
I’d love a video about Chic Fil A
Thank you so much for the energy drink info. I don’t personally drink them, except December of 2019, when I suddenly had to move. I always thought they tasted nasty. Being Jewish, I found it interesting about the logo from Monster 😊.
I have the mind of a child and I won't stop drinking energy drinks until i've tried every colorful can on store shelves
Really love how you pronounce Krating Daeng lmao
"Stay off drugs! Minotaur!"
"Thank you, Minotaur Man"
Energy drinks don't even have any more caffeine than coffee does
Haven't watched the video yet, but the first one I remember seeing on shelves was Josta in like '96 or so. It was a soda with 'energy' by way of guarana
BTW, excellent voice acting for that red bull rapid talking.
I like Red Bull, Bang, Rockstar and quite a few other flavorful e-drinks; but MONSTER is definitely my go-to muzzle guzzle of choice! (Especially the coffee ones)
That first Japanese drink is huge in Korea, too. When my adopted sister and I went there to meet her biological family, it was always being offered by hosts at meetings and get-togethers. It was sold everywhere, too. I forget the taste, but I'm more of a coffee or beer drinker, so... I'll take a Hite instead 😂 🍻