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[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

It did not make me trans.

However, it did give me heartache or something, so I try to avoid energy drinks nowadays.

[-] gk99@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I still go for a Monster every now and then when I'm feeling spicy, but I cut back on my energy drinks when I was trying to write something at work and was struggling because I was shaking from a Rockstar Energy drink. That shit tastes like poison and the only reason I had so many that I was drinking them regularly was Halo Infinite cosmetics.

They're a fun "sip this to keep from passing out once in a while" sort of drink but energy drinks are absolutely terrible.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not sure I'm following

Is there something girly about monster?

[-] snowsuit2654 18 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what the exact origin is, but trans girls drinking monster is a meme. There's also the whole NSFW Astolfo monster thing.

[-] ichmagrum@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

There's some kinda meme about Astolfo having a Monster Energy can-sized dick.

[-] Blahaj_Blast 4 points 1 year ago

Same, this is not the first time I've seen a joke like this

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Don't let brands artificially stake themselves to your identity. Organic memes don't build demographic brand associations; be very wary of insidious shit like this

[-] Xelnoc 6 points 1 year ago

While i fundamentally agree with the negative impact of brands and associations, monster has become a part of transfem meme culture and the company itself has donated to multiple LGBTQ+ organisations such as the It Gets Better project and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll admit I'm not familiar enough with the company to know the answer to this, but here's my question: how is Monster as an employer? What's their track record on workers rights and fair treatment? I don't think we should be so excited to embrace a company that makes positive gestures that we end up ignoring the moral failings and compromises of said company.

This is why things get messy quickly with companies; if we associate with them for their good works on LGBTQ issues, are we then culpable for their failures on workers issues?

And to be clear, I don't have the answer; I'm genuinely pondering what's the right answer, because it's not obvious to me. I just know the inherent dangers of corporations makes me hesitant to accept their support unwaveringly 🤷

[-] PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES 9 points 1 year ago

I don't think Monster has become part of transfem culture. IDK maybe I'm just old. Get off my lawn

[-] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 5 points 1 year ago

You mean they gave money to the charity industrial complex? That means we gotta like them!

[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TIL diabetes is a masculine trait...
Now excuse me while I down a Monster Ultra Rosá

[-] Blahaj_Blast 6 points 1 year ago

Peachy Keen or Strawberry Dreams is where it's at! I also enjoy Rosé though.

[-] anti_antidote@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Best monster hands down and not just because the can is hot pink

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

This "meme" always feels like astroturfing to me

[-] Franzia 5 points 1 year ago

I doubt Monster likes us enough to make/encourage these memes. Look how many viral moments they could have had that they didn't play into as a brand. Could be that I am unaware.

[-] toiletwhole@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

I challenge the word tasty here…

[-] ichmagrum@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

There's a reason why Red Bull comes in small cans. Monster Energy: "We we're going, we don't need reason"

[-] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 6 points 1 year ago

I’ll take a good old Yerba any day over one of these abominations. If you genuinely think it tastes good, I weep for your tastebuds, because they have given up the ghost long ago.

[-] DagonPie@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Ah yes. The taste gatekeeper has arrived.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I don't usually drink it but I got the new (or so I think) Mango one and honestly it was pretty good.

[-] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 4 points 1 year ago

It’s gotta taste better than kombucha I guess lmao, and I drink that shit, so I don’t have much room to talk.

[-] Franzia 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the recommendation, I'm gonna try Yerba.

[-] moonsnotreal 5 points 1 year ago

Boomers and trans girls unite over monster ultra zero

[-] girl4life2023@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

my fav monster :-)

[-] Blahaj_Blast 1 points 1 year ago

On the topic energy drinks... How about Alani? Some are straight up candy flavored(cosmic stardust=mouthful of skittles), but Hawaiian Shaved Ice is my jam!

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm still a fan of the black and blue Low-Cal/Low-Carb, but you're lucky to find one in a hundred facings these days. The odd gas station might carry one.

[-] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Where do you live? I see them everywhere in upstate NY.

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