I’ve always had concerns over “energy drinks”.

When they first started appearing on shelves and before they were really popular I thought to myself, who’s really stupid enough to drink this stuff?, it just looks gross. Then, shortly after, it became a huge market, it seemed everywhere you looked there was some new energy drink coming out and it became more and more acceptable and mainstream. People who you thought would know better were drinking this stuff. I have a lot of friends who unfortunately just guzzle this stuff down like water. Not only for a quick pick-me-up but because they seem addicted.

It seems you can bottle anything, and with a little marketing (a cool name with cool packaging and cool ads) someone will buy it and drink it. I think a survey should be done to find out how many people know what they’re actually drinking when they drink this stuff. I bet 99% have no idea what’s really in these drinks and unfortunately most of them don’t care either.

I’m going to come out with an Indy film called “Super Size this, M&$$@ F&#K@” where all I’m allowed to drink is energy drinks. Every day I’m going to film myself just drinking energy drinks and I’m going to see what happens to me. Wake up in the morning and drink a Rockstar with my eggs and toast. An hour later after going for my morning, five mile run I’m going to replenish my bodily fluids with a couple of Sharks. After taking a shower and heading to work I’m going to down a Full Throttle while weaving through traffic, truly revealing my newly uninhibited self and fully expressing all that pent up road rage. I might even make a quick stop at my local 76 station just to yell at the local attendant at the $3.90 a gallon gasoline prices and to pick up another 6 pack of Red Bull. I’ll walk in to work with a Bawls in my hand (just to impress my fellow employees) downing it, in mid stride, slam dunking it in the reception receptacle while letting out a loud belch. And that’s just my morning… I wonder how long I would be able to survive like that?

Anyway, you only live once right, so just “go for it!”, consume as many chemicals and drugs as possible, who cares “live hard and die young!” drinking energy drinks.

Anyway, I guess they’re totally safe or they wouldn’t be legal to sell, right…