Energy Drinks are Interchangable with Water!
Monster Energy is once again under fire for failing to
properly label its popular energy drinks as “not a viable alternative to water.”
The company is being sued by the mother of Alex Morris, a 19 year old who reportedly
consumed two 16 oz cans of Monster every day for three years until his heart
just said, “Fuck it!” The case comes less than a year after another suit was
filed against the company by the parents of Anais Fournier, a 14 year old who died
after consuming 48 oz of the energy drink in one day. Fournier had a history of
heart disease and was evidently attempting to remedy medical science’s ongoing mistake
of circumventing natural selection.
The majority of energy drinks are classified as nutritional
supplements and are therefore not subject to FDA regulation, a fact many
consumers are unaware of. This has led to people consuming the product without
examining the label, or researching the ingredients, or considering whether
their medical history might make the product a bad choice, the same as they
would with any other FDA approved beverage, such as Red Bull. Further
complicating the issue is that the majority of people who consume energy drinks
are the types of social outcasts whom people genuinely wish to see dead.
Parents, siblings, and so called “friends” are all eager to no longer put up
with their existence, and as a result they turn a blind eye to any potential
danger in allowing someone to drink a can of Monster with every meal in the
hopes that this behavior will lead to a quicker death.
I'm so glad to know that by drinking energy drinks, I'm among the group of people that others wish to see dead. I'm going to assume I understand the type of people you're talking about when you refer to "social outcasts," because I know a few. I could tell you about the great hearts some of these people have. I could tell you about how the misunderstanding, ignorance, and blatant intolerance people like yourself carry sometimes leads these "social outcasts" to unfortunate circumstances, be they depression, self-mutilation, or even suicide. I could tell you that a someone I knew who rode a skateboard, went to an alternative high school, drank Monster frequently, and was a great friend of my brother (both of whom I'm assuming you would label "social outcasts") recently took his own life because people like you didn't have the goodness in their hearts to treat him as a real person. I could tell you all these things, but the abrupt and crass manner in which you dismissed these people as no longer worthy of life leads me to believe you simply won't (and don't) give a shit.
ReplyDeleteIf this was genuinely a commentary on energy drinks and their dangers, your final two sentences have no place in this post as they have no grounding in fact and no genuine relevance to the topic of your article. If, however, this was intended as an unjust and horribly generalized social commentary on people different from yourself, next time please just tell the world at the top of the page you're an ignorant asshole and save us the time of reading your work.
Thanks for contributing to the problem. I hope someday you know what it feels like to have no one.
Zach,
DeleteI wasn't saying that people who feel outcast by society should die, or that people want them to die. Rather, I was using the social outcast bit to show the logical error someone like Alex Morris' mother displays when she herself doesn't consider the health risks involved in her son's two can/day Monster habit, and then promptly blames the company for not doing more. This was not a commentary on energy drinks and their dangers, but a commentary on the foolishness of those who are unwilling to read a label, or research the ingredients, to ensure that they aren't putting their health at risk. The social outcast was meant to satirize the way people are blaming the health problems of loved ones on the energy drink companies, while they ignore the habits that lead to these problems in the first place.
Regarding your assessment that I don't have the goodness in my heart to treat "social outcasts" like real people, I can assure you the only people I treat with anything other than respect and kindness are the ones who've proven they don't deserve it.
I am sorry to hear about your brother's friend, and I am sorry that my attempt at humor led you to think I was belittling his loss.