God, I just had flashbacks to that awful
Stay Alert gum.
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Could it be... another
Let's blame the product instead of the parents thread? Somebody get me a
Four Loko.
I can see how this type of product would be awesome for truck drivers and GI Joes. I wish I had some here instead of Pit Bull.
Kids don't need to be popping it but whaddya gonna do? They shouldn't be smoking weed and having unsafe sex either, amiright?
I'm kinda surprised that this is even a topic here considering the general acceptance of licit (and illicit) substance use. Coffee YEAH.
Responsibility & Temptation: Because it's just easier to just take everything off the table than try to avoid some things.
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You smart guys are onto something. The issue here is the ups and downs of modern life here in "Western Civilization."
I'd be curious to see what kind of market these products have in countries where they aren't torturing themselves for money (as much).
It seems to be uniquely American that working 80 hours is what it takes to be successful. And you've gotta fit in that damn pilates class.
Here in the US the groupthink on how we should live our lives is becoming more and more like that
Smack My Bitch Up music video.
We work 12 hour days, we commute 3 hours each way, we're doing college and raising kids and gym and crunk and
*head explode*.
It's Red Bull on Monday morning and Jack Daniel's on Monday evening. We love our legal vices and our clutch plate suffers.
Shit, I've worked ~1475 hours in the last
4 months. I haven't had a day off the entire time. I survive on caffeine.
And I figure caffeine is kinda like life...
all good things in moderation. But we still need the money, right?
I guess some both-enders make sacrifices so they can chill later. I myself want to retire at 44.
And some folks, well, I guess they just can't get enough Mountain Dew.
/terse jerkoff