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Kinda dumb question but I figured it fits the sub lol
so these boxes are at my work and they're a syrupy hyper sweet mixture that when combined with carbonated water make soda and it got me thinking:
is it because of the costs, or kids accessing it, or some law?
For those who don't realize this, it's highly likely you will feel 1000 times better than you do today, in ways you may not expect, if you switch to drinking water.
I encourage everyone to try it for a month. And if you feel like a month is too long, evaluate your attitudes towards these things as it relates to addiction.
People would kill themselves by over consuming it.
Panera bread had a charged lemonade energy drink and two people died.
I think I saw one with a Mountain Dew Gamefuel or whatever it's called
Game fuel was just another flavor of regular dew.
Maybe it was Kickstart, I confuse them
Kickstart was at Taco Bell for a bit. No idea if it still is.
I always forget Mountain Dew has an actual fanbase
I just want them to make a flavor with ibuprofin already mixed in
I feel I'm going to regret asking this but why?
Because im old and caffine dependent. I already abuse both, just want to save time
A regional gas station near me has their brand of energy drinks in soda dispensers like this one.
A major truck stop chain in Finland just recently started doing exactly that.
Bars usually have redbull dispensers around here. But as others have mentioned, caffeine in bulk can do damage. I once went to a gas station and they had energy drinks on tap. I'm had a 48oz energy drink with energy shots. I TALKED WITH CAPS LOCK ON FOR 4 DAYS NON-STOP.
Out of sheer idiocy I grabbed a can of a new energy drink and it had 300mg if caffeine. I normally drink 500ml of tea a day but that thing had me vibrating through walls 50% into the can.
500ml of black tea is going to be maybe 100mg if we're generous, no wonder!
300mg is a lot at once, you can get more than that drinking an extra large coffee, but that's super variable, don't know how accurate this is 
people can easily go over the recommended limit (400mg a day I think)
It's usually sold as red bull, I.e. Someone orders a vodka red bull and they will give them vodka and that, but it's some off brand shit in the guns, and they still charge like it's a red bull. Pro tip, don't order that shit if it comes out of a gun.
In addition to what everyone else is saying, a really good reason not to have energy drinks on a soda fountain, aside from the fact that the energy drink soda would cost far more than a regular soda, is that energy drinks contain a lot of caffeine and if they were on dispenser some idiot would go and fill up a 64 Oz energy drink and drink the equivalent to 5 to 8 Red bulls in a single sitting.
No gas station wants to deal with the legal ramifications of "exploding people's hearts because they are too stupid to understand that these things can be deadly", because if people are dumb enough to chug Red Bull until they die they are also dumb enough to sue because of the deaths.
Go to AM/PM, bruh. They got energy drinks on the fountain. Mostly their own brands, but sometimes they have monster or rockstar depending on location.
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My guess has a few factors to it (in no particular order):
Cost soda syrup is likely a lot cheaper than the chemical concoction for energy drinks.
Safety Energy drinks pose a much greater health risk if the concentrations are off. Companies would have to prevent young children from accessing the machines (if they are used in restaurants). They would also have to prevent customers from drinking too much. I can also imagine chugging a bunch of the syrup would likely kill you (it's bound to happen).
Flavor Control soda companies already accept and plan for the difference in fountain vs bottled sodas. I feel energy drink companies want as much control as possible to keep their brand image perfect.
Energy drinks cost almost as much as any other soda. There's no mystical more expensive ingredient in them.
The inevitable howling from Karens when their children get ahold of a 64 ounce Big Gulp of the stuff notwithstanding, the main issue is that fountain availability would pull back the curtain on the supposed value of energy drinks. These are no more expensive than Coke or Pepsi or Sprite for their bottlers to produce, but they've successfully bamboozled the public into believing that a Monster or a Red Bull or whatever is "worth" 4-6x more per ounce than a normal soda. This is obviously bullshit, but if you were able to dispense it at the same rate and the same price as normal soda the jig would be up and the energy drink brands, not to mention the convenience stores selling most of them, would have an absolute cow.
they've successfully bamboozled the public into believing that a Monster or a Red Bull or whatever is "worth" 4-6x more per ounce than a normal soda
Christ is this actually true? I've never had them...
God people are stupid
I can get generics for $1 at The Dollar Store and they're every bit as good at the $5 brand names at the gas station.
Yes, the ingredients are not that much more expensive.
God people are stupid
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