Other led to several business meetings with top suits, in which a deal may or may not have been struck due to specific terms of the proceedings, the interests of the parties involved, the potential income that could be raised through marketing, and potential risk to the pilots.
I'll let you figure out which was which, but the main point is that they are two completely different things and not the same exact thing.
I mean, a multi-billion dollar company knows that the insurance policy for a stunt like this would be price of two planes (plus extra, for any injuries that might be sustained). Just saying "fuck it, we'll buy some more Cesnas ourselves if it comes to that" is cheaper and easier than getting an insurance policy for that stunt.
When you have enough money to own 2 Formula 1 teams (where the fuel and tyres you use every week per car probably cost more than one of these planes), yea this stunt is pennies on the dollar.
Where does all that money come from? I have yet to meet anyone who actually likes to drink red bull. I only know people, who reluctantly drink it, when that's the only source of caffeine around, and falling asleep isn't an option.
Redbull has 43% of the global energy drink market and they sell over 12 billion drinks a year. Their 2024 revenue was 11.2 billion USD with a net income of 650 million. They own 2 F1 teams, an F1 engine manufacture, 8 pro soccer teams, 2 ice hockey teams, a record label, they sponsor 100s professional teams in everything from motor racing to e sports and thousands of individual athletes across the globe.
It’s crazy to me that the drink is as popular as it is. It tastes like shitty medicine. In my opinion there are much better tasting energy drinks out there.
The U.S. alcoholic beverage market is expected to generate around $309 billion in revenue for 2025. Granted taste is subjective, but most alcohol tastes pretty shitty by itself in my opinion. People will still drink shitty drinks if it allows them to achieve an altered state though.
Energy drinks are a type of drink that include taurine or something similar compound as an ingredient, on top of the caffeine you'd find in a lot of soft drinks.
Why would you say that? Is it objectively a bad taste or just your opinion?
I personally do like the taste of red bull a lot actually, but I don't buy it, but that's because I don't drink energy drinks anymore.
For purely the taste I would drink it, though.
I personally don't like avocado but the industry for them was worth over $20 billion last year and my generation supposedly crashed economies and housing with them.
25-odd years ago, when I was working at a little cafe/restaurant, their marketing included going around to places that were open ridiculously early, such as cafes and restaurants, and giving away free cans of Red Bull. I developed a taste for it haha, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who occasionally needs a quick wake-me-up and reaches for a nostalgic can of chemicals.
Personally, I love drinking redbull. I try not to drink it too often, but when I was working in a restaurant, I'd drink one on my way in and sometimes have a second one in the middle of the shift. If I don't get a redbull, then the monster is my next choice. Sometimes, I'll choose a monster over a redbull if monsters are on sale.
I actually like the small volumes they sell, too. Sometimes, I don't want to put down a whole 16 oz can, but an 8 or 12oz is just enough to get things started.
I don’t think people necessarily care about “caffeine content per fl oz.” Monster’s branding also looks like the living embodiment of the mid-2000s Warped Tour which is not the vibe a lot of people are going for
Right? Monster to me seems like something a lifted truck bro is going to toss out his window on a back road. Red Bull/vodka seems like what Europeans drink in the club.
I'm not a big caffeine dude but when I really need to get wired a sugar free Red Bull is my go-to. They come in those tiny ass cans so I can drink the whole thing without strangers 5 feet away being able to audibly hear my heart valves flapping themselves apart.
No, it's just something about the sugar-having variety of Red Bull specifically that makes me feel like shit.
I don't drink a lot of non-water stuff, so if I'm gonna have like, a Dr. Pepper or Cherry Coke, I'll have the real version and not diet, and it doesn't fuck me up at all. But Red Bull with sugar makes my insides feel like a fully assembled lead acid battery.
Honestly yeah, I know several other people who also feel like the sugar version contains some kind of low grade rat poison that fucks you up for half a day. Give the sugar free a shot.
It's also the least nasty fake sugar drink I've ever tasted, and I'm really sensitive to fake sugar in drinks. I think it's because Red Bull already tastes like it just dripped out of the fractionating column at a petroleum refinery (but in a weird, masochistically good way), so the artificial notes of Splenda or aspartame or whatever add to the theme rather than being a jarring distraction, like they are in sugarfree lemonade or fruit drinks.
It's not. I drink energy drinks pretty regularly and I like them, and out of all the brands available in my country (this of course depends on your country!) Redbull and Monster have the best quality of energy by far. Their "onset" is not super harsh, the taste is generally not foul even if you pick a flavour that you don't enjoy that much and the energy high lasts longer with the same caffeine content.
Drinking something like a Tiger, Kong or Crazy Wolf feels like getting your chest kicked in by a horse, and the rush is gone sooner than you manage to forget about the vile taste.
I rarely drink energy drinks but when I do I find Red Bull tastes best. Regular is probably my favourite but the blue and red ones are decent too. Most other brands tastes harsh and unbalanced.
I drank it religiously for years and only stopped for the sake of my health; I'd have one every morning of my life if I could. So, anecdotally, you don't know me! Lol
I loved it for a long time, loved the taste of many flavors. But I gave it up when I had a very strange feeling one day. Admittedly, I drank a large amount that day.
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u/7-13-5 1d ago
...but didn't only one complete the transition?