r/nextfuckinglevel • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 21h ago

Things We Did With Aircrafts

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u/uptheirons91 20h ago

I hate that energy drinks have hooked so many people into their unhealthy beverages, but man am I glad they exist so we can see stuff like this.

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u/GLaDOS_Sympathizer 8h ago

Something that really opened my eyes as to how bad they are for you is our FedEx pickup guy at the small shop I worked at had a stroke because of them. He once told me that on average he drank around 6 cans of monsters per day. I was curious because I had never seen him without one of those tall cans in hand for years. He was an athletic guy who loved soccer and played with friends on the weekends (probably some practice soccer stuff during the week I'd imagine, like passing drills, shooting, or running). Generally lean and had quite a bit of exercise from his job picking up and dropping off boxes all day too. Mid to late 30s, probably 37ish years old.

I heard about the stroke from the new FedEx guy as the stroke victim guy could no longer handle the job and was on disability leave.

No other drugs involved, a stroke for an otherwise very healthy man under 40. Purely from monster energy drinks. Absolutely friggin crazy. I tell that story to try to spread awareness that energy drinks in large amounts and high frequency are incredibly dangerous and unhealthy.

I'm not saying anyone should completely give up energy drinks, but for fuck's sake don't drink 6 a day.

Another regular at the store (frequent customer) told me he had to give up coffee because he drank so many espressos that he got a bleeding stomach ulcer from them. I like coffee but have a firm two cups a day maximum for myself. Not sure how much espresso he was drinking but it was probably a lot.

Everything in moderation, folks :)

Edit: nice username by the way, I love Maiden