So I had a big date yesterday and I did’nt get back from work till 4am that day. I got about 4 hours of sleep before I had to wake up to pick up my clothes from the cleaners and get my car washed. Tired as hell, I get ready to pick up this girl when I decide i need a pick-me-up. Usually I just take an excedrin and that will give me a big energy boost, enough to last me the night. I was out of excedrin though so I decided to listen to the accolades of my friends and try out Red Bull. I’ve been scared to try it because, from what I’ve heard, it would be so powerful as to be addictive. So I bought one and chugged it down with the voracity of a freshman college student. Waited a sec…hmm not feeling anything, so I figgured it would take alittle time to kick in. I pick her up and we get to the restaraunt and I’m dead tired. I make conversation for awhile and it just kinda dies because my mind won’t come up with anything to say…it just gets stuck. I had to call it a night because we could’nt think of anything fun to do and my ability to converse was just shot. It was a first date and I screwed it up by being all tired.
So now I must warn all you that Red Bull is completely and totally worthless. And I spent close to 3 dollars on a can of it too. Stick with speed people…it works!
Red Bull doesn’t do anything energy-wise for me either. Chalk it down to another victory for good advertising. I find it hard believing people who claim they get a non-psychologically induced buzz from drinking lots of caffiene or guarana or what have you.
OTOH, vodka and Red Bull mixes taste great. The overwhelming sweetness of the stuff overwhelms the taste of even nasty cheap vodka.
Red Bull (emphasis on the second word) is nothing more than overhyped and insanely overpriced caffeinated water. Anyone paying a buck or two for this dreck needs their head examined.
Red Bull does wake me up quite a bit, its definately more potent than coffee or coca cola, or other caffeinated drinks. I still wouldn’t describe it as “powerful” though.
Spend all night drinking redbull vodkas though, and it makes you go mad. It made me go mad anyway - i ended up trying to break into my own house, then calling the police when i set off the burglar alarm.
One Can won’t do anything to me…but I have had nights were I have had 4 or 5 cans, each mixed with 2-3 shots of vodka. Those kind of drunks are very different from say, drinking the same type and amount of vodka with OJ.
I buy a knockoff of Red Bull that tastes exactly the same ( http://www.donkey-kick.com ), and the QT near my house always has it for buy one get one free, so I wind up spending about 60¢ / can.
To me, Red Bull tastes like melted Gummi Bears. One does nothing for me, but on occasions when I’ve drunk 3 vodka & Red Bulls, I’ve been wired for hours.
Geez where were you guys when I needed you? Actually, I heard mixing Red Bull with alcohol was supposed to be bad for you so I never tried it. Going to have to now.
Funny, Red Bull gave my date wings cause it seemed she wanted to be out of there in a hurry.
The ads I’ve seen compete for lameness with the Mentos ads of ten years ago.