# What in the hell is the point of having Monster Energy Drink stickers (yes, stickerS) on your car? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 21, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705 "2011-05-21T19:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/1 "2011-05-21T19:00:31Z")
Near where I live, there is a car with what might be the lamest stickers I have ever seen on it. _Three_ different Monster Energy Drink stickers [(looks like this)](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&complete=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1263&bih=690&q=monster%20energy), one large bumper sticker and a small “M” on the back and then another “M” on the front window. He also has a bumper sticker that reads: “I’ll keep my guns and my freedom, you can have your Obama.” These are the only stickers on his car. What kind of unbelievably lame person would do this? Does he get paid by the Monster corporation to drive around with those stickers on his car? Other than that, I just don’t get why he would put them up. Is he extremely passionate about Monster energy drink? Passionate enough to put _three_ different Monster decals on his car (a 1980s white Honda Accord that has seen far better days)? I’ve _seen_ the guy walking to and from his car on a few occasions. He does not _look_ like a tool. He seems to be in his mid to late 20s and he looks like a completely normal middle-class service-industry generic white guy. What motivates people to put shit like this on their cars? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/2 "2011-05-21T19:10:26Z")
He might very well get paid to put the stickers on his car. There are companies that pay people to “ad wrap” their cars. It could also be that he works for the company in some fashion. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/3 "2011-05-21T19:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > What in the hell is the point of having Monster Energy Drink stickers (yes, stickerS) on your car? Impressing middle-schoolers? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/4 "2011-05-21T19:48:44Z")
Maybe his name starts with M and he likes their logo treatment? Or he’s a particularly lamer gamer and plays some green monster role (Shrek gone bad??) in his game world. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/5 "2011-05-21T20:21:27Z")
People that like Monster REALLY like Monster. It’s really no different from how much you love Hogg. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/6 "2011-05-21T20:29:15Z")
What the fuck is your problem, man? It’s been a really long time since I’ve posted anything relating to that book, and here you are bringing it up for no reason whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/7 "2011-05-21T20:37:54Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What the fuck is your problem, man? It’s been a really long time since I’ve posted anything relating to that book, and here you are bringing it up for no reason whatsoever. Relax. I was just trying to make a point. Back when you brought that book up constantly, you thought there was nothing wrong with it because you thought it was a really great. This guy, he thinks Monster is THE SHIT. So that’s why his car is covered in Monster. Why is that deserving of ridicule, but your love of Hogg back then wasn’t? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/8 "2011-05-21T20:40:57Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > He might very well get paid to put the stickers on his car. There are companies that pay people to “ad wrap” their cars. Ad wrapping is usually a treatment done to the whole car or to a significant part of it (e.g. the doors) done to a company standard, not just throwing a few stickers on. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/9 "2011-05-21T21:05:51Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > This guy, he thinks Monster is THE SHIT. So that’s why his car is covered in Monster. Why is that deserving of ridicule, but your love of Hogg back then wasn’t? On the off chance that you actually mean this analogy in earnest and are not just being deliberately cute with me, I wasn’t driving around with Hogg stickers on my _car._ To go around with decals advertising a specific product implies a certain level of devotion that _energy drinks_ don’t typically attain. A better analogy would be a sticker for a band that I liked or something. But even that doesn’t really fit. Lots of people put band stickers on their vehicles. Bands, like novels, attract large followings of people who want to proclaim their love of that band. But energy drinks? I’m not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/10 "2011-05-21T21:15:28Z")
Sounds like a low rent version of[this](http://tedsaid.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/redbullcar.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/11 "2011-05-21T21:19:38Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Sounds like a low rent version of[this](http://tedsaid.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/redbullcar.jpg). That’s an Red Bull company car. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/12 "2011-05-21T21:32:19Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > People that like Monster REALLY like Monster I dunno. I like Monster but I don’t put stickers for it on my car… or anywhere else for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/13 "2011-05-21T21:47:24Z")
I have no idea, but I’ve seen them on cars and for sale at the place I have the oil changed. Weird. We generally get a significant cross-section of Dopers, so I would have assumed there’d be somewhat of an informed answer. Ultra-niche? Only popular with the under-13 crowd (i.e., can’t register to post, but they can put stickers on their older siblings’ cars)? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/14 "2011-05-21T21:52:57Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Lots of people put band stickers on their vehicles. Bands, like novels, attract large followings of people who want to proclaim their love of that band. But energy drinks? I’m not seeing it. You would be wrong. Observe: [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.86648330826.81128.11768835826](http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.86648330826.81128.11768835826) I still fail to see how that is so much worse than constantly mentioning a book that was usually only tengentially related to whatever the discussion at hand was. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/15 "2011-05-21T21:54:23Z")
I’ve seen plenty of cars and trucks stickered up with Monster, or the claw-shred green M. So stupid. Why do you want the world at large to know Monster brand energy drink is your preferred carbonated, caffeinated sugar water beverage? Maybe he is XTREME! He’s RADICAL! He’s a Man of Action!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/16 "2011-05-21T22:02:15Z")
Poking around it looks like they sponsor a few riders (BMX?). Maybe that has something to do with it. Marketing genius–I bet the folks at Mountain Dew are jealous. ETA: here’s their [sponsorship](http://monsterarmy.hookit.com/members/monster/sponsorship/)page. I’m not signing up for an account, but it looks like they have promotions for both sponsored athletes and members of the “Monster Army.” > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > You would be wrong. Observe: [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.86648330826.81128.11768835826](http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.86648330826.81128.11768835826) > > I still fail to see how that is so much worse than constantly mentioning a book that was usually only tengentially related to whatever the discussion at hand was. Dude, what’s with the baiting? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/17 "2011-05-21T22:03:10Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > You would be wrong. Observe: [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.86648330826.81128.11768835826](http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.86648330826.81128.11768835826) > > I still fail to see how that is so much worse than constantly mentioning a book that was usually only tengentially related to whatever the discussion at hand was. First of all, almost all of those pictures are of extreme sports people SPONSORED by Monster drink. If you are trying to prove some point, you have not done so with that link. I am talking about a totally random guy with Monster stickers on his shitbox car, not some dirtbike or monster truck racers or whatever who wear the Monster symbol on their gear because the Monster company is _sponsoring them._ Second of all, please, please drop the Hogg shit. I don’t see how it has any relevance to my question at all. Again, bringing things up in text form on a message board discussion is totally, totally different from displaying a sticker for something on your car…if you really can’t understand the difference, I don’t know what else to say, other than that I hope some people other than you will post here with their thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/18 "2011-05-21T22:03:12Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > That’s an Red Bull company car. Yeah, I was being facetious. Google “Coca-Cola” or “Nike” tattoos and you get loads of examples. Brands resonate with some people to a huge degree. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/19 "2011-05-21T22:04:15Z")
I would go with the paid-to-energy-drink-logo theory except that it’s an older car, plus there are politically charged other stickers, which most companies wouldn’t want associated with their product. This leave energy drink enthusiast, odd as that may be. Ask him if he has a tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705/20 "2011-05-21T22:05:20Z")
I don’t see why it’s weird to put stickers of things you like on something you own. I see putting \ stickers on your car about your beverage choice to be right up there with band choice: people who also like it will go ‘cool’, people who don’t like it will go ‘So what?’ It’s not complicated. I personally don’t care to put any stickers advertising ANYthing on my cars, but that’s me, so maybe I think it’s all just generically shruggable. ETA: I request that the original poster go ask the guy himself, and give us the answer. If it was worth a thread, it was worth getting the answer from the horse’s mouth! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-point-of-having-monster-energy-drink-stickers-yes-stickers-on-your-car/582705.md?page=2)