/ck/ - Food & Cooking

80's cocaine hangover
you want to talk about a headache...

>>11510035
Red Bull / Rockstar / Monster were not yet things. At least not in America.

>>11510086
>Red Bull / Rockstar / Monster were not yet things.
Nor should they be. I don't understand the appeal to "energy drinks" at all when there was absolutely nothing wrong with Jolt Cola. Why make some bullshit non-soda drink that tastes like cough syrup and doesn't even have as much caffeine? I don't get the appeal at all.

>>11510035
Epic Golden Eye PvP parties.

Because I was actually living through everything that is now being sold to me for nostalgias sake.

>>11510141
Yeah, I remember that. For some reason we all wanted to play GoldenEye when it came to multiplayer games. Or Mario Kart 64.

>>11510142
Are you talking about Surge being brought back? I'm pretty sure that was because of regular people who really wanted Surge to exist again and petitioned hard for it until they got it rather than it being a nostalgia marketing gimmick some business executive came up with.

>>11510035
People were actually still active and doing things out of the house unlike how we are now, mostly due to the massive increase of social distrust and people being guarded in the presence of strangers. When they drank caffeinated sugar water they actually ended up using all of that caffeine and sugar.

Life was better. Why waste a second sleeping?

>>11510178
We used it for LAN parties though?

>>11510035
to enjoy the last gasp of civilization

>>11510035
90s was the best decade, why waste sleep missing it?

>>11510152
I remember almost every Golden Eye tournament starting off super competitive and then by 1:00 am it was just big head mode, karate chop, one shot kills.

To search and download for every porn video on kazaa

>>11510242
When I first got the internet I had to wait half a day just to download a single MP3 file.

>>11510035
Not everyone.

>>11510288
I was born in 1986 and didn't even know OK Soda ever existed until maybe a couple years ago.

>>11510286
>first got on the internet
>mp3
Oh sweet summer child.

>>11510299
It was only out in a few test markets and wasn't available for very long.
I don't even remember what it tasted like.

>>11510035
They weren't. They just loved sugar and no one cared about it as much as they do now.

>>11510288
I remember this shit and people sending in their random photos in the hope of getting on to a label.

>>11510316
God dammit, I forgot my image again. That's like the third time today

>>11510103
Monster has the same amount of caffeine as Jolt Cola per ounce

>>11510305
I'm 32, what are you talking about? Are you sure you're not the summer child?

>>11510299
I was born in '85 and never heard of it until right now.
>>11510316
>people sending in their random photos in the hope of getting on to a label
Isn't that what Jones did?

You think you're going to hack the planet on Pepsi?

>>11510321
Yeah, I only checked Red Bull. That still doesn't make any sense to me though. Why would you want an energy drink instead of an actually good tasting soda with comparable or even superior caffeine content?

>>11510320
Jones is still around you dork.
They're more famous for their gimmicky holiday sodas now but they still accept photos and they'll even print you a batch of custom labels.

>>11510327
Nevermind.

I completely forgot about Josta. I know I had it in the house for awhile at some point in my childhood, but have no distinct memories and no idea what it tasted like.

Because life was worth living

>>11510331
I never said they weren't, loser.

>>11510178
If I'm active and doing things out of the house I want to be drinking water, not fucking Jolt Cola.

>>11510324
If you weren't on the internet before mp3's then you're a summer child.
If you weren't mainly on IRC/Usenet via a SunOS shell account then you're a summer child.

>>11510338
"I remember" implies it is something of the past and to the exclusion of the present in this context, dipstick.

>>11510345
No it really doesn't, fagmotron. I neither stated no implied that Jones wasn't around anymore. Just that edgy skater teens trying to get their shitty photos onto the label was a big thing back in the 90s.
Queer.

>>11510343
It'll really blow your mind when you realize a lot of non-Americans didn't get internet access until the *late 2000s*. Almost nobody from the general public was on the internet before the 90s. I'm assuming you're just pretending to be retarded and already knew that though.

VAULT: DRINKS LIKE A SODA, KICKS LIKE AN ENERGY DRINK

>>11510356
That might not have been your intention, but the way you worded it and the context in which you did so suggested otherwise. Knobjockey.

>>11510360
>It'll really blow your mind when you realize a lot of non-Americans didn't get internet access until the *late 2000s*.
>non-americans
>not on the internet
We refer to that as the "good times"

>>11510360
>It'll really blow your mind when you realize a lot of Americans didn't get internet access until the *late 2000s*.

Fix'd.
Hell, America's internet infrastructure is still third-world poverty tier even in the cities, nevermind rural internet access.

>>11510370
Well that was not my intention, fuckhammer. Further more authorial intent doesn't always control how the audience may interpret things now does it, turd burglar?

>>11510373
No non-Americans might sound appealing, but 90s internet was basically worthless. I only remember having dial up sounds, waiting hours for songs to download, and at some point beginning to notice labels for food products having websites marked on them. It was pretty non-functional. We still just used video games and movies if we were actually trying to entertain ourselves.

>>11510382
If you acknowledge Death of the Author and the difference between intention of outcome, then surely you forfeit all right to be upset at the resulting miscommunications on your part. Gaylord.

>>11510384
90's internet was great if you knew what you were doing. Textual interfaces via the Unix commandline didn't require "fatpipes". You used gopher/irc/usenet did your shit with a purpose and got off the computer.

>>11510379
Yeah, although more than half of the earliest genpop users were American apparently. Not that I would ever know this from experience given this:
>>11510384
And how I wasn't using it anything like how I use it today and didn't have any communication with Europeans to confirm how rare the few users they had were. I only know about it after getting surprised myself when a bunch of yuros in a /his/ thread started casually mentioning their first access to the internet being after Dark Knight was in theaters. I swore they had to be bullshitting me until I verified it myself.
https://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm
>History and Growth of the Internet from 1995 till Today
>Date: December, 1995
>Percent World Population: 0.4 %
For whoever had internet access during the 80s I assume they were part of a very small group of telecom researchers.

>>11510388
It takes two people to miscommunicate, ass jockey. The author can make a possibly confusing statement but it is the burden of the reader to seek clarification.
And I will so kick your ass at MarioKart, Todd!

>>11510393
I've been working as a software developer for the past ten years and I understand how this would work in retrospect, but at the time I was still in grade school. You must be at least in your 40s now, if not 50s.

>>11510035
Lan's and waiting 5 minutes to rip a ringtone. Also we had shit better to do, like playing Mortal Kombat and blasting Statix X and Korn.

>>11510408
>Static X
I remember thinking *that* guy's hair / look was ridiculous. Little did I know how bad things could really get.

Hey, does your dad have any jumper cables? I can't get my Mercury started.

>>11510408
>>11510442
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj-nJu7CG9g

>>11510442
>literally just long hair with some dye in it

How is this any more ridiculous than the shit George Clinton has been sticking on his head since the '70s?

>>11510533
He doesn't have tattoos on his forehead, or multi-color tooth caps. And is that even his actual hair?

>>11510533
And speaking of Georges, what about Boy "I'm too bald to tie electrical cord ribbons into my braids anymore so I'm just going to drip paint on my whole scalp" George?

>>11510549
You specifically said his hair is more ridiculous.

>>11510556
>You specifically said his hair is more ridiculous.
No, I did the exact opposite of that and made a point of writing it like this:
>>11510442
>hair / look
How did you even read my post that way? I don't understand.

>>11510575
>made a point of writing it like this: hair / look

That's not "making a point", that's being indecisive and not settling on one term.
Neither does that slash mean "or", you are criticizing both the hair and the look.
Your point also begins with lamenting the Static X hair, further putting emphasis on the hair argument of the rainbow thug.

You can't just say "hair is more ridiculous than thus of ould" and then pretend you aren't criticizing the hair.

>>11510599
this damage control.

>>11510442
I hope I live long enough to see guys like this touring casino ballrooms in their 40s.

>>11510624
George Clinton >>11510533
is still touring and he's in his 70s.

>>11510400
That's actually a really interesting link thanks for posting

>>11510599
>Neither does that slash mean "or"
What the fuck are you talking about? That's EXACTLY what the slash means in that context.
https://books.google.com/books?id=l2pQBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA90
I don't care if you're not perfect when it comes to things like this, but don't try to correct other people when you know full well you have no idea what you're talking about. And even with grammar aside, that's just the obvious reading anyone with common sense should make of adding a " / [something else]" to a word in that sentence. If I meant to only talk about hair, I would only write "hair." It was clearly added to incorporate the rest of that modern rapper guy's traits outside of the hair. You sound even more retarded now that I'm writing this out and fully reflecting on your attempt at reading here.

>>11510404
>>11510388
Get a room

>>11510360
Non-burger here, first got net access in '95.
>Can only stay online for 3 consecutive hours for some reason
>Have to connect, immediately start the download and then not do anything else to try and download modestly sized files
>Eventually use Net Vampire after too many failed downloads

>>11510035
Why don't you tell us since you seem to know the answer to everything?

>>11510035
I suspect that a cunt like you was never alive during the 1990s so are making broad scope bullshit things, perhaps even trying to do some kind of little school report.
What does a question such as that even mean, explain yourself!?

>>11510035
I was alive then and will not do your homework.

>>11510624
Wayne Static's already dead.

>>11510370
Not that guy, but go back and read his posts. He forgot to post the image, and that confused you.

>>11511041
what a tool

>>11510320
I like blue soda too

>>11510309
I vaguely remember drinking one or two when I was a kid. My memory of it was just a carbonated fruit soda-type drink.

>>11510471
fucking based! Had this one on a burned cd with silent hill and Castlevania: SOTN tracks.

>>11510305
Reddit leave

>>11510073
fpbp

>>11510329
the taurine, guarana, and B vitamins might be the answer

>>11510035
I legitimately miss Josta

>>11510103

It's alcohol training for kids. Gives them the same buzz as beer, but it's legal to sell to minors. It's also funny when straight edge refuse to drink alcohol, but will drink Monster Energy drinks regularly.

>>11510309
>>11511752
It was somewhat similar to a suicide mix. IIRC a close approximation called for 3/4 Coke, 1/4 Orange and a splash of Dr. Pepper.

>>11515016
Alchohol feels nothing like caffeine. It totally is about addiction training though.

>>11513706
>taurine
No real psychoactive effects, just hype.
>guarana
Literally just a caffeine source.
>B vitamins
Meaning energy drinks are this popular because they constitute a fraction of a multivitamin? None of that makes any sense. I'm honestly surprised I can't find any information online for what the massive appeal behind energy drinks is because I'm seeing no redeeming qualities here. It's not even close to plausibly attractive as a product compared to high caffeine soda that actually tastes good, or just old fashioned coffee for that matter.

>>11510103
To me, cola is ass disgusting, but I love the bitter flavor of Redbull, Monster, etc, it tastes great.

I also find cold carbonated drinks far more refreshing in the morning than hot flat ones, so it's a superior alternative to coffee.

>>11510035
Because if you weren't living to the extreme in the 90s, you weren't living at all.

I feel like Monster and Red Bull would have fit right in in the 1990's

>>11510035
Surge is back FYI. You can find it at local gas stations.

Yes its as shit as you remember but damn its good. It should have been the boomer memes drink but most spouting it are probably too young to remember Surge.

*crack*
*sip*
*ahhh*
now Surge. THAT was a pop.

>>11510360
>late 2000s

Try fucking late 90s. AOL was giving away literal bundles of free internet when I was fucking 4 in the 90s literally everywhere. You stupid fucking underaged faggot.

>>11515644
Crystal Pepsi is/was back too

>>11515650
ah good 'ol AOL
I miss that funky dial-up connection sound

>>11515653
sadly its disgusting. I bought it last week because I was curious. Its so fucking disgusting. I literally thought its purpose was to be a 1:1 pepsi but clear. No, its not, instead its fucking the most disgusting shit.

>>11515659
only thing I miss is hard access to information, back then the internet had fuck all for kids. Now I am afraid when I have a kid ill have to helicopter because free sneaky google access can answer anything they want that I dont want. I just want my kids to believe a big fat jolly man breaks into our home and gives you a game system or money once a year. Not a fucking google search.

>>11515660
what did it taste like
I should of bought one to try

>>11515664
hey kids
do you remember FORUMS?

>>11515636
X T R E M E

>>11515669
Think of sprite and pepsi mixed.

Then add somehow a tiny thickness like legit hard water.

Then add the most mediocre taste ever. Its fucking gross. Its a sweet, slightly thick(thick as in from literal paper liquid into slightly more thick paper, it def has a weird thickness to it but not extreme) its fucking disgusting.

>>11515674
forums needed 100x the work of current google.

>>11515688
yea and plus forums were like the precursor to Reddit, people jerking off on how high their post number was, wanting to be known as a "respected member" of the forum

>>11515688
if I see it at a gas station again Ill try it but if not I'll take your word for it Anon

>>11515688
>Think of sprite and pepsi mixed.

This is the funny and predictable way the human mind works.

This anon remembers Crystal Pepsi as tasting like Sprite and Bebsi mixed, because it was clear, like Sprite

The truth is, Crystal Pepsi was just Pepsi without the food coloring lol

>>11515697
some older forums, some I still stalk, are good and not reddit tier but more legit old 4chan /b/ tier in a good way, a bunch of faggots being faggots in good company.

>>11515704
Avoid crystal pepsi, I legit try a lot of sodas from NA to foreign, its a hobby, aside from Moxie(tastes like carbonated gasoline) Crystal Pepsi is the most disgusting shit ever. Its sickingly sweet with a thick gross taste, but its thickness is weird because no one would ever know it unless they ever drank legit hard water tap, which is disgusting and thick water, but its thickness is comparing 1cm paper thinness, to like 1.5cmpaper thinness which sint huge but fucking HUGE for a liquid.

Get Surge, its not great, but its actually down able and in a weird way, kinda good.

>>11515717
so you are saying the caramel color of Pepsi is part of the taste.

>>11515717
no its fucking not. I literally bought it 2 weeks ago at my gas station. WITH a pepsi by its side. Its fucking disgusting, I wish it was just food coloring but its taste is fucking abysmal, one of the worst sodas ever. I never litter, maybe like 5 times in my life, and that 5th was throwing that garbage at a stop sign near my house.

Real pepsi washed that shit down and was god tier

>>11515688
>>11515718
>thickness
what the fuck is this autistic triggering?

>>11515718
yeah I know what you mean, I still lurk this forum that is dedicated to IndyCar (I like racing) full of boomers and its ok but still stupid drama because of usernames.

and I believe you on Crystal Pepsi, but if I see it again I'm gonna try it because that's the only way I will fully understand what you are saying. its like 2 bucks, who cares.

>>11515728
I know it sounds fucking stupid, but legit ever go from a house with good tap water, to a house with full on hard water. Theres a very fine line of thickness that is still very liquidy but you can feel the thickness of the shit in the water.

Crystal Pepsi is like made of hard water.

>>11515733
oh go for it, its why I did it, out of curiosity, I went in with high expectations. I mean its like $2, but holy fuck its literally one of the most disgusting sodas ever. Im not shocked it failed. If it was 1:1 with pepsi it would be god tier. Its not, its literally not a color difference. Pick it up though, cheap as fuck, novel as fuck, and you can say "Yeah I had crystal pepsi, so on par I drank from my toilet"

>>11510152
>>11510141
>>11510236
... and then these fuckers had to go and break out the nostalgia. I remember Star Fox, OoT/ Majora's Mask, Smash Bros marathons with all that junk food. Those were the days, lads.

Oh fuck, remember Perfect Dark? I wonder how many of the great multiplayer N64 games specifically are available for download on the new Nintendo systems? I would love to play Goldeneye and Perfect Dark again.

>>11510222
based and trips-pilled

>>11515740
THIS!
all tap water is not created equal.
if you live in even a medium/small sized city (50,000 people, lets say) I suggest you get a water filter.

>>11515746
they are on 360 and up because microsoft owns RARE.

>>11515746
play Goldeneye: Source, the fan made mod for Half-Life 2. its free. Nintendo and Rare can't make a real Goldeneye sequel because of licensing issues.

>>11515269
The 'energy blend' is the danger with energy drinks, not the caffeine itself.
Excessive B vitamins are very dangerous, especially if consumed on a daily basis.
I'm not sure about the rest of the blend but I can only imagine.

>>11515755
*free if you have Half-Life 2 or any other Valve game which depends on it, which I assume any PC gamer worth his salt does.

>>11515747
yup. I came from a super small town of like 10k max. water was plague tier as a small kid, as a teen, turned into literal god tier(new major water plant) shit tasted great. Moved, back to fucking garbage tier.

Hard Water isnt a meme, its very thick but not like milkshake tier, its subtle, very subtle, but its real. A fuckload of minerals that can cause flat out buildup in sinks/showers/dishwashers/washingmachines isnt some fake shit. That garbage is in the tap as well.

I wish I could describe true hard water thickness, its really nothing close to anything commercial you can buy, its really just if water had like 5% more thickness but its fucking disgusting. Sadly hard water is bad overall, it has great minerals, but its taste, and more importantly, its build up can be pipe wrecking. Its generally healthy but fucks up all water based appliances.

>>11515768
if you dont have a single source game you shoudlnt even be playing games on PC.

>>11515770
this
grew up in a town of less than 10k, GOD tier water.
after high school moved 15 minutes away to a city of 50k, SHIT water that I didn't even feel comfortable cooking with, much less drinking. got a water filter ASAP.

>>11515773
based and redpilled

smart Anon's in this thread.
I salute you sirs, and hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

I'm 27 born in 1991
a...am I a boomer now?

>>11515746
GoldenEye specifically you'll most likely never see on a Nintendo console ever again. Nintendo would have to go through Microsoft to get the rights to the game again, AND Danjaq LLC which has the rights to James Bond on screen. The fact that's it's rated T definitely doesn't help it's case either.

>>11515522
>$5 can of coffee that can make 60 cups of coffee
vs
>$5 can of single-use energy drink

all that taruine done killed your brain son

>>11515016
>same buzz as beer
ahahahahahahah what the FUCK?

>>11510103
keep in mind, Jolt just has a lot of caffeine.
the energy drinks now (and by now I mean for the last 15 years or so) are jam packed with shit like guarana, taurine, and B vitamins that kick a lot more ass than just caffeine

>>11515522
>carbonated drinks
Enjoy your kidney stones.

>>11510103
>WHY DOES NOBODY HAVE MY TASTES
If you think energy drinks from monster to red bull taste bad you're probably brain-dead.

Also
>Marketing
i never heard of "jolt Cola" before but it sounds ridiculous. Also monster just had better marketing, the name is easier to say, and the logo is everywhere.
Also caffeine alone will start losing its effect, but the ginsing blends together so your tolerance to the accelerants stays low enough.

But very few non essential items are bought based on logical appeals, sounds like you are mostly upset jolt cola died.

>>11515016
Technically even energy drings "are not suitable for people under 18 years old" and shouldnt be sold to minors. But nobody cares about that.

>>11511903
>reddit
>posts a pepe

>>11515674
BaerTaffy?

I only drink Wolf Cola.

>>11516389
>If you think energy drinks from monster to red bull taste bad you're probably brain-dead.
No, that's a super-common opinion (see pic related for details), and even if it weren't it's not like finding a drink bad tasting has anything to do with intelligence.
>i never heard of "jolt Cola" before but it sounds ridiculous.
How does the word "jolt" sound ridiculous? You're not a native English speaker, are you? If you aren't that would explain a lot.
>sounds like you are mostly upset jolt cola died
You can buy Jolt today, so that's a pretty retarded conclusion for you to reach there. Also I prefer regular Coke as far as soda goes. I've had Jolt before but it's not my favorite soda. I only brought it up earlier to point out that energy drinks having lots of caffeine doesn't really explain their popularity since there are better tasting sodas people could drink instead with equivalent amounts of caffeine.
>Also caffeine alone will start losing its effect, but the ginsing blends together so your tolerance to the accelerants stays low enough.
That sounds great except it's made up bullshit.
https://nccih.nih.gov/health/asianginseng/ataglance.htm
>Today, Asian ginseng is used as a dietary supplement to improve general well-being, physical stamina, and concentration; stimulate immune function; slow the aging process; and relieve various health problems such as respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disorders, depression, anxiety, erectile dysfunction, and menopausal hot flashes.
>There’s currently no conclusive evidence supporting any health benefits of Asian ginseng.

>>11516530
No, I'm a native English speake AND I'm in marketing. Try pitching "jolt cola" to someone, it sounds like it's from a fucking Simpsons gag.

>>11516476
You mean the official drink of Boko Haram?

I really miss Jolt.