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Gaming Fuel: 4-way Shootout

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up dept.

Neil Yates writes "It is 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning. You have been up all night, fragging away in a Quake3 clan match. Your early morning schedule wore you out and you never had time to take a nap. The server is resetting between games, and you are starting to get a little sleepy-eyed. Milk is not going to do one bit of good and regular Coke or Pepsi are too run of the mill. The last thing that will keep you awake and at the top of your game is some pansy sports drink. Which of these four energy drinks do you reach for? Pepsi Blue, Vanilla Coke, Dr. Pepper's Red Fusion, or Sobe's Mr. Green?" What's wrong with plain old Mt Dew? It did represent 80% of my intake by volume from age 15 to 22.

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  1. How about Water Joe? by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe then you won't put on 100 pounds of fat, and continue to score only at video games.

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  2. Heston screams... by PDHoss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sobe's Mr. Green is people!

    PDHoss

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  3. Caffeine Baaaad by Lally+Singh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's an exercise: cut out all caffeine for six months. Yes, I said six months. Notice how your mind is calmer and more organized. Notice how your hands don't shake at the same frequency as the fluorescent lights above you. Notice how your penis now grows to full length.

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  4. Re:Nutritional insanity by Illserve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today's specimin: the PETA troll, not a type you often see here in Slashdot, but they've all but overrun their natural habitats and are starting to turn up even here.

    You'll note the complete lack of factual backup for the alarmist warnings about milk, making the claim difficult to verify or deny. It's likely a distorted paraphrase of some legitimate literature.

    Note also the New-Agey reference to "imbalanced body chemistry", also with no linkage or factual backing. These are indeed classic troll droppings.

    This must be one of the young however, for its trap is easily detected. A more clever one would have lured us in with some more reasonable prose before jumping straight to the propaganda.

    Enjoy the rest of your stay, and remember to never feed the trolls!