Ever buy one of the tall boy cans of this or that energy drink and read the back label where it says “Don’t consumer more than 3 cans a day, not for people who are sensitive to caffeine” ?

Last night, I picked up a 4 pack of Jones Energy when I was at Wal*Mart where I used to work. Usually, I’ll pick up the Steven Segal Energy Drinks or the Rip It ones, just because they’re a buck each. If I’m going to drink something with caffeine in it, I don’t want to spend $2-3 a can, I’ll spend only a buck a can and that’s that. Why? What’s the point. You don’t get much more caffeine or flavor for the other ones. And most of them have the same amount of caffeine in them. And speaking of that, the Rip Its have 200mg of caffeine per can. As much as a NoDoze.

So I’m sitting here and reading the Jones Energy drink and it says to not drink more than 2 of them a day. So I’m thinking that it probably has a good amount of caffeine in it, seeing the RockStars say limit yourself to 3 and they have 160mg of caffeine roughly. And me? I’ve had 5-6 Rip Its in the span of about 9 hours, so I know how they work. But then again, my Thursdays consist of grabbing a Tall Boy then later having a large coffee with a double shot of espresso in it, so caffeine is caffeine to me. Boosts me to normal for a bit, then I crash hard and become a cynical asshole. Not that I’m not already halfway there, but it just adds to it a bit.

I researched it online and what do I find? One 16oz can of Jones Energy has only 100mg of caffeine. Only half of what I’m used to having in a Rip It, and about 2/3rds of every other energy drink on the market. And they tell you to only drink 2 a day?

Yeah, if I drink three, its really going to affect me that much… About the same as drinking 2 RockStars, I imagine.

That’s why I’m on the third one of my 4 pack now, and I’ll have finished the 4th one before 24 hours have passed. This is like the old days of writing papers: an energy drink and a bowl of ramen. Can’t beat that in my world…

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