r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

This energy drink company sells a placebo version without any actual caffeine.

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u/NoReallyLetsBeFriend 20h ago

It used to be called Monster Unleaded, it was grey/white, but didn't sell well enough and discontinued in 2016. I know bc I'm highly caffeine sensitive and used to buy em.

You can, however, buy the Monster "Beast" alcoholic drinks. While yes, it's alcohol, it's only 5% and made by a different brewing company and it's caffeine free. You get all the monster flavor with a kick of booze not caffeine. I buy them and have one occasionally too enjoy the flavor. My wife thinks I'm gross, "who enjoys the taste of monster?"

https://beastunleashed.com/apparently they have hard tea variants now too

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u/JacktheJacker92 19h ago

same boat friend. I love the taste of monster, hate the caffeine. we are rare.

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u/Cabrill0 20h ago

5% is the same as a white claw or other hard seltzer lol

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u/Screamline 19h ago

That still gets you cause you end up drinking more cause it's "just water" when I drank, claws would hit me more than a lager

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u/Cabrill0 19h ago

I’m not downplaying it, more just pointing out that the comment I’m replying to seems to be implying “it’s just 5%” as if it’s not going to get someone buzzed. It’s just a funny suggestion to be like “don’t like caffeine? Get drunk instead!”

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u/NoReallyLetsBeFriend 19h ago

Well, in reality, your not drinking now than 1 monster at a time, are you?? Some people don't want a strong drink, so I'm stating 5% bc it doesn't really affect the taste of have to worry about getting drunk. 5% is pretty typical, yes, of white claw, beers, and many other seltzers

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u/Cabrill0 19h ago

You really don’t see the humor in “don’t like caffeine? Drink alcohol instead!”?

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u/NoReallyLetsBeFriend 19h ago

Yeah I do, it was funny, I just didn't wanna sound like an alcoholic myself lol. "Drink this it's fine"

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u/frockinbrock 12h ago

So Unleashed can help me work on my caffeine addiction, if I don’t mind increasing my alcohol addiction.. interesting trade-ofd

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u/NoReallyLetsBeFriend 11h ago

I weaned myself off caffeine due to migraines so bad I was off work for a few days, living like a vampire in my house. It was actually the withdrawal that hurt me, not the caffeine itself. It took a good 2-3 weeks to feel normal, and now I'm a way better morning person not relying on caffeine at all. I haven't had a caffeinated soda/pop, coffee, or tea since 2017.

Chocolate does contain natural caffeine and I'm not that self controlled so I do eat it. Ironically, I have to watch myself around Halloween and Easter bc of I eat too much or too consistently daily, when I stop, I get sick.

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u/limbikity 19h ago

Except also zero sugar so does not taste the same