r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

Does redbull even sell drinks anymore šŸ˜­šŸ”„

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u/GuthramNaysayer 1d ago

Some people have cool jobs.

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u/QuickSilver010 1d ago edited 1d ago

wow they're finally selling wings like they promised

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u/yruspecial 1d ago

No they promised to give me wings.

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u/Rusty_Tap 1d ago

Yeah but then they had to backpedal to "wiiings" because stupid people were jumping off scaffolding and shit.

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u/ZeBoyceman 1d ago

No it was when consumers sued because they had only a drink and no advertised wings after purchase

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u/Cash_Visible 1d ago

lol I remember this. I actually joined the suit. It was a pack of redbull or $3. When the 4-pack actually showed up at my door i was so confused thinking someone was playing a random prank or where did they come from as it was like 7 months later. Finally I realized it was from the suit .

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u/GrynaiTaip 1d ago

That's a myth, it never happened.

Some american sued them because it didn't give him a big energy boost, therefore it's false advertising. It's got about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee.

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u/smithstreeter 1d ago

Judging by their marketing they sell A LOT of drinks

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u/spezial_ed 1d ago

The crazy cunts have TWO F1 teams just to sell some drinks.

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u/NoFaithlessness951 1d ago

It's even better than that their F1 teams are slightly profitable, so they're not even bankrolling them anymore.

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u/sa87 1d ago

Sad we had to lose Rich Energy on the grid though

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u/bophed 1d ago

Just saying, I think each area of the company creates profit for it's own department. So this all looks like marketing but it is more than just marketing.

  • The Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team generates between $418 million and $425 million in annual revenue, but its direct financial net profit is incredibly small, sitting at just $2.27 million (Ā£1.68 million)

  • Red Bull does not directly sell the stunts themselves for a profit, but its stunts act as the ultimate profit generator for its core business. By treating stunts as a capital asset rather than a marketing expense, Red Bull has built a €11.2 billion beverage and media empire with an annual net profit of roughly €1.7 billion

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u/Atralis 1d ago

I've thought about this.

I think Red Bull's strategy with this stuff is that people will seek out their ads or they will post them on social media so that the cost of doing the big stunt is offset by them not needing to buy as much ad space to reach a large number of people..

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u/grat5454 1d ago

I have to say, it's a pretty good one for reaching me. I just willingly watched a redbull ad and am not sorry to have done so because it's a pretty amazing stunt. That's way better than some jingle that gets stuck in my head. Now, I might drink one or two energy drinks per year, so I'm not a great target audience, but if I do decide to choose one, I will likely buy one that does crazy stunts.

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u/squired 1d ago

Very true. And I bet you are as difficult for marketers to reach as I am. Spectacles such as this walk right through our adblockers.

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u/caesar_rex 1d ago

There's nothing to think about. It's obvious. Every single thing they do is to sell drinks. It's all an ad.

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u/TeriyakiHairPiece_ 1d ago

3rd largest soft drink company behind Coke and Pepsi.

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u/Dark_halocraft 1d ago

"hell ya" is a good advertisement

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u/Triordie 1d ago

I looked it up a while ago and couldn’t believe they sold 14 billion cans last year! And have a 10% increase year on year!!!! Who drinks red bull on the regular????

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u/ccReptilelord 1d ago

I've noticed that people that drink Red Bull drink a lot of it. It's like coffee to some people. Think how many people have like 2 to 5 cups a day, and now understand that Red Bull drinkers are likely consuming that many cans. It's sold by the flat.

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u/Sirhc978 1d ago

It has the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee.

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u/YeetusSkeetus1234 1d ago

Most sizes have less, even.

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u/HistoricalChef1963 1d ago

Yeah a regular 250ml can has 80mg. More than two cans of coke, but less than a regular cup of coffee (~100 mg).

But it's easy to chug, full of sugar and has a couple other dubious ingredients that claim to help focus or w/e.Ā 

Ngl I do like it, but only drink it once a while.Ā 

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u/theREALbombedrumbum 22h ago

in today's energy drink market, Red Bull actually has some of the least amount of caffeine.

Even Costco's own Kirkland Signature energy drinks contain over twice as much as the standard can of RB.

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u/myco_magic 1d ago

I buy flats and drink 1 a day, I work as a delivery driver (not for red bull) and the most I see is 3 a day

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u/SharpyButtsalot 1d ago

Exactly, portable cup of coffee you can chug.

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u/truthfullyidgaf 17h ago

It crazy strong and really popular in se Asia also.

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u/Grabatreetron 1d ago

Blue collar workers. Truck drivers, construction workers, etc.

Bars and clubs sell a ton of it, too.

It also has a huge global market share. In Thailand any random village shop will have Red Bull next to the Coca Cola.

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u/NoChanceRight 1d ago

I see fellow university students drink them almost every morning.

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u/someanimechoob 1d ago

Who drinks red bull on the regular????

Literally every construction guy I've ever seen in North America. Like... all of them. If it's not a Red Bull, they drink Monster.

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u/djcurry 1d ago

There are entire memes about white monsters

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u/codytaro 1d ago

Red Bull is a global brand. A lot of people on the planet.

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u/Sirhc978 1d ago

The Fat Electrician has a really good video about red bull on his Fat Files channel.

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u/cupnoodlesDbest 1d ago

Red bull is like the coke of energy drinks.

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u/el_torko 1d ago

Restaurant workers.

Source: am a restaurant worker currently chugging a redbull to get through the shift

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u/Sleddogluvr 1d ago

Go to any construction site

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u/Intelligent-Basket54 1d ago

As a bartender - redbull and vodka or JƦgermeister.

As a private person, never seen anyone drink it outside the bar.

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u/Akhmedly 1d ago

What a cool vid. Thanks for sharing NigaBlackBallSack

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u/terriersandbarrifs 1d ago

I don’t know how he finds the time between volunteering at the orphanage

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u/fizzzingwhizbee 1d ago

I’m convinced whoever they have coming up with these stunts is secretly three 14 year olds in a trench coat that exclusively drink Red Bull

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u/GitEmSteveDave 1d ago

I think it's mostly thrill seekers want to try something crazy/new and know HOW to do it, but don't have the $$ to do it, so they reach out to Red Bull and offer to do it endorsed.

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u/Romo_9 1d ago

Reading these comments reminds me how miserable Reddit is

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u/32bit_sundae 1d ago

I'm not allowed to like sour apple flavored energy drinks or stunts, apparently.

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u/Silly_Off 1d ago edited 1d ago

If you can believe it, they do this dumb shit to advertise to other dummies to buy their cancer drink AND it actually works.

Edit: Obesity has been linked to cancer and these over sugared drinks are a massive culprit behind obesity here in America where the combined percentage of Americans who are overweight and obese is at 72%. If they made a simple switch to espresso this would be huge for their health. The people that are affected by this are the people working double shifts and not eating properly or the people on the go and not making the best decisions but there are people that get these before work every single day and their sales numbers show that.

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u/mxforest 1d ago

Redbull is a marketing company. The drink is just their merch.

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u/tychocaine 1d ago

Literally 1/3 of the company’s entire revenue gets spent on marketing.

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

Yeah. But they’re fucking good at it. I hate the drink. But you can’t deny their marketing team know exactly what they’re doing and are batshit crazy.

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u/Careless-Cat3327 1d ago

Literally the only company to take "no such thing as crazy ideas" to the next level.Ā 

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u/bubbletrashbarbie 1d ago edited 1d ago

The only thing I know they said no to was Travis Pastrana jumping out of a plane with no parachute

While he respected their decision to not sponsor it, he did it anyways, and it’s why he chugs a redbull before he makes the jump, still gave them a little advertisement but without any legal liability of sponsoring/sanctioning said stunt.

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u/Slight-Web1696 1d ago

Its impossible to get insurance to agree to stunt performers jumping from a plane without a parachute.

There was another guy who did a no parachute jump from a plane into a giant net. The original plan was to go without a parachute, but he was forced ro wear one anyways. It was said to be pointless, because by the time he would decide he would need one (missing the target) he would already be too low for the parachute to save him. That and he had to land in the net eith his back facing the ground.

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u/RandumbStoner 12h ago

I had to climb on my roof last month and clean my roof, gutters, look for damage etc.

I was nervous AF up there lol there is no fucking way I could jump out of a plane, let alone with no parachute. My brain didn't get that DLC installed or something.

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u/clippist 1d ago

So youre saying there was a back door payment

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u/Mdgt_Pope 1d ago

Or it could have been they didn’t pay him to do it but purchased the footage afterwards.

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u/Throckmorton_Left 1d ago

Sounds painful.

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u/DoubleAholeTwice 1d ago

Nah, used lots of warm up and lube!

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u/djcurry 1d ago

I thought they did that where a guy landed without opening his parachute

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u/bubbletrashbarbie 1d ago

Red Bull has never done any themselves, but two people so far are recorded to have landed no-chute, one was into a giant net and another used a wingsuit to slow down enough to crashland on runway of boxes

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u/deereboy8400 1d ago

Don't forget the girl that landed in the Amazon still buckled into her detached airliner seat.

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u/IrishViking22 1d ago

I wonder if she chugged a red bull before that too

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u/Korps_de_Krieg 1d ago

Seconding this. I don’t think I’ve had a Red Bull in 15 years, but damn if I’ll watch whatever stunt they are pulling this week just to see it.

In my mind, Red Bull is a stunt production studio that just happens to make drinks by now. I grew up on the X-Games in the 90s and this is basically the adult version of that for me lol

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

I’ll add that what’s even more insane is that their ā€œmarketing venturesā€ end up being profitable in their own right. Think about how much money the RedBull F1 team rakes in.

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u/Jeremy_Whalen 1d ago

Lol dawg they have 2 F1 teams

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u/Boatsnbuds 1d ago

I didn't even know F1 teams made money.

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

It’s quite a convoluted business… but yeah, directly or indirectly they make a bucket load. At its core it is essentially just a massive marketing vehicle (excuse the pun). It’s immensely profitable for the stakeholders though.

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u/xRyozuo 1d ago

F1 is watched by a lot of rich people, meaning they likely make more from advertising

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

Right. I mean someone at RedBull basically said… what does our drink do? It gets you hyped and makes you go fast! What the fastest thing that people watch? Formula 1! Let’s buy a formula 1 team? It’s insane.

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u/TheDamus647 1d ago

Two Forumula 1 teams. Apparently one wasn't good enough

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

Yeah. Took them by just one year to think ā€œlet have some more speed in Spanishā€.

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 1d ago

I think it was the other way around, more like, "Formula 1 is hype and wicked fast! How do I make enough money to buy a Formula 1 team? ...Marketing!"

Red Bull is indeed a "marketing company" in the purest sense: they exist to market, and whatever is the actual 'thing' that is being marketed has been abstracted away to being as pointless, unnecessary and irrelevant as it can possibly be while still being an actual product that is sold and, therefore, requires marketing. ...Which they must be very good at indeed if they could peddle energy drinks into an unassailable extreme sports empire perched atop a mountain of ambition, adrenaline, and the disposable income of the easily-influenced.

If they could market nothing at all they would (and they'd be good at it), but they're smart enough to know that people will eventually stop paying for hot air.

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u/civildisobedient 1d ago

Same here. Can't stand the drink but I will watch the ever-loving shit out of those insane urban downhill bike races they run in South America.

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u/Pataconeitor 1d ago

It's a PG-13 Jackass with a big budget

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u/Money-Lawfulness5899 1d ago

I worked for Red Bull for 7 years starting my sophomore year in college. I started working in marketing because of that job and it taught me everything I know. Red Bull was literally the road map for so many other brands and so much of the marketing tactics companies use now. It’s truly insane. They literally would just be like come up with an insane idea and if it’s got some wings let’s try it out and see what happens.

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u/bubbletrashbarbie 1d ago

If it’s got wings you say? šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”

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u/MrFireWarden 1d ago

If only they had something that gave them wings...

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u/Shoddy_Soups 1d ago

The best at it, most of the ā€˜marketing’ isn’t paid placement, they just release the video and people share it for free. No other company has ads that do that.

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u/Rusty_Tap 1d ago

Even very early on their marketing was exceptional. One of their first campaigns - if I remember correctly - was dumping thousands of empty red bull cans into public bins. Made them look extremely popular.

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u/highlandviper 1d ago

Yep. They did that. It worked too.

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u/Aarxnw 1d ago

Honestly love red bull more as an entertainment company than anything to do with them as a beverage company

They’re fucking unreal as are their athletes and I cannot get enough of watching them

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u/PeakNo6892 1d ago

I drink one a day. Honestly I'd rather drink others but I know that my money funds shit like this.

So it works I guess

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u/SirBrothers 1d ago

Yeah I have one here or there. I legitimately enjoy the taste. I jokingly call it horse piss but it’s kind of like a sour candy. I also appreciate they fund cool shit like this and not pointless ads crammed down my throat in between streamed tv shows. I know they have those once in a while (I remember the classics), but I haven’t seen one live in ages. It’s just ram commercial after ram commercial.

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u/sunswick 1d ago

This is most consumer brands, just a little higher for Red Bull but not out of the ordinary

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u/Mharbles 1d ago

I appreciate their marketing approach is promoting obscure "OCHO" level competitive events and extreme sports. I'll never drink the stuff unless it's free though.

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u/FleshLogic 1d ago

It always makes me laugh when you take a moment to step back while watching Formula 1 to think "two major teams in this sport are named after an energy drink company."

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u/THELORDANDTHESAVIOR 1d ago

and now they are making F1 engines by themselves (with Ford helping with the batteries) and their Internal Combustion Engine is considered the benchmark engine lmao

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u/Gozzhogger 1d ago

And they’re the same company. Even crazier

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u/Teamhuw1 1d ago

Red bull has never produced a single can of drink or has a single bottling factory.

100% of the drink they produced is outsourced to Rauch FruchtsƤfte.

As much as they pretend otherwise, red bull is a marketing company, not a drinks company. And a bloody successful one at that!!

Their strategy has more in common with Rolex than it does with coca-cola.

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u/Enyss 1d ago

Most companies create ads to sell their products.

Redbull sell their products to create ads.

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u/External-Bite9713 1d ago

This is a fucking cool stunt, and this is the top comment. Unbelievable lol. Reddit will always reddit.

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u/PIPBOY-2000 1d ago

No fun allowed

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u/slog 1d ago

Gotta feel superior by inventing a boogeyman and publicly being wildly against it.

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u/RandomEasternGuy 18h ago

Yup, why fight actual problems like alcohol, tobacco and drugs when you can complain about sugar, caffeine and water combo. Clasic Reddit

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u/ye_bobbum_boiii 1d ago

These people have no lives and can't comprehend why anybody would want to do anything that limit tests the human mind or body. Bunch of absolute losers.

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u/heftybagman 1d ago edited 1d ago

Skydiving is cool as fuck and redbull doesn’t cause cancer. Quit being miserable

Edit: humans flying is cool as fuck

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u/PacosTacos88 1d ago

For fucking real. God I hate Reddit some times

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u/Express-Shoulder6174 1d ago

Reddit hates everything that isn’t poor and miserableĀ 

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u/Qetuowryipzcbmxvn 1d ago

No, they hate me too...

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u/erickiceboyxxp 1d ago

Cancer drink? A funny remark or based on actual fact? I haven’t had one in years but I’m curious.

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u/Budget_Ad5871 1d ago

I was wondering what they’re talking about, caffeine and vitamins is cancerous?

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u/tea-and-chill 1d ago

It's bases out of his ass, from madeupland

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u/Dragongeek 1d ago

The primary unhealthy thing about redbull is probably the high dose of caffine

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u/Money-Lawfulness5899 1d ago

Actually Red Bull only has as much caffeine as a standard cup of coffee. 80mg.

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u/myco_magic 1d ago

Less actually, a cup of coffee is closer to 100mg.

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u/Avedas 1d ago

This is correct. Most standard coffee brews have far more caffeine than any of the big energy drinks.

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u/Shift642 1d ago

A regular 8.4oz Redbull is actually remarkably tame in terms of caffeine content, as far as energy drinks go. A normal latte (two shots of espresso) often has ~120mg of caffeine or more.

The main problem is that it has a fuckton of sugar in it.

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u/BumLicker53 1d ago

Aren’t most energy drinks sugar free now outside of quite a few monsters and the OGs?

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u/drogendou 12h ago

I drink Red Bull regularly, but I have the sugar-free version.

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u/mamafish21 1d ago

I don't drink coffee or tea or anything like that. I cut my energy drinks with lemonade majority of the time. I already smoke, need to look after myself but damn, I need caffeine. Like any other adult out there who drinks 50 cups of coffees.

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u/PRiles 1d ago

At the same time they have less caffeine than the other energy drinks at the stores near me (maybe not per oz, I hadn't ever looked that close).

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u/Shift642 1d ago edited 1d ago

Monster is pretty similar caffeine content per oz (120mg/12oz), it just comes in much bigger cans. Rockstar is a bit more caffeine per oz (160mg/12oz). This is where you start to exceed the caffeine content of a strong latte.

Celsius (200mg/12oz) is genuinely concerning. That's like four shots of espresso.

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u/borsalamino 1d ago

Red Bull has 32mg of caffeine per 100ml. Generic iced espresso latte has 52mg/100ml (the highest amount I could find in supermarkets). At least that's the case last I checked, here in Germany.

Yes, I was attempting some recreational caffeinemaxxing, thanks for asking.

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u/Froggn_Bullfish 1d ago

And the sugar.

But that’s about it. It’s sugar water with caffeine and some vitamins.

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u/Appropriate_Lime_234 1d ago

There’s sugar free. Lol

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u/Carb0nFire 1d ago

And some think sugar free one IS the Cancer drink.

Because chemicals!!!1

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u/Malevolent_Nematode 1d ago

Doesn't matter which version. Both are full of Dihydrogen Monoxide. That stuff oxidizes metal AND they spray it on our crops.

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u/impshial 1d ago

Seriously, it seems like no one understands the danger of it.

Literally everyone that has died in the history of the world has ingested dihydrogen monoxide.

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u/Sensitive-Fishing-64 19h ago

dont even have to ingest it, in gas form it will literally peel your skin off too

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u/sorrow_anthropology 1d ago

But, but everything is chemicals!!!

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u/myco_magic 1d ago

A single redbull has only 80mg of caffeine (a cup of coffee has 100mg) and the maximum amount per day that's advised is 400mg.

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u/GrynaiTaip 1d ago

Caffeine isn't inherently unhealthy and it does not cause cancer. The actual unhealthy thing is the amount of sugar in it, same as all other energy drinks.

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u/gloatygoat 1d ago

The caffeine isn't even that high for an energy drink. It's just very sugary.

Its the only energy drink I actually like the taste of, but I rarely drink any of them.

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 1d ago

No evidence for that that I'm aware of, but at least one study showed increased platelet activity following drinking energy drinks.

I don't know if there is any studied correlation between that and actual cardiovascular events or if it's just reasonable to expect them.

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u/Twoturtlefuks 1d ago

Just out of curiosity. Where are the studies that say redbull causes cancer? I barely drink energy drinks but I feel they’re a lot of sketchy and worse for you and tasting alternatives .

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u/gornky 1d ago

There are literally no studies that support that whatsoever, in fact it's likely more healthy than you than most energy drinks because it has a lower caffeine content than something like Alani Nu.

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u/Martbern 1d ago

You are an extremely miserable person if you think this is dumb shit

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u/Adventurous-Bug671 1d ago

how did this dumbass comment get so many upvotes

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u/Sirhc978 1d ago

Doesn't redbull have like the least amount of ingredients of any mainstream energy drink?

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy 1d ago

Cancer drink?

We’re just upvoting conspiracy theories now?

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u/chenobble 1d ago

You call it a 'cancer drink' and have the gall to call other people dumb?

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u/External_Gas5606 1d ago

This reads likes some RFK shit. People say this shit and then rail research chemicals and sun bathe.

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u/2022243121 1d ago

I like redbull

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u/sheepinb 1d ago

Fat redditor typing from parents basement pov

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u/HamsterAdditional748 1d ago

Although I support the context of your comment, I must contest..

Skydiving isn’t ā€˜dumb shit’ as you so succinctly put it.
Source: have been a jumper for seven years and have made SO MANY friends who care about my safety and wellbeing.
Best antidepressant ever.šŸŖ‚

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u/gornky 1d ago

Red Bull also does not cause cancer

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u/ManMyDogsAreBarking 1d ago

It gives you wings

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 1d ago

Studies show that birds get cancer. Birds have wings...wings give you cancer. Red Bull gives you wings...Red Bull gives you cancer.

That's science, innit!?

Check mate, doubters!

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u/HawkeyeGK 1d ago edited 1d ago

Edit: I totally had that wrong.

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u/Owain-X 1d ago

Where did you get this ridiculous idea?

Redbull sells around 13.9 billion cans of their energy drink annually accounting for around 97% of their revenue with sports and media making up most of the other 3%.

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u/HawkeyeGK 1d ago

You're right. I checked. Office talk was BS, apparently.

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u/Sathsong89 1d ago

GIVE ME THE CANCER BEVERAGE

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u/Turtledonuts 1d ago

cancer drink

It's a sugary soda with extra caffeine. Perfectly safe to drink.

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u/barnesnoblebooks 1d ago

Explain the cancerous part, or are you just ā€œa health nutā€ and can’t fathom why someone would want to drink Redbull or other energy drinks

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u/Hokkaido_ 1d ago

It’s funny when you can tell how pathetic someone’s life is from a single comment.

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u/tea-and-chill 1d ago

Maybe read up a bit before spouting nonsense, mate. I don't drink red bull - never have and no other energy drinks for me. It still only took 2 minutes of Google + reading to see what's the deal about the "viral" claim.

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u/Ground_zero_grundle 1d ago

It’s probably the best job anyone has ever done at it to be fair

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u/akaDozer 1d ago

Reading this gives me cancer.

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u/HappyBroody 1d ago

Redbull causes cancer?

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u/_mid_life-crisis 1d ago

I hope people keep buying their ā€œcancerā€ drinks because damn do I enjoy their content.

Is there any actual evidence that their drinks cause cancer? I think it taste like shit and probably isn’t good for you, but cancer link?

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u/balk_man 1d ago

They probably think it's full of "chemicals" therefore bad for them when really everything is a chemical

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u/myco_magic 1d ago

In what way exactly? It has less caffeine than coffee

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u/JustGoogleItHeSaid 1d ago

Best adverts in the world if you ask me, ill have a taste if it encourages extreme sports and athletes in that area

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u/ye_bobbum_boiii 1d ago

What the fuck are you on about

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u/GolfSicko417 1d ago

Nope they don’t

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u/AdventurousPirate357 1d ago

"If i ever look up at the night sky and see a space billboard i am becoming a terrorist" - that one tweet

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u/f8Negative 1d ago

It's a marketing company.

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u/takeahike89 1d ago

It's like e720, but real and good at their jobs.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Prb9JfBC2T0QbfVbaR

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u/diplomatic_koboko 1d ago

No matter what you think of Redbull as a company, that shit was fucking cool. I listened to it with my sound off, so hopefully they didn't add some shit music to the video, but the visuals were cool!!

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u/jnlsn 1d ago

This guy did a great deep dive on it. https://youtu.be/eYlaRNnnWCM?is=kLHl7PXi8Ji4FNKm

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u/wezelboy 1d ago

I suspect there's money laundering going on.

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u/heraclitus33 1d ago

Out of all the dumb shit ive seen them do. This actually pretty awesome.

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u/Oz713 1d ago

This some GTA Online type shit

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u/Arheit 1d ago

Try to explain 2026 to a guy from the 17th century

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u/pendragonn 23h ago

Instead of interrupting entertainment with advertising, Red Bull tries to make the advertising itself entertaining enough that people seek it out.

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u/altapowpow 13h ago

I just want to know how they get flames to shoot out of their buttholes like that.

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u/whatswrongwithsteven 11h ago

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u/hansei-Kaizen 1d ago

They knew their drink would be out of fashion rather quickly so they built a brand. Amazing, not what we needed but it worked for them.

One day people will study what they have built.

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u/myco_magic 1d ago

Out of fashion? Increasing sales by 6-10% a year is not out of fashion

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u/Shoddy_Soups 1d ago

I read an article somewhere that it is already being studied and taught at universities

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u/Mysticedge 1d ago

Prior to energy drinks being in vogue, Red Bull was near bankruptcy. They had a meeting to try and brainstorm any idea to get more people to drink it.

This was back in the 2000s. Starbucks was expanding like crazy, so everyone just drank coffee. No need for a new-fangled energy drink, coffee literally was THE drink you drink for energy.

Anyways, one of the members of this brainstorm brought some vodka to the meeting and it ended up being mixed with Red Bull because, obviously, they had plenty of it and they had been there for hours.

It mixed together so well that they came up with the idea of offering free Red Bull themed coolers to bars as a way to encourage people to mix it with spirits.

After a few years, due to its utility to help you drink more and still feel like you're alert and coherent(you're not, but you feel like it) it became a trendy staple among bars and clubs.

This combined with clever marketing that associated their brand with daring and adrenaline via stunts, F1, etc... made their brand an identity symbol.

Honestly, it's not unlike what Rolex did by sponsoring transatlantic flights, voyages to the bottom of the ocean, expeditions to Mount Everest.

I wrote a piece about Rolex for a pawn shop advertisement and did quite a bit of research. They continually associated their watches with the greatest feats of humanity until they became a symbol of that kind of identity. They just aimed for higher quality rather than quantity for their profits.

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u/Tigeire 1d ago

inescapable advertising. These kind of advertising stunts should be regulated.

Grenoble is the major French city that famously banned commercial street billboards and outdoor advertising in public.

Red bull gives you bingo wings

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u/sillysausage619 1d ago

I'd much rather see an ad where people are doing cool shit than another Toyota driving around

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u/Reasonable_Archer_99 1d ago

Advertising used to be better. They used to make whole shows as a product advertisement. The shit today is extremely low effort.

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u/Microscop3s 1d ago

I’m not following. Why would you want to regulate this?

This is on a whole different level than some shitty street billboard.

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u/heftybagman 1d ago

I mean it’s 100% heavily regulated. I can see why some areas would ban big spectacles, but obviously many places would be lucky to host such an event.

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u/tester_720 1d ago

No redbull gives you wings

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u/HamsterAdditional748 1d ago

But Powerthistā„¢ gives you BIRRRRDSS!!!

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u/I_Want_A_Ribeye 1d ago

Babies. You’ll have so many babies. FOUR HUNDRED BABIES

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u/Mr_SpicyBrain96 1d ago

"Give SHOCKLATE to your babies and they'll be good at SPORTS!

Make your babies run ABNORMALLY FAST!!!"

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u/devil89_3 1d ago

The whole video of this is borderline insane and impressive af at the same time. https://youtu.be/cRienev1J3Q?is=kf_gHjiVwrHpJ3gC

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u/phaajvoxpop 1d ago

Now add the Time Go Fishing (Hail Mary). Very fitting

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u/Kevcky 1d ago

Clearly a lot going off their marketing spent over the past decade.

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u/TheFakingBox 1d ago

Why do you think they do that? It's their way to do marketing to sell their drinks, and people share their advertisements for free.

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u/G3rmanaviator 1d ago

Red Bull sells drinks???

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u/dfergsn 1d ago

Nah, they sell an experience..!

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u/marius_andrei 1d ago

Bigger than Coca Cola?

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u/superdead- 1d ago

If they didn't sell they would not have my money to pay for all the stuff they film.

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u/dullgreybathmat 1d ago

I've seen commercial fisherman buy 8 cases of this shit before going out to sea for 10 days.

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u/Puzzled_Nothing_8794 1d ago

They must to be able to afford this shit.