September 12th, 2007
#332 - Energy
My wife thinks it’s hilarious when I drink an energy drink. I’m normally a pretty quiet guy but a jolt of caffeine like that makes me pretty hyper. I looked it up recently and apparently if you drink enough of them it will kill you. According to energyfiend.com if I drink 130 cans of my favorite energy drink in a row it will kill me. I suppose that there are a lot of things that would kill me if I drank 130 cans of them in a row.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Bleh. I’ve never liked energy drinks. They taste like smarties dissolved in soda-water, and they make me unbearably hyper, followed by a crash. It’s a lose-lose-lose situation.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Heh, I drink energy drinks all the time. Tis what I get for being a nerd/programmer/gamer. In fact, I have a whole case of Bawls and a stack of Rockstars right behind me. Yummy.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:21 am
I think one energy drink would kill me.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:26 am
hmm, well, 130 cans of water would kill you too…..
September 12th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Apparently, if you eat a boxcar full of cranberries at relatively the same time, you’ll get cancer.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:08 am
I’m guessing that that website is basing it off of the 50% statistic wherein if every human on earth consumed 10 grams of caffeine orally then 50% would die. You could die very easily from caffeine, especially if you’re out of shape or really fat or tall. 2 grams could kill you if you are out of shape which is really just 20 cans of something like AriZona Extreme Energy.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:18 am
Jerowaka is right. Considering an average can size if 33cl, 130 cans amounts to about 43 liters.
Drinking 43 liters of *anything* will kill you.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:08 am
Still not quitting coffee…
September 12th, 2007 at 2:21 am
Wow…130? huh. I know on the side of Monsters it says you shouldn’t have more than 3 of the small ones or two of the big ones a day…but, 130? jeez.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:25 am
I work the night shift at a grocery store so every now and then I’ll buy an energy drink to perk myself up a bit. It does give me a good boost of energy for about two hours, but then I crash, get a headache, and I’m more worn out than before I had teh drink.
I tried cutting back on caffine….and now I’m drinking about a two letters of soda a day….so far my plan has back fired >.>”.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:38 am
CFChunx, 10 grams seems to be quite a lot. That’s about 15 litres of coffee (30-100mg/150ml).
I guess 2 grams should be enough to kill most people.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:41 am
Ok, had to look it up.
Here’s what wikipedia says:
“The LD50 of caffeine in humans is dependent on weight and individual sensitivity and estimated to be about 150 to 200 milligrams per kilogram of body mass, roughly 80 to 100 cups of coffee for an average adult taken within a limited timeframe that is dependent on half-life. Though achieving lethal dose with caffeine would be exceptionally difficult with regular coffee, there have been reported deaths from overdosing on caffeine pills, with serious symptoms of overdose requiring hospitalization occurring from as little as 2 grams of caffeine.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caffeine)
September 12th, 2007 at 3:14 am
Often on those cans you get warnings… *Warning: Excess consumption may have a laxative effect*.
So maybe you die from THAT. Ew.
Or maybe you die from some stupid stunt encouraged by the extra energy and hyperactivity.
Like racing a train. On the tracks.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:25 am
A friend has just recently aquirred 250g or pure caffiene.
I don’t know why.
My favourite caffiene related drink is turkish coffee.
Evil, in a convienent small size.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:51 am
At one friend’s house, I’m banned from having caffeine. If I drink the caffeine, I get the duct tape again.
September 12th, 2007 at 6:27 am
I’d hate to be the poor guinea pig who had to drink 130 cans of energy drinks in a row just to see how many it would take for me to die…
In other news, the comic cracked me up
September 12th, 2007 at 7:05 am
to Garrett: XD that sounds like what would happen to me…if my friends let me have caffeine. I know that I’m banned from tea, partly because I took a sip of Arizona honey tea and an hour later I was wired like you wouldn’t believe.
With everything else though, it’s a crapshoot. I might get hyper and crash, or I might be normal. Either way, I stay away from the energy drinks and try to limit myself to one glass of soda a day.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:07 am
hahaha…energy drinks are tha best…especially monster…
September 12th, 2007 at 8:42 am
My fav energy drink is coffee. Cream and sugar please.
130 cups of coffee would probably kill me too.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Wow. Mine says that if I drink 114 of mine (Amp), I will die. And if I drank 60 of the overdrive version, I will die. Thats amazing. LOL
September 12th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Mmmmm, caffeine is our friend. I know that if I don’t get something with caffeine or a suitable substitute each day or every 2 or 3 days, I’ll go into withdrawals. Its strange, and kind of sad, especially the killer throbbing headaches. Ah, the joys of benign (sort of) addictions. Love the comic, long time reader, finally got enough courage (or sleep deprivation) to post :p
September 12th, 2007 at 10:36 am
I’m one of th opposite people.
Caffeine is actually a mild downer for me. I get zero perk, but if I consume a large amount it will actually calm me somewhat.
And I agree, I’ve tried a few of those energy drinks and they all taste nasty to me. My brother loves Rockstar, tho.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Wuffie: not a sort-of addiction, a proper addiction, caffeine’s a drug =p
incidentally, Chocolate is also Toxic, although the lethal dose for humans is 22 gallons xD (assuming it’s pure-chocolate, and very few chocolates are pure =p )
i’m guessing that would kill you of a heart-attack before it kills you of Chocolate poisoning
September 12th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Laje, do you have ADHD? Because caffeine, being a stimulant, calms people with ADHD down. I speak from experience.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
The following is a true story:
While sitting at either Denny’s or Ihop, (I can’t remember) I tried coffee for the first time. It was then that I discovered that caffiene takes all the adrenaline in my entire body and concentrates it directly towards my brain. I sprained my wrist punching the table when they wouldn’t bring more.
The following is a witty observation:
I think i’m the first to notice that Biff thinks that only 10 energy drinks woudl be fine.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
it’s 117.76 cans of Amp Overdrive for me… That stuff must be stronger than I thought…
September 12th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Oh yeah, my friend read my comment and told me to mention that the table was cracked after i hit it.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
yep, like cyanide.
oh i guess one can of that stuff…
September 12th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
What about 130 cans of bleach? What will that do to you?
September 12th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Ugh, I hate energy drinks. They taste like rootbeer. Rootbeer tastes like cough medicine.
Would 130 cans of chocolate kill me? What about custard…I don’t think I couldhave that much without vomiting though.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
If 50% of everyone on Earth consumed 10 grams of caffeine orally, they would all die. If they consumed 1 gram of caffeine orally, they would all die. If they did not consume caffeine, they would all die. Unless they are immortal.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Heh heh…I only drink organic energy drinks. Green tea with ginseng and a little bit of caffiene. I guess it doesn’t pack a punch even comparable to artificial energy drinks like Monster cause the first time I got a sip of Monster I could barely sit still for two hours.
HYPER FOR THE WIN!
September 12th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Hum…I really like Mountain Dew…182 cans of it will kill me.
Hell, I don’t think I could afford to buy that many cans at a time, although it would be a fun death….
September 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
*Insert Applause here*
September 12th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
try pepsi max, has 6 times as much caffiene than a regular pepsi.
RED buls main ingredfient( Taurine ) is found in bull urine, ( no joke )
Full throtle is probably the biggest rip off of red bull
Bawls is americas 2nd favorite energy drink
some country has made ceffeinated tooth paste, body soap, and hand sanitizer.
also, caffien is one of the leading causes of car crashes in teens every year
September 12th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
what happens if you drink 129 cans?
September 12th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
dragonbrad: Coma
September 12th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Green - If you drink 129 cans then you become a god among men. Until your heart blows up. But there would be a brief milisecond period in which people would worship you.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:15 am
Hehe, thanks Hanii. Though I was putting the ’sort of’ along the lines of it being benign, of most common addictions, caffeine is mild and doesn’t mess with you too much >.>; maybe…
September 13th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
mkay 130 cans average to death.
so me taking 12grams worth of pro plus caffeine pills downed with 3 litres of mountain dew was a bad thing?
im still here, are they sure they dont mean 1300?
September 13th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Two cups of coffee make me feel sick enough to miss work, I won’t touch energy drinks! Unless you count hot chocolate! But then I always put too much sugar in it and feel a little nauseous.
September 14th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I honestly don’t see y people bother figuring these stastics out. i mean, if yer stupid enough to drink 130 cans of energy drink, it would probably b a safer world without them!!!
I’ve never had (or needed) an energy drink b4. All i need is 2 go in a room with some one else thats hyper and it kinda just rubs off on me.
September 16th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Youma, you must be a twig.
September 16th, 2007 at 2:39 am
I use Monster for all-nighters, like moving things in my room to fit. I drink Bawls when I want a little stimulation to wake up.
Also, excess of anything can be deadly. Sex, drugs, food, you name it, it’s deadly in some way.
September 16th, 2007 at 2:43 am
Also, it would take 94.27 cans of Monster to kill me.
September 29th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
it’s a fact that red bull has bull urine in it just look at the ingredients
November 10th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
dalton i am never drinking red bull now. i drink MONSTER anyways. I drink a third of a can a day. A SINGLE MONSTER WILL LAST ME THREE DAYS. after a third of the can it lasts me about… 5 hours ’cause i’m only 13
November 16th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Cherry pits contain cyanide
December 31st, 2007 at 4:05 am
they do nothing to me
then again coffee makes me sleepy
March 19th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I’ve never paid enough attention to my energy levels to tell whether caffeine makes me hyper, jittery, or sleepy. That could also be a result of not drinking caffeinated soda, or consuming anything with more caffeine than an ounce or two of milk chocolate.
I’ve got both fear and curiosity about what would happen if I drank some caffeine-based energy drink.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:59 am
o.0 y’know I always seem to imagine Biff as a very relaxed guy, every time I see him he seems so mellow no matter the situation. So this just makes him look crazy strong.
May 11th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
i frequently drink half a dozen gatorades a day, and i do (not) work out or exercise in the least. i am also not fat. i thank my genes for a powerful metabolism and kidneys of steel.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I don’t use energy drinks; I’m hyper normally (diagnosed ADHD) and I don’t think anybody would take the risk of letting me have some, even if there’s a chance it would calm me down. I pull all-nighters by waking up at 3 in the afternoon and having internet access.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Caffeine knocks me out in 15 minutes (You can almost set a timer to it)
Root Beer and energy drinks do NOT taste alike. I love root beer (btw: Barq’s is the only root beer with caffeine) but I hate the taste of all energy drinks. The only time I drink them is when I need to guarantee that I’ll be able to sleep (whether for a big paper the next day, or early-morning work.)
September 12th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Fun fact: Chugging a mere 10 liters of water within 30 minutes will result in fatal blood loss for an average-size person.