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Red Bull - European but Far right

Buy European but ... Also with ethical considerations.

Red Bull might sound cool, but they have their own TV station in Austria. (servus TV) And that station js beyond far right. Spreading disinformation, and Russian propaganda, Corona Bullshi, Ivermectint, cleaning stuff with chlorid, climate change deniers, ... If there is a conspiracy they support it ...

(And it's also not very healthy,....)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Red Bull also tastes like shit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago

I try to buy european but i think it's important to remind ourselves that we have shit companies in Europe that don't deserve our business. Red Bull, Nestlé, Müllermilch all these mf can suck it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Reminder: Arguing and discussion is okay, but keep it civil and do not attack the person you are arguing with.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Damn, red bull is my energy drink of choice. Anyone got a good alternative that doesn't use alternative sweetener? So many of them use them and I can't stand the flavor they have.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Any off-brand energy is fine. Aldi has a pretty good one though it does use artificial sweeteners instead of, or in combination with, sugar.

Alternatively, give mate a try. Mio Mio has lots of flavours to choose from. The classic Club Mate is also always a gold choice. Pomegranate and peach iced tea are my favourites :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I usually buy my energy drinks from gas stations, so I guess I'll have to see what off brands they have. I am interested in mate, I'll have to see what's available near me. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

I am permanently banned from making Reddit accounts because I got about 4 of them banned for "promoting violence".

The violence? Telling people it was a good thing to punch Nazis. Reddit is a Nazi safe space.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I got a warning for upvoting pro-Canada stuff like "elbows up". That is apparently promoting violence.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago

Well yeah, you're promoting the same kind of violence that Ukraine continues to perpetrate on Russia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, at this point Reddit is a sinking ship. Been using it for so long too. A little sad to see it go, but it's a shell of what it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

o Reddit is no place for normal people

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Yep, permanently banned here for "ban evasion" though I only know 1 sub I was banned from and I never went there after. That's okay, helped me quit what is clearly a hollow shell of user participation filled with a corpo bot sludge. It's really easy to VPN up and make another account anyway, but why play in the garbage heap?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Interestingly, the site wide rules about violence are only supposed to be credible calls to action. Like if someone was actually planning to murder people and coordinating it on the site.

Saying you'd like to punch someone, even if they aren't a Nazi, isn't against the rules as they are written. Either they don't understand their own rules, they are lazy fuckers who don't want to do their jobs the correct way and actually investigate shit to make sure it actually violates the rules, or they are Nazi pieces of shit.

Not one of these things makes using the site sound like a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

A system is what it does. Action matters more than intent. Reddit bans anti Nazi rhetoric, therefore it is a pro Nazi website.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago

I didn’t know redbull was European and I didn’t know servus tv belonged to redbull

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

on the bright side, red bull tastes like shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Luckily I don't like energy drinks and have hardly supported them at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

In the UK, not a fan of tea or coffee. I rarely use caffeine at all, but there are some days where I'm falling asleep at my desk and I need something.

Any recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

20 minute nap under the desk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

HOLY energy drink powder works for me. Tastes extremely artificial but I like it at 50% of the recommended dosage. Shop around for some influencer coupon codes, I hope nobody buys at their extremely overinflated original prices.

https://de.weareholy.com/collections/holy-energy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I prefer Rocka Nutrition to HOLY by a landslide. Rocka Nutrition has only two flavours with lemon ice tea and wild berry, but a tub only costs 13€ and has 40 portions in it vs. HOLY's 30-40€ and only 30 portions. Gamers Only would be the next best thing but still a little too expensive for my tastes.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

But also be mindful of the fact that the more rules you add for people to be part of a movement, the less members the movement will have.
The "Buy European" protest is about sending a message of resistance against the current US regime, as well as reducing reliance on US products.
It doesn't require you to only buy ethically spotless products.
That simply isn't possible in our system.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago

The post is not a "rule". OP didn't even ask people to stop using Red Bull. I'm glad to have more information.

If you really enjoy Red Bull, you're an adult, make your choices. Personally, I can take it or leave it, so I'll choose to leave it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Wait really? I live in the US granted but I don't want to support any company that does heinous shit like this.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 17 hours ago

Holy shit what is up with the reddit mods? I posted a screenshot of a Mastodon post there yesterday, that basically said if youre switching us big tech for eu big tech you're not doing enough and that we have to support decentralized tech. Deleted in 5 minutes because it "posts should be relevant to european made products"

[–] [email protected] 55 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

It also tastes like shit and is prohibitively expensive compared to many energy drink brands

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Without reading the actual post, and my sole reaction to the thread title is: you can purchase Reddit mods?

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They also support Israel's apartheid and occupation, they are listed on the NoThanks app.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's also owned by the creator of the original Red Bull in Thailand, which is a different company, but it's named after an extreme right wing paramilitary https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Gaurs

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

Bullshit they actively promoting anti corona, pro Putin and far right wing plebs for the last 10 years now! I live in Austria and it's ridiculous you try defend them. Yes they were an awesome tv station back then )until 2017. But nowadays it's just a hate tv!

[–] [email protected] 63 points 20 hours ago (18 children)

I don't drink Red bull but still would like a more thorough article or information about this

[–] [email protected] 85 points 20 hours ago

Wikipedia provides a starting point!

I don't drink it because it's trash, but I had no idea about any of this. The word needs to be spread.

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[–] _cnt0 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

10 to 15 years back when I still watched tv, I loved Servus TV: news, lots of documentaries, reports and some panel shows. Like, TV before enshittification. Absolutely nothing even remotely close to what this post is suggesting. Has it gone down since then, or is this post misinformation? Can anybody who's still watching TV confirm this?

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