Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and was not aware of the drink’s caffeine content, which exceeded that of cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined, according to a legal filing

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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (10 children)

By that logic, peanuts are also "incredibly dangerous".

Note: I'm not promoting or condoning the consumption of energy drinks, they are generally unhealthy. But calling them "incredibly dangerous" because they can evoke such a reaction in a small subset of the population is bullshit.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    And products are often labeled, not if they CONTAIN nuts, but even if they were made somewhere that also produces peanuts and there's a slight chance of cross contamination.

    This is done because of the liability. It should be easy enough to prove the Panera has liability here in the same way.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It clearly states the caffeine content on the placard in front of the drink though, and it's called charged lemonade. While that wouldn't necessarily imply it has caffeine, that's at least enough to tell me it's almost certainly not plain lemonade though and I should read what's in it.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And vitamin water surely is loaded with vitamins, right?

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Thats a stupid as fuck argument.

    Know whats on the label, and in fact, in the name, of peanut butter/peanut products?

    Peanuts

    and they even still have a specific warning, for extra special stupid people, that says "warning, contains peanuts"

    What was on the label of Charged Lemonaid? Of Monster?

    No Indicators, No Warnings, No nothing.

    Miss me with this bullshit false equivalency.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    You clearly didn't read the article, or actually look at basically any energy drink can. The label of the charged lemonade does in fact list exactly how much caffeine is in each drink, as well as stating it contains as much caffeine as their dark roast coffee.

    And Googling the label on a Monster Energy Drink can, there is a label stating that the total caffeine content is 120mg with a warning recommending against consumption by children or those sensitive to caffeine.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Both Monster and the Charged lemonade have labels that say "contains caffeine" you know if you had a heart problem and your doctor said not to consume large amounts of caffeine maybe you would read that label just like the peanuts.

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