• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Does it? Mountain dew has like 50-60mg of caffeine per 12 oz can, where an average 8oz cup of coffee can have somewhere in the 75-100mg range. A standard double shot espresso drink will have anywhere from 75-150mg.

    Also, I don’t think the caffeine content is the thing to worry about at any rate, I’m more concerned with the 46g of sugar per can.

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      3 months ago

      I may be wrong, and talking out of my ass, but I know it has a lot of caffeine.

      Anecdote warning: I, due to my autism, get fixated on certain foods, hobbies, whatever, etc. On a job I worked, I decided I liked Mountain Dew for 4 or 5 days, and “wore it out” in American Southern parlance, and then abandoned it. A day later, I noticed I got a headache around 2 PM everyday, for 2 or 3 days.

      I said to my coworker in the truck “I don’t know what’s wrong with me, do I have a brain tumor or am I about to have a stroke?”

      She said “It’s those fucking Mountain Dews you drank for days. They’re loaded with caffeine.”

      I’ve avoided them since. But the Code Red Mountain Dews are delicious.