I Hacked Monster Energy and You Won't Believe What They Think You Look Like: The Energy Drink Giant That Forgot to Lock Its Doors
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from Pro@programming.dev to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 23 Aug 20:35
https://programming.dev/post/36206837
from Pro@programming.dev to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 23 Aug 20:35
https://programming.dev/post/36206837
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36206744
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I’m more surprised by the fact that people actually drink Monster at all.
I’m visiting Ohio right now. There is Monster EVERYWHERE.
I prefer NOS myself. It doesn’t taste like toxic chemical sludge (even if it still is toxic chemical sludge).
Huh yeah there is less of it around now that im not in Ohio. Weird
My coworkers basically live off of Monster energy drinks. Those energy drinks mess with my heart too much, so I stay far away.
I have ADHD and energy drinks have been helping me focus when I don’t have access to meds. Somehow Monster is the cheapest among the select few brands that I actually like the taste of (and a lot of people shit on it because of the taste – I guess it shows how subjective it is). I’m not happy about financially supporting a corp that makes money on getting people addicted to sugar, but I can’t deny the effects the drinks have on me
Does coffee not work? It’s about $8 a month for me if I make it at home.
I do pour over in a chemex, a full pot (6 cups) lasts 3 days, and lives in the fridge, just gotta remember to make it the night before if you want it iced.
Weirdly, it doesn’t work as well for me. I think the dopamine hit is just not that strong
Coffee stinks, rather drink an energy drink than that crap.
I cut back on sugar after having kids, and once I cut back really don’t miss it except for icecream or occasional donuts. I’ve also never liked fake sugar tastes. But whatever works for you.
Sometimes I’m curious as to the taste, but it only come in half liters and I would most likely toss out most of that, so I’ve never bothered
Redbull, Rockstar, and Monster all taste about the same; but IDK if the ingredients–like taurine–are the same outside the US or if that would alter the taste significantly.
Taurine is in red bull over here, so it should be in monster. I would probably try one had they smaller sizes.
I mean… They aren’t wrong.
I wonder what they think about their Pipeline Punch customers. Specifically, how much overlap is there with, y’know, the memes?
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Oh no i had a pipeline punch once.
Did you start transitioning yet?
This timeline needs a new writer…
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I was hoping for more user stories.
You mean monster energy targets their branding and advertising to people who are more likely to buy their products? Unbelievable /s
I don’t know why we’re acting like young poor white men haven’t always been the main demographic for this drink.
“Monster Green shoppers are likely younger (Gen-Z/Millennial/Gen-X) male, lower income & Caucasian (skews Hispanic).”
Wtf kinda bullshit statement is that? No old Gen-Zers but young millennials like monster? White people mainly like it but also skews Hispanic? Like how? It’s all incel nectar anyways.
Younger as in less than 40 or so for gen X and below.
Also you can be Caucasian and Hispanic in demographic standards
npr.org/…/on-the-census-who-checks-hispanic-who-c…
Jokes on them. I’m an almost 40 year old white woman who has a sleep disorder. I buy them because it’s cheaper at the gas station when I buy two at the same time. Not because of the taste. >_<
As someone who’s done a few U&A segmentations - it’s likely that the consumer base they’re describing has an over index of Hispanic people relative to the overall market. 10% base, 20% segment kind of thing. So there’s a slightly higher representation within the core segment even if the overall description remains dominantly caucasian.
Having inherited some McKinsey and BCG segments, this is how they think. Even if it’s an outdated approach to segmentation.
Yes, my job is soul sucking - how did you know?
Article is already gone (legal issues?) in case you were interested in reading it the internet archive has a copy web.archive.org/web/…/monster-energy
That was actually a great writeup.
Their depiction of their customers is actually more flattering than what I imagined.
Thank you for that link.
Honestly, I don’t know why Lemmy doesn’t pester people to use Archive links when posting, or use an internal API call to auto-convert any link to an Archive link. It could make linkrot a thing of the past for this site.