{"id":6990,"date":"2010-11-17T10:42:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=6990"},"modified":"2010-11-17T10:42:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T17:42:10","slug":"four-lokos-on-the-chopping-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/four-lokos-on-the-chopping-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Loko&#8217;s On the Chopping Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assuming that you&#8217;re not a NWO-fearing cabin dweller, you&#8217;ve probably heard of the drink Four Loko. But if you haven&#8217;t, let me give you the run down: Four Loko is a caffeine infused alcoholic beverage, said to have the strength of three cups of coffee and three beers, all in one 23.5 ounce, $2.50 can, making it just about the cheapest way to get a strong, alert buzz. Beyond that, it&#8217;s one of the most hotly-debated products on the market today, and several states are working to take the product off the shelves. Specifically, people who look like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6991 aligncenter\" title=\"Chris Gregoire, James Gaudino, Sharon Foster\" src=\"http:\/\/bcu2-shared.onlinebootycall.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/four-lokok.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They really chose a relevant-looking representation, <em>right<\/em>? Nothing says &#8220;in the loop&#8221; and &#8220;not about to die&#8221; like shriveled old people with jowls and pursed-anus mouths. Today, the FDA is set to make a decision on whether or not to ban the drink across the country, along with others like it, like Joose. They say that caffeine and alcohol are a deadly mix, and that kids who drink the energy-booze drinks are more likely to make bad decisions, like driving drunk, when consuming that much caffeine. You know, they&#8217;ve got a point there, but does that mean they&#8217;re going to ban the mixture of Red Bull and vodkas at bars? Or Jaeger bombs? I highly doubt that, considering those are the highest selling drinks at many clubs and bars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The company behind Four Loko is now planning on recreating the drink without the guarana, taurine, and caffeine, so as to keep them on the shelves, which means that <em>BARF<\/em>. No thank you, malted kiwi-strawberry flavored caffeine-free alcoholic beverage.<em> No thank you. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Note: Do you think those five Boring McDullsteins up there realize that at this very moment everyone is stocking up on Four Loko like there&#8217;s about to be a caffeine apocalypse? If anything, Four Loko should be thanking this lawsuit. Their sales must be through the ROOF!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5692052\/can-you-hear-the-four-loko-death-rattle\" target=\"_blank\">[Gawker<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/news\/mostpop\/story.aspx?storyid=156993&amp;provider=top\" target=\"_blank\"> WTSP]<\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6990\" data-postid=\"6990\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6990 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assuming that you&#8217;re not a NWO-fearing cabin dweller, you&#8217;ve probably heard of the drink Four Loko. 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