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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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[–] lazycog@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

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

Edit: locking discussion as we don't have enough resources to keep an eye on this post.

A tip for new users: if you want to continue the discussion of a locked post: there is a community for continuing discussions on locked posts !UnlockThread@lemm.ee.

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[–] treno_rosso@feddit.org 89 points 3 days ago (6 children)

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.

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago

I'd also throw Bayer into that list. Knowingly had HIV contaminated blood, considered the amount of money they'd lose by destroying it, so they supplied it to patients in Latin America and Asia. Bayer considered the investment they had in the contaminated product, decided NOT to destroy it, for profits sake, and infected thousands of people with it. They misrepresented the results to not lose money and killed thousands.

I know pharmaceutical companies is a giant mess, but Bayer is on par with Nestle for me.

[–] frengo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Following this logic i'd end up buying nothing or absolute crap. Example: i really liked Kellogg's corn flakes and i tried to switch to a local brand (Cerealitalia) but unfortunately is tastes bad. In the biggest supermarket of my town it's Kellogg's, Nestlè or Cerealitalia so it's US, shitty company or shitty product. Same goes for Coca Cola: it's Coca Cola, Pepsi or the coke with the same brand of the supermarket (tastes meh). I'm trying but it's not easy at all.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

i mean, personally if i had to pick between a shitty company and a shitty product, i'd just pick neither unlesa it was a necessity

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago (14 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.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Remember when you could say things like "The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi"? Wasn't even that long ago.

Seriously, fuck Nazis. All of a sudden you've got Nazis in government and we're supposed to act like you should tolerate that shit. Hmmm.

[–] docfate@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Go fertilize a sunflower, Yuri :)

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Also, it's full of sugar and caffeine and is really bad for you.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 74 points 3 days ago (21 children)

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

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 97 points 3 days 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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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Red Bull also tastes like shit.

[–] xav@programming.dev 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is disinformation at its finest. Red Bull absolutely does NOT taste like shit. It tastes like piss.

[–] brotundspiele@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago

Tell me you've never drunken piss, without saying that you've never drunken piss. Piss tastes heavenly, compared to Red Bull.

[–] Silk@lemm.ee 53 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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"

[–] treno_rosso@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

I mean i prefer a faceless capitalist conglomerate from Europe to one from the US but it sure doesn't feel great.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 31 points 3 days ago (2 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.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 20 points 3 days 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.

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[–] TigerCourage@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The cheap LIDL alternative is super good, just like Freeway Cola wich is also super good.

[–] Jonnynny@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Kong Strong. And it's like half a euro at my Lidl.

[–] spaffel@spaffel.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] 01011@monero.town 3 points 2 days ago

Just like Teslas being shitty cars, Red Bull is a crappy beverage. There was never a good reason to drink this junk.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days 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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[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 days ago (22 children)

idk about r/buyFromEU but r/europe on reddit is pretty right-wing

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[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days 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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[–] missandry351@lemmings.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (9 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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