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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• ganksy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s not what their average consumer looks like?

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  • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean it’s what I think of when I think of someone drinking that stuff. It also makes sense that those are the people they market to.

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    • ganksy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah maybe a little stereotypical but not anything to write an article about

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• Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Apparently they look like regular people. Also Monster apparently has terrible cyber security.

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• EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  If you ask me, this was the most appalling part of the article.

  Who the fuck sits down and writes these?

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  • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, no one wants to go to Walmart’s meetings. But Walmart has a lot of weight to throw around in retail, so if you want them to stock your products you have to glaze them.

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    • EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I get that, but surely even the Walmart side of folks would have to see this as a bother rather than anything else…right?

      I just can’t wrap my head around it. I suppose that if such a person exists who would actually feel passion and enthusiasm about Walmart retail zoom meetings, my line of work would be just as bewildering to them.

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• ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I once looked on a Monster can for an expiration date. I couldn’t find one.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Did you know that there are only two major canning companies in the US and the one that canned your Monster is likely to just be whichever had a facility closer to you? Did you know there are rivalries? Apparently Rexam is considered the cheaper and lower quality one. (And sadly the one nearest me when I learned all of this!)

    This tool looks like it could be moderately entertaining for a few minutes, though it seems at the moment it only supports Pepsi products and I don’t have any sodas nearby anyway.

    Note: I learned all of the above fun facts from an askreddit comment; not only that, but it was well over a decade ago. At the time I drank a lot of Monster and what the post said seemed to match up with what was on the can from which I was drinking at the time. However, I can’t guarantee it was 100% accurate then and certainly not now, many years later.

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• quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Monster Green shoppers are likely younger (Gen-Z/Millennial/Gen-X) male, lower income & Caucasian (skews Hispanic).”

  Are you suggesting they don’t know their market?

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