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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days ago

Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England

www.bbc.com

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Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England

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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days ago
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Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said he was acting on concerns for children's health.
  • 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Are they going to ban children from drinking tea while they’re at it?

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      surely there’s not a difference between the toxic sludge marketed to minors and a cup of tea?

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        The amount of people on this website who display zero dialectical understanding of the world is disturbing for a supposedly communist platform

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      Energy drinks are way worse than tea though. 55g of sugar per can and some kids will drink two or three of these a day.

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        presumably they’re not taking their coffee black either

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          Probably, but do most coffee drinkers add 100g+ of sugar to their daily coffees?

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            given the popularity of starbucks i’m gonna guess it’s way more

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              given the circumstances of the situation ☝️🤓

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                Okay yeah, regulating the manufacturers of these drinks is a better idea than banning kids from buying them.

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            considering how coffee tastes like shit right out of satan’s bunghole if you don’t? i must imagine so

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      Now you accidentally tripped over very based idea, tea embargo for all Brits.

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      I don’t think the children are drinking tea. Because of woke. I used to mix tea and instant coffee together when I was a kid cos I’m weird

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        The Briton Wrestling Federation is not ready for “Matcha Man” Randall Civilized

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        I drank tea as a kid. But I don’t know if kids today drink tea…

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        I used to mix tea and instant coffee together when I was a kid cos I’m weird

        Pretty sure brewing tea using hot coffee has been a trend in Asia for a little while now

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        Bruh… how did it taste?

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          Bangin mate

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      It’s Britain. The majority of the people there might actually put a cultural cornerstone like tea on a higher moral pedestal than your average adult liberals put state sanctioned ridiculous restrictions on children on. Anywhere else, you could attempt that, and people would laugh, and teenagers would protest, but ultimately no massive resistance would take place if laughing it out didn’t work. Because when authoritarian and pointless nonsense only affects children, no one actually sees it as a fundamental violation of freedoms and civil liberties. But in the UK, people might actually do something if the government tried to restrict who’s allowed to buy, brew, and drink tea. Because Brits love their tea and see British tea stereotypes as a Valued Cultural Institution.

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