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Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by bshimmin » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:36 PM UTC

im3w1l wrote: post #48

bshimmin wrote: post #26

"The golden soda has become essential nourishment for anyone in Berlin involved in hacktivism, club culture, dance music, tech—just about everyone in the city under the age of 40." What a ridiculous sentence.

It's probably written by Club Mate copywriters.

The first half of the sentence definitely feels that way... the second half just feels almost offensively exclusionary. Unless Berlin is a really weird, dysfunctional place, like London's Old Street roundabout on a city-wide scale - which is a horrifying thought.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by huhtenberg » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:43 PM UTC

damian2000 wrote: post #34

GFischer wrote: post #11

Mate is the national drink here in Uruguay, has been for a century or two :) (and for 500 years in Paraguay). And it was a fad in California some years past. ("According to a major retailer of mate in San Luis Obispo, California, by 2004, mate had grown to about 5% of the overall natural tea market in North America") But I'm surprised at the speed it's propagating in Europe. Many say it's much better suited for prolo…

Is there much difference between the effects of mate and standard black tea? Because there's almost the same amount of caffeine in a strongly brewed black tea as there is in coffee. http://www.theguardian.com/news/2013/nov/27/caffeine-compare...

Nevermind the tea. How does it compare to modafinil?

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by qznc » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:51 PM UTC

dewey wrote: post #2

I love Mate. If you speak german there's a great Chaosradio episode [0] about the different "Hackerbrausen" / "Hackersoda" where they are talking about the history of Club Mate and other drinks in that genre. [0] http://cre.fm/cre175-hackerbrausen

"Brause" can also be translated to "lemonade" or "soda" in german. The article claims "shower", which is another meaning, but in the context the wrong one.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by Zigurd » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:52 PM UTC

I love German candor in product descriptions. Right on the label it says "tanning agents." Mmmmm. Tannery. That hits the spot.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by tormeh » Sat, May 10, 2014, 2:02 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #51

im3w1l wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably written by Club Mate copywriters.

The first half of the sentence definitely feels that way... the second half just feels almost offensively exclusionary. Unless Berlin is a really weird, dysfunctional place, like London's Old Street roundabout on a city-wide scale - which is a horrifying thought.

Londoners usually think Berlin is kinda weird. Things are very different. The London ideal is suit, tie and lots of money. In Berlin it's actually the opposite. It's a bit hipsterish, but also really cool.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by TillE » Sat, May 10, 2014, 2:13 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #51

im3w1l wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably written by Club Mate copywriters.

The first half of the sentence definitely feels that way... the second half just feels almost offensively exclusionary. Unless Berlin is a really weird, dysfunctional place, like London's Old Street roundabout on a city-wide scale - which is a horrifying thought.

You're parsing it wrong. Mentally insert an "and" after the hyphen.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by tbueno » Sat, May 10, 2014, 2:18 PM UTC

GFischer wrote: post #11

Mate is the national drink here in Uruguay, has been for a century or two :) (and for 500 years in Paraguay). And it was a fad in California some years past. ("According to a major retailer of mate in San Luis Obispo, California, by 2004, mate had grown to about 5% of the overall natural tea market in North America") But I'm surprised at the speed it's propagating in Europe. Many say it's much better suited for prolo…

The same in the south of Brazil. Mate is more than a simple tea for us, people drink it everyday and everywhere, in the "original form" (hot, in a gourd shell, share between a group of people).

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by bananas » Sat, May 10, 2014, 2:18 PM UTC

What happened to Vita Cola? Only drinkable thing from Germany :)

I have East German parents and they lived on that stuff until the wall came down.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by swah » Sat, May 10, 2014, 2:19 PM UTC

GFischer wrote: post #11

Mate is the national drink here in Uruguay, has been for a century or two :) (and for 500 years in Paraguay). And it was a fad in California some years past. ("According to a major retailer of mate in San Luis Obispo, California, by 2004, mate had grown to about 5% of the overall natural tea market in North America") But I'm surprised at the speed it's propagating in Europe. Many say it's much better suited for prolo…

Uruguayans normally drink it alone but Gauchos (southern state of Brazil) drink it in a circle of friends.

I actually would like to drink one "Chimarrão"[1] just for me - so I don't have to get up all the time to pass it to the next assigned person[2] - but its considered rude.

So I just stay with coffee...

[1] http://s2.glbimg.com/L_hWuULy3EKaRQyKY4-5jCPBfr0=/top/s.glbi...

[2] Its polite to respect the order after the first round

--edit--

It seems that my impression that uruguayans didn't share "mate" was wrong, sorry.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by diego_moita » Sat, May 10, 2014, 2:19 PM UTC

damian2000 wrote: post #34

GFischer wrote: post #11

Mate is the national drink here in Uruguay, has been for a century or two :) (and for 500 years in Paraguay). And it was a fad in California some years past. ("According to a major retailer of mate in San Luis Obispo, California, by 2004, mate had grown to about 5% of the overall natural tea market in North America") But I'm surprised at the speed it's propagating in Europe. Many say it's much better suited for prolo…

Is there much difference between the effects of mate and standard black tea? Because there's almost the same amount of caffeine in a strongly brewed black tea as there is in coffee. http://www.theguardian.com/news/2013/nov/27/caffeine-compare...

Southern Brazilian here. I drink "tererê" (mate prepared as iced tea) quite often and find the effects to be quite similar, although the taste is very different.