Prime hydration

Scuzi · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:36

Is anyone else being tortured by their children about this stuff? My kids are convinced their social lives and entire reputations are at stake if they don’t get the latest flavours. I’ve been touring the Spars and Asdas in the local area to try to get some “Ice Pop” and “Meta Moon” to no avail.

A dodgy guy in the local Spar heard my plight and gave me a tip for a place to go. This is what I found…

Only £11 for half a dozen I thought, but none of the flavours the kids wanted. I’ll get them anyway. Guy at the till wanted £66. They were £11 each. I left empty handed.

Another dodgy guy with a can of special brew and every scab on his face picked to the point of bleeding gave me another tip off. So off I went.

Oh look, what great value…

My kids hate me because I’m too tight and don’t realise that I have ruined their lives.

Maybe I could get them into coke instead? It would be cheaper.

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:38

Far too much social media, remove all devices from them with a month ban.

Scuzi · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:39

GaryTheSnail said:
Far too much social media, remove all devices from them with a month ban.

They have zero access to social media. The hype seems to be driven by their peers.

OpenToSuggestions · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:40

I don't understand the whole fad.
Might be a good time to teach your kids the rule of 'Just because you want it does not mean you can have it'

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Those prices for an energy drink. Good grief.

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:40

Scuzi said:
They have zero access to social media. The hype seems to be driven by their peers.

interesting! Tell them to give their peers a slap.

This prime needs banning but I dare say there's a lot of money around the hype. Same as other stuff that people go mad for.

Scuzi · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:40

OpenToSuggestions said:
I don't understand the whole fad.
Might be a good time to teach your kids the rule of 'Just because you want it does not mean you can have it'.
Those prices for an energy drink. Good grief.

They’re currently learning that lesson!

OpenToSuggestions · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:41

Scuzi said:
They’re currently learning that lesson!

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It might be cheaper to smoke!

Jokester · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:42

It’s totally mental.

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:43

Prime (drink) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Prime is made up of 10 percent coconut water and contains electrolytes, B vitamins and BCAAs. The manufacturers also state that it has zero added sugar or caffeine and has around 20 calories per bottle. The drink is sweetened with acesulfame potassium and sucralose, like many other sugar-free drinks.

dlockers · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:43

Keep seeing it pop on FB.

Remember this is the generation that swallowed Freemium hook, line and sinker.

Lysander · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:47

I bet you anything their friends are posting pics posing with the bottles on social media and they want to get in on that. When they next meet their mates they can get the pics taken and posted on somebody else's account, or a fake account.

Parents always think they know all the tricks... they don't

It's a kid's job to circumvent them.

Same with those Fjallraven backpacks. Plenty of kids posing with those on social media, one way or another. Thankfully that fad seems to have died.

Minusorange · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:49

GaryTheSnail said:
Prime (drink) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's unfortunately not a terrible drink, although not worth the cost those chancers are charging for it

Hotwired · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:50

Back in MY day kids had fads which were quality products, good value and they made sense to the elders.

Raymond Lin · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:50

£15 for sugar water. (or fake sugar water)

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:52

Hotwired said:
Back in MY day kids had fads which were quality products, good value and they made sense to the elders.

Giant Gob Stoppers 99p, took you a month to lick em to the core.

The_Arbiter · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:52

Surely every parent must be surely refusing to buy it by now and the fad will die quickly?

skipper847 · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:54

Power of the media again.

Stu999 · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:54

Scuzi said:
My kids hate me because I’m too tight and don’t realise that I have ruined their lives.

I don’t think that’s tight, just not being mental.

They won’t remember it exists in 2 years. That said I still miss Tab Clear

Hawk Tuah · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:55

Thankfully my son is much more interested in a fanta and chips from the fish and chip shop than this garbage.

SDK^ · 15 Mar 2023 at 21:57

The Prime craze in my sons school is dying now. In October we woke up early one morning to get to Asda for opening time at 7am. We arrived at 06:45 and there was already a queue. The queue was pointless as when the door opened it was whoever was the fastest runner to get to the back of the store, got the few that were on sale [limited to 3 bottles per customer]

The workers there we looking around at us like we were crazy

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