In my experience, the shots aren't nearly as bad, short term anyways. then again, I've never really rank many energy drinks, literally less than 5 all-time and a couple only before I knew what an energy drink was (I thought it was a soda).
i was thinking it's funny in context of the thread where you're saying these things are generally bad for you
This thread reminded me to buy my case of red bull at Costco. Other than this, I drink free coffee all the time.