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The things you can find...

twiggy — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:12:28 -0800

I know there's always been a dearth of particularly strangely named or just altogether strange means of taking in caffeine. Seriously, geeks will apparently buy caffeinated anything! However, I don't think I've seen anything quite as awesome as Steven Seagal's lightning bolt energy drink!

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:14:49 -0800

Dearth?

By: edgeways

edgeways — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:15:38 -0800

I was scratching my head about that word as well. I suspect is is misused. Perhaps you want something like plethora

By: interrobang

interrobang — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:16:31 -0800

Is Steven related to Jonathan Livingston?

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:25:00 -0800

2 servings PER CAN? Who drinks half a can of anything? And how many of these do I need to drink before my heart explodes?

By: mystyk

mystyk — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:26:16 -0800

Features:
100% Pure Steven Seagal Juice
Designed for intense mortal combat or any extreme situation requiring ultimate energy
Can has Steven Seagal's face on it (who could ask for more!?!)
(emphasis added)

I'm not so sure I'm interested anymore.

By: sindark

sindark — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:27:05 -0800

This post is pure advertising, with no entertainment or informational value. Also, dearth: Scarcity of anything, material or immaterial; scanty supply; practical deficiency, want or lack of a quality, etc.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:31:26 -0800

Features:

100% Pure Steven Seagal Juice
Designed for intense mortal combat or any extreme situation requiring ultimate energy
Can has Steven Seagal's face on it (who could ask for more!?!)

I'm not so sure I'm interested anymore. I'm pretty sure I'm more interested than I was before.

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:35:28 -0800

Maybe both the use of the word dearth and the existence of this post itself are sarcastic in nature. Reason for deletion: sarcastic or not, ad posts both suck and blow.

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:39:11 -0800

Tons of links, all to Thinkgeek? C'mon now.

By: artifarce

artifarce — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:39:54 -0800

Oh...I saw this previously and gave it to my aikido dojo...because, you know, Seagal is an aikidoka... But we mocked this product thorougly. And there's an it's/its mistake if you look closely.

By: Billistics

Billistics — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:40:08 -0800

For some reason I trust steven segal.

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:42:35 -0800

I suspect the poster was ameliorating the recent dearth of Pepsi Blue posts.

By: Songdog

Songdog — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:46:39 -0800

I'm so tempted to tagline this.

By: lunalaguna

lunalaguna — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:50:58 -0800

Since when is Steven Seagal an "herbal expert"?

By: fenriq

fenriq — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:52:47 -0800

I know the Steven Seagal juice is fake because he only drinks his own urine. Besides, everyone knows the best name for an energy drink is Whoop Ass. As in, open a can of.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:58:39 -0800

Or did you mean: Dearth, James (New York Jets)?

By: flowfeel

flowfeel — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:59:10 -0800

I wonder if he drinks this before making all those D grade movies. My boss will get a great impression of me when he spies me drinking one of those at work. He will think, "FlowFeel is really only going to do a half-ass job today, like that Steven Seagal fuck!" I'll stick to Red Bull! :)

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:12:17 -0800

Metafilter: Now with 100% Pure Steven Seagal Juice Oh, c'mon, somebody had to do it..

By: greycap

greycap — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:25:52 -0800

Are you stuck drifting through life in a state of existential confusion wandering aimlessly through the multitudes of energy products not knowing which one is the right one for you? I love the way this is presented as a cure for existential angst - and not just ordinary angst, but angst caused by having too many energy drinks to choose from. Oh, the dilemmas of 21st century life... it's all just too difficult.

By: Decani

Decani — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:28:59 -0800

Somewhat surprised to see "dearth" called out as an unusual word. I use it all the time. It's pretty common in the UK, I think. As for caffeinated drinks, um, I'll stick to coffee.

By: menace303

menace303 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:33:07 -0800

Have you heard of thinkgeek?

By: youarejustalittleant

youarejustalittleant — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:33:43 -0800

It's being called out as a misused word.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:34:20 -0800

Does the can vibrate?

By: stenseng

stenseng — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:47:32 -0800

We're all aware that dearth indicates scarcity, not overabundance, yase?

By: Hildegarde

Hildegarde — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:48:11 -0800

Rule #1: don't use words when you don't know what they mean. Of course, first you have to know that you don't know what a particular word means. But don't worry; 1483902 metafilter users will be sure to tell you. BOND WITH YOUR DICTIONARY ALREADY.

By: Edward King

Edward King — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:48:33 -0800

I wish I had this the last time I had to punch my adversary's faces through a plate glass window.

By: ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:49:06 -0800

'Superabundance' would be better than 'plethora'.

By: Decani

Decani — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:11:45 -0800

We're all aware that dearth indicates scarcity, not overabundance, yase? Well, I am. I assumed twigy was, but having actually done more than skim the post, now I'm not so sure. I have a dearth of attentiveness today.

By: twiggy

twiggy — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:08:15 -0800

Sorry.. I meant there has been NO dearth...

By: twiggy

twiggy — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:09:01 -0800

(Christ... a grammatic typo and all of MeFi are suddenly bigger dicks than ever...)

By: jenovus

jenovus — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:48:02 -0800

Saying "...always been no dearth" would not parse as well as "...has never been a dearth," anyway. GOD.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:05:12 -0800

Why does everyone in the world have to use hyperbole all the time?!?

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:12:32 -0800

100% Pure Steven Seagal Juice Okay. So you get orange juice by squeezing an orange. That means you get Steven Seagal juice by squeezing.... ewww.

By: jenovus

jenovus — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:26:07 -0800

Don't worry, Clay201! Steven Seagal Juice is just like baby oil! You get it from— ewww.

By: NucleophilicAttack

NucleophilicAttack — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:55:43 -0800

Hm, I've always liked 'paucity' instead of 'dearth'. Someone once pointed out that it sounds like some kind of marsupial...

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:05:46 -0800

Since when is Steven Seagal an "herbal expert"? Well, there is that whole "his head looks like a lima bean" connection.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:19:06 -0800

I just thought he was a really excitable vegetable.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:19:23 -0800

Energetic, even.

By: euphorb

euphorb — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:45:35 -0800

My recent close brush with his greatness, Steven Segal.

By: jeremyw

jeremyw — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:11:44 -0800

Euphorb, I've also been in close proximity- was at a Gucci store opening in Thailand a couple of years back. He was so large, like an icebreaker in an arctic landscape as he moved through the crowd of Thais. Seems he comes to Thailand a lot. I bought a new mobile phone last month and on the wall of the store were some pictures of Segal with the store owner. On a related note I later visited my favorite store of pirated video games and saw they had a photo of Ice-T there. I asked the woman who told me he had picked up quite a few PS2 games.

By: deusdiabolus

deusdiabolus — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:12:04 -0800

I'll probably try it at least once, but only if I can not think about the implications of "Steven Seagal Juice". I'm sure it's probably not as bad as Booty Juice would probably be, but you never know. :P

By: the cuban

the cuban — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:33:54 -0800

I can't watch Segal movie without thinking of the Gene LeBell story . Heh.